Whiskey & Bananas Vol. 27

Land Lobster — The Bingers Chicago’s own retro-inspired garage rockers The Bingers have been landing their tunes in everything lately, from James Franco films to ads for Veuve Clicquot and HUF skateboard apparel.  Bones — Michael Kiwanuka British soul musician Michael Kiwanuka channels decades of soul, rock and R&B inspiration into his music.  All Your Yeahs — Beach House We’re looking forward to seeing indie dream pop band Beach House back in Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival this summer.  Kachina Doll — Teenage Cool Kids Before Parquet Courts came around, there was bandleader Andrew Savage’s Denton, Texas-originating Teenage Cool Kids, with similarly excellent Americana post-punk rock.  Time Away from Home — Summer Salt These mellow retro-pop/indie rockers are from Austin, Texas and recently played a show in Chicago with The Walters (friends of The Orwells).  Hey Bulldog — The Beatles This wonderfully underplayed rocking gem from the “Yellow Submarine” soundtrack is always a treat to stumble upon.  The Slider — Ty Segall King of California punk fuzz Ty Segall recently released an album of all T. Rex covers that rock incredibly hard.  Heart Don’t Know — Jimmy Whispers Jimmy Whispers is one of the Chicago indie scene’s most interesting musicians and exciting performers today, recently making a splash in Europe.  Deep Web — Magic Potion It’s always fun to stumble across great European indie music like Magic Potion from Stockholm, Sweden.  El Loco Cha Cha Cha — René Touzet Those familiar chords at the beginning were in fact the inspiration for “Louie Louie” in the 50s.