CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW VIDEO To mark the launch of the Mikill Pane x Dope Chef collaboration , the aformentioned Mikill Pane dropped this freestyle. Dope Chef is a street concept best known for their clothing line which is FTD and they've come together with Mikill Pane to create an amalgamation of their two signature clothing designs. It's pretty sick; I've gone and pre-ordered a sweat. Can go and jam with Mikill Pane and Dope Chef founder Brian Gathi on the 11th of this month; peep the link I dropped in the article [...]
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 - [...]
The highly talented and creative Japanese born vocalist/(Dada) visual artist, Yamatsuka Eye , is down for the Sugar Mountain Festival in Melbourne and also for this years Sydney Festival . He is most known for founding the experimental rock band Boredoms in early 1986, a progression from noise band Hanatarash created by Eye, Zeni Geva and Mitsuru Tabata in 1984. Apart from Boredoms and Hanatarash, Eye has many alias and has used numerous other pseudonyms. Eye is a member of UFO or Die, Puzzle Punks, Noise Ramones and Destroy 2. Eye has also made [...]
I waited till 2011 to finalize my albums list - all my lists - partially due to laziness, being busy, the holidays... but mainly because I'm not sure what the hurry is. I don't do this for the web traffic (clearly), so I gave myself a little more time to decide than usual. (And as long as this goes up before the Village Voice' s Pazz n' Jop, I don't feel delinquent.) So here's my list, the top five or so have been a lock for almost half a year, but the rest were in flux right till I [...]
I took a year off from doing a favorite Seattle records list due to lazyitis (sorry Seattle). Here's my top ten records from my fair city for 2011 (sorry Seattle). 1. Seapony - Go With Me ( Hardly Art ) Twee is alive and well in Seattle. Seapony kind of came out of nowhere late last year. They put their debut album out on local label Hardly Art, played countless shows around town and generally put the Northwest back on the map when [...]
Another Stellar, Sunny Summer No matter where we go, the solitude and serenity of the lake house is always a constant for us. This summer was no different as we spend wonderful chunks of time along the waters. There was...
Bell X1 – Bloodless CoupDownload "Hey Anna Lena" Black Pistol Fire – Black Pistol FireDownload "Your Not the Only One" Blitzen Trapper – American GoldwingDownload "Love the Way You Walk Away" Boat – Dress Like Your IdolsDownload "(I'll Beat My...
The 7-inch single has been around since 1949. That's 62 years and counting! In my humble opinion the 7-inch single is still the essence, pinnacle and acme of pop perfection. Optimally, it's one song, one side (Some try to squeeze on more). That's no room for screwing up. You always hear that releasing a 7-inch is a money losing proposition, but that thankfully, doesn't keep pop geeks from doing it. In honor of true blue pop geek vinyl junkies out there, here is the second installment of the annual Finest Kiss top 40 7-inch singles countdown. [...]
2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here's fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]
You'll never be able to listen to Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr again without thinking, "BOAT! RUDDER!!" Sorry, Trivium.
New York is a talented state when it comes to music, especially Brooklyn. The mix of genres and styles that come from that area is wild. Once again, we have another young band creating some serious noise. Farewell Republic is preparing to release their LP Burn the Boats on January 1, 2012 and until then you can listen to the single "Wake," "Gliss," and a b-side for the Wake 7". The mix between punk and pop has this cinematic feel as each track progresses. The opening track and single "Wake" drew me in with the [...]
A new installment of experimental rock, avant garde pop, freak folk, and electronic music (all free & legal). If you like the music, please check out the artists. Click Here to download ZIP file with all tracks [mp3], track listing, and cover art. 01 Boats - T.V. Scientist [mp3] (from Cannonballs, Cannonballs ) 02 Richard Swift - Whitman [mp3] (from Walt Wolfman ) 03 Zun Zun Equi - Fandango Fresh [mp3] (from Katang ) [...]
Some Cellphone Shots from Maple County, Indiana Natures photos from the psuedo-space of Maple County, IN.
Boats - T.V. Scientist [mp3] (from Cannonballs, Cannonballs ) Zun Zun Egui – Fandango Fresh [mp3] (from Katang , out Nov. 8 [on Bella Union/Yep Roc]) Built Like Alaska – John Henry [mp3] (from In Troubled Time , out Nov. 8th) Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Boats : "T.V. Scientist" [mp3] from Cannonballs, Cannonballs search for more Boats posts at Largehearted Boy The Cringe : free and legal Sampler [...]
TORO Y MOI, UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, BASS DRUM OF DEATH ( Branx , 320 SE 2nd) Chaz Bundick is a puppetmaster of a huge range of dancing, bouncing sounds. You know him better as Toro y Moi, your one-stop shop for future jamz and retro '80s synths, all squelching along for a funky, freaky dance party. Don't miss Unknown Mortal Orchestra, with tightly coiled funk-psych and a flamboyant live show (guitar heroics! Capes, sometimes!) that you don't want to miss. NED LANNAMANN [...]
Shredded bee-buzz guitars sawing between two chords is how Farewell Republic introduces "Wake" – the lead song off of their impending album "Burn the Boats." The blended mixture of fluid drumming and layered guitars points to My Bloody Valentine as spiritual ancestors. The vocals come off a bit clearer than in Mr. Shield band's celebrated records - but there are similarities too: for instance the way background voices blur into icy guitar textures. A clever inclusion of backward-tape-looping tacked on the end suggests there may be more studio manipulation to this than initially realized. "Gliss" opens with [...]
Tweet Yay! Hooray for ye olde indie fare. This is obvious stuff from D. Crane (based in Seattle, hmm, what happened to Niles) and his band but that doesn't stuff us from grooving like a eight legged groove machine when its in earview. And for all that it is taken from an album called 'Let's Drag Our Feet', try following that advice and watch your shiny polished foot apparel turn a definite shade of scuff. Just made for Friday nights where ties [...]
The Blogophilia repost project continues... We've been busy with a lot of good submissions, and that's a good thing. It's time to take a breather. Today, we move forward with our goal of re-posting past volumes of Blogophilia due to demand. Remember, we're doing this all the way to volume 22, and then phhffttt! We're stopping there. Volumes 23-28 are currently active (zip format only for volumes 23-27), and we're making re-posted volumes available for about a week. Get 'em while you can. Blogophilia 15 [...]
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