The National have been around for a while (and the song Fake Empire has been awesome from the word go) so if you haven’t listened to them yet you better do it now. Here’s Bloodbuzz Ohio from their stunning new album, High Violet.
August 30, 2010
August 27, 2010
Music For The Weekend – Frightened Rabbit
Just when if felt like it had been a long time since I’d mentioned Frightened Rabbit they’ve gone and do a stunning 14 track “acoustic” session which the nice people at Revision3 recorded. Please do watch it all – it’s really good fun. Have a nice weekend.
August 23, 2010
Band Of The Week – City And Colour
City and Colour are one of those bands that I can’t believe I’ve taken so long to discover; they tick all the boxes for me with their nice chilled acoustic sounds, soaring vocals and sweet sounding harmonies. I tried to describe them but the best I could come up with was that they sound like what I’d imagine Bon Iver joining up with Frightened Rabbit to do acoustic covers of The Gaslight Anthem would sound like.
August 16, 2010
Band Of The Week – The Limousines
The Limousines – Internet Killed The Video Star. Nice video, catchy drums.
August 9, 2010
Band Of The Week – The Arcadian Kicks
Walk Alone by The Arcadian Kicks is my must listen track this week. I’m probably just jumping on the bandwagon with these guys (seeing as they have Blondie’s producer in tow and they’re probably going to get a lot of press sometime soon) but they are actually quite good. Enjoy.
July 19, 2010
Band Of The Week – My Terrible Friend
Nataly Dawn from PomplamooseMusic‘s latest collaboration is a band/duo with Lauren O’Connell going by the name of My Terrible Friend. PompalmooseMusic mostly do awesomly unusual cover songs (like Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) by Beyonce) and My Terrible Friend can do covers too (Holy Roller Novocaine by Kings of Leon) but it’s one of their new original tunes that I really love; The Daylight Here is such a nice tune!
July 12, 2010
Band Of The Week – Mumford & Sons
I know that I’ve used Mumford & Sons before but their T in the Park performance of The Cave is just too awesome to ignore. Similarly I’ve used Frightened Rabbit a ton of times before but how could I not mention The Loneliness & The Scream (starts at 4:45). Stunning.
July 5, 2010
Band Of The Week – Meursault
Meursault are one of those bands that seem to be on every second gig poster in Edinburgh – and are clearly working really hard – but they’ve taken a long time to start getting real coverage… but with a slot at T in the Park I think this might be their year. I’ve heard them play live twice but their sound has definitely evolved over the past few years. A Fair Exchange (and the video that accompanies it) are stunning. Enjoy.
a fair exchange from matthew swan on Vimeo.
June 28, 2010
Band Of The Week – Langhorne Slim
Langhorne Slim (the lead singer of the band Langhorne Slim) has a nice chilled out acoustic sound but it’s the warm fuzzy, bluesy, Hammond organy sound that Langhorne Slim (the band) brings to these songs that really makes songs like “Say Yes” and “I Love You, But Goodbye” sound special. Check out their MySpace to get the full sound.
June 21, 2010
Band Of The Week – Snowglobe
Snowglobe.
Sounds like: Sunny mornings in Summer.
Influenced by: The Beatles, The Flaming Lips and Oasis. Probably.
Their new stuff sounds cool but their MySpace is filled with slightly older gems like Nothing I Can Do. (The video below is of the original followed by the low-fi acoustic version complete with barking).