Here's Switchboard by Ides of Space.
I was also quite pleased to hear about Vacations, the new project from the singer of Chin Up Chin Up. CU CU released two great albums in 2004 and 2006, albums I consider classic. Their trademark winding guitar lines, hard-hitting and danceable rhythms, softly-sung vocals, and unique melodic sensibility always resonated with me.
Here's a mesmerizing video of Chin Up Chin Up performing Why Is My Sleeping Bag A Ghetto Muppet?, off their first album We Should Never Have Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers.
Jeremy Bolen's new band Vacations has a new 7'' called 'I Was Bikini / But Rain Afraid.' The album is also available digitally on a "pay as you wish" sliding scale. You can even pay zero dollars.
I Was Bikini / But Rain Afraid
I listened to a track on myspace and it sounds great! Similar to CU CU in tunefulness but more eclectic, lo-fi, acoustic (with some synth and harmonium), and with something of a worldbeat vibe. It sounds kind of like Q and Not U unplugged.
Another band that has spawned a side-project is Sorry About Dresden. Although SAD is on hiatus, singer Eric Roehrig has been performing with Eerie Choir for a few years. I've always admired Eric Roehrig's voice, lyrics, and ear for melody, so discovering Eerie Choir was a treat.
To see the man in action, check out this video of Shake Your First, a new song performed by SAD in 2008. Sorry About Dresden hasn't released a proper album since 2003, although they did release a mind-blowing single, Leviathan a couple years later. I, however, have my fingers crossed for a new SAD album, because the intensity of their songs only seems to grow as they age.
A band I'm really jonesing for new material/live shows from is forgetters, featuring Blake Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil. I'd like to see what kind of songs that guy is writing these days, and I hope forgetters doesn't fizzle out before coming to prominence like his last band, Horns of Life.
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