Daytrotter recently posted the Turbo Fruits session and thanks to a little Cream heads up I am now fully aware of it. I’d say of all the upbeat rock bands that I’ve heard via the Daytrotter archives that Turbo Fruits fit the aural aesthetic better than most. That is to say, stop all your dilly dallying and go listen.

1. Trouble
2. Colt .45
3. Mama’s Mad Cos I Fried My Brain
4. Where the Stars Don’t Shine
5. Ain’t the Only One Havin’ Fun

Bows and Arrows
“Leave Me Be” b/w “All I Wanna Do”
Free Download

Bows and Arrows and Grand Palace apparently have quite a few physical releases planned for this year but, leading up to that, the band will be releasing a new digital 7″ every week. The first in this series is available now and it’s comprised of two covers – The Zombies and The Beach Boys, respectively. It’s a pretty daunting task to release new music every week but it should be interesting to see if they keep up with it.

Sugar Sk*-*lls
Secret Fugue Machine
Free Download

Any album tagged on Bandcamp with “casio, rock, crunkstep, lazerblaps, minimalist” and “Nashville” has got to be a rarity. Such is the case with the Sugar Skulls / Hobbledeions split Secret Fugue Machine. Apparently there will be an official cassette tape release of said music at a Grimey’s in-store in late May but you can snag the Sugar Skulls contribution digitally now for free.

Rollover Mariner
I Only Have Ice For You
Buy on Bandcamp

Honestly, I’m writing this one up a little prematurely as I haven’t fully formed an opinion on it but the band wrote me a couple times looking to get a bit more exposure and who am I to stand in the way of a new Nashville band looking to get their name out there? I Only Have Ice For You is filled with indie pop numbers that sort of stroll along.. a little bit of twee, a little bit of Americana and a little bit of emotive singing. Often a perfect combo – go listen in full to hear for yourself.