all the gold and the guns in the world couldn’t get you off Metric – Gold Guns Girls Yesterday saw the release of Metric’s latest album, Fantasies, and I have been spinning it all day. I never got into Metric’s last two albums, instead just listening to Live It Out‘s “Poster of a Girl” and […]
and it’s no surprise that your eyes are crying my name James Yuill – No Surprise James Yuill may be a London bloke who looks like Britt Daniels–as-your-biology-teacher, but he makes some rather beautiful mellowed-out electr0-folk. “No Surprise” is from his sophomore album, Turning Down Water For Air, which came out in 2007 but is […]
you know what i am so you know how i live Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This Woah-ly shit! This song just barreled me over the first time I heard it! This is what I’m talkin’ about, baby! I guess Bombay Bicycle Club have a couple EPs and a single release under their belt […]
give my love to the future of the humankind Spacehog – In The Meantime /// 1995 So it’s Easter today, the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ. I think it’s only fitting that I do some resurrecting of my own and bring back the songs that formed my sonic mind as a wee lad. […]
………. corazon! ……… Bicicletas – 11 y 20 Bicicletas are from Argentina and they sing in Spanish so my sing-along abilities are limited to excitedly yelling “corazon” when it comes along in “11 y 20.” In whatever language, the catchiness of this song is way more powerful then a simple bicycle. Maybe a bicycle with […]
our hearts are tigers chasing tigerness The Guggenheim Grotto – Fee Da Da Dee Two bums from Dublin playing folk music? A cover that looks like some Dave Matthews tribute band? Is that tie-dye? Sounds boring! Well, while the rest of these guys’ tunes didn’t grab me, the power of “Fee Da Da Dee” is […]
As you know I am not a big “hip-hopper,” or whatevs, but there are definitely a few acts I have been keeping an intrigued eye on. My fluctuating interest, combined with that fact that the majority the hip-hop I encounter is headed for the radio, has led me to this kind of digest format. There […]
i can feel in your fingertips that your grip is for real Awesome New Republic – Birthday So yesterday was the 2 month birthday of TBEÂ and what better way to celebrate than with this appropriately titled track from Miami’s Awesome New Republic. I almost saw these guys perform in Brooklyn back in September but […]