Did you see Hockey at SXSW?? It seems there’s alot of dust still settling from that mecca of indie music… here’s another video for you. I like the sound of this band, hailing from Portland and hitting Southern CA and the UK (with Friendly Fires as well as headlining some shows themselves). You can hear them perform at both the Bonnaroo and Sasquatch festivals.

It’s a cool electro/pop sound but infused with a lazy, might-still-be-a-garage-band vocal that’s not annoyingly LA or London I’m-just-a-middle-class-hung-over-twat thing. Do me a favor and go to their MySpace page and listen to “Work,” … Am I crazy to imagine a young Rod Stewart doing that song? That’s no insult, mind you… the Faces were an awesome band!

Too Fake Music Video

HOCKEY TOUR DATES
4/10 – Beatnik Studios – Sacramento, CA #
4/11 – The Partisan – Merced, CA #
4/13 – Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA *
4/14 – Detroit Bar – Costa Mesa, CA *
4/15 – The Loft @ UCSD – San Diego, CA *
4/16 – Cellar Door – Visalia, CA #
4/17 – Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA #
4/24 – The Roundhouse (MTV “Camden Crawl”) – Camden, UK
4/25 – Bristol University – Bristol, UK *
4/27 – Manchester Academy 2 – Manchester, UK *
4/28 – Wulfrun Hall – Wolverhampton, UK *
4/29 – Waterfront – Norwich, UK *
4/30 – Forum – London, UK *
5/1 – Southampton University – Southampton, UK *
5/2 – Digital – Brighton, UK *
5/3 – Custard Factory – Birmingham, UK *
5/5 – Leeds Met University – Leeds, UK *
5/6 – Studio 24 – Edinburgh, UK *
5/7 – OMU – Glasgow, UK *
5/8 – Red Room – Nottingham, UK #
5/11 – Black and White @ Plug & Play – Reading, UK #
5/12 – Clwb Ifor Bach – Cardiff, UK #
5/13 – The Cellars – Portsmouth, UK #
5/14 – The Great Escape – Brighton, UK #
5/16 – The Great Escape – Brighton, UK #
5/24 – Sasquatch Music Festival @ The Gorge – Quincy, WA
6/11 – Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival – Manchester, TN

* w/ Friendly Fires
# Headlining date

MySpace