Genius

Atlas Genius – An indie rock band and one of the good ones. Guess it’s a thing in the indie world, setting up a band of brothers, influenced by their father. Just like Haim, Atlas Genius, is a family oriented band.

Atlas Genius members are brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery and Darren Sell on the keyboard.

The two brothers, Keith and Michael, made some room in their home garage and started a band. At first it was supposed to be just an ordinary cover band, but soon they've found their own unique musical theme. It all started after their father used to have a band in high school. The boys grew in a musical environment, dreaming of their own “high school band”.

The name Atlas Genius was originally Michael’s idea and actually came up to him in a dream. In 2009 Darren Sell joins the band and by 2012 Warner Bros. signs the band up, making their dream come true.

In 2013, the band issued their debut album “When It Was Now”. The album actually reached No. 34 on the Billboard 200, which is a huge successes for an anonymous indie rock band. The musical critics started crowning Atlas Genius as one of 2014 biggest musical promises, and I sure want to join that declaration.

Atlas Genius plays just the way I love. With unique electronic beats, and light catchy melodies.  Their progress in phenomenal – from the house garage to billboard 200 list – and they totally deserve it.

I just love those kind of stories, about original people, following their dream and making it big. This is also one of the reasons why I like indie music so much. It’s a music world, where you don’t have to be insanely beautiful, thin or sexy. You just have to be talented, great and one of a kind.
And this is exactly what Atlas Genius is about.

Check out the theme song for their debut album “When It Was Now” – I think you’re gonna love it!

sources: muiscunderfire.com, amazon.com

The National

After quite along pause, I’m back here writing again!

The last week was actually dedicated for a ski trip with some friends. Taking advantage of the last few weeks of winter, taking some time off.

You would imagine I would take a vacation to clear my mind off, but the truth was I kept listening to some really cool new music (at least for my taste). Now I’m ready to talk to you about this new band I’m really into.

Have you heard of The National? I really don’t know where I've been, but I haven’t. At least until two weeks ago.

As predicted, The National are now a band I can definitely say I am very fond of. I've read quite a lot about them, and I totally agree with some people that compared them to Depeche Mode (my all-time most favorite band ever!), Joy Division (which, I very much like) and Nick Cave. So, yeah, I can hear it too. They reminded me a lot of the very early material of Depeche Mode, and every material of Nick Cave and I love it.

Melancholy in music can be a bliss. At least to me. Especially in a cold winter weather like when you’re skiing, listening to something so soft and caressing is a great comfort.

The National are playing just like that – their very thick, mellowed and unique music sometimes feels like it’s actually wrapping you in a very soft and special feeling.

They just released a brand new album called “Trouble Will Find Me”, which is already their sixth album. The National is active since 2001, but its members are working together for over twenty years now.
We’re not talking about a regular Indie band here. They got nominated for The Best Alternative Album at the 2014 Grammys. The exposure and recognition is really something you don’t get to see when talking about Indie bands but it seems The National has it all. True quality and actual fame and recognition. An Indie music wonder.

So, as usual, take my advice. Listen to The National, and enjoy the next few moments inside The National very interesting atmosphere.

Sources: livemusiclindsey.com, nme.com