Recommendations: Eric Osman (Lame-O Records)

I asked Eric Osman, the owner of Philadelphia's Lame-O Records, about what albums he's jamming.

Kite Party - Baseball Season

Kite Party is a Philadelphia indie band that plays with punk bands. They are one of the best bands around right now, on record and live. This record came out in 2011 and, in my opinion, didn't get nearly enough attention. Check it out and start with "Arizona".

Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone
Who knows? I might be the only one who loves The Descendents, Wu-Tang Clan, and The Avett Brothers. But I doubt it. Point is, it doesn't matter what you listen to as long as you like it. This record was my go to jam for packing records in the beginning of this winter. Listen to "Colorshow".

The Dodos - Vister
This is an incredible indie album by an incredible indie band that never got the attention it deserved. The complexity of the percussion and songwriting is incredible without being being distracting. Listen to the entire record and start from the beginning.

Common Rider - Classics Of Love (taken from Last Wave Rockers)

If you're reading all of these and thinking I'm a loser trying to get more people to listen to "cool indie music", then jam this Jesse Michaels song and thrash around your room. I will always love this stuff.

Check out Lame O Records on Facebook, Twitter and Bandcamp.

Comments

Early In The Morning by James Vincent McMorrow (2010) (Review)

I've decided to create a new genre. I call it “beardcore”. Scene heads generally make confessional folk music recorded alone in some isolated building (cabin, hut, beach house etc.) with only acoustic guitars, banjos and whatnot for company. Oh, and they have beards. Now you may think to yourself, ‘This will never take off! How silly of her!’ and, given most of my genre creating, you’d be right (Oberstcore never did take off…), but this scene is not just existing, but is currently thriving. The newest beardcore artist is James Vincent McMorrow’. Joining Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes in the genre, McMorrow hails from the not so green isle of Ireland and is making waves with his debut album Early In The Morning , eleven tracks of atmospheric indie-folk with intelligent musicianship, and more intelligent lyrics. The album starts off with “If I Had A Boat” an initially a capella, atmospheric grower. Starting off quietly, it eases the listener into the record with McMorrow...

Track-By-Track: Forest Life EP by McCafferty

McCafferty 's recent EP, Forest Life, is one of The Alternative Tone's favourite releases so far this year. I caught up with Nick to get a track-by-track on the EP, in order to give us more insight into McCafferty's fabulous imagery and lyrical themes. Jeff There was a girl I was friends with in high school named Becky and she was in a relationship with this guy from freshman year until last summer, when their relationship fell apart she told me it happened really fast, that's why the song is so short. I wanted to explore the aspect of a relationship with so much feeling that just ends abruptly and the emptiness that you feel after. I've had people message me and say they wish Jeff was longer, but that's the exact reason I made it so short. Snakes I wrote "Snakes" with the mindset of making a song that sort of pokes fun at all these dogs out there in the DIY scene about smoking and partying, it's really simplistic in the lyrics b...

Bravebird - Ready Or Not

Emo from Ann Arbor Download Here (Out of free bandcamp downloads, however the band have posted a mediafire link for it) RIYL: A really twinkly La Dispute, Old Gray Highly Recommended.

The Alternative Tone

Search This Blog