Amie Street/WakeyWakey!

I am becoming a huge fan of Amiestreet.com. Music priced by it's popularity? It's genius. It's the first place i've heard of that does something like this. I can get full CD's for 5 bucks. Just because other people don't recognize the genius. Or other CD's for free, because I found it before tons of others did. And because the site isn't all that popular, at least not yet, most songs and most CD's are cheap.

So far I've received a free compilation CD that has a lot of great indie. And a full CD from one of the bands on the CD, WakeyWakey! And man, am I glad I did. They are great. An indie band from Brooklyn that seems to be headed by one guy and has some brilliant songs. It's a simple band but they seem to at least sometimes have a violin and piano. The lyrics are my favorite though. Maybe it's because I can relate to the feeling but one song, Blame You, resonates.

So you are the only person in this room
I can't take my eyes off you
I bet you can't guess what I would do
to kiss you in the middle of the room.

He has a great voice. It isn't raw or powerful or anything like that but it's sincere. That's actually probably the best way to describe the band, sincere. You know that they are never going make it big. Sincere bands do not make it big. Not today. That's too bad.