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Handsome Ghost is the project of Boston native and English teacher, Tim Noyes. Blending his folk music roots with a love for R&B and pop, Noyes is clearly onto something, landing millions for his songs on Spotify. The band - in trio form - stopped by Serious Business Music in DUMBO, Brooklyn to share some music from their debut full length with us in this intimate session!

Handsome Ghost’s debut album, Welcome Back, is available now from Photo Finish Records

00:00 - Handsome Ghost

00:45 - Reckless Lover

04:50 - Interview - Handsome Ghost

10:49 - Honest Mistake

14:22 - Interview - Handsome Ghost

16:38 - Shallow City

20:08 - Interview - Handsome Ghost

23:52 - Better Off

27:35 - Outro

27:59 - Finish

Noisy guitars, big drums, super sweet melodies and a heavy romantic nostalgia are the ingredients that make up Heaven’s timeless music. With nods to all things both shoegaze and gorgeous psych-rock, the NYC trio of Matt Sumrow, Mikey Jones, and Liz Lohse is continuing the tradition of those genres with their excellent upcoming sophomore LP. The band stopped by Serious Business Music in Brooklyn to give us this first look at some of that music.

 

All Love Is Blue will be out March 2nd on Little Cloud Records.

 

00:00 - Heaven

00:52 - Never The Moment

06:06 - Interview - Heaven

10:38 - Falling Hearts

16:10 - Interview - Heaven

18:19 - She’s Closer Than Everyone

21:38 - Interview - Heaven

24:27 - All Love Is Blue

30:14 - Interview - Heaven

35:16 - Darken Fields

41:00 - Outro

41:22 - Finish

The Royal They seem to be quite deserving of the royal treatment lately, having become the latest must-see Brooklyn band, with the release of their new gem of a post-punk album, Foreign Being. Michelle, Darrell, and Rick have taken their sharp, melodic style and developed it to the point where the catchiness of the songs is totally undeniable - not to mention the production of their album is super on point. The band stopped by Serious Business Music in DUMBO to show us how it happens live.

Foreign Being by The Royal They is available now from King Pizza Records.

00:00 - The Royal They

00:40 - Sludgefucker

04:08 - Interview - The Royal They

09:03 - Flying Naked

13:45 - Interview - The Royal They

17:30 - Waiting Game

20:30 - Interview - The Royal They

21:24 - Say Less

23:46 - Interview - The Royal They

25:21 - Weekender

28:09 - Outro

28:26 - Finish

Paperhaus is a band based out of Washington, DC. Founding member Alex Tebeleff has more recently been joined by new songwriting partners Matt Dowling and Rick Irby. The resultant latest album, released in October 2017 from Misra Records, is called Are These The Questions That We Need To Ask? The group stopped by Serious Business Music in Brooklyn to share their newest music.

00:00 - Paperhaus

00:48 - Told You What To Say

06:04 - Interview - Paperhaus

09:18 - Go Cozy

16:04 - Interview - Paperhaus

18:10 - Nanana

22:02 - Interview - Paperhaus

24:54 - Needle Song

29:55 - Interview - Paperhaus

31:12 - Outro

31:40 - Finish

Shana Falana is a dream-pop artist currently based in Kingston, New York. Shana and Michael Amari explore darkness and light in their almost-meditative songs, which are illuminated by dazzling visual projections at live shows and during this session. The group paid us a visit at Serious Business Music in Brooklyn late last year to discuss their music and plans for 2018.

Here Comes The Wave is available now from Team Love Records.

00:00 - Shana Falana

00:45 - Cloudbeats

05:43 - Interview - Shana Falana

09:10 - Go

12:35 - Interview - Shana Falana

16:02 - Cool Kids

23:41 - Interview - Shana Falana

26:08 - Heaven Stay

28:28 - Interview - Shana Falana

30:30 - Lie To Me

37:11 - Outro

37:32 - Finish

Benjamin Cartel, whom you may recognize from his previous project Kaiser Cartel, has returned to his solo project roots. He brought his band by Serious Business Music in Brooklyn to perform his folk-tinged indie tunes in late 2017 for a session.

Benjamin Cartel’s newest album, Flickering Light, is out April 20th from Motherwest Records.

 

00:00 - Benjamin Cartel

01:00 - The Jungle Eats Everything

05:01 - Interview - Benjamin Cartel

07:55 - Starlight

11:13 - Interview - Benjamin Cartel

15:45 - Down Now

19:30 - Interview - Benjamin Cartel

22:10 - Coast Town

25:25 - Interview - Benjamin Cartel

26:14 - Sweet Ride

29:14 - Interview - Benjamin Cartel

30:55 - Outro

31:18 - Finish

Morning Teleportation is a psychedelic rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky. They visited us late last year to perform songs from Salivating For Symbiosis, their highly anticipated sophomore album, recorded at Isaac Brock’s Ice Cream Party studio in Portland, OR.

Salivating For Symbiosis is available now from Glacial Pace Recordings.

 

 

00:00 - Morning Teleportation

00:56 - The Code

04:35 - Whole Hearted Drifting Sense of Inertia

11:48 - Interview - Morning Teleportation

13:40 - Riot In Time

17:34 - Interview - Morning Teleportation

19:59 - Rewiring Easily

23:05 - Interview - Morning Teleportation

23:37 - Crystalline

28:12 - Outro

28:35 - Finish

Pow Pow Family Band wants you to know that we’re all living in a simulation. That simulation includes Providence, Rhode Island, where founder Miles Robbins began writing the songs that would form the backbone of the band/collective. A rotating cast of characters now fills the stage during Pow Pow Family Band’s inventive live shows and for this recent session at Serious Business Music in Brooklyn.

Pow Pow Family Band's debut album, All Right, will be available on February 10, 2018.

00:00 - BTR Live Studio

00:46 - Two 12 Year Olds In A Trenchcoat

05:26 - Interview - Pow Pow Family Band

07:25 - Bipedal Monkey Children

09:52 - Interview - Pow Pow Family Band

14:42 - Gary And Anthony

16:45 - Interview - Pow Pow Family Band

18:24 - Gravel Jaw

20:53 - Interview - Pow Pow Family Band

20:59 - Series Finale

24:35 - Outro

25:04 - Finish

Look to the basements and tree houses of Brooklyn, and you might find BIRDS, a psych rock band originally formed around the songs of Duane Lauginiger. Lauginiger, joined by bandmates Jess Rees, Tim Plunkett, and Jessica Reynoza, joined us late last year for an in studio performance and interview.

Everything All At Once is available now from Greenway Records.

00:00 - BIRDS

00:28 - Behind You

04:35 - Interview - BIRDS

07:09 - Scatter

09:54 - Interview - BIRDS

11:45 - Most Ghost

15:02 - Powerline

18:32 - Interview - BIRDS

21:07 - Fade

24:18 - Interview - BIRDS

26:58 - Outro

27:19 - Finish

Peter Oren's baritone voice instantly begs attention. The songwriter's thoughtful new album, Anthropocene (Western Vinyl), produced by Wilco's Ken Coomer, reflects on the current state of our world, and asks "how will we escape this hell we made?"

Peter Oren recently joined us at Serious Business Music for an exclusive in studio performance and interview.

00:00 - Peter Oren

00:45 - Burden of Proof

04:05 - Interview - Peter Oren

07:19 - Picture From Spain

09:40 - Falling Water

13:02 - Interview - Peter Oren

14:52 - New Gardens

18:12 - Interview - Peter Oren

20:30 - Anthropocene

23:33 - Interview - Peter Oren

26:02 - Outro

26:24 - Finish