Dananananakroyd – Black Wax

Another band out of Scotland (see also Frightened Rabbit) that is part indie pop, part post-hardcore. Have toured recently with Foals and Kaiser Chiefs. If your still saying their name, think “Batman TV Theme” and Dan Akroyd.

Debut album “Hey Everyone!” out now.

On July 11th Broken Social Scene were due to play their famous almost yearly Toronto Island show, unfortunately due to a Toronto work strike they had to cancel.  As BSS always seems to do, they got lemons and made champagne.  To keep their strong fan base happy they decided on a free show at the Harbourfront stage.  It is already being remembered as one of the greatest shows they have ever put on.  As it became a makeshift This Is Your Life  the crowd got as crazy as ever for their hometown band.

More after the jump including a fan shot mash up of Kevin Drew’s Safety Bricks and Feist’s I Feel It All…they’re dating btw!

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Passion Pit is an American electronic band from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Formed in 2007, the group consists of Michael Angelakos (lead vocals/keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth/samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). The band originally began as the one-man effort of singer-songwriter Michael Angelakos to create a Valentine’s Day gift for his girlfriend.

This song has been out for a little while now but hasn’t found its way to a Sparkups post so I figured better late than never. It is a great feel-good summer song that will completely aggitate you when the gray clouds and snow of January rolls around. Anyways, enjoy the tune and here is a link to the torrent.

Passion Pit – Manners and Chunk of Change EP

Diving With Andy are a Parisian pop outfit who like Phoenix sing in English.   The bio on their website is en francois.  They are not on torrent sites, nor are they on Sordo.  Maybe I don’t have the best searching skills.  Lil help Richard…

Miike Snow (named after Japanese film director Takashi Miike) are a Swedish band, who formed in 2007. The band consists of Andrew Wyatt, Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (Bloodshy & Avant). Their first album, self-titled, was recorded in Stockholm and released early on May 12th, 2009, by Downtown Records. Winnberg and Carlsson, as Bloodshy & Avant, co-wrote and produced Britney Spears’s Grammy-winning 2004 hit, Toxic.

The album is full of electronic, new-wave, low-key, piano-laden melancholy…Mike don’t even bother.

Download the Miike Snow torrent

Wilco (The Album) includes the first duet to be featured on a Wilco album, “You and I”, which was recorded with Canadian indie folk singer Feist.The band met Feist at the 50th Grammy Awards and found they had a mutual appreciation for each others’ music.

I’m not really in love with this song but I felt I should post this. They really don’t showcase her voice…what does indie mean? Feist is on Interscope.