Along the lines of Yeasayer, Menomena, and good music like that
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Suckers - EP
Another Brooklyn psych rock group who are getting mad hype right now. They're on IAMSOUND records and have this sweet EP for downloadz.
Along the lines of Yeasayer, Menomena, and good music like that
Along the lines of Yeasayer, Menomena, and good music like that
Keepaway - Baby Style EP
so you're like me and you want to move to brooklyn to get your new 'psych rock' band up and going and you think you sound pretty cool. check out Keepaway. barring some understandable production flaws and brevity, these guys have a promising future. check the panda bear-like vocals on '5 rings.' pretty good impressions imo
The Besnard Lakes - ...are the Roaring Night
More shoegaze for staring at yr shoez with. The Besnard Lakes are a 'progressive rock' band according to last.fm. They're pretty standard cute, quiet/loud shoegaze with two part songs and 'concepts' I really dig their new record that just came out/leaked. Not really sure if its out yet. Czech it.
Friday, January 29, 2010
jj - jj nº 3
new jj
check the weezy guest spot on "My Way"
(edit; turns out my way isn't on the record, but it's a b-side to 'let go.' i recommend downloading it.)
check the weezy guest spot on "My Way"
(edit; turns out my way isn't on the record, but it's a b-side to 'let go.' i recommend downloading it.)
haven't listened, cop it before the intertronz police take it
down and blogspot slaps me on the wrist
down and blogspot slaps me on the wrist
Thursday, January 28, 2010
SUPER DUPER ULTRA POST PART 2
Thanks for hanging around ladies and gentleman. Sorry for these huge unorganized and poorly constructed posts. Honestly, I would just rather make sure you guys hear the music then read some pretty blog. So let's get to itttttt.
The first thing I want to post is just a single from rising Brooklyn duo, Tanlines. These guys have been in other bands that were popular I guess. I forget the names of the bands, but they weren't bad. Anyway now these guys make tons of remixes and recently have begun releasing original tracks. This song is from their new EP, Settings coming out on True Panther. This is just one mp3 and I apologize but it's REALLY FUCKING GOOD. For real, this track is hot fire y'all. Bogart this track dudes. I can't find a downloadable link, but here's the track. I embedded it for your listening pleasure. And please seek out the rest of their stuff, these guys are pretty legit I thinkz.
Real Life by truepanther
The next band I'd like to talk about is The Big Pink from England. Their clever mix of electro-tinged rock and noisy shoegaze create an interesting canvas for awesome pop hooks and vocal melodies. The lead single from their debut record, "A Brief History of Love" is 'Dominos.' A fat drum beat gives way to one of the catchiest hooks I've heard in awhile. This song is basically perfect and fits in well with the rest of the tracks on the record. Expect songs in a similar vein. Some songs are more shoegaze-y; "Crystal Visions," "Love is Vain." While some are more electro-influenced, "Frisk," "Velvet." This is another act I am curious to see live. Their material is extremely dense and hard to decipher in a live setting it might seem. But they're getting pretty big and have been touring a lot, so we'll see what happens. Get this album if you like any kind of shoegaze or British indie music that's been coming out recently
Thanks for reading and I'm going to try and keep posting more! And please tune into my radio show with my friend Jordan on Tuesdays from 6 - 8 PM eastern time. Listen live at http://www.wcnulive.com! We're organizing an interview with Jim from Le Loup, a band who ended up pretty high on my year end list. (Buy the record FAMILY, trust me).
And one more plug that I have to do. Sorry guys I feel like a loser, but please check out my band Everybody Yay!! check me or Ethan's status on facebook for a mediafire link to a new tra...fuck it I'll just leave it here! Please stay tuned for more new music from us and hopefully an EP and more shows in Virginia! This is our brand new song "Knowing" free to download! Tell your friends. DOWNLOAD THE SONG HERE.
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
The first thing I want to post is just a single from rising Brooklyn duo, Tanlines. These guys have been in other bands that were popular I guess. I forget the names of the bands, but they weren't bad. Anyway now these guys make tons of remixes and recently have begun releasing original tracks. This song is from their new EP, Settings coming out on True Panther. This is just one mp3 and I apologize but it's REALLY FUCKING GOOD. For real, this track is hot fire y'all. Bogart this track dudes. I can't find a downloadable link, but here's the track. I embedded it for your listening pleasure. And please seek out the rest of their stuff, these guys are pretty legit I thinkz.
