after my hometown team lost the NBA finals last week, i never wanted to like anything that came out of boston ever again. then about two days ago i’m hanging out with beatkids’ east coast pal and recently employed apple peon, chase stauffer, and we got to talking about our favorite local music acts. after name dropping some chicago and lafayette up and comers, he mentions that one of his fellow co-workers is in this band i should probably check out. lo and behold, i am courtly introduced to the next big unsigned band out of boston, passion pit. so before pitchfork media promptly labels them as the next vampire weekend and after you realize that the new girl talk album is shit, i give you two tracks from their myspace page that will help you wash down greg gillis’ man juice of false hope.

passion pit – sleepy head
passion pit – better things

I caught deastro on accident at the hamtramck blowout this year and was really surprised at the amount of awesome in his set because all the acts I saw before made my brain cry. dude was straight playing the drums to his computer with a mic hooked up, all he needed was some cymbals strapped to his knees and it would have been ON! He posted 3 eps on his blog so go get them!

http://deastroband.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-music.html

fun fun summer stuff.

Breakbot-Summer Party

Breakbot vs. PNAU – Baby

a banging hipster anthem that i can pump my fist at while i’m getting drunk at cinespace!

murs & busy p – protect and entertain

so go kill yourself!

i woke up this morning and this song was stuck in my head.

arrah and the ferns – emo philips

this song is also good.

arrah and the ferns – preteens