No. 17: Silversun Pickups

Silversun Pickups is a band fairly new to the music scene. In '05 they released their EP Pikul, but reached fame the following year with their album Carnavas. "Lazy Eye" received a lot of radio play, and was even featured on Guitar Hero World Tour, not that I would know. Ahem. They toured extensively promoting the album with such bands as Wolfmother and Snow Patrol. Since then, this foursome from California recently released their second album, Swoon, earlier this year.

I really didn't know much about this band prior to this post, besides the fact they had a couple of songs on the radio I really enjoyed. Their distorted sound, mixed with the unique vocals of Brian Aubert, are what make Silversun Pickups so pleasant to the ear. Having never seen them live, I can't wait until they play night 3 at Lolla.