Pictured: Echo Bravo in happier times. Oh, to be back in the middle of the great tandem bicycle craze of 2005.
Somtimes it’s good to revisit your roots. Echo Bravo was a great band in Eau Claire from 2004ish to 2005ish. The band was characterized as much by its in-fighting as it […]
Pictured: John Nielsen. You can almost smell the hoagies from here.
John Nielsen is one of a seemingly endless stream of local artists who delve deep into their own psyche to write thoughtful, quiet, and beautiful pieces of art. Bon Iver, Jon Sunde, and now Nielsen all live in the introspective space of late night […]
Pictured: I really don’t know. There wasn’t a lot to choose from.
I’d like to think that there isn’t a thought process for writing songs like I Love You Sailor’s, but that a small group of unrehearsed friends just sits down and begins playing them. They all smile and turn their heads toward one another, nodding […]
Pictured: The Sargasso Trio. I know, I know, I know it looks like an Andy band.
The Sargasso Trio is just that, three people from Norwich writing and creating interesting British folk music. Equal parts samba, bob dylan-folk, and electro-pop, The Sargasso Trio mixes all of that nonsense into an exciting, and danceable cocktail. I must say that […]
Peervalidated will update our website everyday for the remainder of this old year with a few of the great things we missed. It could be because we’re lazy, it could be because we didn’t hear of it, it could simply be because we forgot. Here’s one such band/song/genre/etc…
Pictured: Matthew Dear. “Oh, I hope Peer Validated wrote […]
Peervalidated will update our website everyday for the remainder of this old year with a few of the great things we missed. It could be because we’re lazy, it could be because we didn’t hear of it, it could simply be because we forgot. Here’s one such band/song/genre/etc…
Pictured: Blitzen Trapper are here to babysit. Yup, even the […]
Pictured Above: Hip as shit.
Wes Anderson is the master of all soundtracks. You can keep your Paul Andersons and your Cameron Crowes, but I’ll bet my buttons that ole’ Wes will always come out on top. His knack for finding the perfect, seemingly never-heard-before song from that band-you-thought-you-knew is uncanny.
I’m a huge Kinks guy, and […]
Pictured: Jakobinarina, helping to forge new and exciting icelandic stereotypes since 2005!
Jakobinarina sound like Andrew W.K. sped up. Booming drums, blaring synth, and a penchance for almost punk rock guitars. It is intense to say the least. I don’t know anything about these guys, and I don’t really want to. […]
Pictured: Tunng hiding it under a bushel? No, they’re going to let it shine.
Two posts in one day, can you believe it? Sorry guys, it’s been real busy at this end. Hopefully as the holiday season continues, we can keep you on a steady diet of nog and snooty music. […]
Pictured: The Zebras NOT putting another shrimp on the barbie. Well, that guy at the end might be doing something fishy. No, not that one. The other one.
The Zebras are a band that rollicks. They play their instruments charmingly. Suprisingly, they’re from Australia. Maybe it’s my own prejudice […]
Richard Swift is the most talented musician you don’t love. You don’t love him in the same way that you don’t love your soul mate the day before you meet them. You don’t love him because you don’t know him. It is only partially your fault. I guess the other portion can be explained […]
When I was in 7th grade, I played guitar in a Jimmy Eat World cover band. We played “The Middle”. I will never forget what it felt like to have my entire middle school screaming my name, demanding an encore. To this day, I don’t think a group of people has ever been that excited […]
Pictured: 1 2 3 4 is on one helluva road trip. I’m getting too old for this.
1 2 3 4 is a band from Denmark. They are pretty good. They play fast music with good drum parts, good bass parts, good guitar parts, and OK other parts. This review would perhaps […]
This song fucking rules.
The sound that Jordon Robson-Cramer gets his guitar to make is perhaps the foremost reason why Sunset Rubdown is one of the most important bands alive right now. The distortion, the delay, the reverb. Dude knows how to use his effect pedals. That opening riff is probably my favorite “triumphant introduction” to […]
Pictured: This is a picture from a national tour that J.Fish did completely on bike. No lie, he played 30 shows in 6 months. While the idea seemed cool before he set out, he quickly realized how incredibly innefficient it was as well.
This song is absolute radio-pop bliss. Maybe that’s because all it’s parts sound […]