Drink. Eat. Write papers. Somewhat study. Hit on girls. Get turned down.That essentially sums up my college experience, but why share my pratfalls. Oh, right... because THE HEYDAZE are a band that formed in college about a year ago, and their college stories probably King Kong Bundy outweigh mine. But, good for them. This New York City pop-rock band out of the University of Pennsylvania are ready to break out like "before photo" Oxy commercial. Poised for stardom in 2015, and I'm not just saying that because they just did an A-Sides session with me, the band consisting of Jesse Fink (vocals, guitar), Andrew Wonderberg Underberg (producer, keyboardist), Andrew Spelman (lead guitar), and Alexander Glantz (drums), are approaching another NYC sellout show this Friday at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City this Friday after already selling out The Studio at Webster Hall last year.
Watch the band perform a trio of songs below (filmed by Joe Ades) at the Primary Wave Music A-Sides Studio/Listening Room in Lower Manhattan. They also sat down for a chat. Standing up, I'd imagine, would be awkward. Anyway before I copy and paste the embed codes you should know a couple things about THE HEYDAZE: The band was formed by longtime pals Fink and Wonderberg and the latter's U-Penn pal Spelman. After a viral hit song, the band was snatched by Paradigm and have since toured with Jesse McCartney and TIMEFLIES. OK, phew. Background over. Watch and enjoy this rising band. Boom.
"ABC Song"
"Don Juan"
"Dumb"
Interview
Delve Into 54 of 2014
The year-end lists are spreading like wildfire so here I am adding yet another one. It's silly since anything in the arts is subjective, but here are the songs that made me happy to be a music writer/blogger/listener. Here are my top 54 songs of 2014 in order. I'll spare you the silly reverse countdown. I'm not Rick Dees.
1. "Blue Moon" - Beck
2. "Now Hear In" - Cloud Nothings
3. "Stolen Dance" - Milky Chance
4. "Seasons (Waiting on You)" - Future Islands
5. "Peaches" - In the Valley Below (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
6. "Chandelier" - Sia
7. "You're Not Good Enough" - Blood Orange
8. "Waves" - Sleeper Agent (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
9. "Alienation" - Morning Parade (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
10. "Shadow" - Bleachers
11. "Would You Fight For My Love?" - Jack White
12. "Boom Clap" - Charli XCX (Watch her on A-Sides here.)
13. "Inside Out" - Spoon
14. "Let it Burn" - The Orwells
15. "XO" - Beyonce
16. "Shark Attack" - Grouplove
17. "How Can You Really" - Foxygen
18. "Digital Witness" - St. Vincent
19. "Beggin for Thread" - Banks
20. "Red Eyes" - The War on Drugs
21. "Take Me to Church" - Hozier
22. "Iris (Hold Me Close)" - U2
23. "Elevate" - St. Lucia
24. "Lost Boys and Girls Club" - The Dum Dum Girls
25. "I'm Not a Part of Me" - Cloud Nothings
26. "Ends of the Earth" - Lord Huron
27."Habits (Stay High)" - Tove Lo
28. "Mess is Mine" - Vance Joy (Watch him on A-Sides here.)
29. "Helter Skeleton" - The Gaslight Anthem
30. "Unforgiven" - Beck
31. "Wings" - HAERTS
32. "First" - Cold War Kids (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
33. "O" - Coldplay
34. "Quieter Today" - Cloud Nothings
35. "Fever" - Black Keys
36. "Prague" - White Sea
37. "Glory" - Wye Oak
38. "Am I Wrong" - Nico & Vinz (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
39. "Da Vinci" - Weezer
40. "I Sat By The Ocean" - Queens of the Stone Age
41. "Riptide" - Vance Joy (Watch him on A-Sides here.)
