Fitz & The Tantrums – Don’t Gotta Work It Out
My tune for the weekend is by Fitz & The Tantrums which I just came across at Mad Macrkel. Founded by Michael Fitzpatrick in L.A., this six piece are quickly becoming known for their soul tapping tunes
The Foreign Films – Lucky Streak
Out of Marjoros' songwriting skills and crunchy compressed vocals comes forth a mix of jangly 60's guitars, 80's new wave and soul bass riffs. It's a refreshingly infectious summery feeling that will hopefully take him as far as Japan.
The Van Doos – Is This The One
Where have all the guitars gone? Not very far apparently. British rock has taken a slump recently, there’s nothing new getting too far, but lets hope that changes. We’re due a new pop rock band soon. Actually what was the last great pop rock band? Arctic Monkeys I guess. The Van Doos are a London...
Tristen – Eager for your Love
By no means planned, here is my second Americana post of the week. Maybe it’s my own personal way of trying to stave off the apparent brit-pop revival that’s around the corner. Please, don’t let it happen. With a slightly more conservative approach compared to Jessica Lea Mayefield, my last country adventure – Chicago born...
Entrepreneurs’ Laurel Halo Remix
Holeytonal favourite Entrepreneurs has just posted on his facebook page a new remix of Supersymmetry by brooklyn based psychedelic seamstress Larual Halo at your. I’ve completely fallen for Entrepreneus’ quirky pop beats – I just wish he’d get his hands on Britney and make that god awful Hold It Against Me something even close to listenable....
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Tell Me
Jessica Lea Mayfield, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter, is forcing me to appreciate country music. Probably in the same way Sheryl Crow did, even Jessica's nonchalant vocal delivery remind me of the queen of alt-country-rock.
Discodeine – Singular: A Track for Your NYE Party
With 2011 just round the corner I’m sure many of you are desperately looking for the next best tunes for your playlist at tonight’s party. I’ve decided to be nice and am going to help you bring in the new year in style with this amazing track by French electro outfit Discodeine who I have written about...
Escort – Cocaine Blues
Disco should be a part of every human upbringing, solid old school disco. Funky beats and slick strings have been hidden from our youth for too long. Fear not, Escort are about to change that. Although parents may not want kids shuffling along to songs about narcotics – no wait – hip-hop already teaches how...
Jamie Woon – Night Air
Burial‘s amazing album Untrue from 2007 is one of my favourites, so when I heard the teaser of Jamie Woon‘s new song Night Air on singles club of the Guardian Music Weekly Podcast I began to salivate for more. Londoner Jamie Woon shows considerable talent on his first EP Wayfaring Stranger, he is a great...
Dusty Brown – This City is Killing Me
I’m nearly 10 years too late to be excited about Dusty Brown, but I won’t let that stop me. Dusty Brown are a Sacramento based family trio made up of Zac, Jessica and of course Dusty Brown himself. Their live shows, begun some 10 years ago, have already brought them local music awards in Sacramento. I’m sure their electro folk...
Discodeine – Synchornise feat. Jarvis Cocker – Song for the Weekend
Soon I’ll find time to write an article about how to discover new music, and one new tool that’ll be mentioned is Shufflr.fm. That’s how I stumbled on this week’s Song for the Weekend. Posted on Off the Radar – this track is a blast from a disco 2000 past. French duo Pilooski and Pentile are...
Baiana System – Jah Jah Revolta – Song for the Weekend
I love Twitter. No, not because you end up reading lots of little sentences about people’s unfulfilled lives. It’s because you can find music which you would not otherwise have ever found before. So I was delighted to hear through a Guardian Music Tweet about the Musical Alliance Pact (MAP) which is being run by...
