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New Music Tuesday: 1-10-2012

Tuesday is here and with it brings new tunes! This is the first New Music Tuesday of 2012, which is reminding me that I need to do a better job than I did last year with compiling my “best of” list. Let’s dive into some tunes, shall we?

Heart be still: SamRo has put out an indie rock album and what I’ve heard is actually really good. Now, I say “actually” because a couple of years ago I went to see Ronson play a very small acoustic gig to a bar packed with lesbians and straight girls who desperately wanted her to hit on them. It didn’t go very well and the songs were much more geared towards a quiet coffee shop instead of a bar filled with lecherous women (bloggers included).

I will say that it was during a time when things weren’t all that stable for her – and she had also even warned us via Twitter about how nervous she was. Either way, I expect a performance when I go to see one so I left after a few uncomfortable songs.

What I’m hearing now, though, are two polished songs that don’t stick to one sound and can easily be added to many of my playlists. “Until It’s Yesterday” incorporates some toy pianos, hand claps and a children’s chorus, all of which are high-five worthy in my book. Title track, “Chasing the Reds,” besides bringing the obvious Lindsay Lohan images to mind, is a fun electro-punk jam with drum machine beats worthy of getting me to do a mean hipster knee-shake into shoulder-shimmy.

I started listening to The Little Willies and thought I recognized a sweet, smoky voice belonging to Norah Jones. Turns out, Ms. Jones is, in fact, now a Little Willie. (And the best looking one to boot). The album has some nice throwback pop rockabilly tunes but keeps a modern edge to them. If you’re in your teens through 20s and are looking for a some music to share with your parents, this would be the album I’d go to. Parents, if you’re reading this, be a dear and share this with your children — and then take them to see some live music.

The debut full length from this Boston native is cute, quirky and could easily be used to score the the next Ellen Page indie rom-com.  She definitely reminds me of Kimya Dawson, both vocally and her instrumental cadence, but I would also add some Garfunkel and Oates for good measure. Opstad is a storyteller whose songs play as though she’s relating her day to a friend.

 

Kat Devlin and the White WhaleREM Cycle (self-released)

Out singer-songwriter Kat Devlin is joined by a great group of musicians on her latest EP and their chemistry together shines brightly. Her last album, The Voyage Out, had more of a folk-vibe to it but these new songs are injected with more pop sensibility. Also, the overall sound is more lush and powerful. It’s exciting to see/hear this transformation and growth!

 

Honorable Mentions: Snow Patrol, The Big Pink, Charlie Haden & Hank Jones, the breakups, O’Brother and Yo Gotti.

That’s all for this week but make sure you check back here tomorrow for Your Weekly Women to Listen to. As always feel free to follow me on Twitter or friend me on Facebook!

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