Down to business!

I had plenty of time on my hands during the bus rides I recently took to and from Madrid.  I'll introduce you to some good ways to spend 12 hours:

Soko             Not Sokute               1 piping hot batch of Southern cornbread

A sweet, poppy mixture of songs and emotions.  There's something in the teen-styled lyrics and vocals that reminds me of the Moldy Peaches or The Do.  Her slightly French accent also adds to some of the naivety and overall pleasant feeling of this music.  This is a set of songs that keeps leading me back to memories of summer walks and picnics.  Have some fun with this one.

I'm usually against all things New Jersey, but I must say there's some good music coming out of that barren place.

Real Estate          Days                  8.5 scoops of "Reece's Pieces"

Someone who is very close to me summed it up like so:

Cool and elegant electric rock music. They said they tried with that album to put into music the kind of gloomy landscapes they see everyday in the suburb where they live... They remind me of Kurt Vile, with maybe more light in their music.

I think the above description is perfectly fitting.  I've flown through Newark enough times to buy in to their attempt.  It is a bit gloomy, but not in a depressing way.  Gloomy in a way that makes you want autumn landscapes and a coffee at hand.  
Elegance is also a word that somehow applies.  The music is almost hypnotic in its synth-y harmonies.  You can almost predict the sounds of the songs that are coming.  They're not just what you expect however, they're what you want.  Consider this for your Christmas shopping list.


If you're not sure of who Kurt Vile is, take a moment to introduce yourself to a great, underrated artist:
http://kurtvile.com/


The same music lover said of Vile and Real Estate:

... we can really wonder if they don't belong to the beginning of a new American era.