the can't tells

These three musketeers from Brooklyn played at Silk City last night ( I was working *sigh*). It was slow enough where I was able to catch a good portion of their set and they were really good. I looked them up today and their recordings are much more poppy than what they sounded like last night (they were pretty PR). Really good lead guitar , not so many power chords. Plus, they switched guitar and bass as well as lead vocal duties which is always rad. I want to see them again.

dirty projectors

   Dirty Projectors played at Made in America Festival fairly recently. This is a name I have been hearing for years but never took the time to listen to. My friend that saw them at M I A Fest said they were the best act there and gave me their last album Swing Lo Magellan so I could give then a listen. The first time through I wasn't sure what to think because they have progressions and changes that one might normally hear in Classical music, not some modern indie band. I can't stop listening now. This record is amazing (I still haven't even listened to their others , all with rad titles I might add). Singer and main composer, David Longstreth has an amazing grasp on music theory and shows this in his intricate and progressive song structure. The lovely ladies in the band also provide layers of dreamy harmonies for Longstreth to croon over. These babes are taking the fluff out of pop, and looking very unassuming while they do it.

This is my favorite track from Swing Lo Magellan, released last July.