Good evening radioheads,

On tonight’s menu here at the Revolution…

CLOUD NOTHINGS’s latest (greatest?) release, Turning On, features the collected best-efforts of a lo-fi hero with a nasty fuzz-box habit and songwriting chops far beyond his years.

Check out ARTICHOKE, baby-faced pop a la Apples in Stereo, and their latest, Bees. Think Lou Reed without the heroin, or Belle & Sebastian with a Pixies-mentality.

One of the chefs’ favorites: BEAR HANDS (album, Burning Bush Supper Club). High energy without sacrificing thought.  Thoughtful without dragging on.  Eclectic? Maybe, just well-rounded.  Think Bibio, or Phoenix with a little more chest hair.

For the noise-minded, get an earful of ROYAL BATHS.  Not as aggressive as WOMEN, but equally unignorable.  Think The Unicorns tutored by Thurston Moore.

Make sure to check out FOALS.  Math-rock from over the pond for the set of ears not looking for math-rock.  Mashing equal parts Talking Heads, At the Drive-in, and electr0-funk together, here’s a concoction that goes down smooth (but is surprisingly strong).

That’s all for now.  Thanks for playing.

-grant claire