So...I suppose I'm a tad bit late to the year-end-best-of-lists party but oh well. Josh already offered up his favorite tracks in the year-end best-of playlist and, while our lists have a lot of crossover, I thought I'd offer up my favorite 50 tracks from the past year. I've struggled with the idea of trying to put a 'best-of' stamp on anything I listen to based solely on the fact that I'm not all that comfortable with the idea of ranking all the tracks I love. This is more a representation of all my favorite tracks from [...]
The first in a four part series recapping some of the best music to come out of Nashville during the first half of 2011.
New music from Party Trash, the solo witch house project by Joseph Volmer of the Blastoids.
a tonne of months back i described blastoids' megachurch ep thusly: big spectacular splatters of pop, glitchy neon psych schmeared in lovely warm synth jam and explosions of huge hum and beautiful clatter. and i'll be goddamned if all that overt verbosity leaves me at somewhat of loss in bashing a few keys for this new beast, as my mental thesaurus is now utterly barren. or at least bereft of a more fitting descriptive. it's not a million miles away from megachurch. just more focussed. like a heat-seeking synth. like a lazer-guided korg. first track [...]
Upcoming in-stores, Rites of Spring backlash, new music from the AK & DJ Sir Swift, head to SXSW with Blastoids & the New York Dolls: coming to a Bridgestone arena near you.
New music from Murfreesboro's Blastoids, building on their ever evolving collage of sound by blending airy synth with tribal-leaning drums and distant vocals.
Destroyer : "Chinatown" Toro Y Moi : "Still Sound" Beach House : "I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun" ( Blackbird Blackbird remix) New Animal : "Last Winter" Seabright : "Winter War" Where Are We? : "Drunkhead" Women : "Bullfight" Blastoids : "Show Me Around" [...]
Ke$ha announces Beastie Boys cover, Jack White & Wanda Jackson do the Late Show , new music from Blastoids, D. Watusi & JEFF the Brotherhood, and bunch of Nashville concert updates including news on Sharon Van Etten, Ted Leo, the Kills & Interpol.
Blastoids EP Since Forever is out next week on AMDISCS . Blastoids - Prism
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Murfreesboro, Tennessee's Blastoids are one of my favourite under-the-radar bands in the southeast, so I was overjoyed to find them releasing a new EP called Since Forever . Watch the music video of the first single above, and then stream the record below: © Davy Minor for Ohmpark , 2011. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us [...]
okay gotta buncha stuff from neato baltimore label environmental aethetics afuckingageago and have spurned the buggers ever since. well no more. the time has come for me to squeeze some words out of my brain sphincter... and if that particular image ain't put you off, first up is blastoids . big spectacular splatters of pop, glitchy neon psych schmeared in lovely warm synth jam and explosions of huge hum and beautiful clatter. this shit makes me all happy, clasps me to [...]
Autant le dire tout de suite. Quand on chronique, on s'expose. Et je vois déjà le tollé poindre à la commissure des lèvres de chacun de mes petits camarades noctambules. J'anticipe leurs bouches déformées par l'indignation, le rictus complaisant... ah tu vois, tu vois... Ces amis enfiévrés, qui me suivent et m'entraînent. Qui m'entraînent oui, presque n'importe où, mais assurément jamais à un concert d'Animal Collective. A ces mots, s'embrasent les impatients : rien d'attirant, rien d'obnubilant. Rien. J'enfonce le clou dans la main de Jésus : inécoutable et sérieusement fatiguant. Une nuit, encore une, où je me sens de cette humeur [...]
mp3: Blastoids "Morning Light" mp3: Blastoids "Kenny Winker" The above photo is funny, of course, but it's very misleading. These guys sound nothing like Vice Magazine interns vomiting impressive jets of watery glitter. I was taken aback when I came across the photo on their myspace page while listening to their ( FREE! ) debut album. From as near as I can tell, they don't make music so much as unleash a cascade of blissed out synthizers and heavily treated vocals. The [...]
Living with me has some interesting perks, such as constantly being subjected to strange and new sounds from the depths of my laptop. My roommate (despite differing musical tastes) typically has some sort of remark for everything I play, ranging from "Turn that down!" to "You better be sending that to me tonight." Today I was listening to some (more) new music from a Baltimore-based label and he said, whilst listening, he felt like "an astronaut on psychedelics sliding down a rainbow". Alas, such might be the perfect description for [...]
One of my favourite Tennessee bands, Blastoids , are giving away their new album on their myspace page . I picked up a copy of the 14 track, nearly hour long record when they came through Atlanta earlier this summer and have been absolutely loving it. The Animal Collective starting point is very obvious, but this stuff is so unbelievably good that their piggybacking seems inconsequential. Each and every track is a unique experience in itself. There is so much dynamics to the record, and when the energy really picks up, it packs a serious punch. [...]
Right now I'm hanging out at a weird cafe in Memphis, Tennessee where This Piano Plays Itself will be playing later tonight. Getting on the road with a band and sharing the experience really helps put perspective on things for me, and if you ever have the chance to do the same, I can't recommend it enough. Each day and night is a new mysterious adventure for a mostly unknown touring band, wrought with obstacles to be overcome. It is long, arduous road to travel, booking shows in cities where no one has heard of you, financing the [...]
After leaving Corndogorama Sunday night a little early, I headed over to the new I Can Fly house. The DIY venue used to be located in my old neighborhood of Home Park, but when I moved to Reynoldstown, it moved over here too. This was my first time at the new one, and was very impressed with the crowd they drew for a Sunday night party with no beer. The venue space inside was pretty small, so it was really too packed out for me to go in and hear The Sunglasses or Siddhartha , but both [...]
It is a great day for checking out local music in Atlanta. Corndogorama closes out tonight with Dead Confederate and they just did a Laundro Matinee session that you can check out here . After that, there are two great options for the afterparty. Mice In Cars are playing The Earl right down the street. I've been listening to their newest album, 53 Bicycles and a Dead Man , and have been enjoying it more and more with each listen. It is very raw and the vocalist is definitely an acquired taste, but the [...]
Dan Deacon @ Eyedrum (1/7/08) I finally got around to listening to Dan Deacon 's new album, Bromst , and it delivers everything a fan could want. When it comes to dance music, it doesn't get much better. I recently got sent a remixed track of one of the Bromst tunes called "Red F". The artist who reworked the track, Shit Wolf , is a member of Murfreesboro Tennessee's Blastoids , a fantastic band I really dig. Check it out: [...]
Hang in there: Kyle and I have been pretty busy with band stuff and I've been waiting to break my silence on the second best record of the year so far , but to tide you over until then, I've thrown together a mix of like-minded, feel-good artists to match the sunshine that's currently invaded Seattle. Linked below. Enjoy. 1. Suckers - Afterthoughts and TV 2. Tanlines - New Flowers 3. Blastoids - Fake Indians 4. Wisdom Tooth - Take Me Home to My Dog 5. Holzkopf - Edmonton No Vacany 6. Blind [...]
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