Tag Archive for the term: indie band

The things people can make with their own small hands never ceases to amaze me, and in this case its a whole monotone but warm and darling world, animated by the enegetic, handsome blond, clean cut young men of “Meeting Of Important People,” in this video for their song Brittney Lane Don’t Care, directed by [...]

Born of the theatre with their sounds scultped by legendary British producer Roger Bechirian who worked with Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Tom McCrae and others, Netherlands indie band Storybox swing gently from rock growl to airy hints of falsetto and pretty office boy ooh ooh’s. J’adore ca.
Storybox formed in 2006 for the show Vernon [...]

It’s a blog party up in here this morning with charts and lists and plots for phenomenal new links and collaborations and big hand claps loving the Phenomenal Hand Clap Band.
http://phenomenalhandclapband.blogspot.com/
From an XLR8R interview with Daniel Collas, co-founder of the New York-based Phenomenal Handclap Band collective:
XLR8R: What other artist would you most like to [...]

Persistent harmony, lulling rhythm, and melody that is not adventurous per say but is alto-sandy-smooth and soothing to the point of hypnotic… indie-folk Australians Luluc sent us their album Dear Hamlyn to review, so here we go and below are their bio and music video.
Dear Hamlyn includes some interestingly simple lyrics like ancient poetry, [...]

Mmmm, music to dance to slow and high on smoke machine smoke and floating, all hallucinatory with the electric guitars but the perfect little length and sense of mello that keeps this from going to the bad trip place. Check out free track for your download love from Minneapolis’s Vampire Hands.
They’re a whole [...]

Since we featured Silver Jews yesterday in our ongoing Indie Music Video feature, it only seems right to finally pay tribute to Pavement today. David Berman’s beautiful project with the Silver Jews began with Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich, preceeded Pavement, and strikes in its own heart-heavy way upon the same imperfect, magic [...]

Not a lot of official music videos for the young joyful gaggle that is Akron/Family, they’ve been busy leading singalongs and drum circles and spirit walks the world over, which I figure is worth celebrating in and of itself. Here is some of the lovelier stuff online from Akron/Family and if they take a breath [...]

Two sets of brothers and one brotherly, baritone friend came together from Ohio to Brooklyn to be The National, except first they were American Mary. “Discovered” by Rolling Stone last year, they have been building their marching mumbled, low rider, soft thunder rock and making it roll since 1999, stayed in the indie area, and [...]

Thank the lords and ladies for the disturbing yet hope-inducing, indie and utterly gorgeous Yeasayer, for songs that are thunderous and make me think, gee I would be proud to have thought up a sound like THAT! And for videos with visuals that get the sound right, with rot and earth, the universe and psychedelia, [...]

Thanks to Musebox for the heads up on Australian band Rudely Interrupted. The music is great, heavy sad and joyful all at once, and the musicians make me so happy. I have family and friends with Aspergers and it means a lot to see these guys and gal with all their own unique disabilities freakin [...]