42. "No Rest for the Wicked" - Lykke Li
43. "Lanterns" - Birds of Tokyo
44. "Hemiplegia" - HAERTS
45. "Go" - Grimes
46. "Texas" - Magic Man
47. "Home" - Dotan
48. "Holding On For Life" - Broken Bells
49. "The Troubles" - U2 with Lykke Li
50. "Scare Away The Dark" - Passenger
51. "Coffee" - Sylvia Esso
52. "My Silver Lining" - First Aid Kit
53. "Reverse" - SomeKindaWonderful (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
54. "Think of You" - MS MR
Watch the band perform a trio of songs below (filmed by Joe Ades) at the Primary Wave Music A-Sides Studio/Listening Room in Lower Manhattan. They also sat down for a chat. Standing up, I'd imagine, would be awkward. Anyway before I copy and paste the embed codes you should know a couple things about THE HEYDAZE: The band was formed by longtime pals Fink and Wonderberg and the latter's U-Penn pal Spelman. After a viral hit song, the band was snatched by Paradigm and have since toured with Jesse McCartney and TIMEFLIES. OK, phew. Background over. Watch and enjoy this rising band. Boom.
"ABC Song"
"Don Juan"
"Dumb"
Interview
Delve Into 54 of 2014
The year-end lists are spreading like wildfire so here I am adding yet another one. It's silly since anything in the arts is subjective, but here are the songs that made me happy to be a music writer/blogger/listener. Here are my top 54 songs of 2014 in order. I'll spare you the silly reverse countdown. I'm not Rick Dees.
1. "Blue Moon" - Beck
2. "Now Hear In" - Cloud Nothings
3. "Stolen Dance" - Milky Chance
4. "Seasons (Waiting on You)" - Future Islands
5. "Peaches" - In the Valley Below (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
6. "Chandelier" - Sia
7. "You're Not Good Enough" - Blood Orange
8. "Waves" - Sleeper Agent (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
9. "Alienation" - Morning Parade (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
10. "Shadow" - Bleachers
11. "Would You Fight For My Love?" - Jack White
12. "Boom Clap" - Charli XCX (Watch her on A-Sides here.)
13. "Inside Out" - Spoon
14. "Let it Burn" - The Orwells
15. "XO" - Beyonce
16. "Shark Attack" - Grouplove
17. "How Can You Really" - Foxygen
18. "Digital Witness" - St. Vincent
19. "Beggin for Thread" - Banks
20. "Red Eyes" - The War on Drugs
21. "Take Me to Church" - Hozier
22. "Iris (Hold Me Close)" - U2
23. "Elevate" - St. Lucia
24. "Lost Boys and Girls Club" - The Dum Dum Girls
25. "I'm Not a Part of Me" - Cloud Nothings
26. "Ends of the Earth" - Lord Huron
27."Habits (Stay High)" - Tove Lo
28. "Mess is Mine" - Vance Joy (Watch him on A-Sides here.)
29. "Helter Skeleton" - The Gaslight Anthem
30. "Unforgiven" - Beck
31. "Wings" - HAERTS
32. "First" - Cold War Kids (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
33. "O" - Coldplay
34. "Quieter Today" - Cloud Nothings
35. "Fever" - Black Keys
36. "Prague" - White Sea
37. "Glory" - Wye Oak
38. "Am I Wrong" - Nico & Vinz (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
39. "Da Vinci" - Weezer
40. "I Sat By The Ocean" - Queens of the Stone Age
41. "Riptide" - Vance Joy (Watch him on A-Sides here.)
42. "No Rest for the Wicked" - Lykke Li
43. "Lanterns" - Birds of Tokyo
44. "Hemiplegia" - HAERTS
45. "Go" - Grimes
46. "Texas" - Magic Man
47. "Home" - Dotan
48. "Holding On For Life" - Broken Bells
49. "The Troubles" - U2 with Lykke Li
50. "Scare Away The Dark" - Passenger
51. "Coffee" - Sylvia Esso
52. "My Silver Lining" - First Aid Kit
53. "Reverse" - SomeKindaWonderful (Watch them on A-Sides here.)
54. "Think of You" - MS MR