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Little Brother has feelings too

Felipe — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:14:26 +0000

In honor of whichever makes you more upset, the RNC or the Cavs winning the championship – tough call there – (hey, at least the NBA doesn’t call themselves “world” champions, like the NFL or MLB, who for some reason, don’t include the rest of the world in their competition :-/ I’m gonna petition my rec soccer league to crown us some meaningless title too. No, we didn’t “win” it technically, but if the KC Royals & Denver Broncos can be World Champs, then my third place indoor over 30 rec league might as well get a title too, right?), comes a song called, you guessed it, “Cleveland, OH” from a band called Little Brother. And in keeping with their name, they sound like they got beat up a lot growing up. LB is an acoustic emo project from the Newcastle, Australia lead singer of the band Trophy Eyes and are signed to Hopeless Records (man are they emo!). So I guess the lesson here is, picking on your younger siblings (besides deserving it) is a way to strengthen their character. And when they succeed, it’s approximately 40% because of your “tough love.”Just ask my sister. She’ll vouch.

Feli Says middle child is obvi the best

Aussies know how to Beach

Felipe — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 21:46:03 +0000

If today were an album, I’d name it I’m Sweaty and the Subway’s an Inferno. Kinda like DMX’s It’s Dark and Hell is Hot (remember that gem?). Well today is same same but different. Here are some tunes from a couple Aussies in honor of going to the beach and having fun (Aussies are way better are chillin’ out and relaxin’ all cool), instead of dripping on a subway platform in Union Square next to some shredded tank top wearing, Old Spice-boycotting, hipster who brought his bicycle on the train and keeps sliding his grubby non-manicured hand down the pole and touching yours (come on dude! don’t tell you can’t feel my hand there!? are you serious!? people are the worst…). Braves is a group of lo-fi garage rockers from Perth, Australia who have an EP out called Seapunk; and Alex Lahey is a Best Coast styling beach rocker from Melbourne, Australia whose personal interests, according to Facebook, are “Blue 1999 Toyota Corollas” – dependable car btw. These two helping channel my inner beach. I guess this is what Corona has been talking about all these years…

Feli just wishes he’d stop sweating

Seems we lost our Temper Trap

Felipe — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 22:14:57 +0000

The Aussies guilty of making everyone addicted to “Sweet Disposition” (currently sitting at > 100mm Spotify listens) are back with a new album in June. Their first single from it is this song, and it’s kinda good I think (what do you think?). Their first album Conditions was a mega success and assuredly bought them all sorts of sweet Aussie gear like bbq’s and pet dingos and stuff. But when their sophomore self-titled album came out, well, exactly… most people not Down Under (can you say “Up n’ Over” for anything not Australian?) probly don’t even know it came out. And that was 4 years ago. woof. After some band members issues, some regrouping, some digging themselves out of a one-hit-wonder labeling, they are givin’ it a proper go. Seems to me they’ve moved along from their indie-Conditions stylings to something more akin to Imagine Dragons, but with way way less Spotify listens.

Feli Says is almost summer = country tunes

Turns out, Nicole Millar does not study volcanoes :-/

Felipe — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:02:53 +0000

Out with her first solo EP is the 22 year-old Aussie volcanist (I mean vocalist), Nicole Millar (you may recognize her voice from Peking Duk’s tripled platinum song “High”). I coulda sworn a volcanist was the same as a volcanologist… ends up it’s just a made up word (and I’m dumb) :-/ and an easy typo from “vocalist”. Although it’d be pretty cool if she was a trendy singer/volcanologist, right?! Especially cuz then her new single “Tremble” would have a sweet double meaning (a double entendre if you will, given it’s risque nature of course) and not just the whole linear sex/missing you motif. But what can you do… She’s fresh off opening for Troye Sivan and her tunes are prime for my Girl Electrochill playlist. With a new solo career Nicole is just gonna wing it, and ya know, see what happens.

“Listen Piper, there’s a big difference between winging it and seeing what happens. Now let’s see what happens.” – MacGruber

If Feli Says something and no one is around to hear it, does he make a sound?

Years & Years – Shine

Felipe — Wed, 13 May 2015 21:06:15 +0000

London electronica trio (an “electrio” or “electrotrio”?) Years & Years are out with a new track. After a few EPs and lots of online listens, their debut album will finally drop in July. The band formed in 2010 when one of the dudes moved from down under to London and began trolling Craigslist “looking for ledge mates to get wankered and jam with,” only for his friend Peter (who’s a proper LAD) to suggest some bantz and a cheeky Nando’s. After a night out, they asked their current lead singer to join the band when the Aussie heard him singing in the shower like an “absolute ledge”. Not sure why he was in the shower too… At least my sister still has a chance of being in a band. Freaking Queen-Bey in the shower.

You’d be silly to not Listen to Feli :-/

Alison Wonderland – rabbit hole double dose

Felipe — Thu, 07 May 2015 22:11:38 +0000

Alison Wonderland graduated from being a classically trained cellist to her current role as DJ/producer. The Sydney-native’s debut album is out this year and feels like if Elliphant and CHVRCHES got into a teleporter together to go to some sweet Brooklyn hipster warehouse party, but there was a glitch in the machine so when they arrived on the other side they were all smushed together and distorted, but still alive as one “person” (I guess…) and decided to just go with it and mix-up some beats and see what happens. Because everyone knows there’s a big difference between “winging it,” and “seeing what happens”. So let’s see what happens.

Feli Says Listening has never been easier