Brooklyn slacker pop outfit Darlings have been a long-time favorite. Darlings from 2009 was a top LP for that year, and their Warma EP follow-up in 2010 followed suit for EPs. Then they went silent for a year or so before giving us a 7″ single with Pet The Ghost in 2012 with the promise of a new LP on the way in 2013. Well the time has come and the new LP, Perfect Trip, is less than one month from its release date. Read More »Darlings: Nothing I Don’t Care For
New Zealand pop band The Eversons have given us a fitting (for today) rendition of the Skeeter Davis classic “The End of The World”. Featuring co-front-man Chris Young on vocals and a softly finger-plucked acoustic guitar, along with a chorus of back-up singers, The Eversons’ version may be among the better covers of this song out there. Read More »The Eversons: The End Of The World
From Suburban Kids with Biblical Names member Johan Hedberg comes a fun new Christmas song “Some Kind of Christmas”. True to SKWBN heritage, the song is a bit quirky in Hedberg’s vocal display as well as thematically and lyrically. The song, per Labrador Records, is about spending the Christmas alone, chasing open bars and someone to count the snowflakes with. Read More »Johan Hedberg: Some Kind of Christmas
I just got my copy of Kishi Bashi‘s Christmas Flexi for “It’s Christmas But It’s Not White Here In Our Town” in the mail. Offered up as a limited edition (only 1000 were pressed, and it’s now sold out) 7-inch single from Joyful Noise Recordings, all proceeds benefit charity while the buyer gets a pretty sweet and exclusive Christmas track to enjoy on vinyl in the shape of a snowflake. Pretty cool if you ask me. Read More »Kishi Bashi: It’s Christmas But It’s Not White Here In Our Town
Not many people can say this, but I’ve been a fan of Hayden since his 1996 release Everything I Long For. In particular, there was this video for the song “Bad As They Seem” that I saw on a Canadian music show that same year. It wasn’t until college that I finally found and picked up the CD (oddly enough, it was used at Washington State University’s bookstore, The Bookie. Read More »Hayden: Old Dreams
2012 has been a great year for new bands, and in the top three or so is a group I’ve covered a few times already this year: Trails And Ways. They have two descriptions on Facebook. One is Brazilian shoegaze and the other is bossa nova dream pop. Both are fairly accurate. Read More »Trails And Ways: Border Crosser (The Sheshan Remix)
Bloomington, Indiana isn’t a name that rolls off the tongue as a purveying city of pop greatness. Yet here we have a band, Sleeping Bag, creating some very catchy, sometimes jangle-influenced, other times rock-related pop songs. Read More »Sleeping Bag: Walk Home
Father/Daughter Records has a lot to live up to, at least in my eyes. Their release of Pure Bathing Culture’s self-titled EP is one of my favorite EPs of the year. Introducing Leapling of Brooklyn, NY. FDR will be releasing their EP, Losing Face in January. Read More »Leapling: If You’re Patient
I just placed a little order from Burger Records including a limited pressing (150 total) of Gap Dream’s self-titled LP on clear vinyl and Lace Curtain’s The Garden of Joy & The Well of Loneliness. Peach Kelli Pop is the latest band to gen the Burger nod and her new album will drop next month on the label. Read More »Peach Kelli Pop: Dreamphone
Tinged with the longing of a hopeless romantic, “I Wanna Go Out” is the first song to debut from Mean Tom, the new six-song EP by DC band Teen Mom.
