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Hitting the pavement to ask, “What hot sound are you
listening too?”
Nina Kim/18/club hopper : “Tu-Pac all the way, his music
is both inspiring and uplifting. I think that people who like Notorious
B.I.G and Nas will dig his new album."
Stephanie/31/horse lover : “Travis was a steal for only
nine bucks at Target. They don’t sound like anyone else on the radio-
their sound is very fresh and original!”
Richard/22/student : “ Phantom Planet is a great
band. I saw them open for Incubus on the Civic tour. Their sound is mainly
west coast stuff, you have probably heard of them already. Their single
“California” is the theme song for The O.C, the show on Fox.
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The Thrills
So much for the City
Picture the perfect beach outing and you get The Thrills at their finest.
Its probably difficult to get through a whole listening before someone
says, “they sound like the Beach Boys”. To sound remotely
in the realm of The Beach Boys is a huge feat. Every track is laced with
summers pass; pictures of small bikinis, building sand castles, and meeting
that someone special on the boardwalk breezes into your mind right when
the record starts spinning. So much for the City , if you haven’t
guessed already, adopts a fun-in-the-sun vibe, complete with a stroll
down pop lane. Yes, The Thrills have a contemporary take on the Golden
State sound but at times the slower tracks (Hollywoods Kids and ‘Til
the Tide Creeps In) resembles a wave devouring the perfect sand castle
that took you hours to resurrect.
B-
Closer: Dublin’s latest export landed on the beaches
of California.
Download (legally): “Your Love Is Like Las Vegas”,
“One Horse Town”, or “Big Sur”
Sounds like: Beach Boys or Neil Young
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Death Cab for Cutie
Transatlantic
Death Cab for Cutie delivers a solid record. With singer/songwriter Ben
Gibbard’s introspective lyrics orchestrated around haunting rhythmic
guitar and hypnotic finales its gives you the urge to plunge your lighter
into the open air and sway with the masses. Gibbard’s verses are
on the verge of heartbreak poetry; his voice rises to all the occasions
and at other times falls to tender sensitive lows.
A-
Closer: The lyrics will get under your skin.
Download (legally): “The New Year” or “Tiny
Vessel”
Sounds like: Postal Service
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Top picks for the hottest videos, DVD, singles and so forth.
1. No Doubt’s single “Its my Life”
is a sugar blast of high power and energy.
2. Andre 3000 from OUTKAST music video for “Hey
Ya” is wickedly fun- its shows a dozen or so Andre 3000 invading
the Ed Sullivan show.
3. Coldplay Live in 2003 DVD was recorded in Sydney’s
Horden Pavilion. Their sound on DVD (if you have surround sound or awesome
speaker system) is tighter, richer, and more appropriately louder.
4. Check out these bands: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pretty Girls
Makes Graves, or Belle and Sebastian. Their music might just blow you
away.
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