Cha Cha A fellowship of individually talented songwriters, initially brought together by a phonographic love for The Virgins, The Strokes, The Police and Phoenix, have finally emerged from their London hideout to introduce themselves. Cha Cha is Blain McGuigan, Alex Cameron Ward and Sam Garbutt – a new trio ready to introduce you to a [...]

Two albums and six years in, Wild Beasts still have nowhere near the recognition they deserve. The four guys (Hayden Thorpe (vocals, guitar, bass, keys), Ben Little (guitar, keys), Tom Fleming (bass, vocals, guitar, keys), Chris Talbot (drums, vocals)) from Kendal, England can be a bit of a polarising band. Mainly because of their falsetto voices and unconventional indie-band sound, many just can't stand singers with really high voices. Shame. On their debut album "Limbo, Panto" there were smatterings of vaudeville, baroque and cabaret-style music and on their second album (2009's "Two Dancers", which by the way, appeared on almost every year-end [...]

Florida-based three piece, post-rock band, Kingsbury, made its way into my head with the mellow track, "Back in the Orange Grove" from their newly released Lie To Me [EP] , which you can check out and download here for free , courtesy of the band. Don't you love digital music distribution? I sure do. As a direct follow up to their first LP, The Great Compromise (which you can also get for free online, right here ), Lie To Me incorporates some great piano, slightly entrancing guitar melodies, and vocal melodies [...]
The holiday season is upon us, which for any self-respecting music writer means making end-of-the-year lists. I, like many a blogger, live for this kind of year-end reflection, so this will be the first of many lists. Here before you are the absolute 25 best music videos of the year 2008 . All the videos are embedded below for easy viewing, but I highly recommend you watch the higher quality version, which you can view (if available) by clicking on the song title. Except for the five at the end (the best of [...]
Enjoy 'Brace Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants' below. Visit Wild Beasts on MySpace. MP3: Wild Beasts - Brace Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants