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Jessica Jalbert is a Canadian musician based in Edmonton, Alberta, and the driving force behind Faith Healer. From jammy, funky indie rock to woozy synth pop, the band’s style shifts subtly throughout their record, but never strays from the core of sweet and catchy, pulling-at-the-heartstrings vocals that just sound totally perfect. The band stopped by Serious Business Music in DUMBO, Brooklyn, on a recent tour for this special performance.

Try ;-) is available now from Mint Records.

00:00 - Faith Healer

00:42 - & Waiting

03:27 - Interview - Faith Healer

06:07 - Try ;)

11:15 - Interview - Faith Healer

14:30 - Second Time

17:11 - Interview - Faith Healer

21:53 - Such A Gemini

24:08 - Suffering Creature

26:45 - Outro

27:07 - Finish

Brooklyn songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and all-around talented and versatile performer Caitlin Frame heads up the post-punky FRAME, while also holding down the low end. The band dropped by Serious Business Music in DUMBO, Brooklyn, to give us a preview of music from the brand new record.

State Of Mind will be available October 27, 2017.

00:00 - FRAME

00:50 - One of a Kind

04:34 - Interview - FRAME

08:12 - Actions At A Distance

11:04 - Interview - FRAME

15:54 - Runaround

22:36 - Love Wasted

25:10 - Interview - FRAME

27:51 - State of Mind

31:51 - Outro

32:05 - Finish

Brooklyn trio Sloppy Heads have emerged from the secret lair where they’ve crafted their first full on, totally real, cool-as-hell LP with the help of the capable James McNew (Yo La Tengo, Dump). It’s maybe just a little sloppy, but more like loose, in a sweet, groovy kind of way. The band stopped by Serious Business Music iN DUMBO to show us the new jams.

Useless Smile is available now from Shrimper Records.

00:00 - Sloppy Heads

00:30 - Useless Smile

05:10 - Interview - Sloppy Heads

10:22 - Vibrator

14:50 - Interview - Sloppy Heads

19:17 - Possession

22:48 - Interview - Sloppy Heads

23:33 - Plane To See

27:38 - The Happening

31:35 - Outro

31:59 - Finish

Elizabeth and the Catapult is New York musician Elizabeth Ziman, a critically acclaimed and incredibly talented singer/songwriter with an impressive musical resume of collaborations and credits. With impeccable pop sensibility and clever musical twists in her folk pop style, Elizabeth makes super-satisfying songs that we absolutely love. She brought her brand new band down to the live room at Serious Business Music in DUMBO, Brooklyn for this special session.

Keepsake will be available on October 20 via Compass Records.

00:00 - Elizabeth And The Catapult

01:02 - We Can Pretend

05:17 - Interview - Elizabeth And The Catapult

08:31 - Better Days

13:10 - Interview - Elizabeth And The Catapult

16:45 - Underwater

20:37 - Interview - Elizabeth And The Catapult

24:50 - Mess Of Our Love

28:19 - Interview - Elizabeth And The Catapult

29:24 - Outro

29:41 - Finish

Big Bliss is a Brooklyn band formed in 2015 by brothers Cory (drums) and Tim (vocals, guitar) Race, along with bassist Wallace May. The trio blasts out a furious sort of post-punk and indie rock that draws a bit on shoegaze (think perhaps a little Mission Of Burma here, a little Interpol there), and have been playing shows almost constantly since their inception. We finally got them to take a breather and stop by Serious Business Music in DUMBO, Brooklyn to show us what they’ve been up to.

The “Fortune” single is available now from Exit Stencil Recordings.

00:00 - Big Bliss

00:36 - Contact

04:48 - Interview - Big Bliss

08:04 - Constants

11:50 - Interview - Big Bliss

14:57 - Untitled

18:44 - Interview - Big Bliss

24:24 - High Ideal

29:03 - Interview - Big Bliss

33:12 - Fortune

35:44 - Interview - Big Bliss

36:28 - Outro

36:42 - Finish

HYUKOH are juggernauts of the Korean indie rock world. Taking on K-Pop and proving that rock n’ roll and other international sounds are welcome in the pop culture scene best known for sugary sweet pop, they’ve climbed the charts and garnered considerable critical acclaim. While their retro-leaning fashion sense knods to something else, musically they run the gamut from gentle indie rock and folk to hard-hitting punk and rap touches. Extremely versatile musicians - and mutli-lingual singers - HYUKOH are set for even further world domination. While in NYC on their first ever North American tourl, they stopped by to share their music with us in this session, recorded live at Serious Business Music in DUMBO.

