The Temper Trap not only stirred things up in our backyard this summer, but they excited and maybe confused everyone at the Levi’s®/FADER Fort by playing one of our favorites, “Sweet Disposition” and the appropriately named, “Fader”. Even amid the din, frontdude Dougy Mandagi sounds like an angel!
Big Troubles is Ian and Alex, two guys from Ridgewood, New Jersey looking to give you a sonic shoulder rub if you can stand it. Just as their fellow Ridgewoodians Real Estate tend to dunk theirs underwater, Ian and Alex blanket most melodies in loads of fuzz and distortion. Lots of kids are doing it these days, few are doing it as well as these two. Check ”Freudian Slips” and “Drastic and Difficult” below.
Director Stephanie di Guiusto made good use of Jarvis Cocker’s string cheese build when she shot the below clip for the former Pulp frontman’s “Further Complications” video. The song’s got an awfully jagged edge, but the visual is as goofily understated as one might hope. Check it out.
Over the past few years, the men of Brand New have been shedding their pop-punk past with every new release. With great success. “Bought A Bride” is a cut from their fine new full-length Daisy, a mid-tempo beauty frontman Jesse Lacey actually penned during a recent tour. Below is an exclusive video of the Long Island rockers taking it for a spin in the studio. Keep it close and if you can, check the band out when they play Nassau Coliseum on November 28th.
To conclude our three day flight through the many orbital rings of Real Estate, we’ve got a strummer from bassist Alex Bleeker and his Freaks. You might recognize some of them from Hotbox videos past. Judging by “Never Goin’ Back”’s titular refrain, Bleeker loves summer just as much as his bandmates do. Memories.
