Video Session : Caitlin Rose
Wild as mink but sweet as soda-pop, Nashville based Caitlin Rose specializes in the drink-away-your-heartache Country-with-capital-C music that brings rhinestone legends Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn to mind. There's a dose of the singer-songwriter, one voice/one guitar ethic of Kimya Dawson or Daniel Johnston thrown in there as well. Her voice is both delicate and twangy, like a banjo with butterfly wings. Her 2008 EP "Dead Flowers" (her only release to date) showcases her fragility ("Answer in One of These Bottles") mixed with some healthy cynicism and humor ("Docket" and "Gorilla Man," respectively). She also gives us a great cover of The Rolling Stones'

Fresh Session : The Antlers on Laundromatinee.com : Part II
As I stated when we launched Laundromatinee's first session with The Antlers, we spent some great time with the band at The Monolith Music Festival. Despite their "Rising" and "Best New Music" status from Pitchfork.com, as well as the non-stop praise for the 2009 re-release of album "Hospice," the band remains as humble, friendly, hard-working and down-to-earth as you would hope. The songs from "Hospice" were partially inspired by lead singer Peter Silberman's thoughts and feelings experienced during a visit to a loved one in a children's cancer ward, but despite the grim undertones, the album is hauntingly beautiful and uplifting. For our Monolith Esuranc

Video Session : Generationals
Many moons ago, My Old Kentucky Blog hosted a band from New Orleans called The Eames Era for an MOKB SIRIUS XMU Blog Radio session. With the band now defunct, two members of that band, Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, formed a new project they dubbed Generationals. This year, they signed to Park The Van Records and released their very excellent debut, "Con Law". Continuing some of the sugary, sunshine-pop ways of The Eames Era, Ted and Grant have taken over vocal duties, for the most part, with Generationals and brought more of a 60s influenced power-pop vibe to the sound. They show off a wide range of influences throughout the songs on "Con Law," but you can count on crunch

Video Session : Cymbals Eat Guitars
It has been said, lately, that Cymbals Eat Guitars are so hot they're melting internet cables all over the indie music blog viewing world. The group and their 2009 debut release, "Why There Are Mountains," are riding an 8.3/Best New Music rating by Pitchfork and a performance at the site's music festival. The band draws influence from classic era Modest Mouse, The Wrens, Built To Spill and Pavement, but continue to expand upon some of the best elements of that sound. Despite their young ages, the band is constantly praised for their creativity, density, unpredictability, and maturity of sound. As Pitchfork's Ian Cohen so aptly puts it, "Yelpy and adenoidal, bombastic and

Video Session : The Thermals
After leaving Sub Pop Records, The Thermals' most recent album, "Now We Can See," was released this past April through new label, Kill Rock Stars. This fourth album is being billed as a re-introduction or re-birth for the band, but behind all the sweet melodies, catchy hooks and sing-a-long choruses, it carries many of the same explorations of life, death, religion and politics. "Now We Can See" was produced by John Congleton (Explosions In The Sky, Polyphonic Spree). Laundromatinee.com presents two acoustic versions of songs from that most recent album.