Brooklyn

The Brooklyn-based quartet Grizzly Bear took a break after 2012’s Shields’ album.

I’m pleased that in August we will have Painted Ruins, their 5th.

Mourning Sound is an early morsel from the album.

Mourning Sound

Beverly was the Brooklyn duo of Frankie Rose and Drew Citron.

Rose was also an original member of Crystal Stilts, Dum Dum Girls and Vivian Girls. She has since moved to Los Angeles.

Citron carries on with a new partner, Scott Rosenthal, and a new album The Blue Swell.

Here are two:

“Bulldozer”

“Contact”

Beacon is the Brooklyn duo Thomas Mullarney III and Jacob Gossett who together create dark melodic electronic music.

Escapements, their latest album.

Listen to the subtle beauty of the song “IM U”.

“IM U”

Bob Moses is a Canadian electronic duo based in Brooklyn.

Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance attended high school together in Vancouver. Howie went on to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Vallance to producing dance music.

The two accidently reconnected in New York and formed Bob Moses, the name a tribute to Robert Moses, a major New York City urban planner responsible for many of the iconic bridges and expressways in the City, not to mention Shea Stadium.

Days Gone By is their debut including the song “Tearing Me Up”.

“Tearing Me Up”

It’s been 4 years since we last heard from Yeasayer.

Brooklyn’s experimental foursome offer their 4th album, Amen & Goodbye, on April 1st.

“I Am Chemistry” is a pre-release.

“I Am Chemistry”

Sunflower Bean, a young trio based in Brooklyn, debut with their album Human Ceremony next month.

A band to watch.

“Easier Said” is the lead track.

“Easier Said”

Referring to themselves as a baroque pop band, San Fermin is currently an 8-piece Brooklyn-based ensemble led by composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone.

Their 2nd l.p. Jackrabbit has recently been released.

“Jackrabbit” is the title track as well.

Evan Mast and Mike Stroud are the duo that is Ratatat.

An instrumental band out of Brooklyn, LP5 is due soon.

“Cream on Chrome” leads the way.

Torres is the musician Mackenzie Scott.

She is a Brooklyn-based, Georgia born young independent singer/songwriter with her 2nd album due called Sprinter.

Listen to the title track.

TV on the Radio, the wildly eclectic progressive indie band out of Brooklyn, have a new album Seeds, and the first since the untimely death of bassist Gerard Smith.

So hard to choose which song to feature so we will post the first two singles.

“Happy Idiot”

“Careful You”

The Antlers have a new album.

Familiars is the 5th from this quiet late-night Brooklyn trio with the distinctive voice of lyricist Peter Silberman.

“Palace” and “Hotel” are the first two singles.

“Palace”

“Hotel”

Sharon Van Etten continues to enthrall.

Are We There is the new album (her 4th) from this Brooklyn singer/songwriter.

“Every Time the Sun Comes Up” is the last track.

Au Revoir Simone is a Brooklyn-based all-female trio that took their name from a line in the film Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.

Move in Spectrums is their latest.

Listen here to “Crazy” and the free download of “Somebody Who”.

“Crazy”

“Somebody Who”

Nini Fabi and Ben Gebert met in Germany, moved to Boston and ended up in Brooklyn adding members along the way to their band HAERTS.

They have just debuted with the EP Hemiplegia. An album is due in the new year.

“All the Days” is my fave from the EP.

“All the Days”

Small Black, the indie quartet from Brooklyn, released their 2nd album, Limits of Desire, a few months ago.

We’ve been enjoying the record all summer long as well as the album artwork.

“Breathless” is the current single.