The songs I can’t get out of my head this month are:
- Hollerado – Juliette, Got to Lose
The high-energy tracks on Hollerado‘s debut album Record in a Bag put me in a good mood. I can’t wait to see them live on June 16th at the Piston with my friends The Order of Good Cheer.
- Said the Whale – The Light is You
A feel good song from the Vancouver based band that makes for the perfect soundtrack to a laid-back summer’s day.
- Hawksley Workman – (The Happiest Day I Know is a) Tokyo Bicycle
A new track from his album Meat!
- The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
I first heard this song in the movie 500 Days of Summer. It’s infectiously catchy and melodic.
- The Besnard Lakes – Albatross
From The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, the follow-up to …Are The Dark Horse, which landed the band a Polaris Music Prize nomination.
- CocoRosie – Werewolf
The American-born, Paris-based sister duo make an eclectic blend of music that incorporates elements of pop, hip-hop, blues and opera. This song dates back to 2007… but I just discovered it now.
- BSS – Forced to Love
Forgiveness Rock Record, the band’s highly anticipated fourth album, hits shelves on May 4, 2010. Meanwhile I still can’t get over the fact that of all the concerts, I wound up getting injured (see below) at a Broken Social Scene show. What are the chances?
- A.C. Newman – There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve
Another oldie, posted in anticipation of Together, the new album from The New Pornographers, also due out on May 4, 2010.
Postcards from the road 