After listening to Plumerai the first thing that struck me was how much like The Sundays they sounded. Judging by the reviews I have read I'm not the only one but I can also hear hints of The Cocteau Twins and Sneakster in there as well. Sadly there are no mp3's for downloading (tut, tut) but you can stream the bands song from their homepage. Linear is far and away the best track and it may well be worth picking up their Res Cogitans for it alone. [My Space link]
After the bands I've seen recently I was sure I wasn't ready for more acoustic indie and I think that's prejudiced my opinion about Princeton. To be honest it's not much different to what another 100 plus bands seem to be producing at the moment and whilst it's pleasant enough it hardly sticks in my memory. [My Space link]
Princeton - Tokyo Japan
I wrote about The Shade Tree back in October 2005 and since then the band have moved away from their folky indie-ish roots and have got a bit of a , erm, groove on with their latest tracks. Whilst i'm not grabbed by some of the new recordings they are nicely done especially the ones that hark back to their earlier recordings. [My Space link]
Shade Tree - The Stupidest Thing
Mesh (see here for a previous indie mp3 piece) have finally got a My Space page and as it states the music is like nothing you've heard before. It's not normally the type of music you would find written about on indie mp3 but at least Mesh is producing something a bit different which is far removed from the norm.
Mesh - This Was New York
There seem to be an abundance of bands fronted by females with shouty vocals at present who seem to take their inspiration from the NYC scene, The Ramones and Blondie. Two I have come across recently are both Los Angeles based being Killola and Ragsy. Killola have a frontwoman with a unique vocal style which I guess could grate after a while but at least it's different if the music isn't. Ragsy go for the more melodic approach but the end result is same and there seems to be a lack of a cutting edge which may be recified by seeing the band live. However Los Angles is a bit to far for me to find out!
If you like your music accompanied by visuals then Telemusicvision might be up your street with a number of video's for downloading free of charge including The Postal District, Cat Power and The Pipettes. However check out video for Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy for a master lesson in the art of the music video. These are large quality files and you will need Bit Torrent to download them.
After the bands I've seen recently I was sure I wasn't ready for more acoustic indie and I think that's prejudiced my opinion about Princeton. To be honest it's not much different to what another 100 plus bands seem to be producing at the moment and whilst it's pleasant enough it hardly sticks in my memory. [My Space link]
Princeton - Tokyo Japan
I wrote about The Shade Tree back in October 2005 and since then the band have moved away from their folky indie-ish roots and have got a bit of a , erm, groove on with their latest tracks. Whilst i'm not grabbed by some of the new recordings they are nicely done especially the ones that hark back to their earlier recordings. [My Space link]
Shade Tree - The Stupidest Thing
Mesh (see here for a previous indie mp3 piece) have finally got a My Space page and as it states the music is like nothing you've heard before. It's not normally the type of music you would find written about on indie mp3 but at least Mesh is producing something a bit different which is far removed from the norm.
Mesh - This Was New York
There seem to be an abundance of bands fronted by females with shouty vocals at present who seem to take their inspiration from the NYC scene, The Ramones and Blondie. Two I have come across recently are both Los Angeles based being Killola and Ragsy. Killola have a frontwoman with a unique vocal style which I guess could grate after a while but at least it's different if the music isn't. Ragsy go for the more melodic approach but the end result is same and there seems to be a lack of a cutting edge which may be recified by seeing the band live. However Los Angles is a bit to far for me to find out!
If you like your music accompanied by visuals then Telemusicvision might be up your street with a number of video's for downloading free of charge including The Postal District, Cat Power and The Pipettes. However check out video for Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy for a master lesson in the art of the music video. These are large quality files and you will need Bit Torrent to download them.
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