JEFF The Brotherhood – My buddy Matt dragged me from Rockwood to see them at the Mercury Lounge two Mondays ago. EASILY ONE OF THE TOP 5 SHOWS OF THE YEAR. A power trio in the form of a duo. Two brothers who play heavy, grungy, psychedelic, blues rock with a lot of distortion, feedback, and awkward stage banter (note: guitarist only uses three strings).
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Her voice is like a southern folk version of Tracyanne Campbell (from Camera Obscura) who has toured with the likes of Dan Auerbach and Ray Lamontagne, so she’s for real!
Local Natives – The only way I can say it is that they’re West Coast’s response to Grizzly Bear. “Two Weeks” is to GB as “Airplanes” is to LN.
Dinosaur Feathers – Drugged out, weird pop music to the likes of Animal Collective and Le Loup. Thanks to Ryan from Revision3 for that one!
Stateless – Listening to iTunes on random with over 200gb of music helps you uncover all the stuff you forgot about or never heard. I listened to a random DJ Shadow track with guest vocals, tracked down the singer, and stumbled on his band that is often described as Radiohead meet DJ Shadow…no wonder he was on Shadow’s last album.
Do you think you’re band is better than these guys? Email Me (subject: 5 New Bands) with one song that defines you and a brief one or two sentence description of your sound. No more. No less.
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