The Hourly Radio is a 3-piece, Dallas-based band that I stumbled across yesterday (classic guitar, drums, bass). They were a part of the SXSW lineup this year so got their fair share of hype for a short time, but right now I’m jamming to the track “Crime Does Pay” - so should you.
The Hourly Radio “Crime Does Pay”
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On a totally different vein, another band I find myself chancing upon often enough over the past day or two is this band Dead Rock Machine from Paris. I actually fell ass backward into their myspace during the classic “find a band you like, click to their top friends, give a listen, like, click to the next, listen, like, click top friends, and so on. The forever impressive Santogold referred me along to these guys only because they seem to be prolific New Comment posters. Despite how much I don’t really like it, I mean, Myspace is just ridiculous with its networking ability. So anyway, these guys are pretty cool. As soon as I can find the tracks myself, I’ll post something to make your life easier. In the meantime, check out their myspace. The track “Why Don’t You Dance Boy” has made its way to my default profile song. I know, huge! This is them live in March this year… simple, fun, grooved up.
And just because I had it on today, too, remind yourself how much you liked the Libertines…
The Libertines “Up the Bracket”
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