Dolly Spartans: Dolly Spartans

     I've been listening to the Dolly Spartans a lot lately, and hearing them on WITR 89.7 The Pulse of Music (Monroe Community College's radio station, my personal favorite, their website here and song logger that shows every song they play dating back years here). I think the combination of Spring, summer style drinks and a little dancing makes this group a fantastic listen. They are fun, upbeat and remind me of The Strokes immensely (never a bad thing). Dolly Spartans is a New York indie group headed by Michael Eliran. Their first release is self-titled and came out November 30, 2014. They are apparently hitting it big in the Big Apple, but they don't seem to have a website yet or any information on Wikipedia. That's ok, I don't mind an underground act making it big. Apparently Michael Eliran started a festival of underground music bands called Blue and Lucky, the name of Dolly Spartan's manager's two dogs. The festival has become a record label of sorts for indie acts through the PR group Noble Media, based in New York of course. Here's an article on the Examiner website about the Blue and Lucky festival.
     You can listen to the entire album for free on their Bandcamp, here. They are also on Spotify. Check out one of my favorite songs that is so The Strokes at points, "Tell Me" over under the 'Monthly Sample Tracks'. Enjoy!