While browsing around the interwebs, I came across this track on I Guess I’m Floating. I hadn’t heard of the band prior, but my interest was piqued when I read their write-up concerning a favorable comparison to Grizzly Bear, Dan Rossen in particular. As for what I wrote about Rossen yesterday, this comparison would be most enticing to me. Luckily for me, the comparison is apt.
When writing up new music it is often quite easy to throw in a band name people might be familiar with, that would compare to some new work in efforts to give it perspective. I might never have listened to this song otherwise, so for that I am grateful to the guys over at IGIF. I truly hope this same sort of thing happens for people with our write-ups.
The band is currently out on tour supporting Rogue Wave. While I haven’t gotten my hands on the entire Gamble House LP just yet, that failure should be remedied quickly.
Gamble House – Bonny Doon (mp3) from Gamble House
This is another slow-ish week for new music. If you want our recommendations, we’ll probably pick up the Rogue Wave and Athlete albums, the Little Boots album (if you didn’t get it last year), and the album from The Ruby Suns. Like we always do, there are a some tracks after the list, only this week we’re feeling generous and putting up three. Maybe it has something to do with the changing of the calendar to March.
Both of us here at Tympanogram have a great affinity for Rogue Wave. I think I am the bigger fan, but each of us have included at least one song from the band in our respective 1000 Minutes. On March 2nd 2010, Rogue Wave is set to release their latest album, Permalight. If you peruse Hype Machine often you’ve probably come across it already, but try out a new track from the upcoming album if you haven’t.
I’ve never seen the Pacific Ocean. I’ve been west – out to Phoenix and up to the Grand Canyon, but I’ve never been to the coast. This coming summer I’m the best man in a friend’s wedding in Portland, Oregon, so I’ll get my chance; until then, I’m busy holding onto it as a kind of personal Manifest Destiny.
I’m an idiot and didn’t write this until this morning while I have a house full of guests. So I’ll make this quick I suppose.
Tonight we have our second Tympanogram concert experience with a band hailing from our own neck of the woods. We’ll have our info up about that either over the weekend or early next week. For today, as you have surely seen, we’ve talked about music on the television show Chuck but I don’t believe we have mentioned many other shows. Today we are giving mention to a longtime favorite that has a history of excellent music use as well.
Hope everyone got their brackets finished up. I personally didn’t pay as much attention to it as I think I should have, so I’ll probably lose in grand fashion, but I think Dave will have better luck.
