indecipherable lyrics
Charming, fizzy, newcomer indiepop band, Mercury Girls, is made up of three boys (one from Austin!) and one girl, their emotive lead vocalist. They played The Crocodile in Seattle last night - sorry not to spread the word in time to our peeps there. Check out below for more tour dates/locations. Word from a couple concert reviewers is they are better than those they open for, so get to the show early.
RIYL: Pity Sex, Whale Tooth, Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls
All the other ones never made it this far
They all were dust when they saw what you are
Still I chase you down to the place you hide
Will I make it out, make it out alive?
You got me brainwashed, you got me so lost
You got me fucked up like you
You got me drugged up, you got me undone
Falling in love like you do
And if you lie down with wolves
You learn to howl
You got me brainwashed, you got me so lost
You got me fucked up like you
Dreamers is a band on the verge, I think. Before even releasing their first full length LP (This Album Does Not Exist came out August 26th), they had already opened for some pretty big and really well-matched bands which lead to write-ups in Rolling Stone, Spin, and a smattering of online publications. They've just wrapped up touring with The Mowgli's only to resume touring this month as the headliner. But, word is that they still hang out at their own merch table and frequently tweet back at their fans. So check 'em out soon if you want in on that kind of intimate interaction with a band, before they start getting mobbed.
RIYL: Bear Hands, Walk the Moon, The Griswolds, Grouplove, Struts, Atlas Genius, The Moth & The Flame, Kings of Leon
The ‘burbs are growing like a fingernail
Slower than the dullest pain
I want the hunger and cold of the knights of old
When there was blood up to the Himalayas
I’m saying farewell to the welfare state
The only comfort is a caliphate
I'm guessing war sure beats any old North Shore beach
Or any western suburb single player
I'm looking for the type of test
A cataclysm make me beat my chest
Man, any kind of 'ism' beats a singing competition
On a TV fat with gnash and wail
They got me singing in a different scale
Don’t wanna push no pram
Or join a bikie gang
Or flip a burger for the infidel
No one ever lives to tell
What’s at the bottom of an oil well
Let's keep it a bit odd. The Drones, from Perth, Austrailia, were described to me as "hard to get into" by my friend and co-worker James Bryant. I gave them a listen and was struck how much they reminded me of The Hold Steady, while at the same time, not being all that similar. Yeah, I know. Weird. But also creative, poetic and, at times, rockin'.
I've given them a few decent hours of listening time and I'm impressed with what I'm hearing, despite that steep curve. They are hard to get into but there's something compelling and cool to their sound and it might be worth that initial awkward phase. Give today's Most Important, "Boredom" a listen, and if you're intrigued, check out James' Drones Gateway playlist on Spotify or their latest album, Feelin' Kinda Free.
RIYL: The Hold Steady, The Mars Volta, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Give me your time
Open your mind
Open your mind
See what you can find
Open your mind
Open your mind
It's Halloween! Let's get a bit weird! If you mixed heavy metal with Afrobeat you might get something like mask wearing Swedish psychedelic megaband Goat. Maybe.
This is some odd, yet undeniably cool stuff. It can be a bit hard to get into at times, but tracks like "Run To Your Mama", off their semi-ironically titled 2012 release World Music, and "Try My Robe" highlight a penchant for fun, funky grooves that I can imagine are a blast live. Today's Most Important "Union of Mind and Soul" stretches pushes the boundaries of that fun, funky sound, but, hell, I kind of love it. If you do too, check out their recently released album Requiem.
RIYL: Dead Can Dance, Foxygen, The War on Drugs, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Sword, Dead Meadow
Strike the match that set me alight
You can watch my fire burn bright
'cause babes never die
Honeyblood's new album Babes Never Die came out this past Friday and it's stellar. They've continued to get better and better, and this new one is a killer follow up to their 2014 self-titled release, which we featured here a few months ago.
The first single, bearing the same title as the album, sets the stage nicely. It's great. It opens very Placebo-esqu and quickly and smoothly shifts into the noise-pop earworm sound that's so strong on their older work. Things heat up a bit with "Ready for the Magic", a faster, heavier, rockier song and then the catchy as hell "Sea Hearts". And it keeps going.
RIYL: Placebo, Hinds, PJ Harvey, Courtney Barnett, Slingshot Dakota, The Breeders, Eisley