Real Life by truepanther
The next band I'd like to talk about is The Big Pink from England. Their clever mix of electro-tinged rock and noisy shoegaze create an interesting canvas for awesome pop hooks and vocal melodies. The lead single from their debut record, "A Brief History of Love" is 'Dominos.' A fat drum beat gives way to one of the catchiest hooks I've heard in awhile. This song is basically perfect and fits in well with the rest of the tracks on the record. Expect songs in a similar vein. Some songs are more shoegaze-y; "Crystal Visions," "Love is Vain." While some are more electro-influenced, "Frisk," "Velvet." This is another act I am curious to see live. Their material is extremely dense and hard to decipher in a live setting it might seem. But they're getting pretty big and have been touring a lot, so we'll see what happens. Get this album if you like any kind of shoegaze or British indie music that's been coming out recently
YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE LINE; 'THESE GIRLS FALL LIKE DOMINOS, DOMINOS, DOMINOOOS'
Next up is Y Δ C H T. I definitely did not dig this at first. The girl vocals didn't seem to fit and it sounded very '07-ish with the whole electrohouse pop sound. I got over my apprehension and listened to the record and found a very enjoyable pop album. The man behind it all is Jona Bechtolt. A 29 year old producer from Portland. After countless guest appearances and producing jobs, along with several releases from the YΔCHT project and even solo projects, Bechtolt conceived SEE MYSTERY LIGHTS. A fun and goofy sounding pop record drenched in slick production, interesting drum sounds, and creative synthesizer sounds. Plus there's a song called "I'm In Love With A Ripper!" That's awesome. The first two tracks are catchy as hell and set a bar for the following songs. Most of them meet the bar, while some aren't as impressive, this album is concise and well-structured. Legit record y'all.
Next up is Y Δ C H T. I definitely did not dig this at first. The girl vocals didn't seem to fit and it sounded very '07-ish with the whole electrohouse pop sound. I got over my apprehension and listened to the record and found a very enjoyable pop album. The man behind it all is Jona Bechtolt. A 29 year old producer from Portland. After countless guest appearances and producing jobs, along with several releases from the YΔCHT project and even solo projects, Bechtolt conceived SEE MYSTERY LIGHTS. A fun and goofy sounding pop record drenched in slick production, interesting drum sounds, and creative synthesizer sounds. Plus there's a song called "I'm In Love With A Ripper!" That's awesome. The first two tracks are catchy as hell and set a bar for the following songs. Most of them meet the bar, while some aren't as impressive, this album is concise and well-structured. Legit record y'all.
DOWNLOAD THIS RECORD AND DRIVE AROUND LOOKING FOR WOMEN. ALSO LOL @ THE DESCRIPTION ON THE MEGAUPLOAD PAGE.
The last band I'd like to cover is Silver Apples. You might or might not have heard of these guys. But one listen to a record of theirs and it's hard to tell what decade it's from. You might be surprised to know, this duo were prominent in the 60s and 70s (and have made a very confusing reappearance, I have no idea what's going on there). They pioneered the synthesizer and the idea of 'electronic' music. They released a couple of records in their prime and I found a link with both of them in the same .zip folder. The first record is self titled and the second is titled CONTACT. Check out these guys and listen for the huge impact they had on today's music.
Thanks for reading and I'm going to try and keep posting more! And please tune into my radio show with my friend Jordan on Tuesdays from 6 - 8 PM eastern time. Listen live at http://www.wcnulive.com! We're organizing an interview with Jim from Le Loup, a band who ended up pretty high on my year end list. (Buy the record FAMILY, trust me).
And one more plug that I have to do. Sorry guys I feel like a loser, but please check out my band Everybody Yay!! check me or Ethan's status on facebook for a mediafire link to a new tra...fuck it I'll just leave it here! Please stay tuned for more new music from us and hopefully an EP and more shows in Virginia! This is our brand new song "Knowing" free to download! Tell your friends. DOWNLOAD THE SONG HERE.
LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
SUPER DUPER ULTRA POST
I'm deciding to make up for lost time, and give you a bunch of music I've been digging on recently. This will kind of mess with the idea of archiving posts by month and date on the side, but I guess people should understand that there's a lot of music here just by seeing the title, "SUPER DUPER ULTRA POST." I don't know, seems enticing and attractive enough to me.
Sorry for being so awful at blogging, life is intense in college. Let me tell you. I don't know how I do it sometimes. And I'm not trying to be silly here, I honestly think I might go crazy any given day.
Enough with my cries for sympathy and respect. Not really. Whatever. I'm tired. So music right?
I wanted to start with a really cool band that sort of combines two really interesting ideals in the music scene now. The idea of really cool female led bands combined with this post-Animal Collective sound aesthetic is undeniably intriguing. To explain the former, bands like Bat For Lashes, Florence + the Machine, Chairlift, St. Vincent, and newcomers Sleigh Bells are all female led acts that are blowing up and creating awesome awesome totally rad music. And to explain the latter portion of that sentence way up there, after Merriweather Post Pavilion came out, everyone not only ate that record up, but the newly created die-hard fans worked their way tirelessly through their back-catalog creating an amalgam of sound to create a new genre almost. Bands like Blind Man's Colour and Toro Y Moi are actually really good at it and don't make it lame. Anyway this is High Places's self-titled record. They're releasing a new record sometime soon, probably on a new label. And they put out a new single somewhere. I don't know, I haven't heard it.
