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Beachwood Sparks: Sister Rose
Beachwood Sparks are an indie-country band who are strongly influenced by the 1960’s psychedelic Californian sun-drenched sound that such bands as The Byrds, The Beach Boys and Buffalo Springfield created. I love the twangy and rawness of this track, and although only an album track this is my favorite song on Beachwood Sparks’ [...]
Athlete: Vehicles & Animals
Vehicles & Animals is the name of the debut album from Athlete, released in 2003. It is also the name of one of the songs off the album, a ballad that turns the hands of time back to the simplicity of your youth. When released, Vehicles & Animals was welcome and fun [...]
Matt Costa: Cold December
I don’t think I could find a more appropriate song for today. At least, where I live… the seven day weather outlook is frigid at best, with not one day above freezing. Of course, where I live, this is to be expected but I’d much rather the outlook contain a little bit of [...]
Razorlight: In The City
Razorlight, an Anglo-Swedish band that was formed in 2002 are nothing new. But I love them, and I’m surprised to learn that I hadn’t previously posted one of their tracks. Their debut album, “Up All Night” was released in 2004, and billed the band as the UK’s very own version of The Strokes. [...]
The Thrills: Big Sur
“Just don’t go back to Big Sur, Baby baby please don’t go”
The Thrills 2003 debut album, So Much For The City, is an unusual mix of solar-powered Californian Pop and thick Irish-stew style Indie-Rock. The reason for all the references to the sunshine of the West Coast, Conor Deasy (Lead singer of [...]
The Zutons: Zuton Fever
It’s time to bring out the monster hiding under your bed or in your closet, because here comes another spine-tingling tune! Yes, go bring him out, and put this tune on so he can rock out because you do not want a bad tempered monster! Whenever a band has an unusual twist, [...]
