One listen was all it took.

Someone call Zach Braff and tell him I've found the soundtrack to his next movie, and that is Teitur's Stay Under The Stars. PFFT, who am I kidding? He probably already knows it, but it's new to me. God, I love Zach Braff...

Sorry... got sidetracked. Back to Teitur, this album is magnificently beautiful and brings me back to the warmth I felt when I first heard Tanakh's Ardent Fevers. But unlike the golden fields, straw in mouth feeling of Fevers... Stars has more of a running in the rain or lying by the fireplace type of feel to it.

So cuddle up next to the one you love (or the cardboard cutout of the person you wish you could love), and press play.

From Stay Under The Stars (buy @ Amazon):
Don't Want You To Wake Up
You Get Me
Hitchhiker
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Hey look! It's The Sleepy Jackson... without Luke Steele? At least that's the feeling I got when I first hit play on The Panda Band's This Vital Chapter. I gave it the benefit of the doubt and let it play longer, and soon became more impressed. As far as the SJ comparisons, I guess it's just a Perth (Australia) thing. Who knows? But I do admit that I like Panda Band's sound. See what you think.

From This Vital Chapter (buy @ Amazon):
Ghosts Have The Best Time
Spanish Bride
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You would probably have no problem guessing that The Twilight Sad are from Glasgow, seeing as how the accent is very apparent. Their music is strong and deep, and the lyrics throw you back into memories of your adolscence that you never wanted to relive. Throw this on when you're feeling nostalgic for that teenage pain. Whether or not we admit it, we all do crave that raw emotion from time to time.

From The Twilight Sad (but @ Amazon):
And She Would Darken The Memory
That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy
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Meet the Beatles second-coming, NYC's very own - Locksley. Finally, someone's bringing back music the way it used to be. Not the way the Strokes or Jet would have you believe it was.

Thank god for these guys paying homage to those perfectly crafted, classic rock and roll hits.

From Locksley (buy @ CDBaby):
Don't Make Me Wait
She Does
All Of The Time
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