Here’s NY based indie dreampop duo MS MR with their single “Fantasy,” off their upcoming album Second Hand Rapture. I hear a pretty big Florence & The Machine influence, especially on the chorus, but that’s definitely not a bad thing.

So I know I already posted about Wild Cub earlier in the week here, but “Colours” was literally too good not to post. On the band’s last.fm page it lists “nu disco” under genre tags, and while I have zero clue what the hell that is, after listening to “Colours” five or six times in a row, I am inclined to find out.

So I hit the replay button on this video about five times in a row. Sorry. Sorry I’m NOT sorry. “Thunder Clatter” by Nashville based Wild Cub is just that catchy. Also, the music video is cool as hell and a testament to the fact that you don’t need a big budget to make an awesome video.

Centered around film composer and singer/songwriter DeWitt and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Bullock, Wild Cub was born after the two spent a year touring under DeWitt’s name and hitting stops like the CMJ Music Marathon and SXSW. Since the name change, Wild Cub gone on to record their debut, Youth, perform at Bonaroo, and get positive national attention from big names like Paste.

While I am busy dodging torrential storms in an effort to study medicine, my sister and Liz are planning to go to a show in D.C. tomorrow that has The Jezabels, Yukon Blonde, and Hey! Rosetta on the bill. Cue Talking Heads “Once In a Lifetime”…

Anyway here’s indie pop/rock group Yukon Blond with “Loyal Man.” Check em out.

Once again, the All Saints Basement Sessions have turned me on to a new band. This time it’s indie-pop trio We Have Band. In particular it was their All Saints performance of “Where Are Your People?” Check it out.

Wildlife Control released their first single, “Analog or Digital” back in December of 2011 to immediate buzz. The indie pop duo—brothers Neil and Sumul Shah—even got the attention of Spin Magazine, who saw fit to stream a few tracks online. Since then the band has released their eponymous debut which you can pick up on iTunes or Amazon for $10.

Keywords: Acoustic. Mandolin. Harmonies.

I’ve written about Los Angeles natives Milo Greene before when they were featured as a showcase artist for SxSW but I just came across this acoustic live performance of “1957” recorded for Dickies. The vocal harmonies are stellar but I guess that’s to be expected when literally every single member of your band can sing. You can grab “1957” and more on their eponymous 2012 album here.

Break is over which means it’s back to 12+ hour shifts in the library as an M2 and scouring the internet for new music since Dominica isn’t streaming-friendly. First up is indie pop/electropop duo Capital Cities. Founded in 2008 the band has been gaining a steady following culminating in a solid performance at this year’s SxSW. Here they are with “Safe and Sound.”

As promised here’s the latest playlist 34th & Now: Perception Action Mediation featuring some solid new indie/alt tracks and bands—I’m pretty sure most are new while a few are just new to me. They’re in no particular order so skip around at will but there were two tracks I wanted to include that I couldn’t find on Spotify so I’ve linked to them in the tracklist below.

Tracklist:
Gemini Club - By Surprise
The Jezabels - Endless Summer
The Jezabels - Easy to Love
The Concept - Gimme Twice
Geographer - Lover’s Game
Geographer - Verona
Electric Guest - American Daydream
Daughter - Medicine
Pegasus Bridge - Like Dogs
Xylos - Summerlong
Damien Jurado - Museum of Flight
Damien Jurado - Nothing is the News
Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love
Ed Sheeran - A Team
Greg Laswell - Landline
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
Battleships - Collision (Head On)
The Heartbreaks - Delay, Delay
Ko Ko - Float
Bluejuice - Act Yr Age

Would it be much better if I knew nothing about you?

California based indie-folk-pop band Milo Greene was featured this year as a SXSW Showcasing artist. Currently working on a full length album, the band put out the Hello Sessions EP which you can stream on their bandcamp page. You can also pick up 1957 Limited for $6.99 at their website. Both feature the very catchy track “1957.”

It seems like three-word band names with “the” as the second word are all the rage these days - Foster the People, Young the Giant, Cage the Elephant, etc. Given how awesome those three groups are, perhaps there’s something to this fascinating trend. In any event, you can now add Walk the Moon, an indie-rock quartet from Cincinnati, to the growing list. They’re receiving a fair amount of airplay on mtvU with “Anna Sun,” a bouncy, sunny indie-pop tune with an infectious energy and an irresistible keytar riff. It was a pretty elaborate video shoot from the looks of it, but the end product is both entertaining and undeniably fun.

Review by eastcoastmusicscene