INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Leningrad Any Russian band that manages to be banned from playing in Moscow for being TOO Raucous, should really be on everyone’s radar. Leningrad is just that band. Made up of an alternating lineup of between 10 and 14 members [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Miriam Bryant Though she’s huge in Sweden and sings mainly in English, Miriam Bryant is virtually unknown in this part of the world. She’s like the lingonberry jam of anthemic pop. Raised in Sweden by her Finnish mother and English [...]
New parents are always looking for advice on things that might come in handy from veteran folks who have been in the trenches. Inevitably, they will be given suggestions that range from the overtly obvious right up to the painfully obvious. “Oh, I should get A LOT of [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Santigold How is it possible that people still don’t listen to Santigold or, even worse, still haven’t heard of her? I can only imagine that it’s because she gets criminally underplayed on the radio circuits. Beginning her musical career [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Scissor Sisters Usually when I’m writing about bands, they haven’t clocked millions of listens on Spotify (with a few exceptions). Despite the numbers, pop culture exposure and critical success Scissor Sisters doesn’t seem to be as well known [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Crooked Fingers One of the more tragically bypassed bands out there is Crooked Fingers. Whether it’s lack of exposure or willful ignorance, it’s time to get them on your radar. The band, founded by Archers Of Loaf frontman Eric [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Heartless Bastards Blues, punk, country and rock blend well at times, but rarely as well as when mashed by the excellent Heartless Bastards. Fronted by the stupendous vocals of Erika Wennerstrom, the band subtly infuses elements from disparate influences [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Django Django Our 72nd Playlist Elevated is on the excellent synth driven psych-rock of Django Django. Futures of dystopian electro-rock smash together with classic surf guitars and hyper-driven 20’s blues stomp in their eclectic sounds. Aren’t you already expecting [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. The Foxies Your playlists can never have enough throwback 80’s synth pop. Embargoes understandably placed on the sound because of awful over-saturation only lasted through the early to mid nineties and if you haven’t re-embraced it you are missing out [...]
INTRODUCING YOU TO BANDS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BUT TOTALLY SHOULD. Divine Fits Your music library shouldn’t be complete without Wolf Parade, Spoon or New Bomb Turks. Beautiful, eclectic and diverse tunes come from all three of these bands and when I heard members from each broke off to form [...]
