Top 30 Songs 30. Bry Webb - Zebra 29. Balam Acab - Oh, Why 28. Elite Gymnastics - Omamori 27. John Maus - Believer 26. Grimes - Vanessa 25. Prurient - Time’s Arrow 24. A$AP Rocky - Palace 23. Baths - The Nothing 22. Jamie XX - Far Nearer 21. Kurt Vile - Runner Ups 20. Deerhoof - The Merry Barracks 19. Burial - Stolen Dog 18. Beach Fossils - What a Pleasure 17. Destroyer - Bay of Pigs (Detail) 16. Emperor X - [...]
6. Grouper – A I A Twee albums eigenlijk, die echter zo duidelijk bij elkaar passen dat we deze als één release kunnen zien. Alien Observer en Dream Loss , zoals de platen afzonderlijk worden genoemd, zijn album nummer vijf en zes voor Liz Harris . Ze laten aan de ene kant een vertrouwd geluid horen; aan de andere kant lijkt de stijl van Grouper meer richting liedjes op te gaan, zeker wanneer we de later dit jaar uitgebrachte 7” Water People/Moving Machine nog eens opzetten. Relatief natuurlijk, want de ruimtelijke, [...]
For Fans Of is a feature that picks a popular, distinguished band and recommends similar up and coming bands. This first edition features Scottish indie-pop band Belle and Sebastian . Glasgow’s finest Stuart Murdoch and his much-beloved band brought poetic, storytelling pop with a maudlin edge to the masses. Here we explore some more offerings from the cardigan-wearing subculture in Scotland, and further afield. If you’re a loyal Belle and Sebastian fan, then we recommend that you give these a try. We would love to hear your suggestions as well. [...]
Continuing the odyssey through the sound of the modern drone, I feel the need to focus on something vital to today’s music scene and marketable on a crossover scale. Also the prospect of writing something someone out there would actually enjoy reading is attractive. I doubt Google searches of “drone” and “Hausswolff” have been increasing...
Tweet Tu Manes (mp3) Aias ニューヨーク、ブルッ クリンのCaptured Tracksからの デビューで大反響を巻 き起こした女子トリオ 。スペイン、 バルセロナのインディ ーポップ。 キュートでガーリー。 スペイン語。青春ガー ル。 ドリーミー。 Vivian Girlsが品行方正だった こうなったであろう 奇跡のガール・ポップ とも言われている。 タンブラーもやってま す http://yamamiya.tumblr.com/
Ah, The Great Escape . Whatever SXSW can do, you can do, only colder and with a pebble beach. Still you do have the slight adventure of being 100s of miles closer and still put on probably the best value music festival in the UK. The boat has long sailed into the distance for a full fest review, but I really must share this band as they provided the most enduring memory of the event. AIAS hail from Barcelona and are signed to Captured Tracks which seems a pretty categorical stamp of approval right now [...]
Last week , we kicked off a collection of recordings from WFMU's two days of Primavera Sound coverage with Prince Rama , Swans , Oneohtrix Point Never , Suicide , Pissed Jeans , The Monochrome Set , Ducktails , and Half Japanese . This week, we bring you six more from Barcelona's incredible multi-day / multi-stage music festival! Check out free artist-approved mp3s by... Aias :: Glenn Branca Ensemble [...]
Intensely dark and hauntingly beautiful new official video for Grouper 's " I Saw a Ray ," which director Weston Currie tells us is the first in an album-length series of short films they're making for AIA .
Aias’ debut album, A La Piscina (Captured Tracks, 2010), is so sonically eloquent and profound that it should keep the band with plenty of momentum for a good couple of years. On our Best Albums of 2010 list, CF writer Jean-Stephane Beriot described their music as “concise, nostalgic and practitioner of the hand-to-hand throwback.” Music-wise I have no clue what he meant by that last part, but it pretty much describes the trio’s new video, “Tu Manes.” Although our understanding of Catalan is limited, this song is the cultivated emotional response to a confronting breakup (the song translates [...]
On this title track from one of Grouper's two new albums, Liz Harris creates "vastness," and packs it into three minutes of arpeggios and ghostly vocals. The lo-fi production makes the music really smudgy and obscured, but there's still something therapeutic about the repetition and textures here. Listening to this is a lot like walking through a foggy graveyard, or floating slowly atop a body of water on a starry night. It's not music I could really dissect in the same way I review most albums on this channel. For an album such as this, I need to [...]
Ambient music artist Liz Harris has just put out her sixth album under the name Grouper. It's a double album, containing the releases Alien Observer and Dream Loss . Of course, this video is for the title track of the former. / via /
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Ik kan mij even geen release bedenken waar ik meer naar uitgekeken heb dan A I A van Grouper , het solokunststukje van Liz Harris. Nu is dat niet zo gek natuurlijk; de vorige die als een echt album te bestempelen is, dateert alweer van 2008. Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill is nog steeds een genot om naar te luisteren, iets wat het verlangen naar een opvolger tot groteske proporties drijft. Welnu, die opvolger ligt nu voor me. Niet één, maar twee lp’s staren mij aan. Als twee zwarte gaten waarvan niet te [...]
April / Self-Released Track list and previews for Alien Observer Track list and previews for Dream Loss
Grouper — Soul Eraser There’ll be plenty talk of Grouper in the coming days, and for good reason: Yesterday, Liz Harris released not one, but two new LP’s into the unsuspecting world, each clocking in with 40 minutes of new material. A double album this monstrously huge could’ve been a risky gamble, but A I A (available here ) kills it every step of the way. I imagine most will gravitate toward the more structured, [...]
MP3: Grouper - Alien Observer Grouper was one of the best shows I saw last year and her recorded output is always spot on. "Alien Observer" is our first peek of the 2 record "A I A", this one being the title track to the second LP. Highly recommended, and this opus sees release on April 11th from Grouper's own Yellow Electric .
Nu la mare, nu la munte, nu in Bucuresti. In Ardeal! De ce in Ardeal? Pentru ca doar aici te distrezi mai mult ca niciodata! Ne-am ocupat de tot pentru ca tu sa simti vibratiile aduse de 1 Mai pe pielea ta! Cum? Simplu: vrei sa ai parte de o balaceala pe cele mai fierbinti [...]
Grouper's Alien Observer Thanks to an anonymous commenter for pointing out that Grouper 's much anticipated new 2xLP A I A can now be previewed at Amazon UK . Head over there to listen to clips from Dream Loss + Alien Observer . In other Liz Harris news, she has contributed a new song called " Cassiopeia " to Antiopic / Thrill Jockey's massive 5-hour [...]
Gaia Bihr z Aias (primavera primavera!), jej nowy zespół - June & Xeno - i ich pachnąca nowością piosenka - Just forget the world . To dzisiejsze wideo dnia, a już w przyszłym tygodniu kilka słów na temat m.in.: linkowanych ostatnio nowych piosenek, chronicznym repeacie Maketha PJ (let primavera shake!) oraz słodkiej niespodziance od zwycięzców naszego podsumowania EPek 2010 . Na razie jednak zapominamy o tym i o wszystkim innym:
Boy Attractions
MrBungle
The 405
Tympanogram
Music Islands
bridging the atlantic
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
Listen Before You Buy
Gorilla Vs. Bear
Club Fonograma
The Needle Drop
Fuck yeah! Go team!
Minimal Freaks
louder than bombs
Sexy Track // “Devil Or Angel” // Lou Doillon
HAERTS: “All The Days”
Daft Punk - Lose Yourself to Dance (Simøne Remix)
