Five free, handpicked MP3s from artists you should be listening to. Go forth and download. This is Take 5.
Artist: Surfer Blood
Song: ‘Swim’ (click to download)
Why: There just aren’t enough big choruses in indie rock any more.
Sounds like: #epic
More: On MySpace
Artist: Maika Makovski
Song: ‘Oh M Ah’ (click to download)
Why: Her guitar makes stylish sounds.
Sounds like: PJ Harvey meet Maika Makovski, Maika Makovski meet PJ Harvey
More: On MySpace
Artist: The Middle East
Song: ‘Blood’ (click to download)
Why: So Iron & Wine and then what?
Sounds like: Sam Beam had a bigger band
More: On MySpace
Artist: Lali Puna
Song: ‘Remember’ (click to download)
Why: Drop this name in a hipster conversation and watch the jaws drop.
Sounds like: The lovechild of Lykke Li and Four Tet
More: On MySpace
Artist: The Stance
Song: ‘Jenny Jitters’ (click to download)
Why: The Kooks are so 2008.
Sounds like: The best of the post-punk British ‘The’ bands, but Canadian
More: On MySpace
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hey nice to see surfer blood,floating vibes is a good song by them as well…and i like the take five idea…good work…also i’d like to bring to notice the xx ,they’re pretty good..they sound like portishead having found its soulmate and taking it notch less from disturbingly beautiful to miserably beautiful
The xx is old for a lotta hipsters!
Surfer Blood!
Brilliant idea with the Take 5.
its been a year since the xx’s debut, but I discovered them two weeks ago. I’m a rotten excuse for a hipster….