1. We Found Love- Palma Violets
2. Elephant- Tame Impala
3. Fight Test- The Flaming Lips
4. I Need Something Different- Stone Gossard
5. Deep- Pearl Jam
6. The Punks are Finally Taking Acid- FIDLAR
7. People Don't Change Blues- The Growlers
This week brings a mix of new discoveries and older favorites. On Friday, I bought tickets to the Tame Impala and Flaming Lips concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion (an outdoor venue in Columbia, MD) on October 4th. I cannot wait for such a stellar band combo. I first heard Aussie rockers, Tame Impala when their song was featured on the hit HBO show Girls, which features a great alt-indie music playlist. "Elephant" has an intense bass beat that carries the song and reminds me of a mix of indie band, Deerhunter and the pop-rock band, The Strokes.
Last week Stone Gossard, guitarist in Pearl Jam, released his album Moonlander and his solo work carries his skillful Pearl Jam guitar-playing but brings his own inspiration to "I Need Something Different" by bringing a little more grit and little less grungy punk. With Stone Gossard's album release it also brought my back to listening to Pearl Jam classics. One of my favorite songs off of their most famous album, Ten is "Deep" because of the intense and powerful lyrics that Eddie Vedder belts out to the fantastic solo that Mike McCready shreds through.
FIDLAR also shows a more versatile side in "The Punks are Finally Taking Acid" because they add a bluesy guitar riff that is not typical of their songs and the riff alone has a hint of the Black Keys' sound. There is a great YouTube video that captures fans going wild over this killer song at The Blue Star Cafe last summer in Los Angeles. Check it out here: The Punks are Finally Taking Acid (Live)- FIDLAR
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