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Lykke Li 2008-05-21 16:34:00 : Stockholm, SwedenSounds like: a breath of fresh air.You do sort of have to wonder if Scandinavia will ever run out of pretty songstresses with inordinately catchy pop sensibilities. I sort of hope not.Judging by this summer's festival circuit, Lykke Li isn't long for the little leagues. Her mix of vocal pop and quirky arrangements make for unconventional little songs that simply won't leave your
Midnight Juggernauts 2008-05-21 07:48:00 : Melbourne, AustraliaVincent Vendetta - keys/vocalsAndy Juggernaut - guitar/vocalsDaniel Stricker - drumsSounds like: stadium-sized space-y krautrock disco.Midnight Juggernauts are definitely building a buzz right now with the May release of their debut album Dystopia. Everything from Brian Eno to Pink Floyd and Daft Punk to the Scissor Sisters shows up here in an expansive, French disco new-wave
Alexander Wolfe 2008-05-12 17:53:00 : LondonAlexander
Wolfe - vocals and all instrumentsExcept:Drums - played by Steve PilgrimStrings & Horns - played by The Wolfettes.Live:Peter Jackson plays bass & sings BV'sRachel Dawson plays CelloTerry Kirkbride plays DrumsSounds like: a heartbroken angel.It seems a little wrong that when I listen to Alexander Wolfe, so much of what I think about is how amazing it must have been to see
Au Revoir Simone 2008-05-11 09:25:00 : Brooklyn, NYHeather D’AngeloErika ForsterAnnie HartThree keyboards and an old drum machineSounds like: Watching dandelion puffs scatter in the breeze on a warm sunny day.Pretty melodies with layers of synthesizer that go from the sweet and light to the melancholy and emotional, without becoming either cloying or too dark...which, yes, is maybe similar to what I said about Aya Peard, but leanin Read more:Simone
Raif Pomeroy 2008-05-03 12:00:00 : Venice, CA (and the world)Sounds like: Eclectic acoustic busker funk.I originally heard Raif's band Ballyrag in 2003, and what I said then (in West Coast Performer magazine) was, "Where the Ocean Meets the 10 is an eclectic sampling of [Ballyrag's] extremely well-crafted fusion pop, drawing from a wide range of jazz, funk, and rock influences in catchy and original ways. The musicianship is impe
Aya Peard 2008-04-30 17:40:00 : Santa Monica, CAAya Peard - lead vocalsPaul Pellegrin - drumsKaveh Rastegar - bassMike Schmid - keysJames Barry - celloGayle Davidson - backup vocalsSounds like: Textbook female vocal downtempo trip-pop.There's some of Laika's bass-y space-y bubble grooves, a bit of low-key blippy electronica, the occasional acoustic guitar, and Aya's got a delicate, sweet voice that reminds me a lot of St. Etie
Five O'Clock Heroes 2008-04-30 06:20:00 : New York CitySounds like: True post-punk, as in 'from the early days of MTV, before Oasis came along and redefined britpop.' But the guitar-based stuff, not the synth-driven new wave.This is the band that everybody suddenly knows because their upcoming single features vocals by supermodel Agyness Deyn. Describing themselves as 'two parts British and two parts American,' they've been derided as a Read more:Clock
Florence and the Machine 2008-04-23 13:44:00 : United KingdomFlorence Welch - everythingSounds like: Remember the completely mindbending, raw energy in PJ Harvey's early demos? Do you remember thinking, "how does one little body contain that immense voice and that depth of anger and pain, and how can recording it possibly even begin to capture it?" And then listening to it over and over and over again? Yah. You'll listen to Flo and you'll th Read more:Machine
A Place to Bury Strangers 2008-04-20 18:31:00 : Brooklyn, NYOliver Ackermann - Guitars & vocalsJSpace - DrumsJono MOFO - BassSounds like...all the amps go to 11.Heavy Jesus and Mary Chain-style distortion, with layers and layers of noise, rhythmic and powerful at the same time. So many familiar sounds, from Joy Division rhythms to the fuzz of early Sonic Youth, but so many completely WTF sounds as well...I've b Read more:Place
