Starlight Girls: CMJ

The first band I discovered at this year’s CMJ is Starlight Girls.

Starlight Girls website

Tilly and the Wall: 2012 Tour

Tilly and the Wall are currently touring to support their new album, their first in almost 5 years.

The set list above is from a show last week . I hope they play older songs like “Pictures of Houses,” “Love Song,” and “Lost Girls.”

“All Kinds of Guns” is the best song from the new album:

Check out the tour dates here.

Eagle Rock Music Festival: La Sera

 

The Eagle Rock Music Festival is happening tomorrow, Saturday October 6th.

The festival just announced that La Sera is the surprise headlining act on the Emerging Stage.

La Sera plays right after Imperial Teen tomorrow!

Governors Ball 2012

Governors Ball 2012! Two amazing videos (+ photos) I took from the side of the stage of The Jezabels and Fiona Apple:

Brandi Carlile’s New Album

One more week until Brandi Carlile’s new album Bear Creek is out.

I’m looking forward to hearing the studio versions of “Keep Your Heart Young” and “100.”

We Are Serenades @ Mercury Lounge

On May 9th I caught Swedish band We Are Serenades at Mercury Lounge.

We Are Serenades has two frontmen, Adam Olenius from Shout Out Louds and Markus Krunegard from Laakso. The band is touring to support its album that came out last month in the US.

“Daydreaming,” a softer song that emphasizes vocal harmony, and “Come Home,” surprisingly a Christmas song, were the two tracks that struck me as the best.

We Are Serenades played “Come Home” a bit faster live than on the record, and the increase in tempo made the song (especially the chorus) even catchier.

Album version of “Come Home”:

If you want to know more about the band, head to We Are Serenades’s website.

Ben Lee at City Winery – 2012

Here are some photos + video of Ben Lee playing at City Winery in NY last night.

Ben only played songs from his most recent albums — several from Awake is the New Sleep, the latest Noise Addict record, and Deeper Into Dream.

The setlist included “Begin,” “Apple Candy,” “No Right Angles,” “Rise Up,” “Faster Side of Normal,” “Lean Into It,” “Pointless Beauty,” and “Gamble Everything For Love.”

“The Debt Collectors”:

Phantom Planet: Reunion Shows

On June 13th and June 14th, Phantom Planet are reuniting to play two shows at the Troubadour.

Both shows are already sold out, unfortunately. Stay tuned for more news/possible additional shows!

New Nada Surf: “When I Was Young”

Nada Surf has a new album, called The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, coming out January 24th, 2012.

Watch a live solo acoustic performance of the first single “When I Was Young,” filmed at the Musee Carnavalet in Paris:

Free download of the album version of “When I Was Young.”