Seems like all the cool shit is coming from Seattle again. The kids are flipping out and creating some truly amazing sounds. Check out our favorite Seattle Bands, very different styles from each other but both cool in the same way. So the kids are alright!
Team Gina, with their new CD "Product of the 80's" is hot. Starting with its homage to Duran Duran's inimatiable Patrick Nagel album cover to its great simple lesbian chic rap beats coupled with simple stripped down casio styled music. Check out their video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfQ_ptzFv7M
We love the leotards with baggy purple shirts off the shoulder...its what we are all into right now.
My other favorite Seattle band is Natalie Portman's Shaved Head or NPSH. These kids are hip, plugged in and very talented. Love their simple retro electronic style, their lyrics are pure hipster Seattle smarty pants. This might be the next logical step in the handing over of the old school B-52's crown to the next generation. We love them if only because these songs are fast and furious, like old school punk, but full of not ready for mainstream lyrics about guns, killing JT and loves of whales and beating kids up. Check out our favorite song "Sophisticated Side Ponytail" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-gQL03u7mc
Update:
I just found out two weeks ago that NPSH use to practice in my buddy Jim's garage. How cool would that be to have these damn kids banging away in your garage. I wonder if he put on an apron and walked out there with a pitcher of Kool-Aid....and said"Hey you damn kids, take a break from all your music...I made you some refreshments!" Of course, I'm jealous of Jim for a number of reasons, #1.) I love NPSH. #2.) I wish sometimes my husband and I had kool kids of our own that would have musicians as friends that would need a place to play. and lastly, #3.) I wish I had a garage big enough for kids to be able to practice in....we can barely fit our lawn mower and one little tiny car in our miniscule Seattle garage!
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