Today's
Quick Mention: Sorry for the disappearing act this
weekend, but in celebrating an anniversary with the wife,
buying a new car (Honda Insight), realizing that I've been
blogging for three full years and coming up with ideas for
the folks that are looking at redesigning SOTO, I just
couldn't get it together to post. It won't happen
again. Probably.
Here are five tracks to help get the week started. Enjoy.
:The
Happy Hollows - Faces:
Metric have always been a good band with a great
singer/songwriter in Emily Haines, and this group look to be
on that same path with Sarah Negahdari, who carries a
similar attention grabbing appeal. Nothing wrong with
that. Unless, of course, you don't like Metric, but
then that would make you more than a bit silly, so you
really don't count. Do yourself a make a little note
to seek out this LA-based act's debut, Spells, on
October 6.
:Octoberman
- Thirty Reasons:
"Fortresses is the journey's end of
vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Marc Morrisette's pilgrimage
towards an impeccable melancholic folk album." I have
no idea if Marc's efforts behind the new album are as epic
as the press release would make them out to be, but I'm
happy for the guy either way. And stuff. On
another note, this breezy little folk pop number reminds a
lot of Blake Sennett's work with the Elected.
Octoberman's third full length will be out September 1 via
White Whale Records.
:Miniature
Tigers - Tell It To The Volcano:
I actually mentioned this band and their latest album for
Modern Art Records towards the end of last year, but someone
tricked me and didn't deliver this track to my inbox until
about a week or so ago. Now, I can't get it out my
head, which means that regardless of it being a year old I
need to play nice and make sure that you have the same
problem. Here's hoping it inspires us all to finally
get around to picking up Tell It To The Volcano.
:Taken
By Trees - Watch The Waves:
Just in case you don't know, Taken By Trees is actually the
solo work of Victoria Bergsman, who used to be in the
Concretes. To be honest, I think I'll always wish that
she was still making great music with her old Swedish pals,
but I do love the intricate and surprisingly fresh direction
that this hints at. East Of Eden will be
released on September 8 on the always steady Rough Trade
Records. You can expect to want it now.
:Black
Hat Brigade - Zombie City Shake:
I've been really good for a while now about not having
artists that essentially get "lost in the shuffle" of the
big download folder that I keep on my desktop, but I'll
admit that these guys certainly fell victim to that.
Bummer. And to think we all could of been loving this
glimmering piece of pop for weeks! Help me make amends
to the Black Hat Brigade by seeking out their Fathers
EP. It's currently available on iTunes.
- John Laird -
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