Friday, September 30, 2011

The Whitest Boy Alive


The Whitest Boy Alive are an indie pop band based in Berlin. I love this album. I can listen to it the whole way through; for the most part, on most days. I got into them because of the skate video "Jereme Rogers' Neighborhood," which features three tracks from this album. Their sound creates a feeling of nostalgia in my case, reminiscing of European lounge music. The sound is simple, tasteful, and groovy; and the lyrics are great too.

Dreams


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Bear in Heaven



I got to know about bear in heaven from a pro spotlight video that transworld, adidas, and lucas puig put together recently. The song featured in the video was "Lovesick Teenagers," the song caught my attention from the beginning and is till stuck in head. The album featuring the song is "Beast Rest Forth Mouth." Their sound reminds me of bands like animal collective. The album is pretty cohesive yet varied in its sounds and tempos; a couple of songs have samba inspired percussion, and others have pretty a drony tempo, but the feeling is pretty hazy and mellow the whole way through. I would say that this album grows on you, but "Lovesick Teenagers" is an instant hit, and worth getting the album for.

Beast Rest Forth Mouth

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Caribou



Caribou is an electronic/experimental Canadian act, I got turned on to it because "Odessa", the first track on this album was featured in a video Adidas Skateboarding recently put of a Greek tour with a tight line up of skaters (check the vid below). The album, although i have not listened to it too much seems pretty tasteful, varied, and cohesive. Odessa is still my favorite track, and worth getting the album for.

Swim