♫ Tiger - Cheeseburger Cheeseburger (2007) myspace | buy ♫ Come on Tiger - Thailand Motorcade (2007) myspace | buy ♫ Burning Pile - Mother Mother O My Heart (2008) myspace | buy ♫ Burning Brighter - Auxes Sunshine [...]
I can't think of a better label to start the year with than Ghostly International, one of my favorite labels of 2008. Some nice dreamy indie pop here. Deastro "The Shaded Forests" (mp3) from "Keeper's" (Ghostly International) Buy at iTunes...
2008: BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR: THE MIX CD Friends: the gig is up. Last year I put together a mix CD for you, dear readers, as a highly self-conscious and tongue-in-cheek exercise in revisiting the year, made relevant only by merit of my return to the world of indie rock after a long, wandering absence. This year bears no such self-important or self-derogatory flourish. This year was epic. And mostly shitty. And while in some way, no amount of good music can change any of that, it is true, ultimately, [...]
Go forth to discover and listen to Nialler9's 50 best tunes of the year.. 50. Deastro - Light powered 49. Kanye West - Heartless 48. Geiom - Reminissin' (Skream remix) 47. The Vinny Club - Duke (Throw the Damn Towel) 46. Beck - Gamma Ray 45. The Very Best - Dinosaur on the Ark [...]
Like many artists and bands who seem to spring up overnight, Detroit's pop maestro Deastro definitely didn't start making music yesterday. In fact, the 22-year-old has been recording his own albums for a decade before he hooked up with Ghostly International to release his informal best-of album, Keepers , and - along with his newly formed band - start work on his first full-length LP, Moondagger . His name away from studio and stage is Randolph Chabot, and his songs are like tiny [...]
I usually don't post live reviews. But you missed a hidden gem buried below the snow and cold last night, just passed midnight, on a Monday. Randy Chabot, a pale young Michigan man of average height and scruffy black hair, jumped on stage at The Frequency and opened his bag of goodies. First a white plastic Tiger from Target where his bassist was stuck working Black Thursday weekend, then a Poltergeist DVD, then glow sticks for everyone, and then one of the most honest and energetic DIY sets I've seen in Madison. Under the playful name [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Backyard Tire Fire : 2008-11-07, Kansas City [mp3,ogg,flac] "Indie Hipster Wannabe" [mp3] other Backyard Tire Fire posts at Largehearted Boy Deastro : "The Shaded Forests" [mp3] from Keeper's other Deastro posts at Largehearted Boy Desoto Jones : "Nonfiction" [mp3] [...]
Every Friday we bring you our weekly batch of uploads. Download all the songs that went up the week of 11/24-11/28 right here, right now. [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] Deastro - Michael, The Lone Archer of the North Shore [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] Women - Group Transport Hall [ play ] | [ download mp3 ] War On Drugs - Taking The Farm [ play ] | [ [...]
William Lamson - No. 23 (2006) According to William Lamson , " the pursuit of flight, no matter how flawed or hopeless the attempt, places the amateur in the heroic position of trying to transcend his place on earth ". And with Deastro's release "Keeper's", Randy Chabot has made a powerful Midwestern launch towards lower orbit in a vessel crafted with Detroit cardboard, plastic synth remnants, and glittery optimism. [...]
Got a somewhat short, but solid week of releases headlined by Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan's second collaboration together Sunday at Devil Dirt , Belle and Sebastians' The BBC Sessions , Anathallo's Canopy Glow , and i'll go ahead and throw this in cos I used to love the hell out of Stereophonics , a best of album (that just feels odd to type). As always, feel free to recommend anything else that may have slipped beneath the cracks. Alaska in [...]
How cool is the artwork above? This is a creation of Bay Area-based artist Jesse Balmer for Deastro's new album Keepers . Keepers is shy synth-pop to instrumental robot-rock, whisper-soft ballads to sky-high anthems — would be nothing if not for Chabot's deliriously fizzy production and soft-focus melodies. The new release is like that three-eyed space cat: a strange amalgamation of an artist's various obsessions, disjointed but held together by sheer force of will, coming from humble origins but belying grand ambitions of beauty, positivity, and imagination. Here are two [...]
