Thao with The Get Down Stay Down

Even more than I am in love with Thao with The Get Down Stay Down's music, I am in love with the group dynamic they have. Taken from the "About" section of their website:

"When the band is on tour we stop at rivers and skip stones competitively. On days off, Adam bakes bread and prepares dinner while Willis builds percussive instruments using only bottle caps and intuition, and Thao awkwardly lifts the one 10-pound weight she has brought along to stay in shape for shows. Everyone watches the Food Network and the Discovery Channel together for dessert. The three of us share many hopes; most center around getting co-starring roles in a Mentos commercial and sleeping in separate beds while traveling."

Nevermind Thao's tastefully subdued sound and amazing versatility, I want to hang out with these people!

Rocketship

Now, if you've been rocking your "Twee as Fuck" shirt since the 90's, you already know who I'm talking about. For everyone else, if you want an indie-pop cult classic, you want Rocketship. Emerging in the early 90s, Rocketship became one of the brightest bands of the indie pop scene. A little bit shoegazer rock and a little bit bedroom pop, Rocketship is your one-way ticket into the International Pop Underground.



Unfortunately, Dustin Reske eventually took on Rocketship as a solo project and now releases music in the ambient direction.

Telekinesis

Telekinesis is a Seattle-based one-man band with Michael Benjamin Lerner (pictured above with his touring band) on drums, guitar, and vocals. His debut album on Merge Records, Telekinesis! is a solid album with high points at "Coast of Carolina" and "Tokyo."

Lerner and his band are currently doing several shows on the west coast. I'm hoping to get over to The Troubadour on May 25th to see them.