The hard rocking trio take time out from punishing the drum kit to show their softer side with joyful percussion and crooning vocals evocative of the 70s, summer and driving with the windows down (who cares if you Mess Your Hair Up?).
Download: White Denim – I’d Have It Just The Way We Were (Track) – MP3
Buy: White Denim - Fits (Album)
“Little Girl”, featuring a intoxicating turn by a self-deprecating Julian Casablancas, echoes a more electronic-sounding Strokes, all the way down to the noodly guitar solo.
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Download: Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (featuring Julian Casablancas) – Little Girl (Track) – MP3
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If Tarantino doesn’t have ‘Visit Colonel’ or another of TOS’s square-dance-in-the-devil’s-workshop floor fillers shortlisted for his next soundtrack, he’s missing a trick.
Download: Visit Colonel – Thee Oh Sees (Track) – MP3
Buy: Visit Colonel – The Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In (Album)
“…an addictive brink-of-summer jam with the kind of sugary refrain that affixes to your frontal lobe…”
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Download: VEGA – No Reasons (Track) – MP3
“… some enjoyably warped/slightly demented lo-fi pop genius from Seattle’s Intelligence…”
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Download: The Intelligence – Thank You God For Fixing The Tape Machine (Track) – MP3
Buy: The Intelligence – Fake Surfers (LP)
“… a slower, steamier soul-funk escapade perfect for these hazy pre-summer nights.”
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Download: The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Testimony (Track) – MP3
Buy: The Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15-20 (EP)
“The sinister build at the beginning of the song eases us into the chaotic roots blast that is to come, and when the song bares its tobacco-stained teeth, it’s hard not to get hooked.”
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Download: Deer Tick – Easy (Track) – MP3
Buy: Deer Tick – Born On Flag Day – Album
“The B-side starts on a more optimistic vibe, with the joyful & charming cosmic soul of “A Place To Go…”
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Download: DJ Day – A Place To Go (Track) – MP3
Buy: DJ Day – Got Get It Right – EP
Deebank’s porcelaine-delicate, classical guitar picking contrasts satisfyingly with the grimy, reverby vocal – think iron lace draped with spiderwebs. Add epic percussion and you have an atmospheric, timeless classic that simply gets better every time you listen.
Download: Felt – Cathedral (Track) – MP3
Buy: Felt – Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty (Album)
“…a big, lovable whirlwind of excitable strings, an ecstatic chorus and one of 2009’s most happy-making lyrics thus far: “You with your dietary restrictions / Said you loved me with a lot of conviction”.”
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Download: Camera Obscura – French Navy (Track) – MP3
Buy: Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career (Album)
