photo courtesy of Acres of Diamonds "Our recording process has been somewhat glacial," jokes Sarah Davis, the singer and keyboardist / glockenspielist for earthy, expressive Philly rock combo Acres of Diamonds . The band's excellent self-titled EP dropped in summer of 2010, and it has been working on the followup at an extremely measured pace in the time since. But that's completely fine; if the end result is a collection of songs as rich and inspired as today's Philly Local Phile, AOD's brand-new number "Penultimate," it will be absolutely worth the wait. Stream or download [...]
This show began like any other, but without the transition difficulties. All was smooth. The music, on the other hand, was not. After a long, satisfying week, I was in need of some loud, abrasive rock music. But it wasn't all like that. Due to the cold weather, I mixed in some beach pop, fuzzy dream pop and good old garage rock and pop. Don't forget to hit up the bottom of this post and listen to two tracks from the playlist! "Torn Curtain" by Television [...]
Brown Recluse may describe themselves as "psychedelic/baroque pop," but what I hear, especially on their record, Panoptic Mirror Maze , is a spiraling funnel of vintage easy listening, Monkees-meet-Brian Wilson coastal radio pop, loose lo-fi lounge, organ rock, and 8-bit experiments. I know--that's super specific. But in order to understand the greatness of one of Philly's best kept secrets, you have to understand the textures and layers that define their sound. The band's ironic richness will be mixed in at Johnny Brenda's tonight with the one-man alt-hop innovator, Lushlife , who twists and melds beautiful old world [...]
Today's free mp3 is wonderful indiepop from Philadelphia, courtesy of Brown Recluse . 'Impressions of a City Morning' is taken from their album 'Evening Tapestry' which is out now.
Rockaphilly is presenting a concert with Brown Recluse , Lushlife , and Sunny Ali And The Kid on Friday, October 28th, at Johnny Brenda's. Doors open at 8:00 p.m.; show time is 9:00 p.m. Tickets to the 21+ event are $10. For more information and set times click here . Rockaphilly is also having a contest to win a pair of tickets to the show if you're one of the first two people to identify the pictures of rock stars on this poster . Below, listen to a song from Brown Recluse and [...]
El Brown Recluse is Michael Ramos' most fully realized expression of the Charanga Cakewalk concept he's been developing for half a dozen years. Like the best conjunto music, El Brown Recluse is all about the dance floor. But the ballroom in this case is full of cowboy boots and skinny jeans. Read more »
Is there a recipe for a good song? Is there a recipe for a good album? Perfection may not exist, but good songs and good albums exist after a formula. But forget good albums and good songs. Forget them, because artistic mastery don?t have recipes: they appear when the artist tries to make real what is inside is mind. And some know how to do it better then others. That?s why there are good songs, good albums, and there is Evening Tapestry, released by Slumberland Records. Recall the first appearence of Brown [...]
The Loxosceles reclusa species is one spider you may want to be bitten by after swaying and swooning to Brown Recluse 's headlining set at Kung Fu Necktie tonight. Fueled by hypnotizing keys and soothing vox, with a merriment-pop vibe, the local natives and one of Philly's unsung heroes in the indie music scene will infest your auditory perception with the most pleasant toxins. Joining Brown Recluse will be four-piece Arc In Round , led by producer extraordinaire Jeff Zeigler ( Kurt Vile , The War on Drugs , Pink Skull ), reflecting a dark pop [...]
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 Brown Recluse is firmly grounded in Philadelphia. The band's latest album, Evening Tapestry (released on the iconic indie-pop label Slumberland last spring) was recorded at Sound In The Round Studios in Philly. They've even got a song called "Conshohocken Curve." Despite their burgeoning reputation—Brown Recluse has played with Matt and Kim and Tokyo Police Club, among others—the six-piece band remains committed to their roots. Brown Recluse performs with Arc in Round and Royal Shoals at 7:30 p.m. at Kung Fu Necktie; tickets to the 21+ show are $8. [...]
Tweet Timothy Meskers, Mark Saddlemire and their mates may as well have been curating our mixtapes recently given the amount of their songs which end up there. This year's 'Impressions of a City Morning' is probably their bona-fide classic yet a couple of years earlier they were still turning out indie pop gems. Like the 12-inch vinyl release 'The Soft Skin' that included 'Night Train', a song so flush with gleeful dynamics it could surely erase sun-drenched clouds from the sky. It's [...]
