From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Curiosities: a mixed bag of mp3s and videos for venturesome listeners

09.30.2009

Hot Song [mp3] – Talk Normal Screetching, pounding, grinding … you’ll be scared to death or whishing like hell that you’d run into these girls in a Brooklyn alley. Hot indeed. Coming to LA mid-November. Catch them at the Smell. Tour Dates. Meet Me In the Garden [mp3] – Dent May and his Magnificent Ukelele [...]

Hold out your hand and Say Please … Monsters of Folk are on their way.

09.30.2009

The Monstors: Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, M. Ward, Jim James In case you haven’t listened yet: Say Please [mp3] The supergroup: Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and singer/songwriter M.Ward. Monsters of Folk will be hitting the road together for the first time in four years this October. For these dates, the [...]

Princeton’s Cocoon of Love unfolds with tour and a new song out: Sadie and Andy (mp3)

09.30.2009

Sadie and Andy [mp3] Track one from Princeton‘s freshly released Cocoon of Love (Kanine Records, 9/29/09) features Meredith Metcalf and sports exactly the erudite, fall collegiate feel you’d expect from a band named for an Ivy Leaguer. Cocoon of Love interestingly compiles images and feelings in eleven songs inspired by love’s fallout. Best enjoyed in [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive Interview with Matthew Clark of White Rabbits

09.29.2009

Percussion Gun [mp3] We spoke with Matt Clark of White Rabbits about the influences of NYC and The Clash, their new album, It’s Frightening, touring the “fucking beautiful country” of America, the “tired of being tireds,” listening recommendations and plenty more. Read on: LW: You’re a big group. How would you describe your live show [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Ben Kweller, Live@Chessvolt Studios with video and mp3s

09.27.2009

Uncanny magnetism marks Ben Kweller, a man of the people and potent old soul who’s been around a while in a young man’s body. All you have to do is mention his name and people light up, falling prone to effusiveness. Ben Kweller?! Everybody who’s been touched by the young legend has a personal Ben [...]

Real Estate debuts LP on Woodsist; lush fall East Coast tour with Neon Indian, Vivian Girls and Girls

09.25.2009

Beachcomber [mp3] Pack some sweet, long summer rays into your travel bag for the journey to cooler months with this track from Jersey’s Real Estate. We liked these guys in the peak of the heat – and we’re stoked for their upcoming self-titled debut on Woodsist (11/17/09). Ten tracks to sustain a beachy blur – [...]

Superchunk Neopolitan Aural Delights.

09.23.2009

A Grave With No Name Forgive Me [mp3] – Le Loup. Now you can buy Le Loup’s album, Family , (Hardly Art, 9/22/09). Not only is the cover art kaleidoscopically vibrant and Magic Eye-like, but also included in the package is a darling little pin for your jean jacket or tote. You can always count [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Jets Overhead, Live@Chessvolt Studios with Video and Mp3s

09.22.2009

Jets Overhead’s Luxury Wafers session went over like a velvety spa treatment involving the pouring of heated oil across the body’s surface – warm and enjoyable. We learned from Adam and Antonia, whose voices mingle and intertwine loosely with the band’s luscious, mellow pop arrangements causing goosebumps, that they celebrated their recent marriage in the [...]

Odds, Ends and Recommendations for listening luxury

09.19.2009

Max Tundra No More Pirates [mp3] from Chris Garneau‘s recent El Radio, haunting and elegant. Garneau’s voice, similarly quirky to Ryan Guldemond’s (Mother Mother), betrays his gender and age, at times forming stylized pop bubbles ala Ingrid Michaelson – only playfully dark and weighty, sometimes dramatically broadway, often sounding like a doe-eyed child. Garneau plays [...]