"All those years were the best that I had" In preparation for next week's release of their fifth EP (appropriately titled "V"), Swedish electronic duo Kite have shared another new track with us. Despite its upbeat title, Dance Again is actually a lot closer to a slow-burning, melodic, U2-style rock anthem than a club track. Of course, with them being an electronic band, the pieces that sound like they could be guitars if performed by another artist are icy keyboards when performed by Kite. it's an interesting juxtaposition between the production and the melody, [...]
"Push me through the people" Kite are back! I have an interesting relationship with this band. Whenever I listen to them, a part of me aches, just wishing that singer Nicklas Stenemo was still with the Mo, performing the kind of pop rock that he did so well. But another part of me can really appreciate this kind of experimental electronic sound as well. To my ears, the duo has never eclipsed their debut single, Ways To Dance , but this new song is a step in the right direction. The vocals are clean, the [...]
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Damn son. Jaden Smith released a new song featuring his sister Willow . Willow's voicals are SO nice. Purely mesmerizing. This after Willow's recent Radiohead cover - the Smith kids are growing up - and it is doing all kinds of good things to their music. Stream: Jaden Smith - "Kite" featuring Willow (Prod. By Téo) |
Not as great as the fact that Will Smith and his wife Jada named their kids Willow and Jaden , but this new track from the famous rap siblings is still pretty awesome nonetheless. Let's just ignore the fact that they have a combined age of 26, because that might make us hate them and feel really old.
The morning is cold and dark. I woke up at 5:30, and the heat hadn't yet been triggered beyond its 62˚ night setting so I tried to snuggle under the comforter and go back to sleep. It didn't happen so I came downstairs, turned up the heat and turned on the coffee. All three animals are here in the den with me, and each is sleeping on a favorite spot. Gracie gets the couch, Fern sleeps on the afghan on the back of the couch and Maddie gets the chair. They look warm and comfortable. I'm a bit jealous they [...]
Languid comedown music seems to have been on a solid upswing for the past decade as Coldplay blazed the trail. A Boy and His Kite adhere to this new standard aggressively, or at least sluggishly, throughout their self-titled album. This characterization is probably not fair to the Kites, as they mix in acoustic Americana rather than the impenetrable Englishness that Coldplay wallow in. Please don’t take my low grade kvetching as an insult to this album. I don’t think it’s bad at all but I think you really have to be into this scene to get into this record. A [...]
Matthew Phillips might be best known as the frontman of electro-pop band KITES , but as of late, he has also been busy blogging over at The Huffington Post. Blogging has become increasingly common among artists who are keen to communicate with their fans outside of their lyrics. With millions of internet users going online everyday to get their news, shop, or play games like binguez , it's easier than ever for artists to reach fans on a mass scale. Blogs allow for more in-depth discussion than do shorter posts on social media sites like Facebook [...]
We are much later posting about this then we ever intended - in fact Ashland based indie folk band Kites & Crows new album, More For The Mender , came out on September 28th. Taking inspiration from Shakespeare, specifically a production of Coriolanus , where the recently banished battle hero is hiding out " ...under the canopy...in the city of kites and crows… ", the band expertly blends rootsy Americana pop songs using lush orchestrations, catchy melodies, and warm tones - all of which are prominently showcased in More For The Mender . [...]
Whimsical, yet emotional, Iko takes you on a carriage ride through the soul with their latest EP Dazed and Confused.
Geographer "Kites" "Pile lover upon lover til we’re covered with skin there’s nothing to discover from the thunder and lightning there’s no way to recover this is love not loving and now we are all each other i was a brother when i saw you" I've been meaning to do a post for Geographer ever since Travis played "Kites" for [...]
Stream: Iko - “Kites” Their EP “Dazed And Confused” is out November 12.
London electro-indie outfit Kites have just put a Charlie Chaplin-inspired video for their recent single “This Jumped-Up Boy in Livery”. Immediately after noticing the heavy Clash dark synth influences, frontman Matthew Phillips comes into view and takes complete control in his most theatrical and flamboyant state. A huge personality is needed in the type of genre, and Phillips checks that off with flying colors, with his white makeup and his dressing to the nines. Doesn’t hurt to have the highly desirable vocal chops that he has too. The song is smart enough not too [...]
Manchester’s purveyor of the finest SynthWave and retro synth tunes, Mr. Mindscramble has cooked up another fantastic slice of ‘80’s awesomeness for us in the form of this reMix of London based Indie-Electro outfit Kites ’ new single, This Jumped-up Boy in Livery . The original of This Jumped-up Boy in Livery is in impressive, deep, mix of Post-Punk and ElectroPop, I burbling synth backing with Gothy vocals, but Midscramble takes it to the next level with with a vintage SynthPop twist. The track starts off in true SynthWave fashion, pulsating synths [...]
Kites is a London band composed of a pop-poet with a love of words and handkerchiefs ( Matthew ), a scholar of electronics ( Richard ), guitarist ( Jasper ) from New York and former percussionist of The Holloways ( Edwin ). In a recent interview, Kites ’ flamboyant dandy-esque front man, Matthew , described their sound as: “ Melodramatic provocation for discontented dreamers” with the press referring to them as “pioneers of electro-fop-pop”. Their new single ‘This Jumped up Boy In Livery’ is released on 1 st [...]
KITES has released the official music video for "This Jumped Up Boy in Livery." Directed by Christian Roe, the video was shot in London's Calder Bookshop Theatre and is an ode to the silent film era.
San Francisco's Geographer moved a little higher up the hometown hero hierarchy after captivating (nearly) everyone at The Regency Ballroom Lounge.
Diver - London Free (pay with a tweet or FB post) download of London via inkmusic.at/diver
From The Kites Of San Quentin has hit us below the belt tremendously and whacked us around the head with this super-marvellous expression of muggy electronica - and splendid sways of late 60’s-esque mist & early 70’s type rustic incorporating superb downtempo techniques . Made from a template of soothing gusts and pleasurable winds, Manchester’s (UK) From The Kites Of San Quentin is more of the IT Factor than TNA Wrestler Bobby Roode. 808 STATE - In Yer Face (From The Kites Of San Quentin Reworking) [...]
Abe is touring again. A playlist by the wizard of indie tours in China.
#1 Hits From Another Planet
Fanatic Promotion
mostly junkfood
The Line Of Best Fit
Keep the Coffee Coming
MVRemix Rock
I Think I Love It
Mad Mackerel's Blog
The Owl Mag
Dead Horse March
THE CULTURE OF ME
Hand Clap Movement
electronic rumors
Seattle In High Definition
Mit der Musik kamen die Spinner
aerial noise
Layabozi
Frau – Tarian Sari (stream)
Johnny Marr blames ‘record label politics’ for stopping The Smiths boxset
Franz Ferdinand plot tour, share behind-the-scenes video
