
LA duo's debut is a set of pop songs with enough compositional complexity and emotional intelligence to demand your attention. The thing about knowing some bands' backgrounds before hearing them is that it can be hard to tell what you would have made of the music without that information. The songs on the LA duo Divisible's debut are so entangled in my mind with the story of singer Shola AV's journey to Ghana to reconcile with her father that the propulsive slink of the likes of "Living With a Ghost" or "Don't Say Nothin' Now"...
Taking full advantage of a rare, full three-day weekend, we somehow survived unscathed. Congrats to The Happy Hollows (pictured above) on their record release show on Friday that was simply a thing of beauty. We cannot tell you how hard this band works on stage and off. And we could sense their huge sigh of relief, through all the recent ups and downs, as they were finally able to get Spells in
I've a big day here on Saturday, so I've just got some weird scheduled stuff. I'll be getting through a ton of reviews next week, and I hope to keep them coming. also, I'll have a "from luke's inbox" mega-back-logged post up with like 50 songs you NEED to check out. though I might stagger it over the week. That's probably more likely. For now, you NEED to check out this band: Divisible The album, Less Than Lion, drops August 18, 2009 [...]
It's been another insane week and a half of work. I've only been sleeping about 4 hours per night, and it feels like for about 16 of the other 20, I'm working. But, thankfully, I was able to get out a bit this past weekend, with my main motivation for non-productivity being the US soccer team's run to the finals on the Confederations Cup. Blowing a 2-0 lead against Brazil in the final was painful, but they were clearly the better team, especially in the second half, as it should be, when futebol is the national religion. In honor of [...]
Jun 30, 2009, 6:05am
MVSW
Don Diablo ~ "Song for MJ (Remember the Time)"(mp3) The Generationals ~ "When They Fight They Fight"(mp3) Floating Action ~ "50 Lashes"(mp3) Sinkane ~ "White Light"(mp3) Bloodsport ~ "Swallowing Werewolves"(mp3) Nebula ~ "The Dagger"(mp3) [...]
Official music video for "Love is the Cost" from Los Angeles indie rock band Divisible. The song is from their record "Less than Lion" available August 18th. Directed and produced by Janice Walbrink. Share This: