Every week, Hit or Hype wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet. This week: a few choice picks from the charts at BlogFreshRadio.
The Band: Santogold
The Buzz: Philly by-way-of-Brooklyn vocalist reinvents '80s pop, garners repeated and inexplicable M.I.A. comparisons.
Listen If: You wish Siouxsie & the Banshees had occasionally killed time with King Tubby.
Key Track: "Lights Out," where bright, skating synths provide the support for Santogold's aching falsetto.
The Band: M83
The Buzz: French producer makes 70mm songs for John Hughes movies yet to be filmed.
Listen If: You like Daydreaming about New Order covers of Kate Bush songs — or vice-versa.
Key Track: "Graveyard Girl," which somehow turns Joy Division's "Atmosphere" into a bright summer pop song. If you're not pumping your fist by the spoken word section ("I'm fifteen years old, and I feel it's already too late to live"), you probably have never had an unrequited teenage crush.
The Band: No Age
The Buzz: L.A. outfit rides chaotic live reputation to create droney, lo-fi albums that restore much-needed scuzz and atonality to the increasingly (and depressingly) polite world of indie rock.
Listen If: You think melody is optional (we do, too) and prefer volume to structure.
Key Track: "Eraser," which boasts serrated, detuned no-wave guitars, sloppy, off-tempo percussion, hollered vocals and buckets and buckets of charm.
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EFRAIN NORIEGA | June 4, 2008 2:27 AM
I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BLACK TIDE AWSOME!!!!!! WATEVER
EFRAIN NORIEGA | June 4, 2008 2:25 AM
BLACK TIDE IS AWSOME I SAW THEM AT THE CUARTO CUARTO CONCERT IN SAN ANTONIO.... GREAT MUSIC AND THAT COVER FROM METALLICA (HIT THE LIHGTS) KOOL. GUITAR IS KOOL TOO. IWAS LUCKY TO SEE U DROWNING POOL AND FLYLEAF AND CULT TO FOLLOW AT THE SAME CONCERT....MABE ONE OF THESE DAYS ILL MEET YALL..GREAT BAND!!!!!!
ampac | May 4, 2008 12:24 AM
santogold is definitely a hit! every track on their is amazing and completely original.
amy | May 2, 2008 12:21 PM
Santogold LES artists is so similar to Tegan and Sara's Walking the Ghost, I can't listen to it without hearing that Canadian duo. I'm digging on Santogold but it all is very derivative.
Lakeherst | May 2, 2008 11:06 AM
The M83 album takes me back to the decade i was born in ('82) but barely remember. The tracks are all crafted neatly into a cosmic explosion of synthesizers and drums with every effect imaginable. The music is the real star, i am sure the lyrics are profound and serious, but who cares when the music itself evokes enough emotion to make you cry. The album could easily do without Midnight Souls Still Remain, but you can ignore it because it is the last track (unless you have the bonus track version, which is worth it). This album is Totally accessible and is great for saturday morning hangovers, much like Radiohead Kid A.