Cayucas - Cayucos
I have played this album -- without introducing it -- to
both beer drinking river rafters and rosé drinking lawyers and the reception is
the same: “This shit is good. Who is this?” Fire up your boombox, summer jammy
jams are here. Time to branch out from Vampire Weekend.
Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends
No surprise here. However, the release of this album
coincided with an excellent live show and just recently a performance I viewed
via UStream of P.TM playing with ''Weird Al'' Yankovic. I gotta say, the mythos
of this band just keeps getting more enhanced.
The Weeks - Dear Bo Jackson
An awesome title for an album filled with awesome tunes. The
album title reminds me of how great ESPN’s "You Don't Know Bo" 30 for
30 was/is, but the tunes remind me how great early Kings of Leon was --
southern rock clashing with garage rock. A beautiful combination.
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Shit... I couldn't help myself. I was going to leave this
one off out of principal and then the fiancee said: "The National better
be on your list." Abide.
Long-haired Garage Rock
Seems like there has been an uptick in good songwriting from
the young, long-haired contingent. Mikal Cronin and Kurt Vile lead the pack in
my mind, with others trailing right behind. Maybe I'm listening to more garage
rock; maybe its just better this year... In somewhat related news, I can't wait
until the new We Are Augustines comes out.
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The Cayucas definitely sound like summer.
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