Cool Band Alert- MGMT

Review from Rolling Stone:

This dazzling electro-psych band is two arty Brooklyn dudes who derive keyboard lines from the jumpy gait of a praying mantis and dress up in matching capes. Their buzz single "Time to Pretend" — a booming, tongue-in-bong sendup of the rock biz — sounds like a Flaming Lips outtake, with good reason: Lips producer Dave Fridmann helmed MGMT's debut disc, fluffing their glitchy daydream rock into an intergalactic odyssey. There are hints of Joy Division and Sixties nostalgia both acid-tinged and bluesy, but Oracular Spectacular's playfulness and remarkable density are best displayed on "Electric Feel," a surprising bit of funk featuring the original come-on "Ooh, girl, shock me like an electric eel."

Link to Rolling Stone.com Band Page

Last.FM

I am a sucker for a cool website, and especially one that offers music. This site is actually huge, but for those that don't know about it, I thought I would give you a quick explanation. It is actually basically free and lets you name an artist and hear other artists like that. It streams down to your computer. The cooler thing is that you can install it on your computers where you listen to Itunes (and even link it to your ipods) so that it will keep track of what you are listening to and if you pay them like $20 per year you can create your own streaming radio station based on your listening preferences.

Also, as you can see on the lower right of the blog, you can then quickly see your favorite artists and songs and share them and compare them with your friends. Lets me know if you use this and we can link to each other to see what our music tastes in common are.

Apparently we listen to a lot of Jack Johnson in my house... and in related news, we got tix to see Jack when he comes to Philly in August. Anyone who gets tix should join us!!

Cool stuff.Last.fm

Vampire Weekend- Another hot new band, and cool song to go with them

These guys are out of NY and are apparently very hot right now. I just love this song. It has a Paul Simon/Graceland vibe to it.

Check out their myspace page and give the Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa song a listen.


http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend

Great Soul Singer I just found- Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings

Check em out..

http://www.daptonerecords.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings.html