Artist: Belle & SebastianSong: We Are The Sleepyheads [3:34, 2006] Sounds Like: A fun and un-happy little do-dah
This fast and upbeat tune is one of those songs that must be played on repeat. It’s one to sing along with and dance to. Whether it be singing to the chorus or the awesome random intro verse, “ba-da-ba-da-ba-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da.” The song is about a social group who has lived in a town for some time and the rest of the community still does not talk directly to them. Whenever the group is seen walking ahead, people of the community would turn their heads and cross the street to avoid having eye contact.
– Marian Mesia
Artist: GrammaticsSong: The Vague Archive[3:58, 2008]Sounds like: A type of musical art that is extremely different from anything else that has been ever heard.
Guitar, bass, drums.. And cello? That sums up Grammatic’s plethora of instruments. This song has two different themes which smoothly transitions from the first to the second. The first is more up-beat and happy, while the second is more ethereal and really emphasizes the cello that can be found in the track. This band is typically unheard of because they are basically on the opposite side of the globe in the UK. The great news is that they are climbing up the MTV2 music charts so hopefully we’ll see theme here in the States soon.
-Tiffany Herbert
Artist: Sxip Shirey & Adam MattaTitle: Moon In Her Belly [2:30, 2008]Sounds Like: A mutant harmonica and a beatboxing maniac. Sxip Shirey has been a phenomenon in the underground New York experimental music scene for years… his odd choices of instruments (miniature bells, broken music boxes, and an industrial flute to name a few) are used with precision to create unusually catchy tunes with eerie ambiance. In the case of “Moon In Her Belly,” Sxip teams up with Adam Matta, an awesome beatboxer with a following of his own, to weave an epic track that defies genre. These two musicians are a breath of fresh air in the cookie-cutter industry and are worth keeping an eye on for the future.
-John Harrison