Deastro makes a charming brand of prog-influenced techno on his debut record, Keeper's, which is one of the first albums released by eMusic's boutique label. The artwork for this one is over the top beautiful, and matches the beautifully bizarre...
Who likes free shit? If you raised your hand, well, you're pretty gross. Who likes free music, though? Oh, now everybody raises their hands. Well, lucky for you, our boy Deastro has just put up some free jams he calls Voyager (which, coincidentally, was the name of the cover band one of our dads played in back in the 80s) on his blog. Download it here - oh, and click on the cover for the good stuff. - Ryan Allen [...]
Headed up by Detour faves like Maps & Atlases, Anathallo, Child Bite, Deastro, and Great Lakes Myth Society, Midwest Fest 2008 starts tonight! Think of it as a little like Rock City, except in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and at one solitary place (Rubble's Bar, where Black Flag and R.E.M. both played; no, not together). It's still really close to a casino, though. But we're willing to bet you're going for all the sweet bands, right? Right. Peep the full line-up and schedule here . Oh, and while you're up there, stay far away from the [...]
I've been a member of emusic for awhile now; I spend my 10 dollars a month and in return get 30 song downloads from their bargain bin of a music collection. You really have to dig deep to find something worthwhile there's always that diamond in the rough. I downloaded this album "Keepers" by Deastro a few days ago and it is for sure a diamond. Spacey 80s/90s electro with emo/indie acapellas thrown in for good measure. It really works. Here's the first track. Deastro- Michael,The Lone Archer of the North Shore
This has got to be some of the most unsettling album art I've seen in a while. 22-year-old Randolph Chabot, also known as Deastro , takes 80s new/synth wave, blends in some emo/indie rock and a lot of electronic/dance to create enchanted, emotional 16 Candles/Neverending Story fantasy-dance pop. You can buy it at eMusic . Fans of M83, 80s/90s new romance bands, The Mary Onettes and LCD Soundsystem might all find something to enjoy in [...]
dem beitrag zum ghostly swim sampler hatte ich ja bereits ein stück von deastro beigelegt, sozusagen. obwohl mir das mit der zeit immer besser gefiel, habe ich mich seltsamerweise nie kundig über deastros sonstige - herrje, heute wird das nichts mit dem schreiben. also nur schnell: deastro hat (oder haben?) eine homepage und wenn man sich ein bisschen mühe gibt, dann findet man heraus, dass es von deastro eine menge musik für umsonst zum herunterladen gibt. und was für feine musik! [auf der seite kann man sich an dieser [...]
ghostly international , das label für dings*, schenkt dir und mir einen sampler mit fast durchgängig ganz schön schicker musik. alles irgendwie elektronisch, manches irgendwie hiphoppig, fast alles instrumental, insgesamt tendenziell dreckiger sound, teilweise ein bisschen düster... ach, was soll man sagen. ist ja umsonst, muss doch eigentlich nicht großartig angepriesen werden, oder? klick, klick und nochmal klick! an einem stück, das ich hier gern als kleinen vorgeschmack feilbieten möchte, scheidet sich mein geist. einerseits ist das ja fürchterlich effekthascherische 80erscheiße, kitschig verhalltes keyboardteil auf leicht stumpfem, angezerrtem beat. wie man das, [...]
I had the chance to see the one-man extravaganza Deastro a week ago and, quite frankly, my mind was blown. Randy Chabot handles all instruments and crafts what kind of sounds like a more danceable, lo-fi version of M83, but with a lot more Nintendo influences. Something that must be heard for yourself. Live, it is one of the most fun, intense and breathtaking of times I've had in a while. These songs come from his We Will Never Waver Quiverstar album, but in talking to him after the show he said there is [...]
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