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I really recommend listening to We All Have Hooks For Hands and Please Dept.
Both bands have huge potential. I hope to rectify not having seen either live yet this month by seeing WAHHFH play the New York Knitting Factory on July 18th and Please Dept. play the Lower Eastsides one and only Cakeshop on July 27th.


We All Have Hooks For Hands are a indie folk outfit from Dakota on American indie label Afternoon Records, who happen to have some really good and undiscovered bizarre bands hiding in their wings. WAHHFH are sonically quite a bit like Kings Of Leon on 'Because Of The Times', which as you may gather, is a really wonderful thing. The band have a disposition that inspires me to believe they could provide an album as cohesive as 'Because Of The Times' in the near future. I expect a major poaching within the next twelve months.

Recommended Track: Hold On C'mon
http://www.myspace.com/weallhavehooksforhands


Please Dept. are a band whose sound lies somewhere between Cold War Kids, Black Wire and Guillemots. Imagine a freak show playing your local bar and you may develop the right picture. Jittered piano punching and a deep, off beat and a daunting vocalist allow the Brooklyn dwelling band to actually make the keyboards + band set up original.

Recommended Track: Sailors Mouth
http://www.myspace.com/pleasedept

My current obsession is Harlem Shakes, an unsigned band from Brooklyn whose song 'Red Right Hands' echoes constantly in my head. I would seriously, seriously have a listen to the band. Fans of all of the left field material on Sub Pop, Suicide Squeeze and Poly Vinyl -my favourite labels-will likely adopt this band with huge amounts of adoration.

http://www.myspace.com/harlemshakes