Antibalas, The Besnard Lakes, Let's Go Sailing
The African beats of Brooklyn's Antibalas; The Sahara's rebel group Tinariwen; Dark harmonies from The Besnard Lakes; The controlled chaos of Frog Eyes; The whimsical pop of Let's Go Sailing; A day at the river with Leah Siegel; Spare, melancholy melodies from Low.
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Antibalas, The Besnard Lakes, Let's Go Sailing
Beaten Metal
- Artist: Antibalas
- Album: Security
- Song: Beaten Metal
Nigerian musician Fela Kuti created the Afrobeat sound in the 1960s. Today it's kept alive with the Brooklyn-based, multiethnic band Antibalas.
Matadjem Yinkmixan
- Artist: Tinariwen
- Album: Aman Iman: Water Is Life
- Song: Matadjem Yinkmixan
The members of Tinariwen met in a rebel training camp in Libya. Some decided to trade their weapons for instruments and perform songs of political protest.
Disaster
- Artist: The Besnard Lakes
- Album: The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
- Song: Disaster
Formed by the husband wife duo of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas in Canada, The Besnard Lakes is a six-piece band making stylish songs that start small and end big, with Beach Boys harmonies.
Idle Songs
- Artist: Frog Eyes
- Album: Tears of the Valedictorian
- Song: Idle Songs
Frog Eyes is an indie rock quartet from Canada mixing urgent rhythms and melodies with more experimental, post-punk jams.
Sideways
- Artist: Let's Go Sailing
- Album: The Chaos is in Order
- Song: Sideways
Let's Go Sailing formed in Los Angeles in 2002 and just released their debut, The Chaos is in Order. Their music is whimsical with a bittersweet innocence and charm.
A Day at the River (With You and Your Lover)
- Artist: Leah Siegel
- Album: Little Mule
- Song: A Day at the River (With You and Your Lover)
Leah Siegel is a gifted singer with a voice that can morph from a sweet warble to a harder edged growl. Little Mule is a collection of intimate and elegantly crafted songs that play like an artfully imagined diary.
Breaker
- Artist: Low
- Album: Drums and Guns
- Song: Breaker
The music of Low is dark and mysteriously haunting with a sonic depth that radiates well beyond its brooding, spare arrangements. On their latest CD, Drums and Guns, the trio offers a stark examination of war, grief and regret with songs like "Murderer," "Your Poison," and "Violent Past."
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