Takin' You Back
Lesser known songs from lesser known bands.
Americans have a tendency to be very ethnocentric. Some might think we have the best healthcare system or the greatest amount of wealth, or that the only real football is the NFL version. All of these bands hail from other countries including England, Japan and New Zealand. Sit back and enjoy. Redefine your international musical perspective.
The Troggs - Lost Girl - Best known for their smash hit, "Wild Thing," The Troggs are a criminally underrated sixties band...
Posted by Greg Herald on Nov 14, 2007 @ 12:00 am
Across The Pond
HEAVE jumps from lily pad to lily pad to bring you UK indie news that matters.
It was inevitable, like God stomping the universal fuzz box. My Bloody Valentine will be releasing a new album some time next year, according to an upcoming posting on the Vice Records site. After the 1995 split of MBV, Kevin Shields and Bilinda Butcher continued making "most of an album." Shields said, "The new album is going to be this 96/97 half-finished record finished, and then a compilation of stuff we did before that in 1993-94, and a little bit of new stuff...
Posted by Joe Roth on Nov 14, 2007 @ 12:00 am
Missed Out Music
Sometimes an album gets lost in the shuffle. HEAVE reminds you that good music never goes away.
DeVotchKa is four-piece hailing from Denver, Colorado. Unlike most four pieces, each member of DeVotchKa plays, at the very least, 2 instruments; none of which are found in most run of the mill indie bands. Described as a group that brings Greek, Slavic and Mariachi music together, the worldly DeVotchKa has had a career almost as unique as their style.
DeVotchKa originally toured as a back up band for Dita von Teese, burlesque star and former wife of Marilyn Manson. This gave DeVotchKa an underground following that would culminate with their 2004 release, How It Ends. The title track was featured in Everything Is Illuminated and Little Miss Sunshine, gaining DeVotchKa the ability to dig out from the underground and gain national exposure.
How It Ends is brilliant in its elegance, and at no point would you feel that you're listening to a band from Colorado. Sometimes How It Ends is lighthearted, other times its downright heart breaking.
DeVotchKa makes beautiful music about beautiful things. I would recommend this album to anyone for their collection, regardless of where their tastes lie. Listen to the title track below, I'm sure you'll recognize it.
Posted by Wes Soltis on Nov 13, 2007 @ 12:00 am
And Now You Have...
Each week HEAVE tries to enhance your, "Have you heard of this band?" knowledge. This week you get to know Electric President.
Ben Cooper and Alex Kane formed Electric President in 2003, and proceeded to record three albums in six months. This Viagra-like production received little acclaim from media outlets, but the two bounced back in 2005 with a self titled effort released by record company, Morr Music.
Like early Modest Mouse, Electric President chose to do their recordings in a shed turned studio. Maybe removing a lawn mower to make music invokes certain emotions in people, but the sound of Electric President can be classified as very Mouse-like. Present are the iridescent and intricate tones, held together by lyrics that sound like something straight out of Isaac Brock's lyric book.
Sounding much larger than a two-piece, Electric President drops in glockenspiels, violins and piano, along with harmonies and overlapping vocals over each other, or their own voice. Many people have compared them to Postal Service, which isn't very true at all. Judge for yourself and enjoy "Ten Thousand Lines" below.
Electric President - Ten Thousand Lines
Posted by Wes Soltis on Nov 12, 2007 @ 12:00 am
Record Numbers
People actually still buy albums. HEAVE breaks down the weekly charts.
Much like The Dude, I just f#@king hate the Eagles, man. And so it pains me to report this, but the band crushed Britney Spears' hopes of a number one comeback album after getting help from both Wal Mart and Billboard. Allow me to explain: Up until about three days ago, the Billboard Charts company refused to include album sales for discs sold through only one retail outlet...
Posted by Ryan Peters on Nov 09, 2007 @ 12:00 am