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The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra, or TFTO, is a spacey group with catchy vocal phrases, oft male/female dual harmonic vocals, and great instrumental breakdowns. In some ways, it reminds me of A Certain Feeling by Bodies Of Water—another phenom from 2008—but without sheer emotive darkness. Read More »The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra: In A Dream [Video]
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Oh I like this video. It’s a bit of a departure from Fleet Foxes’ first video, “White Winter Hymnalâ€, but it’s just as good. The video displays perfectly the group’s ability to construct multiple-part vocal harmonies, and emphasizes the band’s folk-rock sensibilities. If you’re new to Fleet Foxes, you’re in for a treat; if you’re an old hand at their music, you pretty much know what to expect. Either way, the video is worth it. Read More »Fleet Foxes: He Doesn’t Know Why [Video]
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A comfort band is one that you can return to at any time and any place and still enjoy; the true comfort band typically falls into a categorization that includes some all-time favorite albums and groups that make top personal end of year charts. Their songs have that certain something—a connection—that is, if nothing else, comforting. Grand Archives (MySpace) is such a band for me. Read More »Grand Archives: Miniature Birds [Video]
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I love this video! If you’re familiar with Swedish pop, you’ll recognize the folks sitting across from Persson as the video begins—it’s the Suburban Kids With Biblical Names duo! Britta Persson (MySpace) is a Swedish songwriter who crafts lovely, romantic tunes. Read More »Britta Persson: Winter Tour [Video]
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The Postelles use guitars that have a 50s doo-wop sound, but the vocals are a bit more modern—if you can call late 60s pop more modern. Then again, there’s a soul here as well. This band comes to us from Retone Records, the folks that brought us Voxhaul Broadcast earlier this month. Read More »The Postelles: Boy’s Best Friend [Video]
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Here it is, the debut video by Swedish experimental pop masters Fredrik (MySpace), led by frontman Fredrik, also known as one half of the duo that is The LK (previously The Lovekevins). Fredrik is a bit fuller than the other project. Despite the singular name, Fredrik is actually a full-fledged group, featuring several members as opposed to The LK’s duo (also featuring Lindefelt, who appears here as well). Read More »Fredrik: 1986 [Video]
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In part three of my Si No Puedo Bailar, No Es Me Revolución coverage, I present Souvlaki (MySpace). This band hails from Chile and is one of nearly 20 artists to appear on the recent Si No Puedo Bailar compilation Pero Ese Olor En El Cuarto Del Piano Fue El Primer Perfume Que Necesitó En Su Vida, available now from Darla Records. Here, their video for “Pequeno Corazon Multilinge†combines new with old for a unique take on video creation. Read More »Souvlaki: Pequeno Corazon Multilinge [Video]
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The name Juan, to my knowledge, is the Spanish version of John, like the name Andy is, in many languages, translated as Andre. Therefore, the first thing I thought of when seeing the name Juan Stewart, was The Daily Show host John Stewart. But, really, that’s the only thing these two have in common. Read More »Juan Stewart: Domaj [Video]
I discovered Moto Boy way back when the group first signed to Songs I Wish I Had Written. That was back in mid 2007. Moto Boy is Oskar Humlebo and his melodies are pleasant and vibrant and a bit flamboyant. And these traits all surface in the song and surreal video for “Ride My Wild Heart.”
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Oh glorious garage pop, how I love thee. I was looking for a new album to tuck nicely beside one of my all-time, top 10 albums, Up Against The Legends by The Legends, and what I found was Fort Nightly by White Rabbits (MySpace). And it worked perfectly. The elements are there—the hefty drums and electric guitars all have a massive pop ring and… oh… that tambourine! Read More »White Rabbits: The Plot [Video]
