Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that this Saturday, April 21, is the fourth annual Record Store Day . Like the past three years, record stores around the country are offering exclusive releases, great deals, free goodies and even in-store performances for Saturday's celebration of independently owned record stores. The event is even better if you live in Chicago because there are many great record stores strewn across the city, but it's hard to keep count of which one is doing what. Therefore, once again , we've done the dirty work for you in this [...]
Soma 326d is the latest EP release taking a retrospective look at some of the catalogue through the varied filter of remixing. A number of talented producers and DJs have so far given some classic catalogue tracks new life and energy and this release conforms to these high standards. Three remixes show the depth of talent associated with Soma and the eclectic nature of music, which is still being produced. There is something of a Franco/American synergy to this EP with Gallic flair provided by DJulz and Paul Ritch turning in vibrant remixes, and Master H, another artist of the [...]
Catalyst by Magicks Chillwave, shoegaze, wave-gaze, chill-shoe...whatever you want to call it, Chicago's Magicks does it right. A one-man project helmed by the mysterious Jason, Magicks offers plenty synthy vibes and will drop a new EP, titled Musicks , next spring. The EP's first single, "Catalyst," is a real bumper probably best reserved for a Saturday night that finds you at the club until the wee hours of the morning doing god knows what. But maybe the most promising aspect about, "Catalyst," is it's bonafide pop [...]
Last month we featured the single " Angry Tiger " by one-man chillwave crusader Magicks . Now its mastermind Jason Magicks has locked himself in a room during one hell of an acid trip to bring us a special video project. The film features Magicks with a mardi gras mask rocking out as a full band ripe with both acoustic and electric guitars while simultaneously rocking the mic. Sounds like someone found his spirit animals.
Ever get the sense that the tv talkers only buy in to their own supposed philosophies when they are convenient for the crowd? "Blood & Devotion" from Ill Fits "Headless" from Hella "Angry Tiger" from Magicks [...]
Chillwave is alive and well in Chicago. Magicks - the solo project of Jason Magicks - combines mellow indie-pop with atmospheric noise to create what Magicks (either seriously or not) refers to as "beach daze." And beach daze seems to perfectly describe that moment where you've been baking under the sun for far too long and then sets that feeling to music. Triangles , the latest release by Magicks, follows a path of filled with wafting vocal moans, tension-filled guitar and rumbling drums [...]
If the previous Magicks track we posted whetted your appetite for more new music from the man, then have a listen to this. It's called 'Angry Tiger' and is taken from the 'Triangles' EP, which is available for free over on Bandcamp . Listen to the track here: 'Angry Tiger'
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 72 with free mp3 downloads for songs by The New No. 2, Summer Camp, The Drift, Hella, Nates If State, Magicks and more! So much more! DATE: 08-31-11 WRITER: Don Loder Awright junky, So I'm gonna break da news a little early an' steal a little bit o' ol' fi' dollar Billy's thunder. I gotta email from 'im the otha day sayin' that he's gettin' married inna coupla weeks. First, I [view more]
Looking backwards - in terms of musical creativity at least - is both the essence and the enemy of song-writing. Almost nothing else can provoke such rapid leaps in the evolution of a song, and yet, of course, this is the double-edged sword that results in both M83 and Nickleback . Rifling through old records has also whelped forth the music of Magicks , though you may rest easy in the knowledge that Jason Magicks has used the past to craft a wonderfully enveloping maelstrom of sound. [...]
Here's a new noise pop jam from Jason Magicks and his project known simply as Magicks . The track "Cycles of Sine Waves Peaking Through Valleys" appears on the new EP Triangles which is available to stream or download for free over on the Magicks bandcamp page . Also of note, Jason will be stopping into Austin a week from today at Club 1808 for a live set. If you enjoy this tune, be there to see what the guy can do live! Download: Magicks - Cycles of Sine Waves Peaking Through [...]
Whoa! There's a lot going on in this single, 'Cycles of Cine Waves Poking Through Valleys', from Magicks. Layer upon layer upon layer of lush instrumentals and synth work and vocals produce an atmospheric dreamy sound, which leaves us with the sensation of being crushed by a loving hug. It's taken from the 'Triangles' EP, which is available to download over on Bandcamp . Listen to the single here: 'Cycles of Cine Waves Poking Through Valleys'
this album happened by accident or fate. you can pick. Jason Magicks ist gelernter Toningenieur und weiß somit recht gut, wie er ohne großen Aufwand seinen komplexen und atmosphärischen Sound erschaffen kann. Alles was er dazu braucht, ist eine Gitarre, Bass, ein Mikrofon und sein DJ Equipment. Magicks neue EP Triangles gibt es jetzt zum kostenlosen Download auf Bandcamp . Magicks - " Cycles Of Sine Waves Peaking Through Valleys " [...]
For your Friday removal take in "Cycles of Sine Waves Peaking Through Valleys" from Magicks' new EP Triangles .
As the new tunes keep rolling in, we're doing our best to filter them and publish them to the site - hundreds each month. This new installment of Fresh Tracks features new songs from recently released, and upcoming, albums, EPs and singles by a diverse and eclectic mix of bands and artists. As with most [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Don't know what it is, but this song from Magicks seemed just as hazy and sticky as the swampy mess of air outside right now. Not that I'm complaining, because I choose to complain about winter, which means I will never complain about summer. Magicks - Cycles Of Sine Waves Peaking Through Valleys
Motion Sickness of Time Travel - The Magick That Is You (by Motion Sickness of Time Travel ) From the album "A Forest Aching Cold", originally released November 2009 on cassette by Hooker Vision. CDr re-issue coming soon on Reverb Worship .
If there was some kind of an official award for the "Most Amusing Album Cover" given out each year, Klaxons' 2010 entry, "Surfing the Void", would make a strong contender. The cover isn't particularly funny, it's just that it's, well, amusing. I mean, there's a cat in an astronaut suit! What does it all mean, man? Picking up where 20072s "Myths of the Near Future" left off, the album is a continuation of the sonic trajectory started on the debut. Interestingly, the band chose producer Ross "The Godfather of Nu Metal" Robinson for the album, who is responsible for producing [...]
RIYL = Eluvium, Stag Hare, Julianna Barwick Peacetime transmissions burn soft white flame—flames—in my shoulder muscles, the stretch of my back, the hollow pathways in my bones, encompassing, consuming, luke-warm flames (warmth-not-torture), white—white's important to note—removing spirals of stress from my hips, untangling, flames you can cup in the palms of your hands, legged, walking through barriers like skin, like consciousness, pivoting in positions outside my body, a gravity to me, before walking back in: curious, exploring, improving blood flow, digestion, camping out in my lungs, talking, consuming toxicity, breathing life into open spaces, into my animal organs, [...]
Another from the fine folks at the Inner Islands label. This time from WYLD WYZRDZ . This floaty ambient gem is exactly what I need for spending 10 days in California helping a friend with some hard work and tough times, so I believe he might have succeeded in his mission to create "music for discovery and healing". The whole Free Magick album is just as good and a great companion piece to Gkfoes Vjgoaf's Joy of Awakening. WYLD WYZRDZ- Forest Light
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