SMALL BLACK. I am truly excited for this. 1) Because I just found out about them last week and they are amazing and 2) Because I really feel like I found them on my own and I have an ego about it (just being honest here). Anyway this crew from Brooklyn is preeeeettty great and they put on quite the live performance too, which is always a plus. I'm talking about all out DANCE PARTY on stage. Go see them if you have the chance, but for now watch this--the video is great, the song is even better...
Not sure how I've made it this far without mentioning Andrew Belle. Been having a one sided love affair with him for about 4 years now and checking his set out last night at Mercury Lounge just reminded me how lovely his music is. Also--these lyrics are amazing. These empty halls held our disease before we caught it.
There's new exciting music out of Australia and that makes today a wonderful day. Vance Joy's already gained recognition in the land down under and he's on his way to American success. The one man show recently wrapped up a small American tour. I was one of the lucky attendees at his Rockwood Music Hall show last month where tickets went quick at an astonishing 12 dollars a piece.
Don't count on that happening again anytime soon. The newcomer is in the midst of prepping for an Australian tour come August and has been spotted supporting Lissie in the states.
Sorry for the recent posting hiatus. I don't know if I've ever mentioned it before, but I LOVE sad songs. It's not that I'm sad or that I even listen to them when I feel sad necessarily, but there's just some weird infatuation with it. It's probably something to do with an artist really revealing themselves in a way that you can't quite grasp from anywhere else. Mm pondering...here are some of my personal favorite, sad sad songs.