Fight Like Apes - Lend Me your Face

This song is infectious... it gets me all riled up. Good Times. Fight Like Apes is a band out of Dublin Ireland. I love their sound... very indie punk-tronica... and MayKay's vocals can go from Shirley Manson to Siouxsie Sioux in a matter of seconds, so you have to be on your toes. An Irish Newspaper called the Limerick said "Fight Like Apes are influenced by, to name but a few interests, B-movies, anger, jealousy, greed, goblins, kung-fu, bad television and wrestling. They describe their unique sound as ‘karate-rock’, hate guitars and often play pots and pans on stage." What's not to like about that? Plus... The lyrics are fantastic and I will give them the award for best album titles ever. Here are the albums they released so far.

How Am I Supposed to Kill You If You Have All the Guns?
David Carradine is a Bounty Hunter Whos Robotic Arm Hates Your Crotch
Fight Like Apes and the Mystery of the Golden Medallion

Here's a taste.

Fight Like Apes - Lend Me your Face

Broken Records If the News makes you sad don't watch it

Everybody is dying. Unfortunately nobody in my dead pool, but its all over the place. the latest being Oiler turned Titan Steve McNair who apparently got involved with a crazy younger woman. For shame. But the band Broken Records from Edinburg Scotland has some sage like advice.."If The News Makes you sad, don't watch it". These guys have an interesting sound... It's like the Dropkick Murphys meet The Bravery. They are listed as indie folk, but they have a nice use of fiddle, oboe, and horns in the music. The new album Until the earth begins to part came out June 1st.

here ya go.

Broken Records - If the News Makes you sad, don't watch it

The Octopus Project

It's local Thursday, so we are headed southbound 35 to Austin, to talk about the Austin quartet that is The Octopus Project. Their style of music is dubbed indietronica... electronica mixed with real instruments (kinda like MGMT when they are live ) and it sounds pretty damn good. They are releasing their new EP, Golden Beds on July 14th, and this is off of it. Perhaps not the best example of their overall sound, but a damn good song. Here are two songs off the new EP... one to listen to here, and one you can take away with ya.

Octopus Project - Wet Gold


Listen: Octopus Project, "Truck"

Grizzly Bear

So It's Wednesday and Boon has offered up as his pick... Grizzly Bear. This is a fabulous band... very mellow... Straight outa Brooklyn NY, and fronted by the songwriter Daniel Rossen, they've been around since 2004, but I didn't get into them until the 2006 album Yellow House. They are definitely an indie folk sounding band... along the same mellowness line as Iron & Wine, althogh some of the tracks are way happier... like what Boon wanted me to post... "Two Weeks", off the album Veckatimest which was released on May 26th.

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks

but, as an added bonus, I've also included a great song off the Dark Was The Night Compilation...

Grizzly Bear - Deep Blue Sea

AND... that's not all. If you act right now, you will recieve, absolutely free 2 covers . That's right, We've gone a few fridays with no covers lately, so to make up for it, I'm giving you this amazing offer... CSS covering Grizzly Bear and Daniel Rossen covering JoJo. Crazy I know! Don't let this offer pass you by. Act now!!!!

CSS - Knife

Daniel Rossen (of Grizzly Bear) - Too Little Too Late

Billy Mays would have been proud.

Woods

So yeah, sorry about the long absense. been stuck in Malta in dance music hell. I have my top 10 list of most overplayed songs in Malta.. I'll post that when I get time. but now on with the show...




Woods is a New York based band who just released their 4th album in April called Songs of Shame. They are I guess what you would call a psyche/folk band, but even though their sound is very minimalistic and despite the fact that the vocals sound like Neil Young...if he got kicked in the balls, I feel like they have more to them than just folk. It's more than just a 60s hippie vibe too, but I can't place it though... if anyone can tell me what they sound like, feel free. Here have a taste...

Woods - Rain On

Woods - The Dark

Sarah Jaffe

It's local thursday, and today we are talking about Sarah Jaffe... the metroplex's favorite redhead hailing from Dallas Tx, and bringing you that indie folk that you desperately crave in the age of nu rave electronica. She'll be at ACL too... that's all I got.. I'm was formerly sitting at a bar in Malta listening to people sing along with Kings of Leon. that made me happy.

Sarah Jaffe - Ever Born Again

Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees.

So, I'm flying out to Malta tomorrow for a couple of weeks, so if my posts aren't as regular as usual, it's because I'm in an island paradise. unfortunately working. But I do hope "You don't miss me" which is why I posted this song by Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees. Because Lets face it, not all bees are thoughtful. some of them are downright dicks. Ruby Jean and the Thoughful Bees are an electro punk outfit out of Halifax Nova Scotia Canada... headed up on vocals by the ever so lovely Rebekah Higgs. I'd describe them as a mix between Freezepop and Daft Punk. I know they are Canadian, and that's usually a Wednesday play, but I think I will still be flying on Wedneday, so it works out.

Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees - You Don't miss me