So I'm a little late to the party on this but this new song by Cults is too good not to post. No one seems to know much about these guys yet but Gorilla vs. Bear broke their jam "Go Outside" the other day and it is truly excellent. It's some soulful, sunny, beach-pop driven by a killer xylophone beat and some sugary boy-girl vocals with just the right amount of reverb.
Ever set out on your bike with a destination, get completely lost in a song, and end up somewhere you have no business being? If you'd listen to Family Portrait or Real Estate during one of these endeavors, you'd probably end up at the beach or a park.
Imagine a lo-fi compilation of Bloc Party disco drumming, loopy guitar riffs from the old Strokes, and vocals like the Born Ruffians actually went through puberty. That's Oberhofer, and his new single Away From You is a driving pop ballad for 2010. Charting in at just under 4 min in length, it's a very easy song to listen on repeat again and again. This dude will definitely be leading the lo-fi renaissance that is currently dominating the young decade.
Low Sea is a tragically beautiful duo from Ireland. Their new album is entitled Las Olas. The song below, 'Never Yours'. Okay, this song could have gone in the last post, maybe. However, it's undeniably a little darker than the rest with a sinister synth leading the buildup for a full minute. Also, this band deserves the spotlight.
I don't know what Kurt Vile is going for: the badass, the sick ass acoustic guitarist, or the emotionally insane lyricist. Fact is, he seems to be all of those, and none of those terrible things in between. His new album Childish Prodigy shows it. "Hunchback" is pretty much as gigantic as Audioslave used to be to 12 year old boys. Also, his name is Kurt Vile. What a thug.
