100 Songs In 100 Hours: 30 – Animal Daydream

Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, Animal Daydream are a duo offering songs that are reminiscent of later Teenage Fanclub and Fleet Foxes, but also borrow liberally from the sound of ’70s soft rock, particularly Fleetwood Mac and CSNY, with their strong vocal harmonies and overall smooth, almost slick production. New EP, Citrus is released at the end of this month and this is the excellent title track.   … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 30 – Animal Daydream

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 29 – Hollow Fortyfives

Filled with tape echo, spring reverb, fuzz guitar and organ the new Summertime Psychosis EP from Long Beach trio Hollow Fortyfives has roots firmly embedded in 60s garage, surf and psychedelic rock. Listen to the charming rumble and jangle of the title track.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 29 – Hollow Fortyfives

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 28 – Halfsour

As the legend goes, halfsour started out as a Guided By Voices cover band but now boast a much harder edge to their sound. Later this month they will release their debut album titled tuesday night live. it is an album where the songs are generally short and punchy – only a few times do they pass the three-minute mark – blasting you with catchy … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 28 – Halfsour

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 27 – Virgin Kids

Taking their cues from bands such as The Black Lips and Fidlar, London-based garage-punk three-piece Virgin Kids play frenetically energised rock‘n’roll that draws from sources such as post-punk and the ’70s West Coast. Their debut album Greasewheel is due in March, and the lead single from it is the scrappy swagger of Cracks In A Colour. Stream it here.   100 Posts in 100 Hours … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 27 – Virgin Kids

100 Songs in 100 Hours: 26 – Casket Girls

The Casket Girls is a three-piece band hailing from Savannah, GA. Comprised of Ryan Graveface (Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Marshmallow Ghosts, Dreamend), who writes and plays all the song structures and Elsa and Phaedra Greene, who write and perform all of the vocals. The Casket Girls happened – as most things do – by accident. Ryan was visiting his future home, and in walking … Continue reading 100 Songs in 100 Hours: 26 – Casket Girls

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 25: Jacob Metcalf

North Texas musician Jacob Metcalf will be releasing his first full-length solo effort, Fjord, later this month. And while fans of his two longtime groups, Fox and the Bird and Dallas Family Band, might expect a similar rootsy update on rural American music, the sparsely orchestrated cinematic folk that sweeps through the eleven tracks on the record provide an often-breathtaking collection of compositions that range from … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 25: Jacob Metcalf

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 24 – NightOwl

NightOwl is heavily influenced by rock bands, such as The Doors, The Black Keys, and The Rolling Stones. Suffused with a bluesy undertone, Stripped To The Core captures these classic influences as well  the playful, adventurous spirit of California to create a rollicking modern day rock’n’roll song.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 24 – NightOwl

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 23 – False Nines

This is the debut single from Manchester’s False Nines. Can’t Afford To Wonder is an infectiously energetic slice of indie-pop boosted by a swoopingly harmonic middle-eight and a rambunctious driving rhythm.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 23 – False Nines

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 21 – Outside World

Brooklyn indie-pop duo Outside World’s second single from their debut self-titled album mixes ’70s NYC art-rock guitars with soaring, Peter Gabriel-esque hooks, creating an anthemic blast of pop-rock. Listen to This Ocean below.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 21 – Outside World