I got around to picking up a copy of this album off iTunes the other day and here is my one-week impression.
Damn. I missed the boat on this one! haha. The songs that have been in high-rotation on my local independent radio stations are good, but they dont bring the sense of cohesiveness that listening to the whole album provides. Go buy it now if you haven’t already
Seriously go…
We can wait…
(”let’s make some music, make some money, find some models for wives”)
Both of them are post-punk/punk tunes with hooks that just keep on coming. Bayside have had some ups and some downs, the story of how they lost their drummer Beatz contrasts their successes (number 4 Top on Independent Albums, number 75 on the Billboard 200). Maybe you have heard of them, maybe not. But take a moment either way to check out those two tracks.
cemusic say basia bulat is pretty effing great… but I can’t agree, the songs are good, but they just didn’t grab me in the way the rest of the tracks on this road test did. Maybe they will speak to you, but they didn’t to me.
This track on the other hand is WEEIIIRD (FreeIndie.Com provide the music): Head over to FreeIndie and listen to HaHa by Mates Of State. Two very awkward looking but extremely talented musicians joined together to create something that just shouldnt work, but does anyway. It bounces around genres, meter and most probably your head, for days and days. Listen to it but dont blame me when you have it stuck in your head. Blame them
I found Black Mags by the Cool Kids totally forgettable, though full disclosure: not the biggest fan of the genre. Even so I usually can enjoy a song a few times, but in this case after the first listen I couldn’t help but skip past it. Read the rest of this entry »
Gideon Bensen is a singer songwriter from Sydney. His Indie/Folk sound is reminiscent of the late sixties/early seventies with a delightful, and occasionally jaded, contemporary spin. He tells stories through his ballads that linger long after the song has finished.
I was lucky enough to catch him playing a set at Cosy Band Night ‘08, and bully him into a short interview afterwards. Gideon has even been generous enough to supply us with his track “The 8th Day” for you listen to!
Gideon Bensen - The 8th Day
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ThatIndieShop.com Interviews Gideon Bensen at Cosy Band Night ‘08
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Not to push this guy down your throat any further, im sure our last gushing post was enough to get you feeling our enthusiasm for this LA DJ, but damn it if he hasn’t done it again! Jumping over here you will find a remix of Tears for Fears Shout (as in Shout, Shout, let it all out… you know the one)
In a first for ThatIndieShop.Com we have an original track by On Off On for your listening pleasure. He brings his signiature glitch/electronic style blended with vocoded vocals in the vein of Daft Punk, an homage that I am sure was intentional.
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