6. Waterstrider – ‘White Light’
Nate Salman’s new band get funky with guitars.
You might not know Waterstrider by name yet but you may have heard of the singer Nate Salman, who appeared on Les Sins’ ‘Why’ album last year. His new band, Oakland’s Waterstrider, has a more straight-up rock feel and the single ‘White Light’ has some funk rhythms that sounds more African than American, like Yeasayer when they first started out.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
