Buried Treasures & Divine Fits Review
Jim and Greg share some of their favorite music under the mainstream radar in the latest installment of Buried Treasures.

Buried Treasures
After three months of "Call Me Maybe" and "Somebody That I Used to Know" playing non-stop on commercial radio, Jim and Greg figure Sound Opinions listeners are due for an aural cleansing. This week, they dip into the wealth of great new music beyond the FM dial and play you some Buried Treasures. These artists might not be household names, but they're definitely worth adding to your collection.
Greg
- Chromatics, Kill For Love
- THEESatisfaction, awE NaturalE
- The Very Best, MTMTMK
- Scott Lucas and the Married Men, Blood Half Moon
Jim
- Bassnectar, Vava Voom
- Lester Bangs, Infinite Stretch
- The Black Belles, The Black Belles
- Django Django, Django Django
A Thing Called Divine Fits Divine Fits

Jim and Greg are generally dubious of supergroups. Too often they're not the sum of their parts. But Off!'s visit last week had them feeling hopeful about the debut record from yet another indie supergroup, Divine Fits. Divine Fits is composed of songwriters Britt Daniel of Spoon, Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade (and Handsome Furs), and drummer
Greg
For his DIJ, Greg wants to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Los Lobos's Kiko. In 1992, grunge acts like Nirvana were shaking up the mainstream, and veteran acts like Los Lobos had to either reinvent or face irrelevance. Kiko, Greg says, was Los Lobos's answer to grunge's challenge. The group started out in the seventies playing a fusion of American
Featured Songs
- Chromatics, "Kill for Love," Kill For Love, Italians Do It Better, 2012
- Bassnectar, "Vava Voom," Vava Voom, Amorphous Music, 2012
- THEEsatisfaction, "QueenS," AwE NaturalE, Sub Pop, 2012
- Lester Bangs, "Almost," Infinite Stetch, self-released, 2012
- DIIV, "(Druun)," Oshin, Captured Tracks, 2012
- The Very Best, "Kondaine," MTMTMK, Moshi Moshi/Cooperative Music, 2012
- The Very Best, "Adani," MTMTMK, Moshi Moshi/Cooperative Music, 2012
- The Black Belles, "Howl at the Moon," the Black Belles, Third Man Records, 2012
- Scott Lucas & The Married Men, "Lover The Lullaby," Blood Half Moon, The End Records, 2012
- Django Django, "Default," Django Django, Because Music, 2012
- The Album Leaf, "Low Down," Forward/Return, self-released, 2012
- Divine Fits, "My Love Is Real," A Thing Called Divine Fits, Merge, 2012
- Divine Fits, "Flaggin A Ride," A Thing Called Divine Fits, Merge, 2012
- Los Lobos, "Dream in Blue," Kiko, Slash/WB, 1992
- Electric Light Orchestra, "Telephone Line," A New World Record, Epic, 1976
- The Pogues, "Tuesday Morning," Waiting For Herb, Chamelion, 1993
- The Futureheads, "Thursday," News and Tributes, Vagrant, 2006
- Dead Can Dance, "Anabasis," Anastasis, PIAS, 2012
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