Produced, engineered, and mixed by Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla (whose other production credits include The Decemberists and Tegan & Sara), Telekinesis’ debut album, Telekinesis!, is full of big-hearted songs, written quickly and from the gut. Consisting solely of pop genius Michael Benjamin Lerner (drums, guitar & vocals), Telekinesis is 2009’s most prodigous indie-pop newcomer.
Brian Eno / Cindy Tells Me Really, everything off of Here Come The Warm Jets is pretty incredible, but this song is a personal favorite. I seriously love how the crazy shrill jet sound comes in and how it is so incredibly loud. Like, if you are wearing earphones, it’s physically painful! It’s just amazing, and only Eno can pull it off.
Great Northern (Solon Bixler, Rachel Stolte) released their atmospheric and melodic debut album, Trading Twilight For Daylight in 2007. Their new album, Remind Me Where the Light Is, is the work of a more seasoned group, one that has been on the road for months, missed home, seen the world, and returned, not entirely prepared to sit still and write. The results being upbeat, guitar-driven songs, yet with the familiar layered vocals and sweeping, panoramic sound.
Simon and Garfunkel / Bridge Over Troubled Water It makes us cry every time.
Portsmouth’s Munroe Effect crunch heavy duty guitars and booming bass into a sound that Rock Metal Music have described as ‘progressive post-hardcore … with subtle and intricate calm moments unfolding into wide-screen heaviness that belies their single-guitarist line-up’. Ah ha. We agree.
Rival Schools / Used For Glue Scientific research has shown that if you don’t like this song, your ears are broken. This fine example of songwriting perfection sounds bigger than communist Russia and has one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded – and they’re making a new album. Yes!
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