Looking for some new great jams? Well Matt & Kim have done it again with their sixth album, New Glow. It is a step up from Lightning’s synth driven tunes. Every track on New Glow being a pumped up dance track. The one exception is the last track on the album which slows everything down. While this album is different than their previous albums and is taking their music in a new direction, which could make or break them. The only other downside to the album is their repetitive lyrics in most of their songs. The band has still stayed true to their fun upbeat style, but it will be interesting to see what happens next. In the mean time, you have an album full of pep to get you through the last few weeks of the Spring semester!
Sadly the Chicago show has already been sold out, but you can participate in their super cool music video competition the video how to is here.
Death Cab For Cutie recently released another great album, Kintsugi. The album is full of emotions the lyrics reflect on the end of the marriage between Ben Gibbard and Zoey Deschanel and the tracks are full of the turmoil and the heartbreak. The band also sees it as a reflection of coming to age. The album title comes from a Japanese art where artists fix fragmented ceramics with precious metals, such as gold, to make the value of the piece greater than it was previously. This is symbolic of a heartbreak and over coming that time in ones life. As Stephen Thompson from NPR put it, “the album is about drifting apart, by a band that is trying to hold itself together.” The album is sweetly put together and is worth a listen, take a listen to “Black Sun” below.
SUMMER TOUR MAY 4TH THE RIVERSIDE THEATER MILWAUKEE W/ THE ANTLERS!!
Well we aren’t being Modest this week about who got the top pick! Modest Mouse‘s new album “Strangers to Ourselves,” is sure something to be listening to! It will officially be dropping for adds next week but that doesn’t mean you can’t hunt it down the singles in the mean time! This is the first album in 8 looooong years from the band, and it was sure worth the wait. The album is a sure solid LP from the band and Isaac Brock’s vocals mesh in just the right way with the instrumentals. The band has confirmed that they are working on a second album from the already recorded sessions, so keep on the look out for that. Unfortunately, most of their tour dates are out of country or not too close to here :/
This week the No. 1 add for CMJ was the Australian Indie band, San Cisco. Their recent release Gracetown, is worth the listen. The 12 tracks have been in progress since their debut album released in 2012, and the work paid off. You may have seen them a few years ago at Lollapalooza in Chicago, but Gracetown brings their music to a new level with a trippy feel, yet a stronger connection to the listener. The rest of the album is full of fun elements that is pushing the band to a new level! Check Out the single “Run” off the album!
Sadly they will have a limited tour in the US that will be in NY and CA 🙁 If you are going to SXSW in Austin, they will be performing there!
Looking for some new great jams? Well Matt & Kim have done it again with their sixth album, New Glow. It is a step up from Lightning’s synth driven tunes. Every track on New Glow being a pumped up dance track. The one exception is the last track on the album which slows everything down. While this album is different than their previous albums and is taking their music in a new direction, which could make or break them. The only other downside to the album is their repetitive lyrics in most of their songs. The band has still stayed true to their fun upbeat style, but it will be interesting to see what happens next. In the mean time, you have an album full of pep to get you through the last few weeks of the Spring semester!
