The Cloud Room - “Heynownow”
I here Bowie, I hear dance, I see _______________ underpants.

“[Hey Now Now] a song that is destined to be the summer hit that is on everyone’s iPod top 25 played lists…
Expect big things from The Cloud Room in the next year.”—The Tripwire.com

Headphones - “Natural Disaster”
From their bio
Headphones debut album features David Bazan (Pedro the Lion), Tim Walsh (Pedro the Lion, TW Walsh), and Frank Lenz (Starflyer 59). Headphones was engineered and mixed by Jared Hankins in Seattle in the early days of 2005.

Built wholly from synthesizers (that’s right, no guitars), live drums, and the familiar warmth of Bazan’s syrupy vocal delivery, Headphones boasts deft arrangements with timeless melodies and uncanny lyrical depth, finding Bazan, Walsh, and Lenz at their best. Clean, open room recording; digital subtleties with analog affectations; seamless integration of electronic and rock and elements — Headphones is a striking, sophisticated success.

Headphones poses a stark simplicity, relying on a limited number of voices — reminiscent of early records by Low. Thematically, Headphones treads dark waters where a certain frankness and antagonism work to confront issues of love, loss and loyalty head on — straight forward, no bullshit, no fucking around.

Album out May 10.
05/18 Wed - Brooklyn NY - Northsix
05/19 Thu - Cambridge MA - T.T. the Bear’s

BTW - David why are you so sad? Is that why you sound a tad bit like Mark Eitzel?

Spoon - “I turn my camera on”
3hive writes,
“So nice to have Spoon back in the mix. Dig the thick groove and soulful vocals on “I Turn My Camera On,” a cross between Prince and Gang of Four.”
I couldn’t agree more.

“Gimme Fiction” out May 10th.
Currently on tour opening for Interpol