Well it's February which means today SoundSuck celebrates its 1st month of existence. We've acquired a few new writers along the way, found some great artists, made a few new friends, and really appreciate the people that have been coming back to the site and who've helped us get this far. We'd also like to thank John Otjen for hosting us. In celebration of this momentous occasion we're sharing the first SoundSuck Mixtape- a compilation of what we feel are the ten best tracks from the past month: Download SoundSuck [...]
Today I take a slight deviation from our usual featured artist style and instead focus on one song. Last year while on tour David Bazan was closing his solo set with a cover of Leonard Cohen's famous "Hallelujah." The song is probably one of the most covered in modern history, but David Bazan's version is the absolute best. Yes, the very best version of "Hallelujah" is not sung by John Cale , Willie Nelson , Rufus Wainwright , Bono , Bob Dylan , or even Jeff [...]
Album: Welcome To The Night Sky Sounds Like: The space between how things are and how they should be. Sorry I'm late to the party guys, I just found out about this brilliant group from Halifax. Wintersleep released their third album, Welcome To the Night Sky, in October of last year and I must say it is one of the best albums I've heard in several months. I was unassumingly looking for new bands when "Weighty Ghost" started to play. Ten seconds into [...]
Album: To Speak, To Love, To Listen Sounds Like: A flag blowing in the wind against a sunset. Their music is the kind that you play really loud either when you need to be inspired or you just accomplished something and want to bask in the glory of what you did. I wouldn't say that Sleeperstar has an extremely unique sound, but I would say that they blend what they have better than other bands with their sound. Having only been together for a short time, they [...]
Album: And Yes... Our Thoughts Were Elsewhere Sounds Like: a few hours after it's rained and everything is still wet but the ground is bright in the sun's reflection. It isn't often that thoughtful lyric show up in a band that almost exclusively utilizes a big sound like Starrfu often does, but that is exactly what they've done with Our Thoughts Were Elsewhere. It's one of those albums that you could easily listen to without hearing a word and still enjoy it, but if you listen for even a few minutes [...]
Album: In Moderation EP Sounds Like: keeping a sense of humor even after you've messed up more times than you can count. I've been a fan of Pedro The Lion for a few years now so of course when I heard the band was breaking up I was dismayed. I thought the breakup would mark the near total end of both David Bazan's and TW Walsh's musical careers. Thankfully it's done just the opposite, sparking new independent creativity in both men which has totally blown me away. While I feel that Bazan's [...]
Album: Kill The Kilians Sounds Like: If the Arctic Monkeys ever bred with German electro-beats, the Kilians would be dubbed modern-day, musical purebreds. The kind of band you like to just crank out your car on summer days, this up and coming group has tunes to make your head spin. Their first self-titled EP, "Jealous Lover" punches a drum opening that makes your foot tap like mad until the guitar rifts pummel through. Lead singer Simon den Hartog (straight out of Germany. Don't worry- they sing in English) has a unique edge [...]
Sounds Like : A smooth and well told story that never gets old. Some people were just born to play a guitar. Seriously I think this kid came from the womb with a Martin clutched in one hand and the other was strummin' away. Not sure how his mother would have felt about that.... but anyways, back to the article. Even though Tommy is young there's a certain aura about him that makes him feel as if he's had much more experience than his 20 odd years of life would suggest. The fact that Tommy effectively mixes a [...]
Sounds Like: island music and synth pop got into a street fight and Professor Murder was the only one to make it out alive There are few songs and even fewer indie artists that are so funky you have to restrain yourself from making a fool of yourself by dancing. Professor Murder is one of those bands; hard to pin down to a genre and what I only know how to describe as dance music with a slight island music twist. This is the third artist from New York to be posted on SoundSuck this week, but [...]
Album: The Technicolor Sleep Sounds Like: watching storm clouds form off the coast. This band has been around for a few years now, but of all their instrumental contemporaries, The American Dollar has probably received the least amount of publicity. Bands like The Album Leaf or Explosions In The Sky usually get the first mention during conversation and I'm not about to debate who is the best artist in the genre. What I will say is that this band deserves a lot of credit for remaining independent even after releasing their second [...]
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Album: One and Nine We Had a Hell of a Run / new demos Sounds Like: Really Nerdy Rock & Roll Everyone has a little nerd inside them somewhere, and after listening to a band with a name like Tastydactyls I'm sure it will come out. You might find the nerd in you will come out at Common Grounds, a local coffee house in Waco, TX, as you are listening to the Tastydactyls. In fact A close friend of mine had that very thing happen to him. After hearing 2 of the [...]
Album: Seven Cycles Sounds Like: anthems for your everyday life. Originally known as Lolita Brass, this three-piece set from New York have been around the block at least once. There's nothing exceptionally earth shattering about The Party Faithful upon first listen, but after replay number two or three it becomes easier to pick up on the amount of epic-goodness the band has managed to cram into each track. Make no mistake, Seven Cycles is clearly a rock album, but it's the most easy listening rock I've heard in [...]
Today we celebrate Soundsuck's first week on the internet. So exciting... anyways, as much as I love sharing music with our two readers (hi mom and dad) I would really like to hear some new material from you guys. If you know any relatively new/unknown artist who you think deserves some coverage please leave their name in a comment here. Don't worry if you think they may be too popular or unpopular, all you need to enter is the artist name. Your email and all that jazz isn't necessary. If your [...]
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