FRESHVIBESMONDAY #33

Time to unwind from your Manic Monday with this week's edition of FVM. A good friend of mine has been on a roll with releasing music under the moniker Olivver, and his latest "Lucy (Hurt People Hurt People)" has won my ears over as one of the best songs of the summer. It's been a minute since we've heard from White Arrows & Lemonade, so stumbling across these releases was a nice surprise. ICYMI: Wilsen was last week's "Friday Fascination" on the blog, and you can get the full scoop on the band here. & this definitely won't be the first or last time that you'll hear about the latest from Bondax & Ryn Weaver whom have both released stellar tracks that have been blowing up since day 1. 

In short, this entire playlist rules.

LYED x The Governors Ball Music Festival Preview

It’s a goal of mine to make it to a different festival each year in addition to Coachella & Outside Lands, and for the past 3 years I’ve been able to do so (Bonnaroo, FYF Fest, Primavera Sound.) This is my first time making it to The Governors Ball on Randalls Island so I honestly have no idea what to expect. What attracted me to this lineup? Interpol, Interpol, and…. you guessed it, INTERPOL. In addition to seeing one of my most favorite bands play in their own backyard after 3 years of pursuing side projects, the rest of the lineup seemed like a LYED dream come true. The bill overall is a little less than half of the amount of bands at Coachella, but it's been a minute since I've been to an actual music festival on an island. A smaller bill equals less conflicts (you would think) but of course there will always be a point where you have to sacrifice an experience for another one that might be more rewarding. 

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FRIDAY HIGHLIGHTS:

This will be my first time seeing: Jenny Lewis (I've caught her multiple times with Postal Service, but I must admit I'm ecstatic to finally hear her solo stuff live.) Here's the lyric video to her most recent release "Just One of the Guys." 

Crossing my fingers that I make it early enough to catch: HAERTS
TV On The Radio vs. Grimes: This is probably the most difficult conflict of the entire weekend for me, but I'm gonna have to go with TV on the Radio although Grimes has been giving a preview of what's to come this weekend (and it sounds amazing.)

SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS:

This will be my first time seeing: Lucius & Broken Bells

Crossing my fingers that I make it early enough to catch: The Internet
Lucius vs. CLASSIXX? This would be my 4th time catching the LA duo and I've yet to see Lucius, so I'm going with the latter this time. Their live performance on KEXP at The Triple Door is something worth getting hyped over (check it out here.)
P.S. Did you know that Lucius was a feature on Friday Fascination last year? 

SUNDAY HIGHLIGHTS:

This will be my first time seeing: BANKS 

Crossing my fingers that I make it early enough to catch: Meg Myers 
SKATERS vs. Bleachers? SKATERS all the way! The NYC four-piece played a show to a rather small crowd in Santa Barbara that I consider an opportunity that will never ever happen (more on that experience later.) Crossing my fingers they play their cover of "This Charming Man" by The Smiths. (If you're not familiar with SKATERS, check them out via their SoundCloud page.)

(Click here to catch the rest of the set times & more information about the fun that's about to take place this weekend in NYC.) 

Friday Fascination: Lucius

In all honesty, my blog wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the great friends I have (both URL & IRL) that are as passionate about music as I am. The idea of someone taking a minute out of their day to share a song/album/artist with me is what genuinely makes my day. That's exactly how I found out about Lucius, a band whose members are from all over the US, but currently situated in Brooklyn. With Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig taking over the reins for the five-piece when it comes to vocals, their sound leaves a sugary sweet yet impactful mark on our eardrums. Lucius released their debut album Wildewoman last month (10/18) on Mom + Pop Records. 

  
For those of you who are fans of The Mynabirds & Wild Belle - Lucius is the band for you. 

Special thanks to Ethan Maffey over at The Source Weekly who in addition to knowing a great deal about music, wrote an awesome review of Polica's latest release Shulamith, which you can read about here! That album is a special one for me, and definitely holds a place on LYED's Top Albums/Songs of this year. Stay tuned!

Other must-listen tracks include: Turn It Around, Tempest, and How Loud Your Heart Gets.

After checking out the full-length above via Spotify, do your ears a favor and grab Wildewoman on iTunes here! 

WEBSITE: http://ilovelucius.com/

TWITTER: http://twitter.com/ilovelucius

YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/luciustunes

SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/ilovelucius