worth buying

Now that you know how bad Lovedrug is, here are my current picks for the best of whats new-or at least new to me.



1. Tapes 'n tapes- gorillavsbear has been touting this great band for a while and their most recent release, the loon has recieved a Best New Music Distinction from pitchforkmedia, that's a pretty big deal. Samples available on their homepage.

2. The Research- this UK-based three piece play some really nice synth-based almost new wave pop. The two girls and one guy all take turns singing. These songs are just basic, easy going pop for everyday listening. You'll like it. I found them on saidthegrammaphone, but the band has an incredible site with a nice music player. listen to "Lonley hearts still beat the same" first.



3. Grizzly Bear- Although this album came out in 2004, it's still great. This Brookly group can be filed under almost freak-folk with a twinge of electronic. The 2004 release "Horn of Plenty" is full of flute, heavy drums, far away singing, experiemental sounds and antique guitar chords. I love this record. There is even a full remix disc. It's the disc everyone should be listening to, but I'd be so mad if they were. . .
4 tracks at their myspace page.

not so good

The band Lovedrug has been getting a bunch of press lately. Iguessi'mfloating has some free tracks today from them. They sound like Radiohead before they knew what they were doing, which I guess if a compliment, or like the Doves if they had only half the talent. They play the kind of songs, over-sung quasi emo ballads about the healing process and people being angels that I don't think are cool anymore, I did when I was 19 or 20. I can understand why Lovedrug is popular, but they aren't doing anything interesting. If you like Copeland, Mae (whom Lovedrug is touring a number of Christian colleges with . . .hmmmmmm?)then you'll like Love drug. At least check out the free songs and judge them for yourself.