Following the re-release of her debut album Magic Trix via Ba Da Bing Records, which features bonus track "Lost Things," vocal contortionist and quirky keyboardist Xenia Rubinos comes bearing a new single. Shot in an empty Long Island parking lot at 6 a.m., the video for "Whirlwind" captures Rubinos’ playful energy and propensity to favor vocal prowess to composition. With director Francesco Lettieri brilliant stop frame-like video, the sonic juxtaposition of drummer Marco Buccelli’s odd and complex dance beats and Xenia’s powerful, high-pitched, and unpredictable vocal flights, synth noises, and squeaking hinges, the content suddenly becomes [...]
Ich bin wohl ein Fan von Jihae und ihrer Musik. Aufmerksam geworden durch die groartige Coverversion “The Model” von Kraftwerk habe ich mich in das Oeuvre der amerikanischen Musikerin mit koreanischen Wurzeln ein wenig reingefuchst. Und bin durchaus wohlwollend gestimmt. Trip-Hop und elegante Beats, knisternde Mischung aus Pop und Avantgarde, experimenteller Musik zwischen Electronica und Chanson und letztendlich diese Stimme. Wer Grace Jones, Eurythmics, David Sylvian und die britischen Avantagarde-Popper Japan mag, knnte auch an der New Yorkerin Jihae einen Narren fressen. Vielleicht. Den Song "Faint" gibt es als dsteren Remix via Soundcloud als Free MP3 [...]
Mothlite ist das Projekt des Briten Daniel O'Sullivan der mit weiteren Musikern bisher die Alben "The Flax of Reverie" (2008) und "Dark Age" (2012) verffentlicht hat. Ich war mir ziemlich sicher hier schon etwas ber den Mann geschrieben zu haben. Ist aber wohl doch nicht. Jedenfalls ist Daniel O'Sullivan auch Mitglied der norwegischen Post-Rocker Ulver. Bisher war mir Mothlite unbekannt, mir ist dieser Song und das ziemlich abgefahrene Video geradezu ber den Weg gelaufen. Avantgardistisches Rumgeeiere zwischen Post und krautigen Artrock, dazu hymischer Gesang und groe Gesten die an 80er Wave erinnern. Ich mag die Musik und ich [...]
Such is the curse of the esoteric, Cargo is pretty sparsely populated upon entry into the perfectly irrational world of Nashville lo-fi godfather R Stevie Moore . The deactivated confetti cannon shan't go spurting its load tonight although explosive onstage antics are seemingly sure to ensue, guitarist J.R. Thomason swigging liberally from Moore's bottle of red as he fiddles about with bits and pieces of obstreperous machinery. Naturally, this necessarily wacko scene is set to the soundtrack of James Chance's unapologetically demented Contort Yourself. And it's as its squiggly improv abates that Moore emerges in fairly unflattering [...]
Fun for the whole family... - by Benjamin Bland
Dei veneti Eterea Post Bong Band si può dire tutto, ma è inevitabile non rimanere scioccati, colpiti, scossi (nelle orecchie o nell'animo) dalla loro musica. Si possono cogliere tutte le citazioni presenti di ogni traccia (o, più semplicemente, comprare il disco e vedere i credits del libretto), come pure si può capire un emerito cavolo di tutto ciò che stanno suonando. Proprio il cavolo, romano in questo caso, che troneggia in copertina, uscendo da spirali gigeriane, vuol simboleggiare la natura matematica di tutta l'opera, ispirata alla sequenza di Fibonacci. Il titolo BIOS però è da legare [...]
You know that oh so unmistakable, incomparable feeling of going to a show you're so heavily invested in emotionally, mentally and so too corporeally that you really give not one, but two shits about it? The customary ATP flyer that flights its idiosyncratic way right into the clammy palm as you cross the threshold beneath the strict licensing stipulation; the gratuitously obligatory wait to dwindle on long after then; the overwhelmingly eccentric, and incontestably engaging support? Well, tonight is one of those ones right from arrival. Said support comes in the irrefutably beguiling form of Cosmo Sheldrake [...]
Since Swedish electro-pop duo THE KNIFE is already extending the definition of an album and music in general on their disussable new record Shaking The Habitual, it seems logical that there videos do the same. After A Tooth For An Eye and Full Of Fire already were quite bizarre and interesting to watch, the new The post The Knife unveil "A Cherry On Top" video appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
There really is little refuting the ambling, at times aimless nature of The Flaming Lips' latest, The Terror . And for a band of the sort of extolled stature to have been continually accredited to Wayne Coyne et al., it indubitably lacked a certain spark – that unmistakably ignited within their nigh on every previous. ( The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends not withstanding.) Thus it comes as something of a relief to hear them here return not so much to incendiary, as sultry 'n' smouldering ways as they themselves [...]
