Girlfriends remind me of those dudes in high school who barely managed to get out of bed everyday but somehow… were able to successfully write and coherently play enough music to fill a set during that weekend’s keg party.  Their music embodies this Wavves-esque attitude of “I never want to grow up”.  (See the Wavves track “No Hope Kids”)  With a lo-fi style, monotone vocals, and songs that don’t get much longer then 2 1/2 minutes Girlfriends is a fun young band that has potential do much more.  Enjoy!
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We did a post on Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk back in October and since then they’ve been working on two upcoming full lengths titled Skeletor & Me and Know Yr Molars. They’ve also re-released their Puppycat EP as a 3″ CD, available on the CD-R only label Edition 59. Here’s the video by George Demoura for the instrumental “Fort Porkchop” off of Puppycat. Enjoy!
Man I am on a roll with Vimeo lately.  Enjoy this totally rad video from Yeasayer for their song “O.N.E.”.  Neon colors, lasers, coordinated dance moves… love it.
Great Vimeo find from The Faux Noise for the song “Save Me”.  The band hails from Sweden and has a shoegaze-pop sound that is great for those rainy days and/or break up mixtapes.  Also checkout their Soundcloud page for tons of free downloads and remixes.
North Carolina indie-folksters Schooner have just released their latest EP Duck Kee Sessions exclusively on CyTunes.org, a music downloading site where 100% of the proceeds go to cancer research. The quartet also enlisted the help of some local artists to create the album artwork for the EP, and you can check out all 14 unique covers by clicking here (four of which are displayed above). Here’s track one off the album, “Feel Better”, and you can swing by here to grab your copy of the EP and contribute to cancer research at the same time. Sweet.
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With their sophomore release, Over The Sun And Under The Radar, Jungol is honing in on their renewed vision of more concise songs with prominent vocals. They’re creating new sounds through the use of samplers, synths, glockenspiel, field recordings and string arrangements. Due out April 23rd, here’s the first single, “Two People.”
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Artist: Jungol Song: Two Poeple.mp3 Album: Over The Sun And Under The Radar
The Pass took the time to answer a few questions. Very soon they will be leaving the bourbon soaked lands of Kentucky and will be out and about touring the country… keep eye out for them coming to a town near you. Check out their EP Colors.
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Song: Saturn’s Ocean
Newdust: Will, Kyle, Brian, Neil… What brought you guys together to play music?
The Pass: Kyle and I had been kicking around the idea of starting a band with a dance and synthesizer influence to it. Once we had some songs together we called up Neil and Brian who are amazing musicians and friends of ours from different projects. Then it was like when PB met J.
ND: There are a lot of diverse sounds going on, what are some musical touchstones that influence all of you guys?
The Pass: There are so many bands that have influenced our sound rather it be consciously or subconsciously. We definitely have an affinity for 80s pop like Michael Jackson and Madonna which explains one half of our gear being put out by Roland in 1983. Brian listens to a lot of experimental electronic stuff like aphex twin, squarepusher, ect. which definitely brings its own texture. Then I think theres the modern element of our music which is influenced by artists such as Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, ect. Everyone brings something a little different to the band. One band we all like……ummm…….Maybe the Talking Heads. Does anybody not like them?
ND:Cross Walk Stereo is great song… I was listening to it with some buddies and we couldn’t help but notice the first 10 seconds is eerily similar to the first few seconds of Phoenix’s “1901″. Was this a an intentional homage or more sub-conscious?
The Pass: Ok…yea the 1901 thing was a huge accident. We were definitely listening to them around the time we wrote crosswalk stereo and I guess it was a sub conscious infiltration (sorry Thomas and gang). Once we realized the similarity we kind of like compared them to make sure we were good…like chords and rhythms. Its pretty much the same explanation as Vanilla Ice on Ice Ice Baby. Maybe one day we’ll cover 1901 and you wont even know until 10 seconds in…
ND: I know nothing about Louisville, Kentucky… How is it playing your style of music in a city that is not known for its electronic-pop scene?
The Pass: Well, we’ve actually been welcomed with mostly open arms. Louisville is a really cool open-minded town with a lot of diversity. Also, VHS or Beta are from here which I think warmed a lot of people up to the idea of a dance rock band. Theres really not a lot of similar bands to play shows with though so we kind of like the idea of playing with DJs.
ND: Give me 3 new songs and 3 old “dusty” tracks that our readers have to check out.
The Pass: 3 new songs?….. anything on the new Hot Chip album. Also dig that La Roux album and the new Friendly Fires vs Holy Ghost record. Three dusty tracks? ……..i can give you three dusty albums. Lou Reed – Transformer, Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense, and Nick Drake – Bryter Layter. Honorable mention, Madonna – Like A Virgin
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Ever since I discovered FaltyDL’s Bravery last week, I’ve been on a trip-hop, IDM kick. I Mog‘d my way to Prefuse 73 (aka Guillermo Scott Herren) and have been zoned out to his latest Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian. Here’s two songs that play back to back on the album that showoff its deep soundscapes and phat beats. Love the retro sci-fi cover!
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Foals‘ new album Total Life Forever is set to release May 10th, and to give us a sneak peak they’ve released a pretty epic video for “Spanish Sahara”, and are offering up a free download of a Mount Kimbie remix from their website. I’m a big fan of what these guys do guitarically (if I may make up a word), and I’m glad to see they’re keeping the unison, echo-driven, duel-guitar riffs around for this next album. For those of you who haven’t heard these guys before, give their last album Antidotes a listen to prepare yourself for the new album. I have high hopes.
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Here’s an easy breezy little song to get you through the rest of the week. Slow Motion Love Hug are jam packed with “gather-’round-the-campfire” tunes that make you wanna just reach out and hug someone.
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Here’s a pretty sweet video from Nashville, Tennessee’s nite nite, off their debut album How To Touch The Moon. I thought I had the genre of this album figured out through the first three songs, but I soon found out what a wide range of moods and influences these guys have crammed into their sound by the time I’d reached the end. Record label Crash Avenue puts it best: “Think of nite nite as a punk-informed version of an Edward Gorey illustration, an early Blondie on acid, or a macabre pop group”. How To Touch The Moon makes for an exciting debut album, and I think these guys will hone and craft their already unique sound into something really compelling going forward.
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