Today's Swell Tune: Evil Friends

Band: Portugal. The Man.

Album: Evil Friends (expected release 4/6/13)

From: Wasilla, Alaska/ Portland, Oregon, USA

Sound: Dreamy fuck you morphing into apathetic riffs, expertly straddling '93 and '13; rock, grunge, alternative.

Website: portugaltheman.com

Social: facebook, tumblr, twitter

Today's Swell Tune: I Don't Mind

Artist: Ted Zed

From: Somerset, England

Sound: See the attached picture? It sounds like that: alt pop/ rock/ synth/ trance (seriously, there's a lot in here)

Website: tedzedofficial.com

Social: facebook, twitter, YouTube

Today's Swell Tune: Riptide

Artist: Vance Joy

Album: God Loves You When You're Dancing

From: Melbourne, Australia

Sound: Bon Iver meets Mumford & Sons, but Mumford & Sons has a ukelele instead of a banjo and does not suck; folk pop 

Website: vancejoy.com

Social: facebook

Today's Swell Tune: Someday

Artist: Float Fall

From: Leuven, Belgium

Sound: Like the XX were inspired by Bruce Springsteen; dream pop

Website: here

Social: facebook, twitter, soundcloud, YouTube

Today's swell Tune: Longrun

Artist: Whistle Peak

Album: Off Put to Flight (release: 22.4.13)

From: Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Sound: Those futuristic souds you hear are coming through the door of room 237; electropop, synth

Website: whistlepeak.net

Social: bandcamp, facebook, twitter, soundcloud

Today's Swell Tune: Your Life, Your Call

• Band: Junip
• Album: Junip (Release date: 23.4.2013)
• From: Gothenburg, Sweden
• Sound: A gentle coax out of bed...it sucks that she doesn't love you anymore, but dude, you still need to put on pants. It'll be ok.; post-rock, percussive synth. 
• Website: junip.net
• Social: facebook, twitter, YouTube
• Download Free: soundcloud

Today's Swell Tune: Dancing with the Tornado

• Band: The Veils
• Album: Time Stays, We Go 
• From: London, England
• Sound: A precision firestorm tearing through a spaghetti western; indie rock. 
• Website: theveils.com
• Social: facebook, twitter
• Free Downlad: here

Today's Swell Tune: Weight

• Artist: Mikal Cronin
• Album: MCII (Release date: 7.5.2013)
• From: San Francisco, California, United States
• Sound: A shitty morning on a beautiful day; garage, rock.
• Social: bandcamp, soundcloud, twitter

Today's Swell Tune: Closer

• Band: Chic Gamine
• Album: Closer 
• From: Winnipeg, Manitoba/ Montreal, Quebec Canada
• Sound: Somewhere, Berry Gordy is getting a boner; soul, pop, R&B.
• Website: chicgamine.com
• Social: facebook, twitter, YouTube
• Buy It: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chicgamine3

Today's Swell Tune: The Way We Fall

• Artist: Alela Diane
• Album: About Farewell 
• From: Portland, Oregon, USA
• Sound: The way she sings "You never know when it's the last time/
  I didn't know it was the last time," you're going to feel it; folk, pop.
• Website: aleladiane.com
• Social: facebook, twitter

Today's Swell Tune: Stand All Night

• Artist: Jil Is Lucky
• Album: In the Tiger's Bed
• From: Paris, France
• Sound: Remember when he did gypsy better than the gypsies do it? This is the 80's better than the 80's did it; alternative pop-rock, indie.
• Website: jilislucky.com
• Video: Here.
• Social: facebook, twitter, YouTube
• Buy: itunes

Today's Swell Tune: Latter Days

• Band: French Films
• Album: White Orchid (Release date: 5.4.2013)
• From: Espoo/Järvenpää, Finland
• Sound: I described them years ago as "Joy Division as cast by John Hughes". I stand by that; post-punk.
• Social: facebook, soundcloud, twitter, vimeo, YouTube

Today's Swell Tune: Reset/Restore

• Band: We Were Not the Savages
• EP: We Were Not the Savages
• From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Sound: Everyone uses synth in their rock now, but this one actually uses it for good; rock, synth-punk (is that a thing?)
• Buy it: bandcamp (name your price)
• Facebook: facebook

Today's Swell Tune: Better Things

• Band: Young Rival
• Album: Stay Young
• From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Sound: The Animals. But louder. And Johnny Cash is in the room, for some (awesome) reason.
• Website: http://www.youngrival.com/
• Facebook: facebook

Today's Swell Tune: Mad Dog

Black Lips - Mad Dog

• Band: Black Lips
• Album: Arabia Mountain
• From: Atlanta Georgia, United Satates
  
• Sound: Is there such a thing as "mod punk?" ; lo-fi garage punk
• Website: black-lips.com/
• Social: facebook, twitter, blogspot

Today's Swell Tune: Bad Intentions

Bad Intentions (Single Mix) - Shona Foster

• Artist: Shona Foster
• Album: The Moon and You
• From: Brighton, England
• Sound: Like the Tori Amos of 1992 took a time machine to 1942 to do a number at a nightclub ; piano pop
• Website: shonafoster.com
• Bandcamp: shonafoster.bandcamp.com
• Social: facebook, twitter

Today's Swell Tune: The Great Fire

• Band: Future Islands
• Album: On the Water
• From: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Sound: I don't believe I've ever used the word 'breathtaking' in a sentence before ; new wave, synthpop.
• Website: future-islands
• Social: facebook, twitter, tumblr, myspace

Today's Swell Tune: Fire!

Baby Baby - Fire!

• Band: Baby Baby
• Album: Money
• From: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Sound: Like they put on a Hell of a live show. And like Violent Femmes might have a case against that opening riff... ; They brand themselves "Fun Rock," and I'm gonna ahead and brand an "indie" into that ass, too.
• Social: facebook twitter
• Download free:  here

Today's Swell Tune: Dreamer

Dreamer by elizaveta

• Artist: Elizaveta
• Album: (EP) Elizaveta (full album due Jan 2012)
• From: Born NYC, Raised in Russia. The exact reverse of...
• Sound: I'm just gonna say it--Regina Spektor. Just a lot like that, but a bit synthier; pop opera (has anyone coined "popera" yet? Let's not talk to them, if they do.)
• Website: www.elizaveta.com
• Social: facebook ; twitter
• Video: youtube.com/elizavetamusic

Today's Swell Tune: Baby Missiles

• Band: The War On Drugs
• Album: Slave Ambient
• From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Sound: The best Bruce Springsteen song not written by Bruce Springsteen. Or Win Butler. ; indie rock.
• Website: thewarondrugs.net/
• Social: twitter