Last Week’s Jams (8.11 – 8.15)

It was a pretty busy week on my end, heading back into the school room and what not, but lots of great music making its way to our ears. Kicking it off with one of my favorite tracks of the year, with the latest single from Sorry, but then moves in to hear our friends I Was a King dabbling in the softer side of power-pop. Plus, the folks at Skep Wax and Slumberland keep pumping out the hits with new music from The Cords and Telephone Numbers. Really excited for you to hear the newest single from Austin’s Living Set too, if you missed it by accident; there’s another Austin act in there too named the Point, you might want to check if you’re into stretching your musical brain! Click play and see what’s up.

Mana Pools Share Idle Thoughts

The side project of Dumb Things members, Mana Pools, is wasting no time bringing us new music; they sent us “Black and White” at the end of July and here they are again with “Idle Thoughts.” This is the one that feels like a departure from their main gig, as the structure of the tune is more centered around a deep groove, as opposed to guitar work, leading towards more of a clever nod to bedroom pop’s earliest days. That said, the vocal cool that comes through the speaker might be one of my favorite things from this tune; it’s almost like they couldn’t care less, but still want you to swoon. Hoping there’s an LP of these types of jams on the way!

Last Week’s Jams (7.28 – 8.1)

It was a really strange week over on the music side of things; Tuesday blew up and we covered 10 brand new songs. But, then it’s like everything died and there were no new tunes. Alas, we managed to get into about 25 new jams, though one didn’t hit the DSPs, so we’ll have to have you play detective (or just go love Piggietails already). I got to meet some new bands this week, like Aussie’s Mana Pools, as well as My Generation, so be sure to keep an eye on both. Some diehard acts we love also came out with new tunes, such as Snooper‘s new album, Massage back in the fold and another Dancer hit from their forthcoming banger of an LP. Plus, the are is some ATX love from Nuclear Daisies and J’Cuuzi too! Get on it.

Pleased to Meet You: Mana Pools

If you have been reading this site for a few months, then you’ve likely already met Mana Pools, at least in some form. The new project is made up of Adam and James of Dumb Things, who released their own excellent Self Help LP this past Spring. Now, they’ve opened a little side-hustle, still featuring the stellar songwriting, albeit with a little bit more subdued vibe…on this first single anyways. This is a campfire stomper, as you can envision a bunch of folks picking up their tools to build some intertwining guitar notes while their buds fill in the space with popping snare hits and squeaks on the harmonica. Personally, I love how the wayward twang has been adopted, and in this form doesn’t feel Western at all. Really excited to hear the rest of Fredrick Street; it comes out on August 29th.

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