brooklyn

07.14.2010

DOPPELGANGER BREAKS the silence with a jam that putting rocking memories in MY HEAD

this is the last chance you have to make me a man

This Brooklyn trio has exactly the kind of sound you want to wander into a small venue and find being nailed by the unknown band on stage. Makes me miss the ol’ BK. Brewski in one…

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06.05.2009

[JustBurnIt!] TBE Presents: I’m A Bulldog – A mix for NYC

A native New Yorker said to me yesterday, upon returning from a long absence from his city, “Damn, this city is unstoppable. It never dies.” True. True. While I did not grow up in NYC, I began spending chunks of time here at 3 and always had an affinity for this New York. Although I…

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05.16.2009

Home Video know I Can Make You Feel It

oh to touch the people, ooh to really feel them

Home Video – I Can Make You Feel It

I guess Home Video have been around since 2003 but this is the first I have heard of them and it couldn’t be a second too soon. As a bit of an addict for spastic upbeat indie-pop I…

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04.07.2009

The Hundred in The Hands get Dressed in Dresden

oh you think so? well I know so

The Hundred In The Hands – Dressed In Dresden

Umm… excuse me? Yeah, you. Can we talk about something? Yeah? Good, cause this song is like KA-razy good and I can’t really handle it. Yeah, right? Like I’m not really feeling the poo-palette album…

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04.03.2009

Harlem Shakes want this weekend to be about Strictly Game

make a little money, take a lot of shit, feel real bad, then get over it

Harlem Shakes – Strictly Game

With its weirdo-distortion, trotting drums, and the cruising “Ooohs,” the opening of “Strictly Game” is hard to pin down. The drum machine beat that kicks in doesn’t help. Luckily the…

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03.25.2009

Tigercity is in fact Sensation(al). Poland Tour!

when my mind is giving up and my body keeps on moving

Tigercity – Are You Sensation?

If the image above conjures thoughts of sex then the music within could possibly conjure the act itself. Despite hailing from Brooklyn and looking like the next kings of hipster-metal, Tigercity make mellowed-out, sexed-up, funk jams that…

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03.20.2009

Bishop Allen wins cutest album cover with Grrr…

http://www.emusic.com/album/Bishop-Allen-Grrr%E2%80%A6-MP3-Download/11403556.html

a hammer hit the nail with great sympathy

Bishop Allen – The Ancient Commonsense of Things

Bishop Allen plays the kind of music that everyone can enjoy: upbeat, poppy, and infectious. They came on the scene with their 2006 EP project in which they released a 4 song EP each month of that year.…

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03.12.2009

Say Hi to new Say Hi!

it’s the way that she curses

Say Hi – Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

Say Hi is Eric Ellbogen whose lo-fi indie act was based in Brooklyn when I discovered him a few years back. He relocated to Seattle for his last 2 albums and oddly enough the change has amped up…

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