New album out by Morcheeba. If you haven’t heard of them yet, be sure to listen to some of their other albums. Morcheeba is a British band that mixes influences from rock, trip hop, rhythm and blues and pop. The word “morcheeba” means “the way of marijuana” (“Mor” – the middle of the way & [...]
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Eh, pretty good album, and Pitchfork had good things to say about it. The initial meeting between Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells sounds almost like a scene out of a movie: He was working at a Brooklyn, NY restaurant during the summer of 2008; she, a fifth grade public school teacher, was [...]
Monday, May 3, 2010
Dressy Bessy is an indie rock band from Denver, Colorado, associated with the Elephant Six Collective. Guitarist John Hill also plays with the Apples in Stereo. Lead vocalist/guitarist Tammy Ealom formed the band with drummer Darren Albert and guitarist turned bassist Rob Greene in 1996. The name was taken from a popular Playskool doll of [...]
Friday, April 16, 2010
I will try to find some gritty artists this weekend to balance out the twee and indie pop, but for now enjoy this happy, poppy, album. All Girl Summer Fun Band’s members include Kathy Foster (drums, bass, vocals), Jen Sbragia (guitar, vocals), New Mexico transplants Kim Baxter (guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals). Ari Douangpanya who played [...]
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Volume Two is the second studio album by She & Him, a collaboration between M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel. It was released on March 17, 2010 through P-Vine Records in Japan, in the United States on March 23, 2010 through Merge Records, and on April 5, 2010 on Double Six Records in the UK. [...]
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Here is a unique voice to the indie rock scene. Noisettes are a rock trio from London, England, formed in 2003 when Shingai Shoniwa and Dan Smith (formerly of the band SonarFly) began writing and playing more intensely than before. They met drummer Jamie Morrison in December 2003, and went straight into the studio to [...]
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
I came across this album recently out of nowhere and felt like it was a good blast from the past. If you don’t remember who they are, I think you will remember track three. Don’t worry, I have some new music coming this week. I just could not resist posting this ablum. 4 Non Blondes [...]
Monday, March 22, 2010
Here is a fun album. Laura Marling (born 1st February 1990) is an English indie folk singer. The 20-year-old small town girl – Reading, United Kingdom just outside of Eversley to be exact – sings about love, lust and romance, the futility of religion, self-loathing and human psychology. She began playing the guitar at the [...]
Thursday, March 18, 2010
I know I need to find some time to post some new stuff, and I will eventually. For now though you will have to settle for this. Blonde Redhead is an alternative rock band. It was formed by Kazu Makino, Maki Takahashi and Milan-born Italian twin brothers Simone Pace and Amedeo Pace. They take their [...]
Saturday, March 13, 2010
One of my favorite female vocalists of all time. Born in Hawaii to a family of artists, Simone White spent her early years playing in the dirt and moving from town to town. Her mother was a folksinger, her father a sculptor, grandma was a burlesque performer and auntie was a pop song writer. Grandfather [...]
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