Oxford, UK indie pop band Fixers stopped by AllSaints to do a little basement jamming of their song "Really Great World" from debut album We'll Be The Moon that dropped June 18! This is a great live performance that makes me really want to check out a show, so I hope they have plans on coming to the states soon!
I also included a remix from Chad Valley - I guess they are pretty good mates, and any band that kicks it with a guy like Hugo Manuel is a band I want to know!
Hello weekend! Jethro Fox has released his debut single called "Blinding Light" - and it just might be the perfect song for this hot and humid LA morning! If you read this blog - you have seen me talk about this adorable Liverpool, UK songwriter a number of times - which can only mean I think he is amazing and is totally worth keeping up with! You wont find any fuzzy guitars or synth dance beats here - what you will find is honest song writing and perfect indie pop!
"Jethro Fox's music is urgent and life affirming. Characterized by his already-distinctive golden harmonies, and the echo of school halls and cavernous churches, his music takes influence from the classic symphonic pop of The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison and Grizzly Bear."
"Blinding Light" is out via Tough Love Records, 7" out August 20 - and if you have not heard some of his other tunes, I suggest you do that now on his SOUNDCLOUD PAGE!! I mean it....do it now!
If you have not already got your hands on Gemini Club's latest EP - Here We Sit - I highly suggest you do that now! What an amazing band - I caught their show a few weeks back in San Francisco @ Popscene, and they totally reached all my expectations. This electro pop group fron Chicago, IL is really starting to make waves - so get on this before it's too late to say.....Oh yea Gemini Club, I knew about them back in the day!!
They are offering you a taste of their greatness now with a free download of "Sparklers" - just click on the download button on the soundcloud player. While you are at it, go pick up their Here We Sit EP RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW!!!
This is just a fantastic new find for me, and of course Australia is responsible! Towers have just released their first single ever called "Bear" and I am totally in love! This is what indie pop is all about with pulsing drums and a driving bass with catchy harmonies....it has it all!
They come from Melbourne and I have a feeling we are going to see much more of them on the Australian scene! You can download "Bear" for free RIGHT HERE at Triple J Unearthed as well as the b-side "Friend O Mine" - so get on that!
New single from Two Door Cinema Club called "Sleep Alone" is out today! It has all the delicious flavor that this band usually brings to the table, with bright bouncy guitars and dancey a beat. Great songs with an explosive live show....their Bonnaroo set was insane!! Now I can't wait for the remixes to come out!!
You can download "Sleep Alone" for free for 24 hours only RIGHT HERE so you best get on that now!
...and I love me a red head...mmmmmmm gingers!!
Yanked from Youtube already!! "Human Condition" only had a few hours life span before the popular video hosting site thought the new video from Nova Albion was too inappropriate. Whateves!!
I happen to think this video is gorgeous and very honest! So we see the back of two naked people, so what! If they were naked babies it would totally be ok tho.....right!! Only in San Francisco can you get away with walking naked down the street with no one bothering you and no one getting arrested!! I digress, the shots of the city are amazing - SF is my second home and it's just so beautiful!
I love this San Francsico based band, their songs are amazing and they have a awesome live show! They are doing a short California tour real soon - so if you are on the best coast, get out to a show!
July 21 / Forestville, CA / Bask Music Festival
July 25 / San Diego, CA / "COMMUNE" at Whistlestop
July 26 / Los Angeles, CA / Silverlake Lounge / 8pm
As if today could not get any better, not only because it's my birthday and I have plans for cocktails tonight, but Junk Culture has just come into my life and I am dying over here I love it so much!
What the fuck is going on in Oxford, Mississippi?? I mean.....is there actually a scene there, because some really great bands have come out of that town in the past few years and I feel like I am missing out on something! As if Bass Drum Of Death was not awesome enough....now we have Junk Culture ....and I just love it!!
New album Wild Quiet hits the streets on July 31st via Illegal Art!
Another amazing birthday treat for me today! Freelance Whales are letting us get a taste of their new record with this single called "Locked Out" - amazing! I must have listened to their debut album Weathervanes (self-released in 2009) one million times, and I am really excited for the new record!
When is that new record coming out?? Diluvia drops October 9 - stoked!!
For a free download of "Locked Out" HEAD OVER HERE!!!!
Lately I have been getting into a ton of French artists, there is a lot of amazing shit going on in that part of the world that people really need to get on! However, most French bands only update social networking sites in French - as they should because ....well .... that's the language - but it makes things hard for me to know what the fuck is going on! Perhaps I need to learn a bit of French, but fuck me I am American and we don't have the skills to just pick up on another language - I lived in Prague, Czech Republic for a bit and all I learned in Czech was how to order a beer!
So....hello The Bewitched Hands - I really like your music, and I believe this is your new single "Thank You, Goodbye, It's Over" from a soon to be released album. I may not know what the fuck is going on, but I know I like it!
