We're spending the whole weekend in Nashville and though we're not huge country music fans, we can appreciate that a lot of good music comes from and through Music City. Today's MIS comes from an Iowa indie band if we're getting technical, but was featured on the last episode of CMT's hit TV show "Nashville" so I think it's a perfect compromise. Lead singer Dana Halferty also does a slow, beautiful cover of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - if you want to check that out it's on SoundCloud & below.
RIYL: Elizabeth & the Catapult, Deb Talan, Lennon & Maisy, The Band Perry
Moss - The Promise
When it feels right you know it
Be don't so cute don't let it die
Now, she's right
Stay together no goodbye
Amsterdam band Moss makes polished, sophisticated indie rock. Their new album, Strike, is full of tight, compelling tracks that feel like a family, but also hit on a variety of arrangements and themes that keep it interesting. They can venture a bit into a math-rock jam here and there, but it mostly works.
RIYL: Nada Surf, Sloane, Matt Pond PA, Midlake, Pinback
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Family Friends - Look the Other Way
If you are looking at me
I will be looking at you
What you might expect: an indie band named "Family Friends" is made up of a brother-sister duo creating melodic lo-fi rock. What you might expect from the bloggers at TMIS: to showcase a little known alt act from Melbourne, residing in London. Thank you, Technology, for allowing tiny, uncomplicated acts like this to hit our ears anywhere we are.
RIYL: Mitski, Cayetana, Best Coast, Beach Fossils