I don’t know if I’m ready to endorse any of these bands’ complete bodies of work, but these three songs really have my attention lately.
The most current sounding of the bunch is As Birds We’d Be Free by Ice Black Birds, a four piece from London, via Brighton, UK. For some reason this song is unfortunately no longer on their MySpace page, in favor of their more blues-rock offerings. The arpeggiated guitar line in this tune is crisp enough to keep it tight and modern, but not so tight that it feels overproduced and emotionless.
LA’s Best Coast add a shoegazy smudge to the 60’s girl group sound with When I’m With You. I’m not sure if this is the official video, or just someone’s clever dubbing of the song over a 60’s French beach movie musical – whichever, it fits.
Continuing to show that retro is current, the Strange Boys from Austin bring the old-fashioned garage rock R&B that the Black Lips and King Khan have been championing the last few years with their song Be Brave.
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Posted by djeddieo on February 25, 2010 at 9:57 am
man, 3 for 3 right there! I like them all….that Best Coast song and video were hypnotic…I had to look it up and it appears there is no official video as yet. That’s a fan video featuring an excerpt from Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967). Heaven knows whether I’d enjoy the film as much as the song!
Posted by ….volume 18 details, continued! « djeddieo on May 3, 2010 at 4:36 pm
[…] page before (HERE and HERE, respectively), and colleague buzzbiscuits has blogged about Best Coast (HERE), so that leaves Empire Of The Sun… Empire Of The […]
Posted by volume #18….better late than never! « djeddieo on May 4, 2010 at 8:19 am
[…] page before (HERE and HERE, respectively), and colleague buzzbiscuits has blogged about Best Coast (HERE), so that leaves Empire Of The Sun… Empire Of The […]