White Denim (made up of James Petralli, Joshua Block and Steve Terebecki from Austin, TX) makes the best type of garage rock: gritty and peppy. Think Black Keys, but with more a bit more funk and optimism. "I Start to Run," off their self-produced 2009 album Fits (out under Downtown), is a rollicking joyride of a song that races in circles through your brain, massaging neurons into fitter states than they've ever been.
Safe is artist Chris Edley from East Bay, CA (not sure what's up with the chicken). According to RcrdLbl, he's been tied to MGMT and has also worked with Aaron Pfenning of Chairlift to produce his debut album, which is due out soon under Greedhead Entertainment. (I smell a Wesleyanian...Wesleyanonian...Wesleyaner?) His voice is like a mix between Tunde Adebimpe of TVOTR and Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields: sweet, subtle and haunting. His music has a gentle, bubbly electro vibe, with undercurrents of dissonance, every now and then. There are hints of video game beeps and blips which adds a delicate layer of innocence/mystery. Listen to his single "Twenty Years On" here.
all i know about chris edley is that he never went to wesleyan.
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