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Sam Barrett 2008-04-20 16:15:00 : Leeds, UKSam Barrett
- guitar, vocals.Sounds like: Damn fine down-home Delta Blues.Think Robert Johnson. Sam plays American folk tunes, English country songs, old spirituals and original songs in the style. It's easy to forget how connected various musical genres are, but of course the American folk tradition came out of the English countryside, and it's great to hear them all played together. A
The Old Romantic Killer Band 2008-04-19 18:12:00 : Leeds, UKSounds like...a massive amount of noise out of a two piece band.Greg - DrumsHarry - Guitar, vocalsDirty, distortion-fueled blues guitar, more upbeat than the White Stripes and less psychedelic than Jimi Hendrix, but not unworthy of either comparison. Great dynamics, solid, catchy songwriting, and blistering guitar work add up to a duo that won't be confined to Leeds for long. This is on Read more:Killer
Comanechi 2008-05-24 09:10:00 : LondonAkiko a.k.a. Exccedingly Good Keex on Drums/Vocals,Simon a.k.a. Von Klinkerhoffen on GuitarSounds like: J-pop in a car crashEvery time I go to Dalston, I see police cars going really fast.Dalston is a North London neighborhood with some decidedly rough edges, but with a whole lot of character as well. There is a genuine 'local' vibe I get there which I find missing from so many of the othe
Tom McKean and The Emperors 2008-05-29 11:10:00 : LondonTom McKean: vocals/guitarsBobby Williams: guitars/vocalsAndy Simms: keyboards/clarinet/hornsIain Ross: drums/vocalsEd Miller: bassAlso with Fay Walsh (cello and banjo), Nick Loe (bass) and John Parker (double bass)Sounds like: a smoky, back alley gin joint.Evocative and cinematic, the Emperors explore the darker shadows of rootsy blues and jazz with the moody maturity of experience and ste
Port O'Brien 2008-06-05 11:00:00 : Oakland, CA (and Port O'Brien, AK)Van Pierszalowski - guitars, vocalsCambria Goodwin - banjo, vocals, keys, mandolinCaleb Nichols - bass, vocalsJoshua Barnhart - drums, vocals, autoharpZebedee Zaitz - guitars, vocals, keysSounds like: The spin on Port O'Brien goes that the Oakland band spend their summers working in the Alaskan fishing industry, and those long days of grueling work and isolation
No Picasso 2008-06-06 11:05:00 : London, UKRonnie Joice - VocalsDan Fatel - GuitarJo Xorto - BassBen Hutchinson - DrumsSounds like: good old fashioned swagger rock.Y'know, sometimes you can just tell where a band is from, and if ever a band sounded like a London band, it would be No Picasso
.With a driving rhythm section and sparse guitars unencumbered by heavy effects, No Picasso hearken back to the 60s London scene, with an ab
Factory Floor 2008-06-09 17:26:00 : London, UK G. Gurnsey M. Harris D. Butler Sounds like: it's 1979 and it's still neuTo read the bio on their MySpace page, FactoryFloor
has gone through a number of lineup adjustments in their time, so there's bound to be a variety of different sounds in their music. There is...sometimes they sound like Joy Division, sometimes they sound like the Fall, sometimes they sound like Wire.I am teasi
Smoke Fairies 2008-06-29 05:08:00 : London, UKJessica DaviesKatherine BlamireSounds like: sorrow, pain, and beauty.I came across the SmokeFairies
completely by chance when they opened for somebody else at a tiny gig over a year ago. I can't for the life of me remember who they were opening for. That's in large part due to the fact that I was too busy falling absolutely head over heels for Jess and Kaf's aching, heartbreakingly lo
The Saturday Knights + free album download 2008-08-18 16:11:00 : Denzel, WASounds like: um. Everything in your favorite used record shop thrown in a blender and ground with hip hop.Okay, by now there's a pretty established history of rock music incorporating hip-hop (Beck's Odelay), or hip-hop incorporating rock (anything by the Roots), and a spectrum of genre-bending in between (A3's Exile on Coldharbour Lane, U.N.K.L.E's Never, Never Land, the Handsome Bo Read more:Saturday
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