within the last three weeks.
Riceboy Sleeps by Riceboy Sleeps: My initial thought, was that these
guys were a poor man's Sigur Rós -- meaning they're totally broke (just
kidding Bill). But alas, this is just a side project for Jonsi and his
gay lover. The music is very mellow as one would expect from reading the
previous sentence. Layers of violins, piano, and various field
recordings. Something one could go to sleep to and have very pleasant
dreams -- unless your one of those freaks who can use this music as a
catalist (again, directed at you Bill).
Album CoverGather, Form and Fly by Megafaun : Pleasant harmonies, banjo
backed by an acoustic guitar; throw in some violin, bass drum and a
triangle and you have yourself some Megafaun. Somewhat bluegrassy --
something that could have come out of Denver's country scene. The songs
are really well written with lots of olden-day harmonies. Very enjoyable
listen. They also have beards: http://www.megafaun.com . I had
originally thought they were Megafun, which is pretty stupid and why I
would listen to a band whose name I thought was that, is beyond me. They
also apparently played at the Hi-Dive a few days ago.
Unravelling England by The Singing Lions : Banjo, acoustic guitar and a
guy with a British Accent who sings in a whispering punk rock voice.
No One's First, and You're Next - Modest Mouse : The Wale Song was
released a bit ago on a single.
Julian Plenti Is… Skyscraper by Julian Plenti - I recognized this almost
immediately as the singer from Interpol. The melodies are a lot like
Interpol, but the guitar and bass tones are quite different. Skyscraper
itself consists acoustic/piano/violin. This aint no Turn on the Bright
Lights, but it may be as good as anything else Interpol has done.
Masterful Mystery Tour by Beatallica - No, I'm not making this up. It's
not really Weird Al. Kind of more like silly version like what The
Perfect Circle did with Love Song and that One Ozzie song I can't think
of ; combining some song with a metallica song.
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