I've seen Pinegrove several times, and they're awesome. Their show at Airwaves was a blast, and I found out just after getting back that their fabulous new single "Intrepid" was out, so here it is. Enjoy!
Gurr - #1985
I think my favorite Airwaves act, aside from Pinegrove, whom I was already very familiar with, was Berlin garage rockers, Gurr. They reminded me a lot of some of my favorite indie rock outfits namely, Cayetana and Diet Cig. Their live show was lit and if they come to Austin you know I'll be there.
Valdimar - Yfir Borgina
Here we go, the first in a series of make up posts for the week(ish) we spent in Iceland. We enjoyed quite a bit of music while there, and we wanted to retroactively share some of the highlights with y'all. First up? The wonderful Valdimar, a mellow, polished indie rock outfit we saw several times and would have gladly caught again.
CeaseTone - Full Circle
Another Airwaves act I'm interested in is CeaseTone, a classical music influenced indie band who reminds me a whole lot of The Dear Hunter, mixing strings, electronic elements, and beautiful vocals to a very pleasant result.
RIYL: The Dear Hunter, City and Colour, Minus The Bear, Sin Fang
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The Front Bottoms - You Used to Say
The Front Bottoms new album is perfect. Perfectly them, perfectly low key college rock that could also serve as a middle schooler's anthem album, with it's perfectly world-weary, sarcastic tone. Anyway, I sat and listened to the entire thing AGAIN this morning (something I almost never do) and could have picked any track to share so I just went with the first. Also, "You Used to Say" feels additionally perfect at this moment: dramatic imminent death declaration followed by a dance break. I didn't know the band before seeing them at ACL last year but count me as a big fan now.
RIYL: Death Cab for Cutie, XTC, Violent Femmes, Dead Milkmen, REM