"High energy" barely begins to describe Rubblebucket. The seven-member Brooklyn-based band is actually pared down in size from when they originally met in the Northeast, but the core members keep the joyous spirit of Rubblebucket alive through their quirky multi-insturmental dance pop, which can get an entire room of fans hopping. In fact, it was after one of their typically boisterous live shows that Mumford & Sons multi-instrumentalist Ben Lovett was so moved (literally... he claimed to previously have "only danced five times in my life") that he asked the band to join Communion, the label and artist co-op he started. Since then, they've opened up for Mumford and many other bands, and are now selling out venues on their own. Before their sweaty Seattle performance at Chop Suey, Rubblebucket shone brightly in the KEXP studio early, performing live on the Morning Show with John Richards. Brighten your day with Rubblebucket now:
If the recent rainy weather is getting you down, take a musical vacation with Beach Day. Formed in 2011 in an uncannily-named place called Hollywood, Florida, it would be impossible for the bright sunshine of their locale not to radiate into their retro-tinged songs. A shared love of surf-rock brou…
