Nice to Meet You: Jascha

Jascha mixes generous portions of 20th century folk with a little bit of whiskey.

With self-professed songs about whiskey and women, Indy sweethearts Jascha, are starting to make a stir with their own brand of folk inspired indie jams...

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Posted by Andrew Scott on Jan 25, 2010 @ 9:00 am

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The Temper Trap Announce Tour Dates

Temper Trap hits the road for a North American tour in March.

Hard to argue that 2009 was a great year for the London based The Temper Trap. Their hit song "Sweet Disposition" was featured on 500 Days Of Summer - along with several TV shows and commercials. They've also been featured on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and The New York Post has referred to The Temper Trap as "a band on the cusp of fame." You can catch The Temper Trap on tour with the dates below...

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Posted by Wes Soltis on Jan 22, 2010 @ 9:00 am

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New Music From husband&wife

husband&wife deliver a free 0' single for you to download.

husband&wife have released a brand new 0” single. The a-side is a home recording of “Don’t Stop” and the b-side is a remix of husband&wife’s tune “I Got Fat” by Matt Coleman. Have a listen below, and download your own copy here.

Posted by Wes Soltis on Jan 21, 2010 @ 10:00 am

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New Music From Portrait Painters

Portrait Painters release new EP - give single 'A Future Crime.'

The Portrait Painters’ single “A Future Crime” came out last year and flew completely under the radar – but we’re hoping their soon to be released EP Before The Beginning gets the attention it deserves. Have a listen to “A Future Crime” below.

Posted by Wes Soltis on Jan 21, 2010 @ 9:00 am

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New Music From Good Shoes

Good Shoes deliver 'Under Control.'

You may find London/Morden based band Good Shoes playing at your nearest Bloc Party later this year.  See what I did there? Making a snotty comparison of a lesser band with a so-called greater band?  Clever I know; that's what they pay us for.  Smarmy criticism aside, it’s been hard in the past five years (post-Libertines) to actually tell the difference between many British indie bands.  Not that Good Shoes is a throw-away in this sense, but I'm sensing Good Shoes latest album, No Hope, No Future, could very well be the last gasp in what was the second coming of Brit pop.  

Think Before You Speak was a debut album brimming with simple yet quirky lo-fi garage pop.  It had a desperate but sunny disposition, whereas No Hope, No Future exudes just what it claims.  The precision playing, the weaving guitar crunch and lead singer Rhys Jones’ charming pub drawl is still there - but a newfound seriousness has surfaced.  Listen to “Under Control” below.

Posted by Joe Roth on Jan 20, 2010 @ 9:00 am

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