Brought to you by Playboy, the 14 tracks from LA’s The Vacation are one amazing solid rock song after another. The band seems to capture all that 21st century rock should be—wailing electric guitar, big bass, raspy soulful vocals, hooks, and most importantly, ATTITUDE.
How can you not love a band with song titles like Get Used, White Girl, and Shit Talker? And their provocative fliers and promo material (one featuring Tom from MySpace) are just too good to be true.
The big critics are latching on early to The Vacation...Britain’s NME hailed their album as “a menagerie of musical wonder that you could dance, fuck or drink to" and the BBC raved about the LP’s “well-oiled animal magnetism," calling band “stadium-size entertainers.”
Music industry mogul Rick Rubin also saw the potential in this band and scooped them up for his own label, American Recordings, which hosts musical legends like Tom Petty, The Black Crowes, and Johnny Cash.
Enjoy!
S1 (Symbolyc One):
Originally from Dallas, Los Angeles based S1 has been getting plenty of traction on MTV recently. The guys' blend of R&B and Urban Pop swept the honors on the channel's hit show "Top Pop Group," blowing away celebrity judges from super-groups like The Black Eyed Peas and Destiny's Child.
We like that S1 makes it a mission statement to bring you "feel good music." With the economy goin' crazy, who can say no to this? The guys recommend you check out their three favorite tracks: Hit My Switch, Foolin Around and eXtacy. All available free for you, of course, via S1's brand new trueWidget, brought to you through a partnership with Baby Phat.
Old Navy also got on board this week to bring you three free tunes from Nashville's Red Carpet Rats. This rock/powerpop act brings you four-part harmony, hook-driven rock, and a fantastic sense of humor in their trueAds. Never missing an opportunity to give back, Red Carpet Rats will be joining the Armed Forces Entertainment Group in touring overseas military bases in the coming months. Be sure to grab this RCR trueWidget and re-post to your hearts delight!
And finally, we introduce Guy Cassidy:
London based singer-songwriter Guy Cassidy didn't plan to get into music. It was his videographer career that originally took him from his hometown of Chicago to living abroad in Paris and London. In the midst of all this adventure, the 24 year-old produced and recorded some tunes and put them up on MySpace. In under a year, he's watched these songs garner well over a million plays, thanks to catchy experimental pop/rock songs like Annabelle.
Citing influences like The Beatles and David Bowie, you'll also hear a bit of youthful exuberance a la Davy Jones of The Monkees in Guy's vocals. He's busy recording his debut album, but in the meantime, wanted to get out four tracks for free for your listening enjoyment, including a remix of Annabelle. Brought to you by GAP!
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