Some summer music recommendations
I’ve been listening to chill electronica while I work for a couple years now, and it’s kind of hard to find good stuff in the genre, at least not without investing heavily in mix cd labels like Ministry of Sound et. al.
Lately I’ve been jamming to a podcast from Chill Syndicate and I highly recommend it.
I just bought a new album called Dog Problems from a local Phoenix band called The Format. It’s really, really bright pop, which I don’t hear very much these days. It’s sort of somewhere between Ben Folds Five’s first Album and Jellyfish’s first album. It’s quite fun.
There’s a band a family member of mine is in that I’m really enjoying. Maritime. I put a song on my mix cd from last year off of there Glass Floor album. This year they released an album called We, The Vehicles. I like it well enough to recommend it. Eric Axelson, is my sister in law Kristin’s Brother, so that makes him..my .. umm.. he’s related to me somehow. You may know him as the bass player from the now defunct Dismemberment Plan. The rest of the band is from The Promise Ring. Anyway, very poppy, very well written, great vocals. It’s really a very, very good album.
What else is new for me musically?
Collin Herring - The Other Side of Kindness. Released last year, just picked it up. Very eclectic but I really enjoy it.
Golden Smog - Another Fine Day. Kind of an all-star band, but interesting stuff!
The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed. I really am turning into a fan of this Barsuk label band.
