Vivian Girls are back with their first record in 8 years coming in September! They're playing a bunch of shows too. Definitely gonna make it out for the Brooklyn show.
I like it quite a bit, not AOTY level—but their live show is mind blowingly good. I wish the record sounded more like that. Or maybe they'll put out a recording of a set
Autolux is chill and early 00's? But they're from California.Yo trying to remember this band from the early to mid 00s. They were hyped out of NYC but never really broke through. They were a rock band but more chill than the Strokes/Hives/Strips etc.. from the whole garage rock revival thing.
Alls I can think of is auto something...
Idk if I found the one album on spotify I'd know its what I'm looking for.
New Cigarettes After Sex
From their new album Cry out in October
California is her best song since Brooklyn Baby off Ultraviolence for sure
New Whitney is awesome. Not as many jams as their first album but still great.
New Cigarettes After Sex
From their new album Cry out in October
Since we don't have have a Rock Thread I'm gonna plug a really good local band from here in Greece called Villagers of Ioannina City. Their first English album came out today, and its pretty damn good. It lost some of the uniqueness of their earlier work of being a blend of traditonal Greek Folk Music and Heavy Rock but there is a small twinge of it that pops out here and there. For comparison, Today's Dance of and one of my favorite songs from their previous Single, Zvara:
Extremely and instantly obsessed with new-ish UK act, Dry Cleaning. This song is bonkers good and RIYL Velvet Underground, Pixies, Josephine Wiggs, Mary Timony, Laurie Anderson.
Also enjoyed their glib post punk single from the summer:
Hell, I didn't know Kim Shattuck of the Muffs had ALS and she just passed away. I still listen to Blonder and Blonder now and then.
Still surprised this has stuck in my rotation for so long.