All Over the Map!

Another week, and another round of tunes. This week we're literally all over the map. We're in the UK, we're in New York, we're in Scandanavia, we're everywhere. Oh the joys of the internets! Thank you Al Gore.

First up on our passport free journey is New York's weirdest Klezmer band! Golem as defined by the dictionary is part of Jewish Folklore. It is a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life. Golem the band is far from artificial. In fact they're one of the most interesting bands in New York. They're quite the wacky cool little Klezmer band that doesn't take itself to seriously, yet somehow they manage to honor traditional music. Golem are very entertaining to say the least.
Golem - The Rent

Next up is Favourite Sons who come to us from New York via Ireland. Powered by the commanding voice and lyrics of Ken Griffin (Rollerskate Skinny), Favourite Sons create slightly dramatic deeply thoughtful pop that might make your heart skip a beat or your mind wonder back to lost romance. Take Nick Cave mix him with the Tindersticks and there you go. It's moving stuff to say the least and while it might not catch you right off the bat, Favourite Sons' songs will drill themselves into you.
Favourite Sons - Round Here

Continuing our hop around the globe, Scanners comes to us from the UK. Here's a band that harks back to the days when spiky girly pop ruled the scene in the UK. Sleeper, PJ, Elastica, Hopper, Fluffy, you remember the names, and remember the songs. Well here's a band attempting to carry on the legacy. Truth be told, they don't do such a bad job.
Scanners - Joy

Finally hailing from Norway comes the rather tripped out, spaced out, not of this earth 120 Days. Must be something about the frozen tundra that makes this band lust for the heavens. Channeling the ghosts of Spacemen 3 through their guitars like musical soothsayers, 120 Days are most definitely on the verge of something so huge the galaxy might not be able to contain it!
120 Days - Keep On Smiling

Well there you have it, all the culture you can cram in four paragraphs and spend $0. Enjoy!

Paul the global anglophile