Curtis Harvey – “Oldertoo”
I swear if Paul Westerberg were born in the Appalachians instead of Minneapolis, he would have started a hillbilly band and recorded this song. Or I could say, if Bill Monroe were a young New Yorker, he might have done. These are compliments to all parties, if there’s any wondering. Curtis Harvey, at the time of this writing, has a whopping 47 myspace friends for his brand new solo outing, in which he emerges from a respectable run as a multi-instrumentalist with Rex, Pullman and others, to take the leading role. Listen to the beautiful guitar and banjo arrangement, and picture perfect lyrics of the single “Oldertoo,” and I’m sure you’ll agree this was an idea whose time had come. A gr8 new music find, folks, from a brilliant under-discovered artist, on the visionary Fat Cat Records label. Enjoy.
Curtis Harvey
“Oldertoo” (mp3)
from “Box Of Stones”
(Fat Cat Records)
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We Were Promised Jetpacks – “Ships With Holes Will Sink”
Young Scottish quartet We Were Promised Jetpacks uses a traditional two guitars, bass and drums formula, to create something far from ordinary. Like their brilliant Fat Cat labelmates Frightened Rabbit, the Jetpacks mine the depths of bleakness to bring up artifacts of surprising beauty. “Ships With Holes Will Sink” lurches bodily at its subject matter and wrestles it to the ground, in a sort of epic battle between vitality and futility. The lyrics, depending on your mood, could be hilarious, or truly frightening. Regardless, this is original work, rich in passion, intelligence, and a certain courage, that I find myself returning to as it reveals a little more each time. Now, about those Jetpacks..
We Were Promised Jetpacks
“Ships With Holes Will Sink” (mp3)
from “These Four Walls”
(Fat Cat Records)
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brakesbrakesbrakes – “Don’t Take Me To Space Man”
Hell yeah. What a bad ass silly song. Funny cute lyrics that clearly came from a young man in love. In love. brakesbrakesbrakes has no brakes on as this song careens unimpeded by aliens or earth men.
brakesbrakesbrakes
“Don’t Take Me To Space (Man)” (mp3)
from “Touchdown”
(Fat Cat Records)
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The Rank Deluxe – “Tightrope”
This rockin’ track by the Rank Deluxe quotes the Sex Pistols, and reminds in good ways of the Jam and the Stranglers. Bad ass.
The Rank Deluxe
“Tightrope” (mp3)
from “You Decide”
(Fat Cat Records)
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