Thursday, December 23, 2010

A storm is going to come.

It's easy to hear a song and like it instantly. It's easy to find a song via shows, or movies, after someone has already found it. Well this guy I found via la blogotheque in which artists play their songs live. They are called take away shows and most that I've seen were in Paris, France or Lykke Li performed in San Francisco, CA. Well this guy is Piers Faccini and he was born in London, England, making him instantly cooler in my eyes. Check this song out.

Some good songs
A Storm Is Going to Come
If I
Two Grains of Sand



This other band, Port O'Brien is an American band that I found easily watching a British show Skins, notorious for good music, good characters, and amazing accents, thanks to Paige for showing me the show. Where would my life be without it? Anyways, this band is indie and just wicked cool.

Some Good Songs

I Woke Up Today
Leap Year
Stuck On A Boat




This next band is a Seattle native group. They were once known as Pretty Girls Make Graves, but are now known as the Cave Singers. I mean this music is funky fresh to the extreme. It might not get much better than this. Could you expect anything less from a band from Seattle, where the music flows like the freaking Puget Sound. It's easy to expect good music to come from Seattle.

Some Good Songs
Dancing on Our Graves
Summer Light

Sunday, December 19, 2010

If looks could kill

If you know me in the slightest you'll know that I've been obsessed with British music since as long as I can remember, well really just the UK in general. So it won't come as a surprise to know that I knew about a lot of British pop and punk and indie before it really hit the US. My friend Paige can back me up that I really did know about them first before they even got signed in the UK. So what up now?

Anyways this band isn't quite as obscure. In fact it's name is Camera Obscura. Now this is kind of cool because the object camera obscura takes in an image and projects it onto a screen, which was initially what photography was until what has led to user friendly cameras. This band is from Glasgow, Scotland.

Some good songs.
If Looks Could Kill
French Navy
Tears for Affairs


On a different note, this band is from Berkeley, California. Their name is the Morning Benders and they blow my mind. I don't know much about them except that I like them and they've played on tours with some of my favorite bands. Ra Ra Riot, We Are Scientists, White Rabbits... the list goes on. They have two albums out and I've mostly just heard songs from their recent album, Big Echo, but all the songs are really good.

Some good songs
Hand Me Downs
Cold War
Excuses



This next band is honestly awesome, Broken Bells. It has to be with producer Danger Mouse and James Mercer, the lead singer and guitarist from band the Shins. The two decided to work together after Mercer collaborated with Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse. Broken Bells only has one album, self titled Broken Bells.

Some good songs
The Ghost Inside
October
The High Road


Click on the players if you want to download the song.