1. TEGAN AND SARA - Perfect (girly) Fall music. The Tiesto mix of "Feel it in my bones" won't leave my head, and I'm OK with that. With a Madonna-style, club-esque feel (not my normal preference) I, myself, am shocked at how much I love this song about lovers growing distant. "Like O, Like H" is another recommendation of mine by the Canadian sisters, off my favorite album of theirs, The Con, released on my birthday (July 24th) of 2007. A huge theme on the CD seems to be facing and overcoming anxiety and loss of a huge crush or first love. So if you're in need of a soundtrack for sadness and heartbreak* that somehow manages to still be lovable and sweet, get your hands on some Tegan and Sara and lock yourself up in a room with a view.
*Btw, things will get better eventually.
2. Dear and the Headlights - I could listen to Ian Metzger's voice from morning-to-night, summer-to-winter, but I truly feel that Autumn best complements their ingenious, melodic debut album "Small Steps, Heavy hooves". My close friends know I am this Phoenix-based bands' biggest fan, and now you do too! If you're feeling down and want to wallow, I'd suggest "Paper bag" or "Now it's Over" which boasts "and yes, you really are NO ONE". Blissfully enjoying a wonderful relationship? "Happy in love" and "I Just Do" are perfect for you. For the bitter, biting, and sarcastic "Sweet talk" and "Talk about" are fast-spoken singles that will suffice to make you, well... more bitter.
3. Tela Flora - Now this one's random, retired, and hard to find online, so I'm providing their myspace page with the few songs they released. They are a medium-to-low production quality "myspace band", and the male vocalist is heavily reliant upon autotune to corect his pitchiness, but there is something endearing about this twosome that warms me up inside. Perhaps it's their "behind the music" story. The co-singers in this St. Pete band once dated, have split, and are now pursuing two very different musical ventures (Oceana - Hardcore/Progressive, and The Soundtrack - Bubblegum pop, which I will write more on later). If "fashionismymiddlename" doesn't make you reminiscent of sharing a tireswing with your eighth-grade love, well then, you're not me. http://www.myspace.com/telaflora
4. The album Spain by Between The Trees - "We can tryyy, oh yeah, we can tryyyy" Just trust me, they sing it way better than I do on their newest release with their relatively small-time label, BondedRecords. The Orlando natives have their hometown proud in my opinion (and I guess in that of the several hundred people that sell out the House of Blues Orlando when they headline). The band has downsized in the past year to it's current standing of three original members, Ryan, Jeremy, and Josh. Clearly, i'm a fan of the first single "We can try" and the title track "Spain" is also far from bad. I've only heard a few other songs from the album but i'll say, it sounds extremely promising. Give it a listen: http://www.myspace.com/betweenthetrees
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