It's been some time since I've posted on this blog and I am happy that topomodesto gave me the opportunity to put together a mix. In the face of algorithm driven mix generation I hope that there continues to be interest in crafting diverse listening experiences. What may start as a matter of convenience easily translates into common practice. Collecting and orchestrating music samples into coherent ideas may be perfected by professional dj's, but I find my interests don't take root until I search out the connections between songs and artists myself. And this invariably leads [...]
Thank god the heat is starting to subside around here, if i have to listen to another person complain about the temperature i think i'm going to snap... it's not that bad... relax. Sorry thought that it needed to be said. Anyways here's a few songs: . Phineas and the Lonely Leaves- The Feeling . [...]
Sunshiny and warm at first listen, Brown Recluse (named after a poisonous spider for some unfathomable reason) is good at what it does - faithfully reproducing the sounds of indie pop giants like Belle and Sebastian and Of Montreal, even Neutral Milk Hotel at several turns. Well-harmonized, upbeat and catchy, Evening Tapestry succeeds at being a fun background album - a good choice for driving or an afternoon workout. What it does not even begin to do is anything new. Chord progressions and stylistic tactics that would be excellent if they hadn't already been done to [...]
Listening to Evening Tapestry, the latest album by the Philadelphian band Brown Recluse, is going to cure you. Maybe you've got the mid-summer blues because, like me, you live in Seattle where summer ends before it begins, or maybe, like me, the new romance which seemed so promising in mid-April has already taken an inexplicable nosedive, or maybe you're broke, like me, and you work a soul-numbing minimum wage job, and you've got a car to fix and a bike to repair and creditors that seem to live inside your phone. Evening Tapestry is such a surefire cure-all that I [...]
Some great new stuff this week from Megafaun , Com Truise , Best Coast , Sleeping Bag , Rosemary Stretch , and others... Megafaun - These Words [mp3] from Megafaun , out Sept. 20 Com Truise - Cathode Girls [mp3] from Galactic Melt , out now Best Coast - Gone Again [mp3] [...]
Looking back over the volumes of fantastic music released by Philadelphians this year, Brown Recluse easily stands out – partly because they handily delivered two full-length releases within months of one another. Evening Tapestry came out on Slumberland Records in March, and it's technically their debut long player; back in January, the band self released its "mini-LP," Panoptic Mirror Maze , to Bandcamp. The two collections delve deep into the cheery sunshine pop Brown Recluse is known for, as well as a more macabre new direction indulging songwriter Tim Meskers' fondness for horror [...]
Como habitual, fica por cá o resumo do que de mais importante se passou na minha página alternativa do Facebook. Após um super fim-de-semana alargado, a semana começou com os suecos The Bell e o seu formidável tema "Whatever Did You Say", retirado do seu mais recente trabalho 'Great Heat'. Continuou-se com um tema bem bonito dos Brown Recluse, "Summer Showers", passando por "Neapolitan Girl" dos
Hace unos días os anunciábamos novedades del sello Slumberlad Records , con la publicación del álbum de debut de Brave Irene, pues bien, no dejamos este sello, ya que el grupo que hoy nos ocupa publicaba el pasado mes de marzo su álbum de debut "Evening Tapestry". Se llaman Brown Recluse, son un sexteto de Philadelphia a los que ya dedicamos unas líneas con motivo de su anterior Ep, "The Soft Skin". En este nuevo trabajo inciden en su sonido que evidencia unas claras influencias a cargo de bandas como The Zombies, Belle and Sebastian o The [...]
I must stop posting this band but their airy ditties keep invading the part of my head that affords glorious sounds the access to the diagnostics inside. Once there all manner of electrifying pulses radiate from the peaks to the valleys of my frame. Such drivel, but then if I'm forced to sound at all sensible it may appear as if Brown Recluse have got me in their pocket. My, it's warm inside tonight and what's the hell is that giant sticky sweet doing over there. KD Brown Recluse - Skeletons [...]
National Record Store day kicked off in style at Main Street Music in Manyunk with Cabin Dogs , Creepoid , and a solo set by Slumberland's Brown Recluse singer Tim Meskers. Despite being in the last throes of writing a graduate thesis, I braved the crappy weather and made it out to Manyunk's Main Street Music to celebrate Record Store Day. I arrived just in time to check out a few songs from bluegrass/Americana band Cabin Dogs (Woodstock Records), led by twin brothers Rich and Rob Kwatt. The normally [...]
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