Mine ører er helt oppe at ringe over en spritny single fra et nyt stjerneskud på den alternative danske musikscene — en pige der bærer navnet Nanna Schannong. Singlen hedder Everything Seems Nicer in the Dark, og hvis det er sådan musik lyder, når det kommer fra et mørkt sted — ja så er jeg tilbøjelig give hende ret i at mørke lyder bedre. Måske er det fordi, mørke er i familie med melankoli, som trofaste læsere vil vide, jeg har en forkærlighed for. Nummeret demonstrerer Nannas fin fornemmelse for balancen mellem det intime, afventende og minimalistiske [...]
Anni di falò tristi, di dancehall sulla spiaggia, di version superflue e cannaroli presi bene per il riddim non sono riusciti ad indebolire la fascinazione che il dub esercita tutt'ora sul sottoscritto. Invero, se applicata con gusto, tale tecnica può portare a remix sorprendenti, che spesso e volentieri rivaleggiano con gli originali in termini di qualità. È opinione di chi scrive, tanto per rifarsi ad un esempio celebre, che il tocco di Mad Professor abbia reso No Protection un prodotto nettamente superiore all'album di cui costituisce la diretta filiazione, ovvero Protection [...]
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Muchas veces me han preguntado sobre mi género musical favorito. No sé si para ustedes, pero para mí, contestar eso con certeza es un verdadero dilema. Entre tantos géneros, subgéneros y variaciones que existen actualmente, es bastante difícil discernir entre uno y otro, y prácticamente es un círculo irrompible que parte de algo para llegar a lo mismo infinidad de veces. Hace un par de días, el colectivo musical Cosmic Compositions lanzó la segunda edición de su compilado Avant Garde Series, esta vez haciendo tributo a la misma y legendaria [...]
At the end of last year Kelly Kemp, Giles Bidder (Great Cynics) and Roo Pescod (Bangers) got together to record a little something. That "something" turned out to be the inagural Darlington Sessions and 'The Darlington Sessions #1' was released to much acclaim at the end of last year. In January Cats? Aye! Records and Darlington Road Recordings released the split on vinyl and to promote the release Kelly, Giles and Roo set out on The Survival Tour alongside El Morgan, Sam Russo and Helen Chambers. So, when the tour came through Manchester, I thought it'd be a [...]
Way back in January, Sam Russo, El Morgan, Giles Bidder (of Great Cynics), Kelly Kemp, Roo Pescod (of Bangers) and Helen Chambers set out on The Survival Tour. The jaunt saw the six singer/songwriters take England's small venues by storm and was a real treat for everyone involved. The tour came through Manchester, so I decided to get the three people who hadn't taken part in Loitering With Intent involved in some sessions. Kelly and Giles teamed up for 'Breathe When I Breathe' whilst Roo opted to play something from his new solo endeavor. [...]
Max Cooper - Synesthetes Museum A mix based on the British Museum in London. 1. Max Cooper - Binaural Museum 2. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears (Erased Tapes) 3. Max Cooper - Woven Ancestry (Unreleased) 4. Adam Johnson - Anex (Merck) 5. Peiyou Chang - Song of Gu Qin (Peiyou Chang) 6. Vaetxh - [...]
Foto: Daniel Schriver Hvor kom de her danske drenge, der kalder sig Blaue Blume lige fra? Ud af det blå har et enkelt nummer, On New Years Eve , ramt nettet. Og det har ramt det hårdt! Flere store udenlandske blogs og radiostationer har på kort tid taget nummeret til sig, og det fortsætter med sprede sig som en steppebrand. Og det er ikke så mærkeligt, for det er et ret imponerende første nummer, som Blaue Blume har kreeret. At dømme herefter bevæger bandet sig indenfor intelligent, avantgardistisk pop i samme boldgade som landsmændene When Saints [...]
photo by Shane Williams Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Morning Show with John Richards, is “Conflict Free Diamonds” by Kinski from the 2013 album Cosy Moments on Kill Rock Stars . Kinski - Conflict Free [...]
When Swedish electronica duo THE KNIFE announced its comeback earlier this year the buzz and aticipation this announcement created was pretty overhelming. Probably only DAVID BOWIE's comeback album played in the same hype league. The question is what you expect from their first studioalbum in seven years (leaving their inconvenient 2010 opera project Tomorrow In The post The Knife - Shaking The Habitual appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
When Swedish electronica duo THE KNIFE announced its comeback earlier this year the buzz and aticipation this announcement created was pretty overhelming. Probably only DAVID BOWIE's comeback album played in the same hype league. The question is what you expect from their first studioalbum in seven years (leaving their inconvenient 2010 opera project Tomorrow In The post The Knife - Shaking The Habitual appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
The Only Way To Go Is Straight Through begins like a train grinding to a sparks-throwing stop - except it never stops. It just keeps throwing sparks, keeps getting louder, and brighter, and closer. Then everything does finally come to a sudden halt, and it's somehow even spookier and more involving than before, like that heart-pounding moment of silence after [...]
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