Four Songs to Listen to Forthwith - 05/30/10

Two Door Cinema Club are a young british band. They're new and fresh, a great personal favorite of mine. Watch out for this band, I've got a good feeling about them. Their sound is original yet familiar and catalog has been built up well. As much as I want to begin with a buried track, I'd rather introduce you with something that's fun and easy to listen to. This song, "I Can Talk" puts together novel sounds with energy and feeling. It seems styled and polished, but I get the sense like they aren't trying too hard. I don't say that to be mean, they're just honest, excellent musicians.

The Bird and the Bee are a duo from CA with a sound to match. They're indie synthpop. One half the band, Greg Kurstin, is an accomplished producer and it shows in here. The songs are polished pretty and really feel complete. The vocalist, Inara George, brings sugar and and a surreal environment to the listener. Her voice is familiar and comforting. They recently released a cover album for Hall & Oates. Which is full of great stuff, but I'd rather start them off with a single for you. Here's "My Love". (Strange video source because embedding wasn't allowed from Youtube for this video.)

Synth Punk is fantastic. To me, many other genres have flowed naturally into the newest trends of mixing and electronic sounds. But not punk, despite it's hardcore anarchistic roots there's a defined sound that makes up "punk." It's difficult for me to imagine what I would have come up with if someone asked me to put together synthetic sounds with punk culture, luckily I didn't and Mindless Self Indulgence did. The song "Never wanted to dance" has the punk attitude with some crazy beats and melodies. It will pick you up, shove you around, and leave you wanting more.

Ida Maria came out hard a couple years ago. She had a few singles that were pushed, she did great in Europe, not so much here in the States. She's Punk Rock Alternative and definitely has the flavor of European style rock. I don't know why there's such a divide in tastes across the pond, maybe she's not more popular because her songs are considered precarious and a bit vulgar? She uses risky words like "naked" and "God" Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me either. Here, have a listen and don't worry, its SFW.