Author results: Wilfred Brandt
The Bake Sale, The Cool Kids
I'm so white. And gay.
So it will sound pretty ludicrous when I tell you about the dope beats and mad flow this Chicago duo gots. But from their name alone, you know The Cool Kids are that new hip-hop act all us discerning listeners have been dreaming about: one you can love without a hint of irony.
Devotion, Beach House
Baltimore girlfriend/boyfriend duo Beach House have achieved an increasingly difficult feat; they've created a sound that is both instantly recognisable yet entirely new. Like a new buddy at a party you feel like you've known for years.
Their second album, DEVOTION, combines the atmosphere of David Lynch's creepy small town Americana with the fifties girl groups on Quaaludes.
O Soundtrack My Heart, Pivot
The problem with so much jazz and electronic music is its dry, cerebral nature. Translation: it could use a nice big pair of old-fashioned balls.
Aussie trio Pivot's sophomore release O SOUNDTRACK MY HEART (their first for hugely influential UK label Warp) has all the smarts of a chemistry professor, yet still swings big balls like a longshoreman.
Earth To The Dandy Warhols, The Dandy Warhols
What band could pull off an album with this stupid name and a really corny intergalactic "concept", complete with airline steward voice-overs and swooshing flight sound effects?
Not so surprisingly, the Dandies can.
There's something about The Dandy Warhols' self-effacing nature, sense of humor and lack of affectation you just have to love.
The Beagle and The Dove, John Steel Singers
I've never been to Brisbane, but I wanna go. Everyone I've ever dealt with there has been super friendly, and judging from their perky, upbeat bands (The Grates, Operator Please), it must be all sunshine and fun times up north.
Bouncing into town with a van full of instruments is another blast of sunny Brissie disposition - The John Steel Singers.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
In 1986, before headbangers were (ironically) hip, when camera crews were still a novelty worth cavorting drunkenly before, a dude from D.C. borrowed some gear from the local TV station where he worked and went down to the sports arena before the big Judas Priest show. The rest is heavy metal history.
Viva Voce, Viva Voce Loves You
Wouldn't it be great if you could compile just the BEST bits of your life? Leave all the embarrassing pratfalls, mysterious stains, and tacky break-up convos on the cutting room floor?
On VIVA VOCE LOVES YOU, Portland husband-and-wife duo Viva Voce do just that. A compilation of the best tracks from their three full-length albums, this is all killer, no filler.
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