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Released today, Honeysuckle Weeks is a joyful burst of bouncy folk and electro pop. Like Amie Street favorites The Weepies, The Submarines are a couple who found a way to capture their feelings for one another in their music. Incorporating many styles, from dub to psychedelia, the duo still manage to make a remarkably easy-to-listen-to album. Be on the lookout as they embark on their spring tour with Headlights!
Kidz In The Hall sport their influences like patches on their letter jackets, dropping references from A Tribe Called Quest and Black Sheep to OutKast and Shawty Lo. On their hugely anticipated sophomore album, The In Crowd, the University of Pennsylvania graduates rap about the albums they listened to in school, and turn the whole thing into a new summer classic to boom in your Jeeps. With an all-star guest list that includes Phonte, Masta Ace, Pusha T, Estelle, Sean Price, Bun B, and the Cool Kids, you'd think it would get overwhelming, but the Kidz preside over the whole affair with ease. The reviews are just coming in, but Okayplayer leads the pack with a formidable 90 out of 100.
We're very excited to have the entire Pavement catalog on Amie Street, including the reissued Deluxe Editions of three of their biggest albums! For collectors, this is heaven, and for new listeners, it's a great opportunity to fully discover a group who has inspired countless others, playing an indispensable role in the development of indie rock. Stylus Magazine called Pavement "the unequivocal best band of the 90s... Not only did they release four great albums, but three of those have been reissued so extensively, carefully, and properly that they have rewritten the rules of how a band can be great, even after they have ceased to exist." So jump in at any album -- you really can't go wrong!
It's great to see another band after The Postal Service get the electro-indie-pop mixture just right. With their 2005 debut full-length, Mobius Band brings melodies out of headphones and onto the dancefloor. Even though they got big features from Abercrombie.com and Spin when this album came out, Splendid Magazine compliments the band for staying modest and fun: "far from being absorbed in a cooler-than-thou struggle, they're secure enough in themselves to let their weirdness come out to play." Mobius Band are currently touring with Black Kids and Cut Copy, so check them out before they come through your town!
Blind Melon first burst onto the scene with their 1993 hit single "No Rain" (remember the Bee Girl?). That single propelled the band to go platinum four times and open for Neil Young, Lenny Kravitz, Soundgarden and The Rolling Stones. Shortly after lead singer Shannon Hoon's 1995 death, the band members disbanded and began working on other projects. In 2006, Blind Melon reunited with new lead singer Travis Warren to record For My Friends, featuring the 70s-influenced classic rock, folk, and pop that helped the band reach millions.
The members of The Cave Singers are unlikely candidates for folk musicians. Prior to forming, the individuals were fixtures in Seattle's punk scene and played in bands including Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hint Hint, Cobra High, and Murder City Devils. Invitation Songs, the group's debut, features stripped-down acoustic folk music with the raw energy and recklessness of punk. PopMatters calls it "one of the most genuine pieces of new music to come out of the hipster-infested woods in all of 2007."
Common Market is a Seattle-based hip-hop duo made up of RA Scion and Sabzi (of Blue Scholars). Black Patch War, taking its name from an early 20th century farmers' rebellion in Western Kentucky, serves as a teaser for the group's forthcoming album, Tobacco Road. As a special offer, Amie Street is bringing you the EP for only $3 -- not too shabby for a record that Terrorbird says "undoubtedly solidifies their position as legitimate contenders for the national spotlight."
Mixing rumba and folkloric Cuban songs with various traditional pieces from Puerto Rico, Yubá Iré is bringing you the fiery soul of Afro-Caribbean music. Ten years ago, the collective formed in Puerto Rico, and have since been adding their own interpretations to regional styles like sicá yubá, cuembé, holandé, seis corridos, and bembé. Yubá Iré's large, diverse percussion ensemble backs up call-and-response singers, making for a thoroughly energized recording of their popular live performances.
