GLG Fresh Mp3 Friday: Working Out Your New Years Resolution

New Year = New resolution, and you've promised yourself that this time (sort of like last time) your New Year's resolution will last longer than a week. We get it. Everyone slips up on the "healthy" eating habits once in a while or skips a day of discipline at the gym.

Believe me, giving in to temptation can be costly, like the extra seven pounds added to my scale. Giving myself the benefit of the doubt, I decided my scale was broken. The ugly truth - it's my waistline that needs fixing, not the scale. So, I've decided to stay motivated with my favorite tracks and hit the gym.

Need to get motivated? Listen and download GLG tracks that will help whip you back into shape!

Bridges & Powerlines, From Eve
Release Date: February 1, 2011
"You Were The First Thing"
"I Remember a Blue Sky"
Genre: Powerpop, Indie, Rock
For Fans of: The Killers
Bio/hi-res photos
Bridges & Powerlines- you were the first thing by greenlightgo
Bridges & Powerlines- Blue Sky by greenlightgo

Enjoy Your Pumas, From Commonality
Release Date: February 1, 2011
"Weight of the Circles"
Genre: Alternative, Indie, Rock
For fans of: Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party
Bio/hi-res photos
Weight Of The Circles by Enjoy Your Pumas by greenlightgo

Golden Bloom, From Fan the Flames
"Doomsday Devices"
Genre: Indie/rock/pop
For Fans of: Ben Kweller, Wilco (Summerteeth Era)
Bio/hi-res photos
Golden Bloom-Doomsday by greenlightgo

The Morning Code, From Tell Someone
Release Date: March 01, 2011
"Silver"
Genre: Alternative, Rock
For Fans of: Silversun Pickups
Bio/hi-res photos
The Morning Code-Silver by greenlightgo

Naked Hearts, From Mass Hysteria
Release Date: May 11, 2010
"Mass Hysteria"
Genre: Alternative, Pop
For fans of: Sonic Youth, Blake Babies, Juliana Hatfield
02 Mass Hysteria by Jack Be Bit

Seafarer, From Hiding Places
Release Date: January 18, 2011
"Noise Floor"
"The Archipelago"
Genre: Indie, Folk, Experimental
For fans of: Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Pavement
Bio/hi-res photos
Seafarer-Noise Floor by greenlightgo
Seafarer-The Archipelago by greenlightgo

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GLG Clients by greenlightgo

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Seafarer Shows their Hiding Places to a Wider Audience

Sometimes you don’t know something was missing until after you’ve found it. Take Chicago’s indie-psych-folk rock quartet, Seafarer. The addition of another guitarist; collaboration with recording engineer Jake Westermann; and most of all Hiding Places, the EP he helped create; have come together to give this band the sound and the direction they were looking for. Hiding Places, released in May, will be re-released to spread the kaleidoscope of sounds they achieve – rock, folk, psych, pop – to a wider audience.

Patrick Grzelewski (Vocals/Guitar), Eric Sneider (Bass) and Matt Spies (Drums/Percussion) had played in another band together and out of that group they formed Seafarer. Grzelewski says of their three-piece days, “Being faced with the limitations of a three piece dynamic and the opportunity to write a whole batch of new material proved pivotal in shaping and fully realizing a unique aesthetic. Taylor came along at just the right time, when the group was missing something that seemed completely intangible.”With Taylor Wood in the mix, the group’s songwriting changed. Seafarer began creating songs together and more organically, developing music without forcing it into a mold.


Seafarer took these songs to Engine Studios in Chicago, and worked with recording engineer Jake Westermann to create a cohesive aesthetic for Hiding Places. “Creative input from Westermann was both a new experience for us, and one of the single most important elements of the process,” says Grzelewski. “He pushed us without overstepping his bounds, knowing that we were capable of much more.” And the final piece of the Seafarer’s puzzle, is Hiding Places itself, which is full of unique gems. Songs like the mercurial and heady “The Archipelago” and even its ensuing partner, “Functional,” with its psychedelic stomp and open-ended structure, are very simply, vivid proof of a band putting all of their merits to work.

Taking all of their roots, all of their influences and all of their specific styles together and morphing them into a solid brand of good ol’ rock and roll is what Seafarer is about. Being modest and humble has always been important – Hiding Places signifies a moment where not only influences like Wilco, Fugazi and even Sonic Youth come to play – and Seafarer take their roots and put them on display for all to witness.

Hiding Places
Track Listing

1. Translation *
2. Sound it Makes
3. The Yeti
4. Watch it Flood
5. The Archipelago
6. Functional
7. Noise Floor
* = explicit lyrics
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Favorite Friday with Echo Orbiter: Underrated Albums By Olivia Tremor Control and Van Dyke Parks

Echo Orbiter's Justin Emerle is the kind of guy who can get lost in an album when he listens to it. A physical response or a memory trigger goes off when he hears one of his favorite albums of all time or brand new bands like Avi Buffalo. It makes sense then that one can easily turn off the outside world when listening to Echo Orbiter's upcoming LP Euphonicmontage. Here Justin describes why he honors each album, and if you haven't already, making you want to hear them all yourself.

Echo Orbiter's Favorite Albums of the Week

Dinosaur Jr., Bug
The juvenile Dinosaurs at their best. Cleaner production than You're Living All Over Me and a final scathing statement just prior to their signing with Reprise. "No Bones" stands as J's finest moment in songwriting and sonic shock.

Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
As a child, Daydream Nation stepped into my innocent life and shook me violently until I professed aloud that Van Halen wasn't so much "the shit." Not my favorite SY record, but a nostalgic emergence nonetheless as I walk along trails in the woods of South Jersey in 2010 as an adult.

Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime
D. Boon and Mike Watt are still, today, among the most influential musicians in the annals of underground/indie/punk/hardcore/blah, blah, blah, rock. Minutemen defy genre anyway and Double Nickels on the Dime breaks ground, that none have yet to fix, through all 43 tracks of their masterpiece.

Avi Buffalo, Avi Buffalo
I got the 45 earlier this year and loved the A-side. This was a record I was actually anticipating and was more than pleased. I admire anyone with the apparent knowledge of pop structure and chord phrasings, especially a kid fresh out of high school. Somehow, "Where's Your Dirty Mind" reminds me of a song that the Peanuts would sing on a holiday special, and who wouldn't love that?

Beach Fossils, Beach Fossils
Sunny pop about summer, beaches, and teenagers written in the most basic of forms is all the bee's knee's right now and Beach Fossils are at the forefront of that movement. Every song tends to sound a bit similar to my schizophrenic ears, but there are two tracks that stand out; "Golden Age" and "Wide Awake."

Best Coast, Crazy for You
I loved their previous 45s and the grainy, lo-fi summer/sunny pop that they wrote about beaches and the sun. Their debut record is sadly a bit more polished, which is all good aside from the fact that I was hoping to see how their sound would hold up on a long player. I only listened once as I was watching an army of cicadas emerge from their 17-year slumber at 3:00 AM. I do remember "When the Sun Don't Shine" was playing while one particular cicada emerged from its cocoon and I'll now forever see that in my brain when I hear that track.

Black Moth Super Rainbow, Falling Through a Field
Simply one of the best bands around today. I love the '70s and the way the sun shone differently back then as a toddler and Black Moth perfectly evoke the energy of any vague memories of the end of that decade. I particularly like this record of theirs because of its relative rawness and simplicity.

Olivia Tremor Control, Black Foliage: Animation Music
In my opinion, the most underrated record ever recorded, with the possible exception of all of my own records... This is audio art in its highest form. OTC obviously approached this record as they would a canvas and applied sound in strokes like paint from a brush. More proof that great art usually goes generally unnoticed.

Woods, At Echo Lake
Spending time alone in the woods, in fields, or along bodies of water is a favorite past time of mine, and Woods were specifically formed with the sole intention of occupying my iPod for convenient listening as I get lost in the wilderness. "Suffering Season" is a tree bark's width behind "The Number" in the race for all-time best Woods song

Van Dyke Parks, Song Cycle
Actually, this may be the most underrated record of all time. I think about 250 people have ever really heard this record. Van Dyke Parks is best known as Brian Wilson's collaborator on the doomed SMiLE LP, and he proved just what a musical force and visionary he is in his own right with Song Cycle; recorded on the heels of SMiLE's demise. Parks utilizes six or seven lifetimes of music knowledge to craft a record that's steeped in history and complicated music theory, all the while dripping in excitement.

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"Scuzzy-pop" of Naked Hearts lures in Under the Radar

Good old Under the Radar had the nicest things to say about Amy Cooper and Noah Wheeler, aka the Naked Hearts. With a link to listen to the band's title track "Mass Hysteria," the mag had some kind words to say about the band who is picking up some fantastic press.

Under the Radar may have chosen to highlight our Brooklyn pair, but the way things are going, the Naked Hearts should and will be on your radar. Pun intended. The duo's familiar and visceral rock songs are sticking with listeners, and continue to make ears happy with each new listen.

"Former Rubies singer/guitarist and photographer Amy Cooper is now in the '90s-esque rock duo Naked Hearts. She's joined by singer/drummer, and jazz bassist Noah Wheeler, and the pair shares a home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They also share an obvious appreciation for bands such as Sonic Youth, The Breeders, and Blake Babies on their full-length debut, Mass Hysteria.

The scuzzy-pop LP drops May 11 and recording took place at Vacation Island Recordings in Brooklyn, NY. Owner and engineer Matt Boynton (Bat For Lashes, Gang Gang Dance) is set to record their next LP. Check out the bass-heavy rock of Mass Hysteria's title track above and tour dates can be find at the twosome's MySpace."

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Naked Hearts Record Release Party at Mercury Lounge on May 1st

Brooklyn-based duo Naked Hearts are ready to set hearts and ears on fire at the record release party on May 1^st at the Mercury Lounge with a sneak peak of their first full-length album Mass Hysteria. Fans who tweet, “I’m going to @thenakedhearts release party @mercuryloungeny on May 1^st” will be sent a link to “Dark Shade”, the unreleased mp3 off the album. Those who go the extra mile and RSVP to the band at nakedheartsRSVP at gmail.com will receive a FREE CD at the show!

Edging on fuzzed out ‘90s alt-rock and hypnotic girl/boy vocals, duo Amy Cooper and Noah Wheeler have filled Mass Hysteria with a perfectly delicate balance of stripped-down raw energy and moody lush vocals. For national release on May 11^th, with its pop sway, grungy guitars, and naturally cool vibe Mass Hysteria is what you make of it.

Recorded by Matt Boynton (Gang Gang Dance, Bat For Lashes), Mass Hysteria is filled with buzzing songs that hit you quick and stay with you long after the record ends. Playing shows with the likes of The Raveonettes, The Black Angels, and Evan Dando, Naked Hearts deliver the vibrant, pulsating synergy of their live show to Mass Hysteria. “Our goal is to lose our sense of self and come together to convey a temporary, hopefully beautiful space for people,” Amy Cooper says of the album.

So what are you waiting for? Tweet, RSVP, and Buy your tickets now! Click Here to Read More..