Comforting Sounds

I was unable to attend the Mew show at Webster Hall, but I was able to join the sing along of happy birthday to Jonas and make fun of Bo's pornstar 'stache at Drop Off Service last night. I've only just started getting into Mew recently, after Filter was nice enough to send over a copy of the EP for me to hear. Shows you how behind I can get. But I'm catching up with these lovely fellows, and these two songs have become my personal favorites. They're currently on tour with Kasabian, so check out their myspace page for dates and locations.

From And the Glass Handed Kites (buy @ Amazon):
The Zookeeper's Boy
Comforting Sounds
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Seven-piece musical collective Canada have caught my ear with their beautiful folky arrangements of instruments such as cello, horns, guitar, glockenspiel, percussion and more. I really appreciate how Raised On Indie described it: "Imagine a scenario where The Arcade Fire shows up at Sufjan's backwoods cabin with blankets and board games, and you'll likely capture the aura that has surrounded such an incredibly worth it band." Couldn't have said it better myself.

From This Cursed House (buy @ Insound):
Beige Stationwagon
Record Function
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And well, I decided to include Mixel Pixel in today's post because I've just grown more and more addicted to this band. I'm not much for their live shows, but on CD they're great. Some bands are just more enjoyable when you can drift off into their music rather than stand smooshed together in a watching herd.

You're The Kind Of Girl
At The Arcade
Of Montreal - Disconnect The Dots (Mixel Pixel Remix)
+ Myspace

And guess what? Yup, Paul the Anglophile fails us yet again. But what won't fail is tonight's MANIFESTO! at the Skinny in Lower East Side. Last time around we had Tigercity, The Blue Van, and Lewis Black stumbling around... so you never know who just might stumble up between 10PM and 4AM. If you're lucky, it'll be you.

- LB