A small venue at Spadina & College, El Mocambo was where Maria Taylor played (and 2 other opening bands). The concert was quite intimate, since it was a small venue. She was pretty humorous, down to earth and humble on stage. Her voice, amazing. The songs, undeniably comes to life on stage.

Ambient Playlist//

Tracks:

Calexico - Quattro

Calexico - Dark Eyes

Calexico - El Morro

Iron and Wine - Boy With a Coin

Yeasayer- Wait for the Summer

Grizzly Bear - Knife

Grizzly Bear - Reprise

Grizzly Bear - Plans

Late of Pier //
If you like Franz Ferdinand, Cut Copy or the Neo Plastix, then you might enjoy the track HeartBeat. He has a chill cool vocals like Franz Ferdinand’s lead singer and awesome electro beats like Neo Plastix and Cut Copy.

Have a listen on YouTube.

After much hiatus, IndieKool is back with tons of music reviews. My playlist probably quadrupled since the last time I updated the site! If you have any suggestions or would like to contribute email: indiekool@gmail.comOh, and I was thinking about adding in some random cool neat stuff as well

Cheers!
- M.P

Grizzly Bears //If you’re into that folkish sound that Fleet Foxes has to offer with a mixture of Calexico and Iron & Wine, you might like Grizzly Bears! Their sound is quite similar, but much more ambient. The vocals flow smoothly with the music that gives off an ambient atmosphere, flowing banjos, guitars, drums, it’s great music to chill to.

Grizzly Bears Tracks to Check Out

• Knife
• Plans
• Reprise

Artist Link
Official Site

Bat For Lashes //Bat For Lashes, a solo artist, Natasha Khan who’s British based. She’s quite an interesting one, having a background in producing her own music to being a visual artist on the side. As for her music, some of her tracks (such as Sarah) are quite psychedelic. The beats to her tracks flow nicely with the various instruments she uses in each song. I have to emphasize on the diverse range of instruments she uses in her music because it makes each track unique and interesting in it’s own way. You won’t be bore with the typical guitars and drums because she uses world-like instruments to fuse her songs together. Of course, her voice is absolutely beautiful.

If you’re into Feist, Catpower, Lykke Li you might definitely like her stuff

Bat For Lashes Tracks to Check Out

• Daniel
• Sarah
• Prescilla
• What’s A Girl To Do?

Artist Link
Official Site