New Music: Stereo Telescope

Here's a new band for you: Stereo Telescope

It's electro-pop. Think chiptune, with simple beats and catchy female vocals.

Frankly, it's pop. Yes, I know, I just recently wrote about how much I dislike pop music. But this is pretty good pop: catchy, fun, and easy to listen to. And luckily there's none of that Disney, Justin Bieber, overly saccharine and family friendly bullshit. It's like MGMT, only simpler and less psychedelic (and less of the stoner burnout feel).

They're out of Brighton, MA, and apparently both members (Nikki Dessingue and Kurt Schneider) are veterans of the local music scene here in Boston. No albums yet; they only have two songs, but both are well produced and foreshadow a great first release.

I saw them briefly a few weeks ago at Great Scott. I only caught their last song, and didn't manage to get any photos, but you can check out someone else's photos from that show here. And I'll be sure to post here whenever they release an album.