Video: El May in New York

Monday, January 25, 2010 Today's Quick Mention: If you don't have any plans today then you should consider heading down to Waterloo Records at 4pm for a free performance from Spoon. My guess is that they'll mostly play new tunes, which will be fun since their upcoming LP is one of the more anticipated releases of 2010. Lara Meyerratken has been around for almost a decade working as a freelance musician (her list of associates includes: Ben Lee, Luna, Nada Surf, Crooked Fingers, [...]

If you're like us, you might be slightly taken aback by Brooklyn alt-pop songwriter Lara May Meyerratkin, AKA El May , and her delightfully cryptic self-titled debut album (January 19). The loose lo-fi atmosphere, left-of-center song structures and her occasionally unvarnished, understated vocals are deceptive on the surface as the tracks, in the course of just a minute here or there, reveal themselves as deeper, distinctive and completely original approaches to modern indie pop. Meyerratkin, who began her musical career as lovable, idiosyncratic popster Ben Lee's on-stage instrumentalist, brings much of Lee's shaggy charm to her own sharp, engaging [...]

• El May - "Don't You" » El May - Don't You.mp3
• El May - "Order In the Nothingness" » El May - Order In the Nothingness.mp3