MusicMonday finally returns from an extended hiatus with a bunch of tasty jams, new and old! Find out what the CL Music Team is listening to rocket launch the work week. Click here to check out previous entries.
Leilani – Django Django, Django Django (Ribbon Music)
Upon first listen through the eponymous debut from Scottish foursome Django Django, I decided I finally found a group that was proudly carrying the torch of the Beta Band, with just the right mix of organic, electronic and quirk. And it's no wonder; Django bandleader David Maclean is the younger brother of Betas keyboardist John Maclean. This band genre-nabs elements of garage pop, '70s rock, New Wave, modern dance music, art rock and psychedelia, and adds a healthy dose of vibrant percussive texture, weirdo moments, exquisite vocal harmonies (ethereal, droning, sweet, looped and layered), with bits of sample and synth flotsam scattered amid it all. I am definitely in love. Check out the video for "Hail Bop" after the jump and read the rest of this week's MM entries.
This article appears in Oct 18-24, 2012.