Who: Harlan Pepper What: Indie-folk brought up-to-date with a sense of humor, a blend of styles, and a little more ‘today’ than most. Where: Hamilton, Canada. The Google tells me this is in Ontario. Canadian geography is a mystery to me. Why: Because “Great Lakes” – below and available free from Harlan Pepper’s bandcamp page [...]
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Who: Johnny Hawaii What: Laid back surfer pop, brought to us by Bad Panda Records Where: From Marseille, France, not often the origin of Hawaii-infused surfer tunes. Why: Because Johnny Hawaii knows exactly how to bring the sounds of the beach, somehow. With the first few notes of “The Lonely Smurfer”, I can close my [...]
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We got a mail last week about Darren Hayman’s January Songs project – you know Darren Hayman: “ex-Hefner, godfather of modern indiepop, one of the best songsmiths of the past 15 years, oh you know the one”. Ok, I didn’t know any of those things, but I’m sure you do. I’ve been meaning to listen [...]
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You might remember that I was really, really taken with Lost In The Trees when I first heard them back in November. This is just a little update as we’ve just had news that, because of their 2010 successes, Trekky Records will be re-releasing Lost In The Trees’ first EP, 2007′s Time Taunts Me. It’s [...]
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Who: Jared Mees & the Grown Children What: Indie folk with a razor-sharp edge, led by Jared Mees (who’s been recording for several years now), joined by an ever-changing group of musicians referred to as the Grown Children. Where: Portland, Oregon Why: I’m biased here just because I love the genre – especially lately, I [...]
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