My Sasquatch Top Ten
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Barry’s top 10 Bands to see.
MGMT
Definitely one of my favorite
bands out there right now. Not particularly because of their debut
album Oracular Spectacular (which sounds like a Terry Gilliam movie
tittle btw) but because of their Time ti Pretend EP that I bought
later. Uber lo-fi power pop, that at times reminds me of the old
school innovators the Silver Apples. I havent been able to catch
these guys live yet and if you check their website, they dont have
many future dates posted, so catch them while you can.
Download Destrokk from – Time To Pretend EP
Band of Horses
These Seattle locals sound
beautiful on record and live, caught them last year at bumbershoot
and they were an experience that was only enhanced by the evenings
sunset. I want these guys to play Funeral at my funeral.
Download – No One’s Gonna Love You
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Former Ima Robot Singer trades in the synths for psychedelics and storytelling. “After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining Alcoholics Anonymous, Ebert began work on a story about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. According to Ebert, Sharpe “was sent down to Earth to kinda heal and save mankind…but he kept getting distracted by girls and falling in love.” Its quirky and fun and the bantering back in forth between Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos. Easily one of the best debut albums to come out in a while.
Download some of their songs free>
Broken Social Scene
Fell in love with this band after seeing the movie Half Nelson.
These guys are not afraid to fail and their songs succeed because
of it. They also have this great video where they bought the
crowd a drink for “Luck Ones” video.
Why?
Awseome hipster non black dudes
rapping and spouting rad poetry that tend to lean toward the
obscure and sometimes vulgar.
Nuff said.
I recommend :The Hollows>
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Yacht
Powerpop drum heavy dance group from the northwest. Catchy and
kinda ridiculous, but you’ll be humming the tunes in your head for
days.
Miike Snow
These guys know how to write
hit pop songs. Some of these guys have produced and written songs
with “Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Kelis and won a Grammy for Best dance
recording for the track “Toxic” by Britney Spears” Fun synth heavy
and ready to make you get your freak on. Seeing them live, you will
most definitely spill your drink in their dance pit.
Passion Pit
Saw these guys at last years
Sasquitch. The mix was horrible and at the time I hadn’t heard
their music, since then I gave them a chance and bought their
tunes. Catchy rad powerpop music. I just hope they sound good live
this time around.
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Fresh Espresso
Seattles own powerpop/hiphop
group. Composer/producer P Smoov of Mad Rad with MC Rik
Rude.
Check out the Diamond pistols remix by local boys The File Jerks>
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Past Lives
Seattle boys featuring ex Blood
Brothers: Jordan Blilie, Morgan Henderson and Mark Gajadhar. Always
a great show, just bought their new record on vinyl, I recommend
you do as well.
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