Hotels, “Where Hearts Go Broke”
Seattle’s Hotels deserve to be as popular as a gang of other bands that have hit pay dirt by mining the post-punk sounds of Manchester, circa 1980. Then again, maybe it’s not quite fair to lump this group in with those other sad bastards since its lush aesthetic draws equally from the breezy synth-pop of Stereolab and cinematic spy themes. Bottom line: These guys are way more fun in concert than Interpol.
I was unpleasently surprised to see that the Nightgown’s, a Tacoma band that has been receiving play on KEXP as well as on NPR’s All Songs Considered, 2009 album, Sing Something, did not make your Top 10 list of 2009.
Well, can’t please everybody. I like the Nightgowns quite a bit, though. See Cody all the time at my neighborhood grocery storre.