TORO Y MOI

I've been taking a break from my usual hardcore goth metal music since I stumbled upon Toro y Moi, a one man band from Columbia, South Carolina. Usually I get annoyed with bands that have this much buzz on the "interweb"/"blogosphere" but this lives up to the hype in addition to your wildest dreams!

Toro Y Moi - "Blessa" (live in San Francisco) from Jordan Bee on Vimeo.

"Causers of This" is set to come out in February 2k10, and it's going to be a long wait! All of the songs are so relaxing without being boring, which would be the WORST. They're like lullabies you can dance to!

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TEEN TUNES #1

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THE SMITH WESTERNS


This is the first (#1) of hopefully many straight to the point music posts. I chose the Smith Westerns because I can listen to their entire album without skipping songs (which is really hard for me, I usually don't listen to most songs for more than seconds, yikes) and also because they reek of good vibes. Check out that picture, and c'mon, you have to admit that these guys look like fun. The singer looks kind of like Karen O without a Y chromasone and the guy in the blue has cherubic angel curls.

Their songs are simple and pretty rough, but in a way that's far from pretentious and just comes off as completely sincere. They don't have any music videos yet, but you can listen to their songs on youtube and stare at their album cover until it moves.

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