New York group Les Savy Fav take straight out indie, art rock sensibilities and skew them with their unique protagonist bent. Having formed some thirteen years ago, the five-piece have seen and heard it all. Well, nearly all, as the Playlist of bassist Syd Butler suggests.
Red and Purple / The Dodos
This band gets better with every listen and with every time I get the chance to see them play. Les Savy Fav has played with them quite a bit and they never disappoint. This track is one of the highlights from their album, Visiter.
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We asked New York-based duo, Kurt Feldman and Christoph Hocheim, who collectively make up the stunningly original and creative glitchy pop group The Depreciation Guild, to tell us about eight songs spinning on their iPods lately.
End Of The Affair / Weekend
‘This was Alison Statton’s band after Young Marble Giants, but it’s a far cry from anything you might have heard on Colossal Youth. I like this track in particular because it’s really jazzy and it has a great nylon string guitar part, but it also hasn’t lost its pop charm. Alison’s voice will be adorable, eternally. This one is perfect for springtime’.
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We asked Brooklyn power pop group Hello Tokyo to tell us about eight of their favourite songs right now.
The Gold We Are Digging / Parts and Labor
The beautifully mangled and powerfully driving beat lured me in, the dirty/glitchy undertones kept me interested, and the anthem-esque lyrics and melody sold me. Don’t even get me started on their new video.
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