The War On Drugs have a new record out on August 25th called A Deeper Understanding.
The Philly band’s album will be their first on Atlantic Records. The group took a collaborative approach putting this album together in New York City and LA. Look for The War on Drugs Monday night when they’r eon Stephen Colbert.
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Seattle electronic producers Odesza released a new song last month called “Line of Sight.”
Harrison and Clay formed the group in 2012 after attending Western Washington University…whoa, Bellingham, what’s up?
The group performed recently at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. The reviews were ace. EDM Sauce said Odesza, “put on a master class, demonstrating what all live performance in electronic music should strive for.”
303 Magazine had a great review too and more pics and videos of the performance. “Perhaps if every moment of life were savored for the mere fact of being alive, there’d be no need for Odesza. But life isn’t that simple. Odesza didn’t just put on a performance, they reminded us how good it feels to live in the moment.”
People love Odesza.
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Ruth from Minnesota is hyping this LA producer. He goes by the name Away. The song is called “Sleepwalker” and features the vocals of a singer named London Thor (great name!).
The song is tagged Dance/EDM… has a dreamier chill vibe to my ears….with an almost post-dub grind to it at times.
Go with yourself.
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Listening to some Vance Joy today. The song “Georgia” is so pretty.
Here’s a live cut I found on Soundcloud.
Got me thinking about the time I got to meet Vance. Great dude.
Go with yourself.
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Since I’m dwelling on the today’s soft favourites of alterna-rock…. let’s punch up Roah Summit‘s heartbreaker, “How Could I Not Be Enough.”
“because I’m a man who needs his reasons why.”
Go with yourself.
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Coral and I got to spend a quick 24 hours up in Whistler this weekend.
I was up there to DJ a wedding for a couple from San Francisco. They have a passion for skiing and mountain adventure so that’s why they chose Whistler. They also love indie and alternative music, so that is why they chose me to DJ!
The groom, Sanjay, had curated a pretty choice selection of songs for the ceremony, cocktails, dinner, and dancing. The song he picked while he came up to the alter was a cool song by Rayland Baxter. The song is called “The MTN Song.” It was so perfect for this hot evening in May.
The song is about mountain nature, love, and standing up their in front of everyone and proclaiming it.
More recently Rayland has a song called “Yellow Eyes” which received some praise.
Happy Monday!
Go with yourself.
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Friend-of-the-show Jason sent over a couple song that him and his wife Ash are jamming on.
The first one is a newer song from Charles Fauna called “Abandon.” Chill….dark electro indie rock song.
Their other selection is an oldie but a goodie from 90s LA alt-rock band Failure and their cover of “Enjoy The Silence.”
Pretty cool!
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Last night we went out for Meredith’s birthday! She normally hosts a music bingo night at the Butcher and Bullock on Wednesdays…but it was pretty dead so she got to sit and drink with us instead. Neat.
Sens in 7.
Go with yourself.
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I haven’t heard a Passion Pit remix in “Sleepyhead” in awhile…so when Two Friends sent one over I was like, “huh?”
They said they covering a “classic” form their highschool days which makes me feel old as dirt. Whatever, I hit play.
Neato!
Go with yourself.
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This Dashboard Confessional meme came up on my instagram feed, so I’ll revisiting 2001 The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most.
But I *feel* like there was a different version of that “Screaming Infidelities” music video from an old Vagrant music video compilation DVD.
Whatever, it was a bunch of years ago…I might be confusing videos.
Happy Friday!
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Atlanta’s Starbenders popped up on my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify today (after MONA…nice).
The band reminds me a little of Ottawa’s The Balconies. Mostly because you’re getting the powerful front woman belting out a style of power pop-rock with a vintage 80s bend to it.
Starbenders put a little more of a glam rock sheen on it. They even remind me of 70s Brit glam rockers The Sweet.
This might be a sound you can get into if you’re looking for a new sound that built on some traditional foundation of classic rock.
And lets punch one of from The Balconies. The title track from their album Rhonda which came out last fall.
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I’ve been on a bit of Dungeons & Dragons kick lately. Bought the start box set to play a game with 9-year-old and teach her. The quest that comes with the box set is set in the Forgotten Realms on the Sword Coast….so I had to buy the source book of that too. Had to. Then read on an article in Rolling Stone of all places about a new graphic novel about the co-founder of D&D Gary Gygax.
And here we are. Someone needs to take my credit car away from me.
Go with yourself.
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The Morning After 