Sweden’s Club 8 is an indie duo that has been making decent music for a while. Karolina Komstedt handling the delicate vocal crooning and Johan Angergård handling…well…all the rest! The band is no slouch, with single ‘Western Hospitality’ coming off their SEVENTH disc, The People’s Record. Their sound reminds me of the indie Swedish [...]
Here’s a great track by a fresh young group, Memoryhouse, out of Ontario, Canada. Denise Nouvion and Evan Abeele partner up to create dreamy, atmospheric songs with an icy edge. The single ‘Bonfire’ is off their forthcoming To the Lighthouse 7″ due out in March. Look for the band to make several appearances [...]
In keeping with the Olympic Spirit of showing some respect for our northern neighbors here’s a cut from The Besnard Lakes, an indie rock outfit from Montreal…eh. Originally the hubby and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, they have since expanded into a full band and released two full lengths, ‘Volume 1′ and [...]
Hip-Hop and R&B loves an outlier, that act or artist that pushes convention but still has a sound that’s tight and good for a collaboration now and then. Janelle Monae is a perfect example; she rocks a fantastically huge pompadour and makes seriously sci-fi inspired jamz about such classic hip-hop c as robots. [...]
If you’re anywhere that’s been dumped on with snow this year (DC, New York, even DALLAS) then Kanye has heard your laments and popped out this vid for ‘Coldest Winter’. I think I would have preferred something with some more sunshine. It’s real ‘Lord the Rings’ meets…’Prizoner of Azkaban’?
Caribou is like Hot Chip’s crazy little brother who snuck into the studio and used their gear to make his own weird version of dreamy, hazy vaguely Euro indie-synth pop. This video was helmed by the collective video Marsh and features Caribou’s ‘Odessa’ off their album Swim.
Vampire Weekend’s signature blend of humor and preppy chic finds a perfect marriage with tennis in this clip featuring Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon, Joe Jonas and Rza as a line judge.
Australia, despite being tucked away in a relatively isolated corner of the world, has the distinct ability to produce killer dance jam making bands. Case in point are the Cassette Kids, an indie/electro quartet from Sydney that have been blowing up after successful tours with the Presets and Lily Allen. Check out their [...]
Phil Spector is a huge creep but he’s also a musical production genius, creating a unique recording style called the Wall of Sound that came to dominate 60’s and 70’s pop recording. You basically pack the studio sessions with as many musicians as you can; multiple drummers, strings, horns, everything. What comes out [...]
The Dodos brand of sunny but sonically dense West Coast pop makes for a perfect mix with all kinds of stuff, especially this promo by longboard maker Original. They fuse an interesting mix of alternative instrumentation (the drummer doesn’t really use a bass drum and their live shows usually [...]
