Buzz on May 5th, 2009

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[A very diverse appetizer plate for your ears …]

Minneapolis quartet Greycoats self-released their debut “Setting Fire to the Great Unknown” last month. Their single “Goodbye, Sweet Youth, Goodbye” is a lovely astral anthem that with a little bit of everything, sweet harmonies, subtle effects and a sense of yearning. Greycoats play the Alterknit Lounge tonight.

||| Download: “Goodbye, Sweet Youth, Goodbye”

The first single from Freeland‘s forthcoming album is titled “Under Control,” and it’s almost impossible not to do a little shimmy-shake when you hear it. The brainchild of Adam Freeland, the Brighton-based producer/DJ, Freeland features Adam Baumann on vocals, Spinnerette/Distillers guitarist Tony Bevilacqu and, on the album (“Cope,” out digitally here, physically in June), guests such as Brody Dalle, Tommy Lee and Joey Santiago. Freeland plays the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa on May 21 and the Echo on May 22.

|||” Download: “Under Control” (e-mail required)

Arkansas troubadour Chase Pagan’s newest dollop of Southern-dipped folk, “Bells and Whistles” is due June 9. Pagan is a guy whose high voice gets him compared a lot to female singer-songwriters, but as these tracks testify, heartfelt is not gender-specific.

|||” Download: “Life Garden” and “Gun and the Sword“