Archive for the ‘My Space’ Category

The Sunday Reeds

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

The Sunday Reeds are a duo from Melbourne in Australia. The band site bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Velvet Underground, Pixies and The Beach Boys among their influences. I can hear the Reid brothers early rock'n'roll blueprint on the songs on the bands ...

The Lazy Darlings

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

The Lazy Darlings are a Leeds based band who feature members (or ex members) of the likes of  I Concur, The Lodger (Tim Corbridge played the lapsteel on the wonderful Good Old Days) and Ali Whitton & The Broken Record Players. I have enjoyed listening to their songs this ...

Air Waves

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Another recent find on My Space are Air Waves,  a trio from Brooklyn, New York.  Air Waves seem to be the songs of one Nicole - these songs are folk tinged, without ever being 'folky'.   The songs have a simplicity that belies their charm and I'd imagine that the band ...

Lothar

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Lothar are the first Swedish band to make an appearance on the blog.   Those that read the old Lostmusic site and Indie-mp3 will know that Sweden was responsible for some of the best indiepop sounds I have had the pleasure of hearing these past few years (bands like Club 8, ...

The Jelas

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

The Jelas make spiky, awkward guitar music.  I'd go as far to say it's POP music but we can have that discussion another day. Hailing from Bristol (and surrounding area) - this three piece have been together since the summer of 2007 - describing their musical efforts  thus far : "We ...

Low Sea

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Low Sea are a duo (Billie and Bobby D) from Galway in Ireland.   Their sound is grand mixture of shoegaze and noisepop - with influences like Suicide, A R Kane, Mazzy Star and Spacemen 3 springing instantly to my mind.   This is textured and layered fuzz with a heavy ...

Widows

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Widows are 6 piece band from London and they've been making their brand of noisy guitar music since 2003 - I ran into their My Space page a few weeks back and I have been struck with their sound - coming on like a cross between Nick Cave, Bauhaus and ...