The Great Dividing Range - The Lucksmiths I've discovered that sleeping on a plane is a very hard thing to do. Dozing as far i could sink and always being shook from it, i looked up to the flight progress monitor to see we were flying over this very mountain range and this song came into my head. It might have always been there. It summed up very neatly and somberly everything the procedure of checking in, customs, boarding, sitting down distracted and droned [...]
Ik beleef elk jaar weer veel plezier aan de lijstjestijd Een heel muziekjaar in lijstjes samengevat heeft toch iets overzichtelijks. Zijn er albums die opvallend veel voorkomen? Zijn er nog mensen die het met me eens zijn dat de CD's van Deep Dark Woods en Little Wings tot het beste van 2011 behoren? En vooral- heb ik nog iets over het hoofd gezien? In een van de vele lijstjes die ik voorbij zie komen in deze periode kom ik een album van de band Oh Mercy tegen onder het kopje " Runners Up". "Recommended highly if you like [...]
Stuarto Glasser, host of the All Around the World Music Show, called me up a little after 5pm Friday and asked if I could fill in for him. Thinking it would be a great way to attract a few more listeners I agreed. I headed home and put together a playlist of some of my favorite indie artists from around the world. The first half of the list below aired as the split show: The Indie Music Show from All Around the World. I began with some lovable indie [...]
bereits mitte september erschienen, deshalb aber nicht minder gut, der psychedelisch angeflitterte pop auf "call out we'll find you", der bereits angejahrte vierer hats drauf: the sutras : the sutras - half an epitaph by low life inc die drehen mit noisepop der elektronischen variante auf, danny sanchez und elizabeth anne martin aus london bringen ihre debut ep "everything breaks" im märz auf tip top recordings heraus: severin : factory [...]
Oriel Joans give listeners what they expect from Swedish pop: infectiously light key progressions, trickly acoustics, and gorgeous melodies that evolve from folk-tinged whispers to grandiose hook-filled spectacles. Such is the case with "Chin Up", the Swedish quartet's new single. Stylistically, there's not much separating them from recognizable Swedish pop staples like Loney Dear or
The cover of What Difference Does It Make by Stranded Horse got me thinking that there must be other great versions of Smiths songs out there so tonight I give you a Smiths covers special. Parenthetical Girls - Handsome Devil (The Smiths Cover) by speaktoome VANILLA SWINGERS - "Hand In Glove" (The Smiths cover) by sonshine Baby Guru - The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths Cover) by [...]
Black Partridge comprises two brothers from Illinois. The duo have a unique sound that fuses lo-fi rock and pop with caressing sentiments of shoegaze and dream-pop. The older brother, Vito, plays the bass guitar while Mick takes over vocals and guitar. While the pair has yet to release an album, they have four songs available [...]
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars What happens if you remove a bit of fuzz in the production process? You get a breezy pop gem like Romantic Comedy . It's the second record from Big Troubles , and their first from Slumberland Records. All those looking for a brighter vocal sound, but with the same general feel as the group's first outing, will certainly be pleased. You can definitely hear the polish in opening track, "She Smiles for Pictures," as the guitars have [...]
There's no shortage of terrible covers out there, and the vast majority of them usually fall into one of two categories: Overly faithful and vastly inferior to the original and totally pointless, making you just want to hear the original Overly experimental, wrecking the original, and just as pointless as the first kind of bad cover A good cover finds makes the original great and casts it in a new light. It makes you notice that that disco song had a really great melody, that the original was a little [...]
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars With their first album, You & I , you sort of had the feeling that New Zealand outfit Cut Off Your Hands might have been yearning for the British Isles, but with their release of Hollow , the band has completed their maturation, giving fans a full-on venture into the sounds of the Oceanic region of the world. "You Should Do Better" begins with a rolling drum beat, and chiming guitars, [...]
Jake Ryan had a HD disk crash this week, Tyler's computer was out for repair. It returned on Monday, the same day he had to have his car towed to a shop. All of this results in a REPEAT! YEAH! WOO-HOO. (Oh, you're so lucky. What have you done to deserve such gifts?) Jake Ryan joins us via phone from Shermer, Illinois. PLAYLIST: Airiel – Airtight Angels The Drums – Me and the Moon The Clientele – I Wonder Who We Are Eggstone – If You Say [...]
A little over a month ago we brought you a brief introduction to Gold Bears . And today we got news that the band has just signed with Slumberland Records , one of my personal favorites. The label will be releasing the band's album Are You Falling in Love on May 17th, and it should be full of great things. Listening to lead track, "Record Store," it's got the feeling of early Lucksmiths' lyricism and bubblegum flavor, but with a bit more [...]
30 Day Song Challenge: Day 21 - A Song I Listen to When I'm Happy.
So yeah, finally a day that is not crap. Here's what will help the day get even better. 1. The Generationals- Greenleaf 2. Hooray For Earth- Surrounded by your friends 3. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart- Belong 4. The Powder Kegs- La meriposa 5. Starfucker-Bury us alive 6. Ron Sexsmith-Middle of Love 7. Ezra Furman and the Harpoons- Hard time in a terrible land 8. keep shelly in [...]
I remember the first time I saw the Lucksmiths live. I was living in Washington, DC and the band was over playing their first ever DC show. It was at the Galaxy Hut in Arlington, a tiny bar where they clear away a few tables to allow bands to play when they have bands. It was around the time of A Good Kind of Nervous, their third album and the first one to be released here. I also remember they had a new single they were selling too, their first single for Matinée, the [...]
Valentine's day is a test for those of us who are both cynics and romantics. The cynic in us wants nothing to do with the day, knowing that it's a purely commercial holiday that so many folks feel forced into celebrating. But the romantic in us loves it: it's a day when you get free rein to be mushy and be public and unabashed about your love. Guess which side I'm taking here? Yeah, I'm knee-deep in love these days. My wedding was just a few weeks ago, and my new wife Katie and I have been so [...]
Five years ago I moved out of the San Francisco Bay Area for the snowy, crisp mountains of Colorado. I absolutely love my adopted home, our vibrant music scene, and the fresh air here, but no foolin' I do often long for my hometown hills. Over the holidays I went to San Francisco for a week to stay at the Noe Valley apartment of friends who were out of town and graciously let me "housesit." It was a part of town I had never stayed in before. When I first let myself into their empty place on [...]
Ti rendi conto che un periodo è difficile quando ti ritrovi alle 2 di notte di un giorno lavorativo con la carta di credito in mano a ordinare da un sito australiano il DVD del concerto di addio di una delle tua band indie-pop preferite. Che è quello che mi è successo qualche sera fa, quando ho letto il post di Matteo che segnalava l'uscita di Unfamiliar Stars dei Lucksmiths : Dovessi scegliere, pistola alla tempia, una sola canzone tra tutte quelle scritte [...]
Check this clip of The Lucksmiths recording their final single Get-to-Bed Birds (and check the cool t-shirt worn by the drummer!).Taken from the new Unfamiliar Stars DVD , which is out next month on Matinée Recordings . The band probably sounded as great as ever on this track, which somehow (if possible) makes it even sadder that they decided to split! + Get-To-Bed [...]
A new DVD documents the band's farewell show, featuring 33 songs.
Adding Machine
Ketelmuziek
Fensepost
das klienicum
Obscure Sound
The Devil Has The Best Tuna
Austin Town Hall
Naive Harmonies
Your Music Is Awful.com
A Town Full of Losers
Heycoolkid!
the finest kiss
I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
inkiostro
Hits In The Car
Glorious Noise
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