Joanna Gruesome is a band from Cardiff that makes dreamy, distorted music with (deliberately) too-quiet vocals.
Their songs really “cleanse the musical palate” — when you’re tired of listening to your usual music and everything sounds a little stale, put on some Joanna Gruesome (top 3 songs are below) to get out of your rut.
1. “Pantry Girl”
2. “Do You Really Wanna Know Why Yr Still In Love With Me?”
3. “Lemonade Grrl”
Have you heard Cage The Elephant’s new song “Come A Little Closer”?
I’m not too familiar with their other music but “Come A Little Closer” is really impressive — it starts off with subdued, slightly distorted vocals and a driving drum beat and explodes into the chorus before going back to the more restrained verses:
that dog. was a band from LA that formed in 1991. They disbanded in 1997 and reunited in 2011.
“Never Say Never” and “Minneapolis” are two of the band’s best songs:
Ask Lydia is a four piece from England…Listen to the nice lead guitar work on “Disposable Love”:
Jake Bellows’ album New Ocean came out today…and thanks to Saddle Creek, you can stream (and get a free download of) “All Right Now”:
+ stream the entire album:
FAKE CLUB is a new band from London — they (really aptly) describe themselves as “the Spice Girls with instruments” — do you hear it?
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