“The band I’m most interested in is Hotels, who I’ve known casually over the past few years. They have a catchy, keyboard driven sound and an emotionally distant vocalist in singer Blake Madden. They had just released their latest album, Where Hearts Go Broke last month and from the little I’ve heard, it’s a lot more accessible than their previous work. The band was also singled out in the latest issue of Seattle Sound magazine by KEXP’s John Richards as one of the five bands he expects to break out in 2009.”

KEXP