Pictured: Lackthereof asks not indie-rock-weirdies can do for you, but what you can do for indie-rock-weirdies.
Lackthereof is an awesome project from Danny Seim (Menomena). It sounds sort of like what Primitive Radio Gods would sound like if they were still around, and not just a one hit wonders from the mid-nineties. There’s bass heavy, drum […]
Pictured: Everest. Stealing the souls of hitchhikers since 2005.
Everest is an alt-country band from California. They sound like what would happen if Michael Stipe took over The Cardinals and got a severe case of catchy-awesome-hook syndrome. It’s all there, the build ups, the sweet melodies, the twangy guitar, and the organ. I have a feeling […]
Pictured: White Hinterland can play your next “brown out” party.
White Hinterland recently played a living room in Eau Claire at our friend’s house. It was, in one word, incredible. In two words it would be, “incredibly awesome”, or maybe, “damn dude!” Anyway, they put on a helluva show. We wanted to take a video […]
Pictured: Geri X may, in fact, be rocking a six string bass. I’m not sure, I sort of lost count after four. Anyway, another Peervalidated first!
Geri X is another great band that we played with on tour. If I’m honest with myself (which I think is the best policy […]
Pictured: Carl Spidla. Reinforcing every indie-kid stereotype in one photo. If only it were a polaroid.
My least favorite part about writing for Peer Validated is that more often than not I have to find music on other blogs before I can post it. Basically, I have to steal from other sites, and I feel really […]
The name of this band puts me off, but their name is the only thing that puts me off about the French Kicks. There is not a song I would skip on their new disc, but for now I will focus on “Love in the Ruins”, which is great in context or as a standalone, […]
Pictured: One of the only pictures on I, Torrents myspace. Please let it not be their practice space.
I, Torrent is a local (Eau Clairian) band that kicks out bass heavy, albini-induced rockers. They’ve played a couple of shows around here, most notably opening for Alan Sparhawk’s band du jour, The […]
These guys just played in Vancouver with one of my favorite local bands, Winning. And I didn’t go because I didn’t feel like it. I’m an idiot.
Yes, this song is called “A Tell-Tale Penis”. Oh well.
Some things I like about it:
a) ride cymbal in the verses
b) triple guitar attack
c) “It’s the alaaaarm clock”
d) when the […]
Pictured: Craig Finn, soon to take over color commentary for the Minnesota Twins.
Usually I wouldn’t call out our readers’ comments, but the last time we wrote about The Hold Steady it only got one. One big, fat negative comment. “Aaaaaaaannnnndy! Don’t write about the Hold Steady! Nobody likes the Hold Steady. Hold Steady. Betty.” Wrong […]
‘Martha Ann’, the single from David Karsten Daniel’s new album ‘Fear of Flying’, is two minutes of evidence that everyone should write shorter songs. There is nothing innately wrong with long songs, but in my estimation it is better to leave them hanging, quality over quantity. A song doesn’t always need four identical choruses. Succinct […]
Pictured: American Princes aren’t allowed to touch the fireworks anymore without asking dad first.
Arkansas based band, American Princes is sweet. The first time I listened to them, I honestly wasn’t that into it. They have this sort of pure 80’s vibe that can be a little tough to swallow on first contact. That being said, this […]
Frantic is probably the best word I could use to describe the Dodos. Frantic isn’t usually my thing, but it works here. For me. If I could use this song as a soundtrack to an episode of my life, it would probably be the part where I finally ask out the cute girl at the […]
Pictured: Rage unplugged.
Jack O’Connor is a singer/songwriter from EC with a lot on his mind. His melodies borrow heavily from indie heavyweight, Elliott Smith. Where some would become lost in an homage to Smith, O’Connor is a deft enough songwriter to forge a songwriting identity all his own.
It’s a style of music […]
She’s from Canada
I listened to this in my headphones on the way back from the grocery store. Since it is Easter Sunday, the bus was nearly empty. It was one of the new buses, so there were these backwards seats in the rear of the bus, and looked out at Vancouver in the pouring rain. […]
Pictured: The Cinematic Orche.. oh, I get it. He’s holding a camera. AND he’s in a band. Oh subtlety!
The Cinematic Orchestra are an art collective from England. They write music for movies, for performance, and for, well, listening. They are all over the place artistically. It’s really hard […]