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defrogI’ve been neglecting this series, I know. But then it’s been a pretty slow year for me in terms of new music. I haven’t heard too many new bands doing anything interesting, and some new albums by old favorites haven’t really managed to set my world on fire. At least not yet.
Anyway, here’s one of the more pleasant discoveries so far: Best Coast, who are very much about jangly 60s California pop.
Their new album, The Only Place, is out now, and I have to say I rather like it.
When it really works, it sounds like Neko Case fronting Let’s Active (or some other IRS band). On the other hand, their songs tend to be variations on the same theme musically – indeed, on the new album, many songs are not only in the same key, some use pretty much the same three chords in the same order (something not even The Raveonettes did).
Still, if you listen to them as singles out of context, they're quite nice. And it’s hard to dislike a band with a song this peppy.
Born with sun in our teeth and in our hair,
This is dF
Anyway, here’s one of the more pleasant discoveries so far: Best Coast, who are very much about jangly 60s California pop.
Their new album, The Only Place, is out now, and I have to say I rather like it.
When it really works, it sounds like Neko Case fronting Let’s Active (or some other IRS band). On the other hand, their songs tend to be variations on the same theme musically – indeed, on the new album, many songs are not only in the same key, some use pretty much the same three chords in the same order (something not even The Raveonettes did).
Still, if you listen to them as singles out of context, they're quite nice. And it’s hard to dislike a band with a song this peppy.
Born with sun in our teeth and in our hair,
This is dF
