Our San Diego picks for the week*

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The Unicorns, Architecture In Helsinki, Islands Song: Inspired & The Sleep - Sink [download here ] What's so good? [...]

Inspired & The Sleep seamlessly blends looped, live recordings with expressive vocals, inventive sounds, and compelling melodies that transport listeners to the ocean side by night. The lo-fi undertaking is developed in San Diego, by a beach lifeguard from his tower; Max Greenhalgh (AKA The Eyelid Kid). An insomniac drawn deep into the lunar cycle. Max spends his nights cultivating eloquent visions made in the light of day, arranging songs that are both mesmerizing and danceable while drawing comparisons from other loop-based artists (Tune-Yards, Emily Wells and Yellow Ostrich). "The name of the band was formed around [...]

STRFKR - While I'm Alive [mp3] (from Miracle Mile , out Feb 18 th on Polyvinyl ) The future electro-funk of the band previously known as Starfucker gets an extra dose sugar-coated pop for their new album Miracle Mile. Intriguing and fun record without a bad song among the bunch. [...]
After putting out last years excellent ‘ Teeneager. ’, Inspired & The Sleep are back to their old tricks. Those old tricks being releasing great singles. Max and the gang definitely know their way around a catchy/loopy melody, and ‘Sink’ continues down that same road that I’ve been enjoying following them down (plus, they bust out the flute again). You can snag the track for free over on Bad Panda Records Soundcloud page (and while you’re there, you should chill out to this sweet mix tape that BPR put together). IATS: Site [...]

Inspired & The Sleep es el típico joven que con poco tiene contento a todos. Puede sacar pequeños temas como éste, " Sink ", y dejarnos un buen sabor de boca que dure por meses. Por poner un ejemplo, aún tenemos muy presente su álbum debut Teenager. , cual salió hace varias quincenas vía Bad Panda Records. Tal parece que su idea de trabajar bajo un nombre que mantenga vivo (como advertencia) aquel momento de motivación infantil previo a dormir es parte fundamental de poner en práctica todo su talento sin más tiempo que perder, en este caso, [...]

Canción del Día: Inspired and The Sleep - Sink // febrero 19 Nombre: Inspired and the Sleep País: San Francisco, California, USA. Álbum: Sink SINGLE (Bad Panda Records, 2013) Suena como: tUnE-yArDs, Yellow Ostrich, Thao & Mirah, Solex. Sonidos: indie rock, psychedelic pop, sweet pop. Link : http://inspiredandthesleep.ban dcamp.com/ Download: Inspired and The Sleep - Sink [...]

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Max Greenhalgh or Inspired & The Sleep as he goes by returns with a new single called "Sink," which you can download for free - one of my favorite words. If you haven't discovered our previous posts on this artist, I'll slightly inform you of what he is about. The project started in San Diego and features loops, live recordings, soothing vocals, melodies, and more. Yet, now that Bad Panda is on board, he has more opportunities to experiment further, which is what we get to hear on "Sink." Stream and download below. [...]

We’ve followed Max Greenleigh project Inspired & The Sleep for a bit now and always note how he’s consistently improved with every track released. Brand new single “Sink” continues that trend. It’s an incredible fun psych-pop tune with pounding underwater drums to boot. Listen and download it below via Bad Panda Records.
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Dopo "Teenager", disco rilasciato lo scorso anno, Max Greenhalgh (AKA the Eyelid Kid ) producer che si nasconde dietro il moniker Inspired & the Sleep , torna con un nuovo singolo Ancora una volta supervisiona la release la 'nostra' Bad Panda Records. MP3: Inspired & the Sleep - Sink pubblicato su Indie For BUNNIES

Max Greenhalgh sent over "Sink" with a message that this new single " represents a new writing style...refined production and overall feel to the project". The DNA of Inspired And The Sleep has always been light tones, dreamy, wave-like vocals combined with airy, ethereal production. While there have been tracks that had a strong beat, I can't recall any that thump quite so heavily as "Sink" does with it's percussion. There's a lot going on in this song. The (I'm guessing) electronic sound of woodwind instruments permeate, with an interesting new mini-operatic bridge vocalized by Max himself. I [...]

Inspired & The Sleep have released their new song "Sink" for free via Bad Panda Records . Max Greenhalgh, the San Diego native behind Inspired & The Sleep, has come a long way since I first posted about him. "Sink" is a fully formed song that uses many cool elements to cool effect. [mp3]: Inspired & The Sleep - Sink

Having released his beautiful album Teenager last year, San Diego's Inspired & The Sleep returns with a brand new single ' Sink '. Whilst avoiding too many puns the track's swimmingly fresh playfulness does more than enough to take the edge off the longingful lyrics "Why won't you love me" to leave you with a feeling of joy and content. As the project takes a change through new writing & performance styles it's an exciting time ahead for the band, and one I'm more than looking forward to hearing the results from. You [...]
Just a few minutes ago I was sent the new single by Inspired And The Sleep from San Diego. We already talked about them several times last year. The new song "Sink" is a joyous indie pop tune and "represents a new writing style, progressed live show, refined production, and overall feel to the project" , as the guy behind the project, Max Greenhalgh, says. The single is out via Bad Panda Records . mp3 | Sink

Today's Daily Dose is by Max Greenhalgh (AKA the Eyelid Kid) from the lo-fi psych-pop project Inspired & the Sleep based in San Diego, CA. He's just released the album Teenager. via Bad Panda Records. Teenager. is a concept album in summary of his teenage years. It was recorded at home towards the tail end the summer of 2012 right before his 20th birthday (hence the period [full stop], meaning in conclusion or end of sentence). The album is available for free from SoundCloud as MP3, and in lossless formats from BandCamp for 1$ or pay-as-you-will. [...]

ILLUSTRATION BY LYDIA CONKLIN Another year has passed, and with that comes our best attempt to gather our favorite tracks and order them from best to, well, the very best. This collective is about as subjective as it gets - it's not something that necessarily represents what was popular or what certain sites wrote about. It's simply the music we loved in 2012. Without further ado, we present to you our list of the top 100 songs of 2012. While we had a blast putting this together, it didn't come without an argument or two. What [...]

Thanksgiving month is here and gone, but the music we heard will keep on keepin' on. Time for another monthly playlist wrapped in digital love and happiness. You can stream it via Spotify (with additional tracks), stream the MP32s on the EX.FM player below, or download the tracks that were made available free. If you find music you like, put your money where your ears are...or something like that. Port Isla - Sinking Ship The Zolas - Knot In [...]