Hazy Californian Foster the People-esque indie pop AND more palm trees. The band is called The Neighbourhood…they use the Canadian spelling of Neighbourhood, wise. I am new to the young band that has already cycled through the blogs and that’s cool because you can’t follow every trend. The band is starting to hit a critical mass…as in a record label in Canada is repping them to the radio stations, they’re touring with Paul Banks of Interpol fame (after wrapping a tour with the Temper Trap, hmmm someone likes these guys)…. I punched up their song “Sweater Weather” and it sounds groovy.
A wintery chill day on the beach in California. Very pretty lyrics pitter-pattering quickly, painting a romantic story over beats and jangly indie rock guitar.
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How about this track…. Victoria’s Jon & Roy at a house concert a couple years ago. Last song of the set is a cover of Lead Belly’s “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” (made famous for our generation by Nirvana). Lead Belly’s legend and lore is worth your time and its on wikipedia. And now Jon & Roy’s take on a classic.
The annual Jon & Roy holiday special goes down in Victoria on December 14th at the Alix Goolden Hall. In Vancouver on the 21st at The Vogue and the 22nd in Kelowna at Habit.
American friends… look out! Jon & Roy head south for a West Coast tour in the new year.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
Love the NBHD. They’re great live, too. Just saw the video for “Let It Go.” http://smarturl.it/letitgovideo. Brand new and totally genius. Love it.
I LOVE Sweater Weather!! They also just released a new video for their song “Let It Go” http://smarturl.it/letitgovideo
Talk about incredible music. So much talent here. The Neighbourhood are my favorite. If you haven’t seen “Let It Go,” definitely check it out. http://smarturl.it/letitgovideo.
Help The Neighbourhood get to #1 artist by listening to our music in Spotify’s brand new Emerge App. http://open.spotify.com/app/emerge
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