Tune In Saturdays: Los Campesinos!
British kids make good, bring back more 80's go go fun to indie pop. Don't forget your bubble gum, pop rocks and pink tennis shoes, cause Los Campesinos! are friggin' awesome (in an annoyingly happy sort of way. Say hello to your next MySpace-made superstars...
From pitchfork:
"Silly names aside, Los Campesinos! play
superbly crafted indie pop that bounces off walls like Love Is All, grins
with the childlike exuberance of Bis, and throws the
toy chest into its arrangements like Architecture in Helsinki. Glockenspiels and pizzicato violin
veer into reckless guitar riffs and full-bodied handclaps-- or fizz over, like
Mentos and Coke, into happy-stupid crescendos. Gareth shares lead vocal duties
with the similarly pseudonymous Aleksandra Campesino!, and their boy-girl
exchanges give the music an extra, sweet frisson. Newfeld's treatment turns
"You! Me! Dancing!" from a lo-fi rallying cry into an unstoppable
force for converting spindly legs into dancefloor blurs."
Los Campesinos! - We throw parties, you throw knives (mp3)
Los campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! (video)