ARMS? (No not the limbs), I would relate ARMS to a more straight forward version of Local Natives (they call it lo-fi pop, I guess I can see that as well). ARMS began as the solo project of former Harlem Shakes front man Todd Goldstein, countless bedroom sessions finally boiled over post Harlem Shakes breakup and now experimentation has led to a full band and Summer Skills . Or, as they they worded it: "ARMS is what happens when the back burner bursts into flame." These two great singles coupled with some awesome Daytrotter [...]
I first heard Mitchy Slick while watching the classic film, Julien Donkey Boy. In the wild clusterfuck of wacked footage peiced together by the creator of "K.I.D.S," Harmony Korine, added one short clip that stuck in my head. It was footage of a young Mitchy Slick resiting the lyrics " Black albino straight from Alabama way down south and ya know that I'ma Black albino straight from... ect" The strangely catchy bar stuck with me through the years and when I finnaly heard Mitchy on some real shit I was ecstatic. I felt like an old friend had [...]
I'll remember 2011 as a year with more good music than I had time to devote to it. Because my primary focus is music emerging from SoCal — and because there was so much of it this year — I found myself taking only passing interest in many hyped albums ... and not finding a lot of best in what the interwebs deemed "best new music." So fire me. Many of my favorite albums of the year came artists with whom I'd already developed a listener's relationship. Following are my favorite 20 [ excluding local artists, because I [...]
Wishing all of you the best this holiday season... Enjoy! The Dadada XMAS Mix 2011 Gapless Mix @ 320kbps Download all tracks in one zip Miracles of Modern Science - 01 O Holy Night Anna Vogelzang & Andrew Young - 02 Silent Night ARMS - 03 All I Want For Christmas Is You Haunting Party - 04 Baby It's Cold Outside Woods - [...]
2011, surprisingly enough, marks the 5th anniversary of Mixtape Muse. For something that started as a place to post the playlists for my little 'ol college radio program, this site has grown into something I could have never imagined. To celebrate, I've created a mixtape featuring artists that have been favorites over the past five years/are friends or are simply new artists I've just recently discovered. When I began selecting tracks, I soon heard a sonic theme that sort of matched the cover art (above) -- which I, oddly enough, happened to pick out before I had even started curating [...]
Well, 2011 is over, and that's kind of scary, but I think I'm more thrown off by the fact that my birthday is tomorrow and that day always seems so far away. None of that matters though, because the end of the year really means year-end list time. I think I'm thrown off by this more than anything else because you've got to go over the whole year and decide which albums rank higher or lower than this album and that album. Generally, these lists seem predicated on what album is technically better than a group of others. [...]
BEST OF 2011 : Songs | Albums (soon) | EPs/Singles | Discoveries/Heavy Rotation | Photos A really good year! The first 40 or so are mega-jams and the latter 38 (Rawkblog loves you, baby) are still jams. I purposefully left out songs by Destroyer because I couldn't decide, so consider Kaputt represented. You can play the entire page with the handy Ex.fm player in the bottom right corner, stream the playlist on Spotify and Rdio , and download everything after the jump. [...]
When we wrote the intro to our Deputy Editor's Top 10 Records last year, we joked that he's a surly so-and-so who doesn't like anything and enjoys nothing. This isn't true. This year, for example, he took a worrying amount of pleasure from the torrent of abuse levelled at him by fans of Five Finger [...]
he does not forgive. he does not forget. expect him. arms - fleeced
he does not forgive. he does not forget. expect him. arms - fleeced
The amazing game of "catch up" continues as we work our way to volume 36. Blogophilia 32 A mix of promotional mp3s from The Dadada and other blogs August-September 2011 Gapless Mix 320kbps VBR Download all files in one zip Tracklist # - Title - Artist 01 Fleeced - ARMS 02 Stay Pretty - Soft Pipes 03 We Will Never Be [...]
ARMS - "Three Mile Island" (live at Glasslands) from Big Ugly Yellow Couch on Vimeo . ARMS' spectacular (really!) Summer Skills is out this week at last. Here's the band playing one of its many jams at last week's album release party. Big Ugly Yellow Couch has more videos and a few live MP3s, too.
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Fleeced - ARMS // Buy Charming songs are those that amble along. They wander slowly down the road to their end point, sometimes stopping to smell the daisies, but never to write manifestos or force through any unnecessary agendas. They pleasantly fill the gaps when there's no desire for a particular genre - when there's simply a need to listen to something nice. Summer Skills , the newest record from ARMS (@armsongs), the project of ex Harlem Shakes guitarist Todd Goldstein, is charm at it's most pure. The [...]
ARMS, a New York-based band that started playing together in 2004, just issued the second single for its self-released sophomore album, Summer Skills. "Glass Harmonica" is a dreamy beach tune with an interesting electronic and acoustic sound. Starting out slowly with a bass line and a familiar drum beat, but building toward an almost '70s [...]
ARMS ' Summer Skills sounds like it is going to be one of my favourite releases of the year. The whole thing is really quite amazing, this track being my current favourite, although Face-Gravity and the title track are slowly creeping up on it after my second listen. Being a fairly 'indie' band (i.e. they are not on a major label… in fact I don't think they are even on any label), I'm not quite sure the strategy of their slightly odd release of this album. It's not crazy odd, it's just that it only seems to be [...]
It's extremely gratifying to know that people like Todd Goldstein exist in the music industry. The former guitarist of NY institution, Harlem Shakes , has created an even better product in ARMS and has just released a wonderful new record, Summer Skills . We were thrilled to be able to talk to Todd about British rappers, the new record, and of course, hand claps. Why the band name ARMS? We imagine it was easier to search for in 2004 before the internet imploded… Back in 2004, when I first [...]
Deerhunter's prolific musical genius, Bradford Cox, has been one of our favorite 'indie' musicians for years. In addition to his work on his mothership, that is Deerhunter, Cox has lots of other music projects and collaborations, including the most popular of them all - his solo work under the moniker Atlas Sound, a project that [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
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There's a ton of great shows in NYC this week, creating an interesting dilemma for those that need to select just one or two. The Drums , fun. , Young Man , Lucius , ARMS , Kurt Vile & the Violators , and Cloud Nothings are all playing our fine city, but it's still our 2nd B-Day Bash that I'm most excited for. Featuring Rubik , Ambassadors , Yellowbirds , E-603 , and For a Minor Reflection , Manhattan venue Pianos will [...]
Download : Caveman - "Thankful" New York's Caveman start of this weeks mix with "Thankful" an ideal mix of Brooklyn texture and that chilled out vibe all of us are looking for as the year wears down towards its close. These guys remind me of what Bishop Allen (one of my all-time favorites) could potentially [...]
Look who's blogging again! Hope you enjoyed our Halloween Mixtape an appropriate amount. It appears that someone left the faucet on 'cause hot tracks are all over the place this week. I don't say this at every writing engagement I get here, but this week seriously has some clout to it. The novel Halloween holiday has passed, and we're standing right in fall's path, so keep your balance and maintain composure. It's only everything around you that is changing and getting colder by the minute. No. Big. Deal. -Jeremy D Larson Content Director
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