The Pelican’s Perch

1.  The Morning Benders – Waiting for a War [mp3]

2.  The Silent Years – Madame Shocking [mp3]

3.  Regina Spektor – Folding Chair [mp3]

4.  Malajube – Dragon de Glace [mp3]

5.  Discovery – Can You Discover? [mp3]

6.  The Kooks – Shine On [mp3]

7.  The Whitest Boy Alive – Courage [mp3]

8.  Capybara – Magpies [mp3]

9.  Mountains Goats & [...]

Alan sent me his newest release, Pink and Purple, last week and I couldn’t be happier that I took time to check it out.  One review described his music as “Hall & Oates or Stevie Wonder playing with Kraftwerk”.  I can definitely hear that, as it’s a strange electro/synth/funk hybrid of an album and is [...]

Michelle has been listening to Passion Pit a lot lately so I finally looked into them.  It’s great stuff, especially “Sleepyhead”, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they become our new band we play at every dance party.  I’ll try to get some mp3’s up for you soon.
The Reeling

Sleepyhead

EDIT:  Just found this great FADER video [...]

Bombadil’s third release, Tarpits and Canyonlands, was sent to me about a week ago with the usual promo sheet and a hand cut-out picture of a Carnivale Cruise boat that had a note from Bryan on the back telling me a big thanks for listening.  Stuff like that are why I love interacting with and [...]

I’m sure most of you have been wondering what happened to the old Perch, the one that had two or three updates a day and got you the new indie music news on a daily basis.  I often wondered that too myself.  Basically, a few months ago I lost my long time job.  So, for [...]

Have you guys had the chance to check out Conan on the Tonight Show since he started back up this week?  Besides my obvious excitement to have Conan back, so far what I’ve watched I’ve absolutely loved.  Last night he went to a Foley stage on the Universal lot and it was great.  Check out [...]