The Velvet Teen - No Star & Cum Laude

The Velvet Teen are an alt indie group with some rocking gutairs. Most interesting and delighting to me is their drummer Casey (one of my favorites) also drums for The America's
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This group is something of a shape shifter and can sound pretty radically different depending on where you catch them. The No Star EP is a pretty guitar heavy album which is why its one of my fav's.  Also of note is their album Cum Laude which is just straight awesome sauce and has some nasty keyboardage. It's a must have so please Seek and Destroy

Cum Laude

No Star

The Americas - Sweet Release

As most two man math rock units can get a bit samey, The Americas have always been a breath of fresh air. Coming from Cali. with emotionally charged lyrics, crazy melodic looped guitar and some of the honest to roger grooviest drums your likely to hear for awhile. Think of a hyper charged indie rock band with their hearts on their sleeve, the beats per measure turned up and your starting to get close. Casey Deitz also happens to be the drummer as well in the excellent The Velvet Teen (very interesting in their own respect) Dont let this one pass you by.

Sweet Release