{"id":3775,"date":"2011-01-04T00:06:58","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T00:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2011-01-05T00:25:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T00:25:55","slug":"so-this-is-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-01\/so-this-is-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"So This is The New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following a brief hibernal hiatus, we are finally back for the New Year, 2011.\u00a0 A quick jaunt up to San Francisco rejuvenated us and got our (musical) juices flowing again.\u00a0 The City never fails to re-ignite and particularly in these halcyon days with a justly-deserved World Series Championship under its belt and a musical resurgence that is drawing international attention (turns out there’s music outside of Montreal, Brooklyn, Portland and Los Angeles–who knew??).<\/p>\n

Following on the heals of the nationally acclaimed Dodos, Girls and Morning Benders are a host of up-and-coming SF garage rock bands to check out.\u00a0 A few you may not be aware of are Geographer<\/strong><\/a>, The Fresh & Onlys <\/strong><\/a>and Sonny & The Sunsets.<\/strong><\/a> In the coming days we’ll tout some other great new music coming out of San Francisco for you to check out.\u00a0 Following the music below are some more pixelated pixie sticks from The City.<\/p>\n

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First up is the great new find (for us), Geographer<\/strong><\/a>, which released its second recording, “Animal Shapes,” in 2010. Geographer is a guitar-cello\/synth-drums trio making sweet noise around the Bay.\u00a0 Mike Deni’s impressive vocals, personal lyrics and intimate melodies are coupled with the instrumental acumen of Berklee-trained bandmates Nathan Blaz (cello, electronics) and Brian Ostreicher (drums) to great effect. Geographer falls somewhere between The Antlers and XX, and what could be better?\u00a0 Check out their well-mapped single, Kites.<\/em><\/p>\n

Geographer–Kites<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Geographers-Kites.mp3|titles=Geographers–Kites]\n

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Next check out The Fresh & Onlys<\/strong><\/a> and their flavorful fluid of a song, Waterfall<\/em>, in both MP3 and official video iterations.\u00a0 The Fresh & Onlys have quickly grown and evolved as a band, and released their second record, “Play It Strange,” in October of 2010.\u00a0 Waterfall<\/em> melds a meaty mix of musical influences with its jangle and reverberations.\u00a0 We hear early Shins, R.E.M. and others, but the band makes the sound their own and delivers a sweet song.<\/p>\n

The Fresh & Onlys–Waterfall<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/freshonlyswaterfall.mp3|titles=freshonlyswaterfall]\n