Alvvays – Bandwidth http://bandwidth.wamu.org WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 KEXP Presents: Alvvays http://bandwidth.wamu.org/kexp-presents-alvvays/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/kexp-presents-alvvays/#respond Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:54:00 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=45909 Alvvays hasn’t been around forever, but its members channel a sound that’s eternally appealing. The Toronto band’s Chad VanGaalen-produced debut is a smart throwback to several generations and iterations of popular music: sun-drenched surf rock, woozy dream pop, jangly twee pop, and so on.

In the studio at KEXP, singer-songwriter Molly Rankin didn’t exactly wear her heart on her sleeve, but she did display Morrissey on her chest. Her well-worn vintage T-shirt speaks volumes about witty, wistful songs like “Archie, Marry Me.”

SET LIST
  • “Archie, Marry Me”

Watch Alvvays’ full performance on KEXP’s YouTube channel.

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With that in mind, we asked our partner stations to tell us about their favorite musical discoveries of the year. The results include everything from a metamodern country singer to a heartsick Toronto surf-pop band, not to mention a whole lot of love for impressively viral Irish singer-songwriter Hozier. Read on for 10 hosts’ picks for the artists who broke out in 2014.

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