This latest new indie tracks featuring two artists and bands each from Los Angeles and at the other end of the continent, Boston. It wasn’t planned that way. Anyways, there are some great new DIY tracks in this post. Enjoy. Another Top 10 Songs coming up soon.
This post features:
Jordan Vincent – Los Angeles, California
Berta Bigtoe – Boston, Massachusetts
Telamor – Boston, Massachusetts
Wino Strut – Los Angeles, California
Anteloper – Somerset, England
Jordan Vincent – “DGTZD”
Los Angeles solo artist and composer Jordan Vincent’s debut EP, There is No Line, is expressed as an “electric requiem for the pre-virtual age.”
He adeptly mixes experimental indie rock with psych and cinematic pop elements. There’s even some soul and R&B tinges spread across this terrific track that sounds like The Beatles, Jeff Buckley and Sid Barrett tripped and produced a magical song.
The newest single from the release, “DGTZD,” evolves from a brooding minimalist 60’s psych-pop to the heights of an anthemic rocker by the time it completely unwinds. Other tracks of note from the release include the terrific vocal pitches and tones on the croon-heavy “Sister Jill,” supported by a chorus enhanced by spurts of brass and guitar elements, and the passion-filled, blues-tinged, hook-loving “Back Then,” among others.
As the recording proves, Vincent is not a new arrival to the music scene. His vocals appear on recordings alongside artists like Michael Bublé, Blackthought (The Roots), Shellback, and Spicy G. His songwriting credits also include a variety of commercials and short films.
Vincent’s new release “explores the ever-blurring lines between our real and digital human existence.” The album release campaign incorporated fake news, performance art, disinformation, street preachers, and general disruption throughout Los Angeles.
His musical influences include Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Hiatus Kaiyote, Yes, Beck, Prince, and Frank Zappa.
Berta Bigtoe – “Hold The Fort”
Following up its debut album release this past summer, Boston indie rock band Berta Bigtoe has just dropped a new and catchy single, “Hold The Fort.”
The song is an ear-clincher from the get-go, and to the end, with its unique lo-fi psych-pop guitars, wavy, trippy keys, and upbeat percussions, coalesced by 60s-era style group singing. The band has an exciting and interesting sonic persona that is not the average fare.
The band started out as a duo founded by DIY musicians Ben Astrachan and Austin Koenigstein which quickly became a trio with the addition of percussionist Dan Schreiber.
All three worked tirelessly on the band’s debut release, The Gap (Demos) @ Rat City. That album is a good listen, full of original and exhilarating tracks with obvious Beach Boys’ influences.
For the effort, the band was nominated as New England’s Artist of the Month by an online music magazine.
Since then, BB has added even more members including Astrachan’s former writing partner Jackson Zinn-Rowthorn along with Elan Wong and Ryan Gebhardt. The latter is also the frontman for the band Stanley.
https://soundcloud.com/telamor/midnight-at-the-drive-thru-window
Telamor – “Midnight at the Drive-Thru Window”
Boston area rebel musician Tom Hauck continues to pump out new and audacious tracks under his indie moniker, Telamor. In the past couple of years, Telamor has gained rotation on various indie college radio stations around the country.
Hauck, a self-professed music addict and semi-recluse, just dropped an exciting song, “Midnight at the Drive-Thru Window,” which demonstrates his love for classic rock and roll, not to mention his ability to expand his own classic rock, among other genres, discography.
On bass is Tony Goddess and on drums John Lynch with mixing, producing and recording by Warren Babson and Tom Hauck at Bang-A-Song studios. Hauck’s musical influences are diverse and include Robert Johnson, George Jones, Van Morrison, Keith Richards, and Prince, among others.
Wino Strut – “Cut Teeth Grind Nails”
On the new ‘cosmic country, 70’s vibe’ single “Cut Teeth Grind Nails,” Los Angeles area indie rock band Wino Strut blazes a path of its own with the let-it-rip style of genre-mixing and art rock.
Here’s how the band’s frontman and guitarist, David Philips, describes the track: “it’s a cosmic honky tonk bar band anthem recounting the trials and tribulations of being a full-time working artist in a major city.
Backed by a “band of true heathens,” Wino-Strut’s DIY creed is: “all things that are fun, debaucherous, and vibrant in art and rock n roll.” The other band members are Guy Welles (mandolin, fiddle); Robert Cook (guitar, bass, keys) and Alexander Loweth (drums).
In L.A. proper, the band hosts high energy, raucous, and drunken live shows with “unabashed hillbilly rock ‘n’ roll with a psychedelic flair.”
Phillips has been creating audio and visual art for more than 20 years. After writing a batch of songs he was content with, Phillips set out to recruit a band of “very well respected players” to back him in the studio and at gigs in the LA area and the state, opening for artists like Meghan Linsey, MR Snakes, Los Fauna, and Thriller Party.
The band’s main musical influences include Tucker Zimmerman, Bob Dylan, Allman Brothers, Tom Waits, Doug Sahm, and Kevin Coyne.
Anteloper – “Capr”
The track “Caper” from Somerset, England indie band Anteloper stews with drab, lo-fi angling guitars and creepy vocals that remind some a bit of Thom Yorke. In fact, the track is in the style of Radiohead – moody, unconventional and a bit psychedelia mixed with experimental elements.
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