Just For Kicks – Smith Westerns, Tom Brosseau, Forest Fire.

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What have we in store for you today? Three tracks to brighten up your weekend is what. Nuggets of joy, pearls of wisdom, swords of righteousness, flakes of foresight, drops of brilliance. You get the picture!

Friday

the smith westerns

mp3: The Smith Westerns – The Glam Goddess

Smith Westerns were featured in On Repeat recently but we need to share more with you so here they are again. This time the glam/garage punkers from Chicago go a bit more Marc Bolan with the gorgeous, fuzzed up slice of pop that is ‘The Glam Goddess’.

For Fans Of: The Strange Boys, T-Rex, Harlem.

pre-order: The Smith Westerns CD/LP

buy: The Smith Westerns iTunes / eMusic

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Saturday

Tom Brosseau - Posthumous Success

mp3: Tom Brosseau – Favourite Colour Blue

A chilled cut for the Saturday sun. Wishful thinking. Tom Brosseau is from North Dakota and now resides in L.A. He’s got a wonderful, charismatic voice that’s at times pretty effeminate in the same way that say Elliot Smith’s was. A great storyteller, Tom’s been releasing albums since 2002. ‘Favourite Colour Blue’ is taken from his 2009 album ‘Posthumous Success’, his eighth full length out through Fat Cat. ‘I keep having the same dream of Dave Grohl, the one where he’s playing the drums in Hole, got him wrapped in rusty chains, I think I’m supposed to free him but I don’t have the brains’. Hell yeah!

For Fans Of: Frank Black, Devendra Banhart, Elliot Smith.

buy: Posthumous Success

Sunday

forest fire - survival

mp3: Forest Fire – Slow Motion

‘Slow Motion’ is taken from Brooklyn/Portland band Forest Fire‘s debut album ‘Survival’ which was recorded over an eight month period across two locations as not all members live in the same place. Apparently a lot of it was done in less than five takes and sometimes there was only one mic for the whole band. A lot of overdubbing later and you have the likes of ‘Slow Motion’ which is a gorgeous if slightly ramshackle take on Americana with loose percussion, screeching guitar lines and Mark Thresher’s, Wayne Coyne meets Jim James, vocals.

For Fans Of: My Morning Jacket (early), Flaming Lips.

live: The Luminaire, Aug 14th.

buy: Survival

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