
A good synth is hard to find. That is, unless you were at the Getty Center Saturday night, rocking out to Chairlift . Despite the somewhat awkward preforming conditions (How do you sell synth rock to an huge audience -- a portion of which are restless, albeit art-appreciating families accidentally caught in the glut of hipsterdom?), the band tossed off their trademark sultry and occasionally creepy music with the ease of an already seasoned ensemble. (Of course, with a touring schedule like this , that's not hard to achieve.) Of course, for those [...]

A good synth is hard to find. That is, unless you were at the Getty Center Saturday night, rocking out to Chairlift . Despite the somewhat awkward preforming conditions (How do you sell synth rock to an huge audience -- a portion of which are restless, albeit art-appreciating families accidentally caught in the glut of hipsterdom?), the band tossed off their trademark sultry and occasionally creepy music with the ease of an already seasoned ensemble. (Of course, with a touring schedule like this , that's not hard to achieve.) Of course, for those [...]
Chairlift covered Pulp classic "Babies" last week in NYC. Here's a video of the performance: [mp3] Chairlift - Evident Utensil [mp3] Pulp - Babies

This week's covers come from a variety of bands I have heard on the net this week. The first one is a local Portland electro pop band, Starfucker, who recently released an an 8 track EP, Juniper, that includes a cover of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", by the much adored, Cyndi Lauper. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun The next one comes from a Band that Portland's Alela Diane joined over the summer as a side project, Headless Heroes, and is [...]