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STREAM: The Wildbirds - Shake Shake
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If this is what evolves in the backwoods of Wisconsin, I’ll take the next greyhound. The Wildbirds craft rough, wind-blistered, and dusty rock and roll. In “Shake Shake”, lead singer Nicholas Stuart commands attention, screeching, “Now all I ask is skin and soul,” with a voice like Mick Jagger with 10 added years of Marlboro Reds abuse. You remain intent till the end when it erupts with country blues electric jamming. Meanwhile, the on-the-porch-drinking-whiskey love song “Susanna” is simply strummed and vocally croaked.
SOUNDS LIKE: Lynard Skynard, The Band, The Whigs, Alberta Cross
STREAM: The Wildbirds - Shake Shake
SHOW + EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: O'Death
Just a quick heads up, our good friends in O'Death are headlining a great show this Friday night at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg. Included in the cast of not to be missed support bands are the mighty Baltimore psych/electro popsters Ponytail, USAisamonster and Woods. Links to cop tickets—as well as a RCRD LBL exclusive single from O'death—are below.
Stream: Ponytail - Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: The Grizzly Owls - Whiskey and Clyde
The Grizzly Owls are Jenny (vocals, harmonica, and percussion) and Joseph Andreotti (guitar, bass, percussion, piano, and keys), a married couple who look towards the Dust Bowl migrations of the early 1930s for musical inspiration. So as you can guess, their particular style of bluesy folk is sparse, fragile, and sounds as if it were blown across a barren prairie land for months before it landed in your eardrums and lulled you into a rather disquieting slumber. As Jenny’s voice pleads: “This is my last night with Clyde” you have some serious doubts that everything’s going to be OK. Maybe the Depression hit them hard, or Clyde never came back from the War or something. The ‘30s were no joke, man. Seriously.
Sounds like: Marco Solo, Cat Power, Monkey Swallows the Universe
DOWNLOAD: Richard Swift - Kisses For The Misses
Richard Swift is a guy who puts on different figurative hats on a daily basis- constantly re-inventing himself- via new sounds, instruments, and films. Musically, besides the (hugely-praised) full-length "Dressed Up For The Letdown" last year, Swift released two side-projects this year Instruments Of Science and Technology "Music From The Films Of R. Swift" and a double EP (just out) called "Richard Swift as Onasis".
To give you a taste of his multidimensionality, "Knee-High Boogie Blues" is a high energy rhythmic teaser - sans vocals- taking good hook pretty much as far as it will go- (i.e. in circles). Meanwhile, "Kisses From The Misses" is a soulful blues jam- the type you can snap and do-wop to, depending on your age. Enjoy.
SOUNDS LIKE: Jakob Dylan, Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird
Download: Richard Swift - Kisses From The Misses
Download: Richard Swift- Knee-High Boogie Blues
FEATURED: Everyone Is Tripping Out Over Graveyard
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Everyone from our A&R team to our CEO Peter Rojas to our esteemed blogger Daniel Arnold have been singing the praises of mighty Swedish stoner rockers Graveyard. As of today, Rolling Stone's own David Fricke is on board too. He just wrote them up as his Fricke Pick. Hop over to the RS site to check it out and of course grab the free downloads we have below.
Graveyard at Rolling Stone.com
Download: Graveyard - Thin Line
EXCLUSIVE STREAM: The Black Keys - Same Old Thing
Today, the good folks at the SEEN RCRD LBL blog have hooked up an exclusive stream of a brand new track off of the new album from Akron, OH blues-rock duo The Black Keys. We’ve been super excited to hear new stuff from this band, who totally captivated us with their 2004 record Rubber Factory. The new album is called Attack & Release, and if these two tracks are anything to go by, the Keys haven’t lost any of their dirty attitude. Check out the post at the SEEN blog below.
The Black Keys at the SEEN RCRD LBL blog
Exclusive Stream: Black Keys - Same Old Thing
This was just dropped in our lap and there's not much that we would rather have in our lap. We didn't give ourselves enough time to sufficiently rave about their new album because we've been on their website shooting nerds with lasers.
We've all been fans of The Black Keys for a little while blah, blah, blah... This record rocks. Danger Mouse added just enough of his Dangerjuice to make this thing really come alive. He's not spludging all over it, he adds just the right amount of hand claps, keys and creepy choir ooohs, keeping the rough, bluesy sound that TBK are known for, but gives it a bit more depth to keep you listening over and over.
Today we've got two tracks from the new album for your listening pleasure. The first single from the album is "Strange Times" which makes great nerd shooting music. We've also got the track "Same Old Thing" for you, which is streaming exclusively here on SEEN. Of particular note, the flute in "Same Old Thing" is not a sample. It's actually played by drummerPatrick Carney's (guy on the right) uncle, Ralph Carney who has been Tom Wait's woodwind player for years.
Stream: The Black Keys - Same Old Thing
Stream: The Black Keys - Strange Times
Here is the video for "Strange Days" which is pretty funny. Ahhh Ultra Zone, we actually had an office holiday party there once. Seriously, I got to shoot my boss with a laser.
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: Valet - Fire
After a few months on the road as part of Atlas Sound, collaborator extraordinaire Honey Owens is back in Portland, soaking up local talent and turning it into shimmery space blues as Valet. You gotta hear Naked Acid sometime. Late at night, probably, with the lights low. Or you could skip the music, paint your face, put on feathers, stay awake for three days and stare down your reflection in a pond surrounded by torches on a breezy night. But listening to the stoned slow-motion airplane crash in reverse that is her music is way way easier. And it's free. So just do that.
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: Valet - Fire
FEATURED: BLK JKS play show at New Museum
We saw BLK JKS (Black Jacks) perform at the Fader Fort at SXSW, without really knowing what was going to happen--we had jusy heard that we had to check them out. Turns out they're a whyle out rock band from South Africa—real musicians— who blend just about every genre of music that that description can encompass to make totally captivating and visceral music. Someone said that when the Bad Brains stopping making "hardcore", this was the sort of thing they were really driving toward. Dub step/afro/freak/vibes....
BLK JKS are playing the New Museum today as part of their "Get Weird" art series, tickets are $10, so if you have some spare time be sure to check them out.
DOWNLOAD: Drug Rug - Walden
Drug Rug are one of our favorite new bands who make retro country-blues with a hint of drunken rock flair added for posterity. We caught them a while ago totally randomly at Mercury Lounge. They played a Dios cover and we were like, are you serious? This is the jam! This is a demo called “Walden”, enjoy!
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