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Ready Aim Fire is a Electro/Rock group made up of DJ/Producer Shaun Morris (aka Stakka) and Sage Rader. Part Depeche Mode, Postal Service, Underworld and Rock make up the ingredients for this track from Ready Aim Fire. This track is taken from their forthcoming album, “This Changes Nothing” due out May 27, 2008.

Ready Aim Fire - So Fine

Track Listing for “This Changes Nothing“:

Tracks

1. “End Of Over”

2. “Wannabe Your”

3. “Beautiful Thing”

4. “Welcome Home”

5. “So Fine”

6. “As If It Were That Easy”

7. “I Would For You”

8. “Laff It Up”

9. “Happy Love Song”

10. “Shouldn’t Oughta”

11. “Better You Than Me”

12. “Lush But Dark”

Some where along the lines of Franz Ferdinand and The Killers comes Sunday Drivers.

Bio from last.fm

Not to be mistaken with The Sunday Drivers. Sunday Drivers are a Los Angeles based rock trio consisting of Brady Erickson on lead guitar and vocals, Marisa Dupuis on Bass and Bryan “Camaro” Zaebst on drums.

In 2007, Sunday Drivers saw the release of their first effort, the Archetypes EP. In spite of tracking and mixing sessions at studios in Canada and Los Angeles, Archetypes is ultimately a self-made album. In an effort that exemplified the principle of “coming full circle,” the 4 song EP was mixed in that same Hollywood apartment the band created the songs. Equally representing months of planning and moments of divine inspiration, the songs provide a perfect introduction to the band’s aesthetic and method, and (in line with it’s title) Archetypes sets the principle for a much larger set of tricks the trio has up their sleeve.

Sunday Drivers - Shout.mp3

Here’s a video for another track from Sunday Drivers called, “Endless Summer”.

Love this track and how it starts off sounding like The Carpenters, but then starts to breakdown and fall apart at the seams. Then things get real interesting, so be sure to give this track a list until the 1:15 second mark. This is where it really starts to groove with a Beach Boys-esque “Pet Sounds” meets Disneyland Electrical Parade vibe. Fun stuff indeed! This is taken from his forth coming self titled release, Jim Noir which is Fab from beginning to end. A must buy IMHO.

Jim Noir - Good Old Vinyl

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Loving this song from The Snoopy Lads, who just dropped their album this month called, “A Ruby In Blue”. Their sound sometimes reminds of a mix between Junior Boys meets Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music.

Lyrics taken from their website:

*“Delayed departure”*

I look at her as I wonder
Her shirt is green, her skirt is blue
Why do these colours make me pause
I walk back home, give you a call
“I´ll be late” is what I say
“I stay at home” is what I mean

*Delayed departure.*

I take your photo off the sideboard
On its back it says “I love You”
Oh well, it shows this night in August
The woods were green, the lake was blue
We loved our dance in the water
Intimate, cozy, close

*Delayed departure.*

I hesitate in my thoughts:
Am I better off alone?
And I don´t know if I´ll regret
But I digress my course with You
Cause like the boats on the blue lake
I see our kinship sail away

*Delayed departure!*

I miss the lady with the blue skirt
As I sit here all alone…

You can hear more from The Snoopy Lads from either their myspace page or their website.

The Snoopy Lads - Delayed Departure

Like this remix of The Cribs - I’m a Realist in which Jimmy of The Postal Service replaced the guitars of the original and replaced them with organ chords and add his special mix of rhythm elements to round everything out.

bio from Last.Fm:

The Cribs are an English 3-piece indie band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, consisting of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman.

The band has gone on to release 3 albums - self titled debut The Cribs in 2004 and the follow up album The New Fellas in 2005. Their singles have included “You Were Always The One” (#66 on the UK Singles Chart), “What About Me” (#75), “Another Number”, “Hey Scenesters!” (#27), and “Mirror Kissers” (#27). “Martell”, the third single from The New Fellas, was released on August 22nd 2005, reaching #39. The band recorded their third album, “Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever‘”at The Warehouse in Vancouver, BC, Canada with Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand as producer. The album was released on May 21st, preceded by a single, “Men’s Needs”, on May 7th, which reached #17. “Moving Pictures”, the second single from their third album was released on July 30th, charting at #38 on the UK Singles Chart. The third single, a Double A-side featuring “Our Bovine Public” and a new song, “Don’t You Wanna Be Relevant?”, was released on October 22nd and “im a realist” was released on 25th February.

The band are good friends with Leeds indie band the Kaiser Chiefs, and they have regularly toured together and covered each other’s songs. Kaiser Chiefs lead singer Ricky Wilson even invited Ryan as a panellist when he guest-hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks. The Cribs joined the Kaiser Chiefs and Maxïmo Park for the 05 Rock ‘n’ Roll Riot Tour tour in October 2005. At the 2006 Reading Festival Ryan joined the Kaiser Chiefs onstage when they performed “Modern Way”

The Cribs - I’m A Realist (Postal Service Remix)

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