formed in New York but then the four piece band relocated to Los Angeles, with heavy synths groovy guitar and smooth vocals, the band have that early Steely Dan feel maybe even Grizzly Bear this song has a great hook to it expect more,

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Brooklyn Band Beach Fossils gentle ringing guitars tremolo echoey sound and reverb drenched vocals from Justin Payseurs bouncy pop melodies, great hooks melodic and gritty. Taken from the album “Clash The Truth” the band were forced to re-locate whilst in the middle of recording due to being flooded by Hurricane Sandy.

Beautiful Song from Lucy Rose taken from the debut album “Like I Used Too” she is such an original talent and a superb songwriter Lucy left her Warwicshire home and spent five years playing open mic nights with her acoustic guitar and also touring as backing vocals with Bombay Bicycle Club

from the enjoyable debut  album of the same name the 1975 the 4 piece from Macclesfield have had some catchy songs released as singles to date

Singer Songwriter Joni Mitchell performs in London in 1970 for the BBC in Concert series

johncipollina

John Cipollina, passed away on this date 25 years ago, with a distinctive sound he also devolped his own guitar rig and set up which was donated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after his death. Cipollina known for his style and sound of playing in the band QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE they made some classic psychedelia albums “HAPPY TRAILS” considered the classic, other albums “WHAT ABOUT ME” and “SHADY GROVE” were of their time the San Francisco sound John mostly played Gibson SG guitars after the demise of Quicksilver he formed the band Copperhead an also played with Welsh psychedelic rock band MAN.

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from the self titled album by Arc Iris, led by Jocie Adams a main component of the Rhode Island band The Low Anthem, Adams departed to pursue a solo career and has recorded an intriguing array of music with elements of Folk, Jazz and country styles all entwined, quirky orchestrated Pop with complex arrangements

performing this song on the Jimmy Kimmel show at downtown Austin Texas, during the SXSW Festival back in March, voted one of the best new bands and a song of the year its a catchy chorus, the band are one EP into their career to date and are about to embark on another lengthy tour in Australia, and then Glastonbury.

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excellent spacey psychdelic rock in the vogue of Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma the band are coming to the Musician in leicester next monday 17th June

Alternative Rock band PAWS from Glasgow and a track from the hook laden guitar band “COKEFLOAT”