Built To Spill released a new album this Tuesday entitled, There Is No Enemy! It's a delicious slice of indie guitar pop in the classic BTS vein. Check out "Hindsight" for a taste...
Built To Spill - Hindsight [Insound]
Built To Spill official site
Built To Spill on MySpace
Labels: BUILT TO SPILL, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK
Hot news today is the announcement of a new Vampire Weekend cd! Contra will be released January 12th, 2010, and the guys have so generously provided a free download of the first track, "Horchata". Not sure what Ezra is doing singing about drinking horchata when it's cold outside, but I'll allow it...
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Vampire Weekend official site
Vampire Weekend on MySpace
Labels: INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK, VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Woooo. It's been a long week. Friendly Fires, please take me to the weekend!
Friendly Fires - Kiss Of Life
Friendly Fires official site
Friendly Fires on MySpace
Labels: DANCE, FRIENDLY FIRES, INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK
If you've been looking for an interesting twee-world-pop take on Animal Collective's "My Girls", you'd be hard pressed to do better than this Taken By Trees cover! It's available on her most recent album, East of Eden.
Taken By Trees - My Boys (Animal Collective Cover)
Taken By Trees official site
Taken By Trees on MySpace
PS. Anyone watch Mad Men last night? Peggy...eww.
Labels: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, COVER, INDIE POP, TAKEN BY TREES
Rain Machine is Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio's solo project. On Rain Machine, he seems to be exploring the space between more guitar driven rock rock and TVOTR's percussive side.
Rain Machine - Give Blood [Insound]
Rain Machine on MySpace
Labels: INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK, RAIN MACHINE
Today we have some delicious lo-fi indie rock from Brooklyn's Small Black! They excel at combining Casio beats with fuzzed out keyboards and melodrama.
Small Black - Bad Lover
Small Black official site
Small Black on MySpace
Labels: INDIE POP, INDIE ROCK, SMALL BLACK
The Mary Onettes are releasing a new single next week entitled "Puzzles". It's from their upcoming sophomore album, Islands. "Puzzles" is dreamy and sounds like a love child between the Shout Out Louds and Echo And The Bunnymen!
The Mary Onettes - Puzzles
The Mary Onettes label site
The Mary Onettes on MySpace
Labels: INDIE POP, THE MARY ONETTES
