LA-based Frankel (real name: Michael Orendy) released his sophomore album, Anonymity is the New Fame, on Autumn Tone Records this year, on September 1st. Not only is the album title great but the record company's name is quite apt for this particular release I think, as it's the perfect album to usher in the Fall. The album is beautiful, calm and enjoyable, in a really understated, quiet way -
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Sollilaquists of Sound are a Orlando-based hip-hop quartet that blend dubstep, folk and afrobeat into a truly unique sound. They expertly balance hip hop with other musical genre characteristics, keeping the sound inventive and fresh. The rhythmic usage of the word "look" in the track below reminds me of Dido's "Who Makes You Feel" and the male vocals have a hint of southern indie folk in them,
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Daphne Loves Derby is an indie-rock group out of Kent, Washington. They are a band who truly owes their success (and their creation) to the internet, and at one point led Purevolume.com's unsigned artists page. On that same website they have over 5.5 million plays, not to mention more than 4 million on Myspace and 4 million on last.fm, yet they remain unsigned.A couple of guys who formed a band
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In addition to amazing band names, I’m always a big fan when orchestral instruments are used in contemporary music, and particularly rock music. So you can imagine that I am a big fan of Australian band Bridezilla’s debut EP, which I would venture to describe as a bit like Ra Ra Riot meets a (slightly less angry and bitter) Fiona Apple but less polished. The EP starts out with my favorite trac
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This one goes out to all our Minnesotan readers (or folks visiting in the area). We've got a giveaway for two free tickets to see Loney Dear, Asobi Seksu and Anna Ternheim at First Ave (Hosted by The Current) on Oct 9th.How to enter? Just shoot us an email at guiltfreepleasure@gmail.com (that's without the 's' at the end) entitled "GFP Giveaway" with a short reason why you want to go. Then we'll
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Bamboo Shoots is an electro/alternative/pop group hailing from Em's neck of the woods. The group were the winners of the MTVu's Bets Music on Campus contest and have toured with the likes of the Plain White T's and Soulja Boy. Now their new album Armour is coming out, filled with danceable beats and catchy hooks and produced by Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads). The following track is straight
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We've covered LA indie-pop quartet Princeton a couple times before, and now we're doing it again. The video for "Martina and Clive Krantz," which can be found on the upcoming Cocoon Of Love (release date 9/26), is one of my new favorite things. Check it out below:Martina and Clive Krantz from Andrew White on Vimeo.
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Ah, William Fitzsimmons. That's really all that needs to be said. Self-proclaimed as one of the "oddest people you'll ever meet," William has a truly unique life story. Born the youngest child to two blind parents, his childhood years were filled with music as a means of communication. He is, quite possibly, my numero uno favorite artist on the scene today.I was able to see him play here in
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UK band Fanfarlo is set to physically release Resevoir, their debut album, in the US on October 13th (it's available on iTunes now). The first word that comes to mind when I listen to this album is "pleasant." That may not seem like a big compliment, but it is. The whole album is just incredibly pleasant and familiar (not in the "I've heard this before" way but in the way that provides comfort
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One of my favorite international discoveries from last year was Sweden's Fredrik, whose album Na Na Ni really blew me away and made it to our top albums of 2008 lists. Lucky for me (and for you lovely readers), they're coming out with another album this year, Trilogi, on November 17th. Originally three separate EPs, they've been combined to form this album, which is apparently much darker than Na
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I've always loved me some Acapella music, so I was psyched to find Los Angeles vocal collective Sonos in my inbox. They do sultry acapella covers of lots of hip artists: The Bird & The Bee (their cover of "Again & Again" is my favorite song on the album), Bon Iver, Radiohead, Imogen Heap, Rufus Wainwright, Bjork and Fleet Foxes just to name a few. Even if you're not into acapella music, you
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This song has been popping up occasionally on the amazing Minnesotan radio station the Current, and everytime it does, I'm happy about it. So for this week's flashback friday, I hope all enjoy a little Badfinger. Blare it out the windows today.No Matter What [mp3]
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Last week Glass Pear released their debut full length album Streets Of Love. We've blogged about them before on GFP about their well-known "Last Day Of Your Life" track and are happy to report that Glass Pear still consists of Keane-like piano melodies and well-crafted instrumentation. Frontman Yestyn Griffiths is not new to the songwriting realm, as he helped co-write many of the tracks on
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London indie/folk/rockers and makers of beautiful music Noah And The Whale (named after director Noah Baumbauch and The Squid And The Whale - also worth checking out) are releasing their 2nd album on October 6th, entitled The First Days Of Spring. But don't be fooled -- the title track is so emotional and melancholy that it really recalls autumn or early winter, not spring, even though it's
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Loving this song.Tour schedule:Sept 29th - Tasty World - Athens, GASept 30th - Club Downunder at FSU - Tallahassee, FLOct 3rd - Duke Coffeehouse at Duke University - Durham, NCOct 4th - Rock N Roll Hotel - Washington, DC Oct 6th - Garfield Arthouse - Pittsburgh, PAOct 7th - Bowery Ballroom - New York City, NY Oct 8th - The Middle East - Cambridge, MAOct 9th -
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Today marks the release of The Dodos' 3rd album, Time To Die. It also marks the addition of a third member, 21-year old Keaton Snyder on the vibraphone, to the San Francisco-based band. Despite beefing up the band and the involvement of Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Fleet Foxes, The Shins) The Dodos maintain their relatively simple, upbeat, percussion-driven sound that makes their music so delightful
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Regina Spektor kicked off her American tour in Minneapolis on Friday night and I was privileged to attend (many thanks to Stephen from Big Hassle Media for wrangling those tickets). Before I start the review though, I must say one thing:Regina fans, don't do drugs. Especially if you plan to attend one of her concerts and managed to get seats in the first two rows. Because you'll stand up,
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ARMS is the brain-child of Todd Goldstein, the guitarist of Brookyln group the Harlem Shakes. ARMS started out as a lo-fi bedroom project some moons ago but as turned into a whole touring band. "Kids Aflame" is the title track off their upcoming US debut which drops October 27th and features my favorite instrument, the ukulele. If this track is any indication of the album, we're looking at
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I meant to post this forever ago... These United States came out with their third album in 18 months on September 2nd. Everything Touches Everything is another great bluesy, country rock album from the DC-based band. I feel like it's maybe a little bit more "chill" than some of their previous ruckus rock but the album maintains their casual, gritty tone and has some pretty catchy numbers, my
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Merrill Garbus is the person behind tUnE-yArDs, and she did it all on a digital voice recorder and mixed it together using shareware mixing software. Add her ingenuity with those elements and you get lo-fi indie-alternative tinged with nitty gritty drum thumps and anti-folk flares. Merrill uses her main instrument, the ukulele, beyond the point of recognition and her voice has remarkable range,
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