[on repeat] MICHAEL by Orca Team

Michael

Too Busy To Love Me (previously on CWR)

Seattle's Orca Team first crept into my world last year with their minimalist, yet witty, take on a 50s/60s hybrid style of surf pop that ultimately ended up with them on my list of favorites for 2011 for their Kissing Cousins cassette.  The band have been hard at work and have just finished funding a Kickstarter project for a tour that takes them throughout much

TOO BUSY TO LOVE ME by Orca Team

Too Busy To Love Me

Vancouver B.C. (previously on CWR)

Portland's Orca Team quite easily have been one of my favorite bands to listen to over the past year, as evidence from being one of my favorite LPs of 2011.  Their rusty retro-surf grooves never seem to fail putting a smile on my face

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2011

With another year about to close, these are the albums that will be most tied to my memories of 2011. They are not necessarily in any order other than there's a clear preference as you go further down the list...and, check out a playlist of some of my favorite songs of the year over at Spotify (or download).  I'll post the Fall 2011 mix next week, but other than that I'm signing out until January.  While I'm gone, you can continue enjoying the radio stream straight from this webpage, via iTunes Radio, Shoutcast, or take it with you on a  smartphone app (TuneIn recommended). Enjoy your holiday.

Picks after the jump.

[on repeat] I DREAM by Orca Team

I Dream

Vancouver B.C.

Listening to Portland trio Orca Team makes you want to go to a drive-in theater or a high school dance after a day at the beach in the 60's.  They self-released their impressive debut LP, Let It Go, last year and have followed it up with more jangly, rusty surf-pop inspired tunes on the digital/cassette