Broken Dreams Club.

Girls' new LP Broken Dreams Club is in the works and they released a track this week. I'm antsy for more Girls!! The LP will come out Nov. 22, but for now you can hear "Heartbreaker" on gorillavsbear.

Jordan's getting married!

So the lovely lady glancing at you in this picture is my good friend Jordan Rogers, soon to be Mrs.Jordan Coffey. It will be offical in a few days and I want to dedicate this song to the beautiful bride:

First Aid Kit is pretty.

First Aid Kit from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

I haven't really been that into First Aid Kit, except for listening to their Daytrotter session a couple of times. I can safely say after this chilling Black Cab Session, I'm going to be listening to them a lot more. They remind me of a couple of modern day Jonie Mitchells, and I like that.

These Sweedish sisters got their start by goofing around in the woods and posting this youtube video covering fleet foxes.
"If you've got visions of the past, let them follow you down. They'll come back to you someday."

Local Natives and Love Language in CoMo.

Looking at their website, you can tell Local Natives is a band that plays music as purely artistic expression. Their photo blog is another testament to that. I had the pleasure of seeing them at the Blue Note in Columbia Sunday and there was not a dull moment.

I knew they were Talking Heads fans because they cover "Warning Sign" on their album, but seeing them play live just reenforced it. You wouldn't think that Gorilla Manor is their only album at this point, but it seems like more than enough for them to experiment with. There were always two drummers and every band member can sing. It's amazing how one person can lead a song and then another can take over and they compliment each other so well. The whole show was one carefully crafted harmonizing session after another. When they came out for an encore and played "Sun Hands," the crowd went crazy. Local Natives managed to fill the Blue Note with jumping, screaming fans and I'm sure they'll be back again. My favorites were "Warning Sign," "Airplanes" and "World News."

Love Language was the opener, and they were a perfect component to Local Natives. Stuart McLamb and his electric guitar took the stage and sang their love songs. I LOVE them. Please listen to "Stars," "Lalita" and "Brittany's Back."

Exclusive Morning Benders video.

Blogotheque captured the Morning Benders playing a song they've never performed before called "Virgins." Chris Chu's emotion is so raw you feel like you're there. It's videos like these that make Morning Benders my modern Beach Boys. Watch it twice...the second time I watched it the words "speak up" really got to me.