You'll be in no way surprised to learn of the 'Pacific northwest kids' who comprise Seattle ensemble Beach Vacation's penchant for Captured Tracks' back catalogue even after a cursory listen to their latest, the Maritime EP. They cite the likes of Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing and Craft Spells among their key influences, and it shows in the sonic makeup of the four pieces to comprise the release though so too is the guidance of 'every Swedish pop band' since ever key, and never is this more so than on the song which concludes the piece. Though it's [...]
Here's the playlist from today's My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU , Channel 35! Tune in to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM at 12am ET/9pm PST tonight for the replay! St Paul and the Broken Bones - Broken Bones and Pocket Change Mayer Hawthorne - Designer Drug Jetta - Start A Riot Pyyramids - Do You Think You're Enough Blue Hawaii - In Two Ex Cops [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Wild Nothing, Ariel Pink, Craft Spells Song: Goldsmith - Backbone [download here ] What's so good? Recently, I’ve noticed [...]
Spring has officially sprung (according to the calendar at least), and as you're waiting for the weather to reach more seasonly-appropriate temperatures, linger on the spring-like feelings of warmth, renewal and emerging beauty with our second edition of Spring (Or The Love In Between). Click here to download this mix in its entirety . 01. Young Dreams - First Days of Something 02. Atlas Genius - If So 03. High Highs - Open Season 04. [...]
As an addict to swift snapping rhythms and a lo-fi atmospheres, Peter Michel aka Hibou marks yet another artist from Seattle who’s got us head-over-heels. With treble-heavy resonations and guitar work like that of The Radio Dept, Hibou scratches that ... Read More
Press pictures aside, after listening to the sun drenched surf-pop of Hibou, it's no surprise that he's previously toured as a part of One For The People soft spots, Craft Spells . continue reading >>
Fresh lo-fi, jangly dream pop from Washington's Gathered Ghosts . Founding member Javier Suarez (also of Craft Spells) released their debut self-titled LP in July 2011, followed by the 'Fluttering So Sweetly' EP in 2012. 'Maze' ( free download ) is taken from Gathered Ghosts second album 'Decoration Haze', available from March 12 here . Gathered Ghosts - 'Maze' Order Gathered [...]
Former Craft Spells drummer Peter Michel released a double A-side single last month under the moniker Hibou . The track 'Hollow' is a pretty dream popper suited to his Captured Tracks brethren. However 'Glow' is another story, a darker coldwave tune ( listen here ). This guy is only nineteen! Hibou - 'Hollow' Visit Hibou @ Tumblr @ Soundcloud [...]
As One For The People quite rightly contend, the soils of the Australasian continent are becoming increasingly fertile – at least from a musical perspective. And riding high on this crest-like upward trend are Perth four-piece Braves , whose Sorrow EP interpolates oneiric pop proclivities in a nebulous lo-fi backdrop of dizzying guitar lines and giddy cymbals. It's insouciant, and sporadically brattish (opener Sadko In The Underwater Kingdom sounds like Blink-182 reared on No Age and other such shitgaze ) though its crowning moment is also its ultimate – the self-confessed heartbreak-pop of Hallows. A disorientating [...]
It was but yesterday that we were extolling the virtues of onetime Craft Spells electric wand slinger Javier Suarez' Gathered Ghosts project, and today our attentions turn to another enchanting Californian-cum-Seattleite to have once earned his stuffed crust playing as part of the former. Peter Michel masquerades as Hibou which, although similarly '80s-indebted, is an altogether more euphoric endeavour and Hollow – the second of two to compose a supremely accomplished release on which Michel acquits himself most adroitly – is mellow as an estival Mediterranean, buoyant and insouciant synths bobbing about vivid crushes of guitar. "There's [...]
Raised in an apple tree and melted from candles emerged from the ocean with seaweed sandals picked from the garden and found in a hole scraped from the lining of a byzantine bowl. Now there's a bio I'm anything but sold on, which seems somewhat counterintuitive when the musical outpour of this self-affirmed 'famous ensemble' from Washington is quite so quietly spectacular. Centred around Craft Spells guitarist Javier Suarez, Gathered Ghosts are a 'dream-jangle' four-piece dealing in feathery, yet finely nuanced, synth-laced jingle and Maze – their standout thus far – is an [...]
I'm really happy with this mix, a bit of an homage to the new music from Manchester that the internet is so good to allow me a window into from afar . And damn it, it should be a good mix. It's a new year, I've been switching between new and vintage themed mixes, all of which are the result of a good deal of research and noodling. I hope you enjoy this one too, awkward, painful, and torn love letter that it is. [ cover image from the internet k-hole ] [...]
"Craft Spells combine shy synthesizers and and jangly guitars to create a sound reminiscent of Joy Division and indie-shoegaze veterans The Radio Dept. 'Still Left With Me' is a touching pop song about love that is born through time and circumstance shrouded in a dream-like atmosphere, making it perfect for a lazy summer afternoon." (via KEXP ) ♩ Craft Spells - Still Left With Me [from Gallery ] tumblr // facebook // twitter // soundcloud // shows // iTunes [...]
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Como cada año, este conteo puede llegar a ser un poco agotador para mi, sin embargo al final del día me queda la sensación de que cada publicación ha valido la pena, ya que con ello todos aquellos que no pudieron estar al tanto de lo que pasaba día con día en el mundo musical durante todo el año, pueden darse un pequeño quemón de las cosas mas relevantes que ocurrieron a lo largo de estos 12 meses, así como esos fascinantes descubrimientos que por fin pudieron debutar con sus álbumes de larga duración como el caso de Some [...]
getit from TuffLuke on 8tracks Radio . Full Tracklist: Killer - The KDMS Leave MY Shadow - Craft Spells Little Clique - Ghibli I Know Where You Sleep - Lissy Trullie You Don't Even Know Where It's At - Evan Voytas Baby Come Home - Scissor Sisters Back to Back - Wolf Gang Then She Walks Away - Good Shoes
While everyone else goes ape sh*t over EPs by Lana Del Rey and Ke$ha, well, we took a different approach and didn't listen to those artists this year. Instead, last night, I ran through my entire library on iTunes and settled on my top 15 EPs of 2012. Yeah, as these lists go, I'm sure I'm missing some pretty great ones in here that will leave me slapping my forehead later, but whatevz. It's all subjective anyway, right? We begin with New York band Beast [...]
They've had a while away after their debut EP back in Februrary, but ex Craft Spells man Frankie Soto and his Surf Club band are back with a new single in the form of "Reverie". continue reading >>
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It's fund drive time at KSVR and KSVU, and that means spending a little extra time in the studio. I arrived early and accompanied Stuarto during his show then he accompanied me during mine. I snapped the above shot of Stuarto before I took over the mic. He had an oldies theme going, playing tunes by the Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Willie Nelson and many, many more. My show, par the usual, was filled with the new. From new tracks off forthcoming albums by Book Club and The Pharmacy, [...]
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