Doom & Gloom is a duo from California with a great song called “The Big One”:
+ “The Big One” live and acoustic:
Category: Indie Bands (Page 18 of 21)
Did you know Norah Jones had a side project band a few years ago?
Apparently it was a “joke” band, but they released a full album. One of the songs on it is “The Best Part”:
The Sleep Wells are an unsigned band from the UK.
“Please,” the band’s latest single, is a really solid track. It starts with just vocals and soft electric guitar, and then more vocals come in. The song changes in tone after the 3:00 minute mark, and I’d prefer if the song just ended before that.
Jeremy Sparrow (aka Danish songwriter Lasse Smed) recently released The Go-Getters, a seven song EP filled with some amazing music.
The overall sound is guitar-driven, jangle pop. People who love music and adore the experience of being in a band will understand these songs.
All seven songs are really, really good. The EP tackles themes of youthful ambition, struggle, and it captures the feeling of trying to make music your life’s work.
Standout tracks are “Q&A With My Dad” (with the line “the only thing that pushes me to try hard is the feeling I get when I pick up a guitar”), the catchy chorus of “The Trouble With Couples,” and the falsetto hook of “I Go To Pieces.”
Title track “The Go-Getters” is my favorite song on the EP. It’s about being in a band that breaks up…”Through a whirlwind of crushed dreams, I really believed in our sound, ’cause our songs made sense to me, you guys completed me, and when we performed I felt free.”
Hopefully Lasse brings Jeremy Sparrow to America sometime this year! You can listen to the EP below:
Tennis is a husband/wife duo originally from Denver.
Check out their song “Deep in the Woods”:
The Ballet was an indie pop band based in New York. Their first album Mattachine! is sadly out of print, but their second album Bear Life (2009) is available.
The band’s frontman Greg Goldberg is now a professor of sociology at Wesleyan.
“Rough Trade” is a track from Bear Life:
“In My Head (Version)” is also another great song by The Ballet.