Need an afternoon pick-me-up? Local pop punkers Swimsuit Addition have unveiled a head boppin’ new track called “Cartoon Paper Cup,” the lead single off the group’s upcoming Kittyhawk EP.
“Cartoon Paper Cup” kicks off with a tight drum intro and bouncing bass line before metallic guitars riffs rip through the mix. The song’s perky, upbeat vibe is enough to rouse anyone suffering from a food- or work-induced coma.
Check out the single at the top left and then catch Swimsuit Addition, one of our 12 Bands to Watch in 2012, on February 24 at the Burlington with Vamos and House Sounds. Tickets are $5.
The EP features remixes of their track “Some Love” from Toledo chillwaver Brothertiger, San Fran electro-duo City Light and Luxembourg dupstepper Sun Glitters.
You may remember when the Confetti track got the which got the visual treatment back in September with summery video. You can download the Some Love EP for free, well at the cost of an e-mail address, at Mush Records’ Facebook page.
There’s nothing more exciting than watching a band blossom throughout the years. With two full albums under their collective belts, the members of alt-rock trio Hospital Garden have fully grown into their sound.
The group released a new four-song split EP with Americana rockers The Canoes last month. On the album, Hospital Garden’s sole original track “Something Happened” exhibits some real bite.
The new track is crunchier than Hospital Garden’s past catalog. “Something Happened” booms and thunders with distressed solos and chunky rhythms. It’s chaotic, but oh, so good.
Hospital Garden play Pancho’s this Friday, Dec. 16, with Roach Beach, Neon Love Life and Blizzard Babies. Tickets are $5.
Leave it to Chicago indie poppers Narrow Sparrow to teach a whole new generation of experimental, space pop music fans about British 60’s songwriter and producer Joe Meek. Famously the Brit also thought he could speak to Buddy Holly in his dreams. Narrow Sparrow’s latest video features stop-animation images of Meek riding a rocket to the moon, whose face is Buddy Holly. There’s also cameos by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley and Paul McCartney spliced in between grainy footage of Narrow Sparrows performing a sweet, almost-folky pop jam. Truly the video and the subsequent trip down to Meek’s Wikipedia page served as a weird, but cool, afternoon diversion. Watch for Narrow Sparrow’s new EP Synthworks to be released for free online next Tuesday, Nov. 15.
The last we spoke of Chicago’s We Love You may have been in our 10 Chicago Bands To Watch In 2010 feature. Some line-up changes slowed the We Love You train down a bit, but it’s 2011 and, damn it, this is the year you really should watch out for these guys.
For starters, the fellas have settled into a three-piece with Derek Bish on guitar and vox, Matt Clamme on drums, and Nick Lucius on bass. More importantly, We Love You has a new EP on the horizon. (Full disclosure: the EP was recorded as a four piece with Spencer Heck on guitar).
The track “Preacher On Paper” – that we have available for your listening pleasure – is a short burst of old school indie rock. These dorks grew up on the stuff, you know. If you’re like me and have missed the sound of Archers of Loaf or the smaller, quirkier side of Built To Spill, then this song is for you. Check it out below:
Catch We Love You at The Mutiny on Saturday, April 9, with fellow Chicagoans Coping. While you’re there, pick up a copy of the EP, limited to 100, won’t you?
Chicago’s indie-Americana outfit Dastardly released a brand new song this week from their upcoming EP for your listening pleasure.
The song, titled “Villain”, follows in the footsteps of their older material wading in a pool of bluegrass and a quasi-country feel, but big guitar swells and a noisy Wilco-like freak out at the end keeps it sounding fresh. Listen to “Villain” below:
Dig it? Then be sure to catch Dastardly at the Metro on Friday, November 12, with Chaperone and Aktar Aktar. Tickets are available right now at Etix.com for only $10.
You could argue it takes about three spins before you’re fully drawn in to the musical fabric of a record. But Chicago’s Northpilot – as if advertising for some shiny new electric screwdriver – offers this service in about half that time! The band recently dropped a new EP titled The Bright Brigade that makes the time-honored art of listening to records about as easy as it is rewarding.
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