A minute's worth of amusing setup then the song kicks in. Would be popular on RP, I think, and would have the added bonus of getting Ted Leo on RP...

There is a new band in town! They are called Temples and were formed in my home town of Kettering in England in 2012 and they are already on a World tour.

Cited by both Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher as the best new band in Britain!

This Summer they are appearing at these festivals:
Glastonbury
Reading
Leeds
Bestival
Festival No.6

which are THE festivals in the UK!

I have no vested interest but they remind me of the music I was listening to 40 years ago, with a modern twist. Watch them on YouTube:  http://youtu.be/tUGEnXz4EG8 they would be a great addition to the RP playlist.

All the best,

John and Jill, residing in PARADISE Lane 

I worked with Allie Thompson at a spa in California - now she is really going places as a singer/songwriter/musician! This is fantastic.

 (that's not her on the cover—just a model)

Le Butcherettes on NPR first listen.  I'd never heard of them before, but this is good stuff!

Pretty good band, Slightly Stoopid.  Surprised its not yet on RP?

http://slightlystoopid.com/video/dont_stop_official

 miamizsun wrote: 
  Bingham is excellent.  I haven't listened to much of his more recent stuff, but his first two albums are about as good as they come...

 ptooey wrote: 
i recently heard ryan bingham on fx

digging it

Amanda Shires' Down Fell the Doves is available for streaming in its entirety, and due to be released next Tuesday. 

I just gave it a spin - she's turned out to be one of those genre-defying Artists with the capital A, and a fantastic lyricist.  Really good (and sometimes bizarre) stuff.

Edit:  Whoops, didn't see Lazy's post from earlier.  My apologies for the redundancy.  Ahh, well...I'm leaving this here. 

A Band Called Death: The Punk Rock Fairy Tale That Almost Went Untold

 

 

 miamizsun wrote: 
Love them.

 K_Love wrote: 
yessum

good stuff

I recently discovered this band Alabama Shakes. I'm incredibly mesmerized by the lead singer, Brittany Howard. She has so much talent and soul; she's like a new version of Joplin and Hendrix combined.

 

 

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
I liked them better when I thought they were English.  
 
Some of the National's stuff is pretty ho hum and some of it thrills me. It's worth spending some time with. 

 ptooey wrote: 
I shall have to listen closely to some of their stuff. What I've heard on RP is moderately interesting. Right now, I'm digging all the stuff from my brother-in-law's "off-site backup" hard drive that we are in possession of. He has an epic fuck ton of music, he does.

The National's Trouble Will Find Me, streamed in entirety.

Greg Kot's fall album preview

My favorite new song. And it's by a local artist!

 sirdroseph wrote: 
exactly how many feet would you like to observe?

 oldviolin wrote: 
But....