23 is available now.

  

00:00 - HYUKOH

00:44 - Jesus Lived In A Motel Room

05:04 - Interview - HYUKOH

05:37 - Leather Jacket

09:27 - Interview - HYUKOH

10:19 - Wanli/Masitnon Soul

18:38 - Interview - HYUKOH

20:37 - Outro

20:57 - Finish

Dan Croll is a Liverpool-based musician with a knack for super catchy, hooky pop songs. He stopped by Serious Business Music in DUMBO, Brooklyn to give us this exclusive solo take on his tasty earworms!

Dan Croll’s sophomore album, Emerging Adulthood, is available now.

00:00 - Dan Croll

00:46 - Bad Boy

04:10 - Interview - Dan Croll

07:58 - From Nowhere

11:01 - Interview - Dan Croll

14:12 - Away From Today

17:41 - Interview - Dan Croll

21:22 - One Of Us

25:06 - Interview - Dan Croll

28:24 - Outro

28:50 - Finish

Siv Jakobsen is a Norwegian indie-folk musician with a powerful, haunting voice. She stopped by Serious Business Music in DUMBO to give us this intimate look at some music from her debut album.

The Nordic Mellow is available now.

00:00 - Siv Jakobsen

00:58 - To Leave You

05:07 - Interview - Siv Jakobsen

06:55 - Berry And Whythe

09:42 - Interview - Siv Jakobsen

11:33 - Blanket

14:37 - Interview - Siv Jakobsen

20:25 - Like I Used To

22:56 - Interview - Siv Jakobsen

23:06 - Crazy

26:05 - Outro

28:24 - Finish

Seth Applebaum (also of Brooklyn psych-surf freaks, The Mad Doctors) is apparently pretty prolific when it comes to experimental, groovy, weirdo jams. Ghost Funk Orchestra is more no-wave than the funk in their name may imply, but either way, they’re definitely all party. The massive band crammed themselves, horns and all, into Serious Business Music in DUMBO, Brooklyn, for this lively session.

GFO’s Demos & Outtakes is available now.

00:00 - Ghost Funk Orchestra

00:44 - Night Walker

03:20 - Interview - Ghost Funk Orchestra

05:49 - Boneyard Baile

09:06 - Interview - Ghost Funk Orchestra

13:29 - Death Waltz

16:41 - Interview - Ghost Funk Orchestra

18:30 - Lost Soul

22:13 - Interview - Ghost Funk Orchestra

25:15 - Brain Fog

27:45 - Interview - Ghost Funk Orchestra

31:43 - Outro

32:00 - Finish

gobbinjr (lowercase, despite what autocorrect will tell you) is the musical project of Madison, Wisconsin-native-but-currently-NYC-livin’ songwriter, Emma Witmer. Facebook says that her middle name is Jerk, but we don’t think it is. We also don’t really think she’s a jerk, even when her songs get kind of mean. How much of a jerk can you be if you name your band after your first bong? Exactly. Witmer’s music -- recorded on her own -- is pretty personal, but live she’s got a whole band to give the songs that extra energy and they stopped by Serious Business Music in DUMBO, Brooklyn, to play for us.

Vom Night and Shea Forever are available now.

 

00:00 - gobbinjr

00:44 - fake bitch

03:50 - Interview - gobbinjr

05:53 - undies

10:16 - interview - gobbinjr

12:49 - don't you know

15:40 - interview - gobbinjr

17:57 - afraid of me

20:36 - interview - gobbinjr

22:03 - Reason

25:10 - interview - gobbinjr

26:40 - Outro

27:05 - Finish