Ready Fire Aim - As If It Were That Easy

In listening to my backlog of podcasts, I came across this fine gem, which led to reading/listening more about the band, Ready Fire Aim. Their sound is clean and electric, without being so synthy to make you feel anxious that Big Brother may be watching. It's a cozy sound all in all, like what you'd expect if Ben Gibbard replaced Dave Gahan from an earlier version of Depeche Mode, ala Music for the Masses/Violator era. (Or maybe more appropriately, the well mannered and polite offspring of Death Cab and DM.) Give it a listen, make some feedback.


Ready Fire Aim - As If It Were That Easy
Ready Fire Aim on Myspace

Briana Winter - Hide

Definitely a strong pulse of a soft spoken breed, Briana Winter's voice floats above her rolling guitar lines, and drift along rather introspectively. It's what's good about folksy indie rock, and that's why we listen to it. Strong voices over music that's sublime but has it's own sense of intuitive complexity. It may remind some of a newer Suzanne Vega from the prime years, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Hide (Right click and save as if you don't have an inline player such as Quicktime that will just play it when you left click the link)

Briana Winters on Myspace

Six Twilights - Tonight I'm Letting You Drive

The Six Twilights have this sleepy, wintery feel that bring to mind images of driving through a quiet and snowy north Jersey where the sun's breaking across the horizon to start the day. Honest and basic, their music makes you feel like shedding the skin of the dirty industrial world and going to somewhere where the air is clean. Still Talk (the second song available at the Fat Cat site) takes you to the same place, except while on a really deep buzz that's peaked during the ride. Listen, love, or comment.


Tonight I'm Letting You Drive (Right click and save as if you don't have an inline player in your browser, like Quicktime)
This song and more, are also available for a listen via the Fat Cat Records Demo Archive under the band A.Sweater.
Six Twilights on Myspace

Nice job Cal State!

It's filmed from the wrong side of the field, but it's awesome none the less.

I particularly liked the Pokeball segment.

What do English musicians really think about Saudi?

I can't help but like syncopation;

Plain White T's - Hate