Sonos

A Cappella singing has been around for longer than than musical instruments. So it's hard to believe that more bands are not around that have perfected this craft in a mainstream way. There are over 1,000 A Cappella choirs at college universities across the nation but none of these have had the appeal that Sonos has. With their debut album SONOSings this 5 piece from Los Angeles performs their own renditions of songs from Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, The Jackson 5, and even Radiohead. On stage they are armed with nothing but microphones and effects pedals to great lush layers of harmonies that are hard to ignore. After one listen to this group you will forget that there are no instruments even being played.

RIYL: Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Ben Folds A Cappella







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Broken Bells

Broken Bells is the collaboration between Danger Mouse (Gnarles Barkley) & James Mercer (The Shins). In my first listen of this album I was not impressed at all, my expectations must have been too high from the single. However, after my second listen I was pleasantly surprised with the album as a whole. James' voice is very different from most of The Shins' songs and when you throw it ontop of some groovy R&B beats from Danger Mouse it takes a little getting used to. I am aware that my enemy and Starbucks are both pushing this album but I approve of it as well.

RIYL: The Broken West, Beck, The Shins







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