Top 12 Albums & 3 Memorable EP's!

Joy Formidable

The Postelles

• Cut Copy -Zonoscope
• Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do
• CSS - La Liberacion
• James Blake - James Blake
• The Joy Formidable - The Big Roar
• M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
• The Postelles - The Postelles
• The Strokes - Angles
• Destroyer - Kaputt
• Cults - Cults
• Yuck- Yuck
• The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch

Mayor Hawthorne

• Strange Talk - Strange Talk (EP)
• Florrie - Experiments (EP)
• Phantogram - Nighlife (EP)

Yuck

From the first time I heard "You Know What I Mean", I've been hooked on Cults. Girl groupsy vocals, hand snaps, an homage to 60's greats like The Supremes... The entire album is pretty fantastic, definitely a favorite of mine!

The Joy Formidable have been on my radar for quite a while but I only just saw them live at this year's SXSW. The energy in their live show completely blew me away! It certainly stands out in my memory of that trip. I have since seen them 3 more times, fangirl status!

No matter what variance of "a bad day" I'm having, when I turn on Sam Cooke or Otis Redding it's suddenly better. Mayer Hawthorne brings me to that same place. If you haven't yet, you need to pick up his latest album but also do yourself a favor and get his first too:)

These are selection of albums that I've been burning out all year long. 

Cut Copy

Happy Holidays from all of us at Stic-of-the-Week! 

Xoxo, till next year, 

Chelsea, Lauren & Deenah 

YAWN, Yuck, and Tame Impala - Day One Chicago

YAWN

YAWN

YAWN

Yuck

Yuck

Tame Impala

Tame Impala

Tame Impala

YAWN opened on the rather cold May night in Chicago, I entered Lincoln Hall and made a bee line right to the stage. They were about to go on, then soon after they went on stage the room filled up rather fast. YAWN a band from with Chicago roots. Their catchy tunes, hipster head bobbing worthy tunes streamed through out the room. YAWN's sound sort of has a Caribbean sound, I picture being out on boat with the wind blowing and the fresh sea air. What do you all think? Download the album here for FREE.

Next up was Yuck, they were everything but "Yuck," they were yreat! A set which seemed to go way too fast, this band put me in a music trance!

The final act, Tame Impala, the band from down under amazed me with their long set and no final act, because drummer Jay Watson, said "we always leave before the final act, so we don't do that." Then proceeding to gush about the vending machines at the Hard Rock where the band is staying for it's two days in Chicago. The bands music reminds me of a surf video, I can also see all the shaggy hair band members catching a wave themselves.

Guess what, you can still catch these three acts tonight at Lincoln Hall, the show is sold out, but maybe you can hustle someone on the street corner for a ticket. 
Milkshake by Yuck