It's really complicated and hard to upload my own files onto mediafire or anything with an ethernet cable so I have to find my links for now off the interwebz. And the only thing I could find is a little zip folder of a collection of tracks from High Places. Sorry guys this all I have for now, but I definitely want to put up their actual self-titled as soon as possible.
Sorry for being so awful at blogging, life is intense in college. Let me tell you. I don't know how I do it sometimes. And I'm not trying to be silly here, I honestly think I might go crazy any given day.
Enough with my cries for sympathy and respect. Not really. Whatever. I'm tired. So music right?
I wanted to start with a really cool band that sort of combines two really interesting ideals in the music scene now. The idea of really cool female led bands combined with this post-Animal Collective sound aesthetic is undeniably intriguing. To explain the former, bands like Bat For Lashes, Florence + the Machine, Chairlift, St. Vincent, and newcomers Sleigh Bells are all female led acts that are blowing up and creating awesome awesome totally rad music. And to explain the latter portion of that sentence way up there, after Merriweather Post Pavilion came out, everyone not only ate that record up, but the newly created die-hard fans worked their way tirelessly through their back-catalog creating an amalgam of sound to create a new genre almost. Bands like Blind Man's Colour and Toro Y Moi are actually really good at it and don't make it lame. Anyway this is High Places's self-titled record. They're releasing a new record sometime soon, probably on a new label. And they put out a new single somewhere. I don't know, I haven't heard it.
It's really complicated and hard to upload my own files onto mediafire or anything with an ethernet cable so I have to find my links for now off the interwebz. And the only thing I could find is a little zip folder of a collection of tracks from High Places. Sorry guys this all I have for now, but I definitely want to put up their actual self-titled as soon as possible.
Download some HIGH PLACES brah
The next band I'd like to share with your lovely ear holes are The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. Probably the cutest shoegaze band I've ever heard. Often times, 'shoegaze' bands are somewhat moody and depressive. But these guys (and girl) create fun yet subdued shoegaze pop songs about being young, love, loss, and everything else that happens before you turn 30. They've released an EP called Higher than the Stars that is really good and has a fantastic remix on it. I recommend it. They also released a self-titled LP last year that was a little underhyped in my opinion just because it wasn't really the same sort of sound as what was popular during 2009. This music isn't about the beach or summer, it's about things that people really care about. Which interests me especially. This is their debut record. I really want to catch them live. And I'm really interested in where their sound goes.
I love the Roland SP-404. I currently have two friends that dropped the dough to acquire one of these beast machines. An SP-404 is a sampling machine that is a wonderful tool to create weird and interesting music. Popularized by the wonderful Panda Bear on his tours of Person Pitch where he rocked dual 404's to pull of his stunning record live. This new guy's project is called City Center. And if you look at his live pictures, it's a hi-hat or cymbal of some kind, a mic, a 404, an echo/reverb unit, and some percussive instruments like a shaker. This record is his first LP, and is somewhat challenging at first. But once you dig out the melodies, it's a very satisfying listen. This guy seems to be a pretty cool dude and loves to tour so hopefully I can catch him live soon and see how he pulls it off live.
I love the Roland SP-404. I currently have two friends that dropped the dough to acquire one of these beast machines. An SP-404 is a sampling machine that is a wonderful tool to create weird and interesting music. Popularized by the wonderful Panda Bear on his tours of Person Pitch where he rocked dual 404's to pull of his stunning record live. This new guy's project is called City Center. And if you look at his live pictures, it's a hi-hat or cymbal of some kind, a mic, a 404, an echo/reverb unit, and some percussive instruments like a shaker. This record is his first LP, and is somewhat challenging at first. But once you dig out the melodies, it's a very satisfying listen. This guy seems to be a pretty cool dude and loves to tour so hopefully I can catch him live soon and see how he pulls it off live.
Every blog on the planet worth reading has probably mentioned this guy before. And I'm surprised I haven't yet cause I downloaded his debut record MONTHS ago when it leaked. It still hasn't come out yet and it's really sad that such a small time producer had pride and joy leaked before the new year even rolled around. Due out in Febuary, TORO Y MOI's sound is characterized by Panda Bear-esque samples, IDM-influenced beats and sugary pop hooks. His record 'Causers of This' is about to come out and I really hope this guy blows up. He really deserves it. He's kind of the underdog in the whole chillwave movement. Neon Indian and Washed Out have definitely overshadowed this guy and it's not fair for him to sit back when he made arguably a better record. Anyway, please buy this record when it comes out. I shouldn't be posting this and I feel bad, but hell it's everywhere already.
Friday, January 15, 2010
PSYCHE
Sorry for the confusion. I switched web bowzers and forgot my wordpress password. Whatevz. The blogspot was always pretty trill. I'm back on this ish for good.
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