Sharing some songs from bands I recently discovered:
Clues (As a big fan of the Montreal group Unicorns, I really should have been more on top of this one. I downloaded a couple Clues tracks a few months ago without realizing that it’s Alden Penner’s (Unicorns) new band. I subsequently got the rest of their s/t debut album. Anyways, shuffle a playlist with these songs and some tracks by Islands, and you’ve got another Unicorns album, though more grown up.
[Clues - Approach the Throne] mp3
[Clues - Ledmonton] mp3
Micachu & The Shapes (All I know is that these kids are like 21 and British. But really unique/happy/catchy)
[Micachu - Golden Phone] mp3
Chris Garneau (Sounds a little like Sufjan Stevens, with a soft voice and orchestral sounds. To me, this is a good thing since Sufjan hasn’t released anything in a while, except his new instrumental album about a bridge in Queens)
[Chris Garneau - No More Pirates] mp3
Immaculate Machine (Boy/Girl vocals, power poppy)
[Immaculate Machine - Dear Confessor] mp3
Rafter
[Rafter - No One Home Ever] mp3
Box Elders (Short messy poppy songs)
[Box Elders - Jackie Wood] mp3
Also of note is a tour album I found online from Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice. Download here.
