love from ATO
Wow, lucky me! I got a surprise package in the mail from ATO Records the other day! For those of you that don't know, a few ATO label bands you might recognize are My Morning Jacket, Ben Kweller, Gomez & Mike Doughty... awesome!So I get this package with no note, nothing... and three advance CD's - aww yaa! Well, Ben Kweller was just released yesterday, so essentially I got it the day before it was released... but seriously - how did they know I heart the BK SOO MUCH!?!? :) I'm going to see him Sunday & I can't even tell you how stoked I am to have the CD now so I can be front row swooning & crooning right along with the curly hair'd boy wonder. yay!
The other two CDs are bands I wasn't familiar with but I have a feeling I am going to like them. The first one is a band called The Whigs, out of Athens, GA. Heard of em? I'm listening to em now & like what I hear. Somewhat similar to MMJ in that you can hear (and therefore appreciate) the lyrics, it's melodic, and slightly poppy with a hint of Southern twang. I like it! Oh & the album title: Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip. haha. Right up there with I Am Not Afraid Of You and I Will Beat Your Ass. haha. Are video games & violent movies to blame for this corruption of our innocent rockstars? :p
The second one is a band called Rodrigo y Gabriela, who I haven't listened to yet, but just seeing their CD artwork I honestly think I would have never picked them up on my own (could use some work IMHO - aka design snobery). However, after reading even the first paragraph about them I am very intrigued & stoked to take a listen:
"Rodrigo (Sanchez) and Gabriela (Quintero) are two fast-fingered, Dublin-based, Mexicans with a unique sound created on acoustic guitars. Their music is difficult to define, straddling both world and rock, and often imbued with timeless Hispano--classical influences. The fire in it comes from their life-long passion for metal music. This spring, Rodrigo y Gabriela beat both the Arctic Monkeys AND Johnny Cash to number one in the Irish charts."Wow, sounds good right?
Now who out there send this to me!? I'd love to know who that lil' music fairy is... but either way, THANK YOU!! You made my day & I'm really stoked to check these bands out!
And Ben, baby, I'll be seein you Sunday night! wooo!
