The guest list on the upcoming Dressy Bessy LP reads like a festival bill: members of REM, Wild Flag, Minders, Pylon, and The Polyphonic Spree… and that’s just the first three songs! “Lady Liberty” starts the album off right, with a tight slab of power pop done right.
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Hung toys are better than those that are just lying around doing nothing. Maybe that’s the premise but I like this raw, sometimes wanting garage punk. It’s got sufficient anger, random 80s hair metal guitar solos, and some nice lilting.
After hearing the unfortunate news about Steve Mackay, it only seems right to put up an obnoxiously loud song with prominent screeching saxophone today.
Laura Stevenson with a great new song off her new lp.
The New Zealand indie pop stylings of coolport. Enjoy. And don’t forget who sent you.
Now here’s some music that’s pretty much made for the fall weather. Florist have a sort of “timeless guitar strummer” vibe going on that reminds me of a lower-fi, more analog version of the wonderful kind of indie rock Mutual Benefit and Foxes in Fiction both put out last year.
I’m not huge on electronica. A lot of electronica sounds just rub me wrong. But this I really like. From Athens, the Greek one. This song is particularly neat but certainly forlorn.
This song is so Sebadoh does psych rock as the Ramones. This whole album from PUNT is pretty great in fact. Give it a listen. And smile while you are at it.
Oh dear, two late posts in one week. Apologies! Until I figure out how to make my millions posting other people’s songs on this page daily, I have to continue working at an (admittedly pretty sweet) job that can involve jet lag and strange hours. I’ll get my blog game on point, starting now.
I just heard “Son A Propulsion” over at the Aquarium Drunkard last week, but it’s been stuck in my head pretty much ever since then. Turns out Cuba could get pretty funky in the late 70’s.
ALL CAPS band names are a thing. BOYTOY is touring with La Luz. They are entirely compatible on such a bill. They are a little heavier sounds but not without the surf indie pop affections. They even have some Grass is Green-esque guitars happening at times. Their new album just came out so check it out here.