A couple of recent shoegaze album lists from Sounds Better with Reverb and Surfing on Steam prompted me to recall those heady days of shoegaze between 1988 and 1994. My recollection wasn't about the great albums, though there were some, but about the EP's. Those of us there at the time know that it was all about the EP. Albums were slow to come and often disappointing but the EPs came quick and were often a band's pinnacle. Often a band would do a brilliant EP and then never reach the same heights on the album, or never [...]
I saw this list the other day and felt compelled to make a more comprehensive, accurate, and essential rundown of albums that have truly stood out in a musical and historical sense. Albums that are influential, groundbreaking and still memorable. And let's be clear that bands like Galaxie 500, Mercury Rev, Verve, Mazzy Star, etc., these are all great bands that have produced some astounding work, but they are definitely not shoegaze. It's obviously way too early to rank the new MBV album so I'm not even gonna go there. [...]
I listened to these all weekend.
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New music produced by Termanology along with Moose, "End of Story" performed by Aisling Peartree.
Rappers are always complainin about biters. Everybody seems to be so worried about folks stealin their style. It seems as though a culture of egoism and and greed has pervaded the rap scene, and even all modern music to an extent. To me this is one of the strangest and most counter intuitive products of music's digital age. At no other time in history can more people hear the music you create, and yet the desire for it to be emulated and influence others has never been less. [...]
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I heard a story about Bushwick Bill, his girlfriend, and insurance money. Apparently he wanted his girl to kill him so either her, his mom, or both of them could inherit some money. I don't know if this is true or not, but what I do know is that he put out some dope tracks. I'll start out this playlist with a song from the Little Big Man himself. Bushwick Bill - Call Me Crazy Mac Dre - Hoez Love It Central Dynasty - [...]
Excuse the wacky, alternative rock video style and editing, but this is a pretty stellar clip of Moose doing “Suzanne”. Check out Tim Gane (Stereolab) on bass!
Thursday’s come and go. Time stretches and blurs until what seems like a normal weekday transitions seamlessly into the weekend like an afterthought. The excitement of looming days of rest and relaxation and the time commitment that entails is not lost on us nor should it be lost on you. With that we get Three Words or Less. (TWoL) Original Don (FLOSSTRADAMUS REMIX)- Major Lazer TWoL: Shit's Crazy Mama Grizzlies (Roska Remix)- Graphics TWoL: Weird but [...]
Bass, Chords, Synths and Spanish. Never fear, I'm bringing you possibly the most eclectic post this side of Bollywood and the anticipation is killing me, let alone my eardrums. First off we have a new release by Mau5trap's own Moguai bringing the thunder down in Mpire, off his full length LP with the same name. The LP 'Mpire' will be available on January 30th, and if this high energy, chord driven track is any indication for what is to come, this may be one of the biggest releases in this young year of 2012. Buy it on [...]
Bass, Chords, Synths and Spanish. Never fear, I'm bringing you possibly the most eclectic post this side of Bollywood and the anticipation is killing me, let alone my eardrums. First off we have a new release by Mau5trap's own Moguai bringing the thunder down in Mpire, off his full length LP with the same name. The LP 'Mpire' will be available on January 30th, and if this high energy, chord driven track is any indication for what is to come, this may be one of the biggest releases in this young year of 2012. Buy it on [...]
Thursday's come and go. Time stretches and blurs until what seems like a normal weekday transitions seamlessly into the weekend like an afterthought. The excitement of looming days of rest and relaxation and the time commitment that entails is not lost on us nor should it be lost on you. With that we get Three Words or Less. (TWoL) Nero- Reaching Out (Fred Falke Remix) TWoL : Funkadelic French Sex NERVO- You're Gonna Love Again (Extended Mix) [...]
Strap in and let's take a ride because it's Sunday, it's beautiful and frankly you could all use some new music to bounce to. This is a bit of a cross genre mix n' match of tunes coupling the electro house of Cazzette and Alex Metric and the hard electro/dubstep of Knife Party. If you thought Cazzette couldn't get any weirder/more creative with the names of their remixes and bootlegs then you were flat out wrong. Not only do they find novelty in naming their tunes (like todays 'A Soccer Hurdle BOOTLEG') but they back it up with [...]
SHM vs. Knife Party- Antidote Swedish House Mafia just finished their historic Madison Square Garden show a couple nights ago (if you didn't see it, go check it out on youtube), and now they have released their music video to the collaboration 'Antidote'. Knife Party, a side project of Pendulum, is slowly growing to one of the larger acts on the EDM circuit, which has me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside due to their refreshing new sound. Either way this video tells a pretty interesting [...]
Depending on where you live, you've probably had to battle through snowstorms, sleet or just really uncomfortable cold this winter. Be sure to bundle up to stay warm, and enjoy these tracks that are guaranteed to start any fire. First off we have two promo tracks from Sharam, of grammy winning house duo Deep Dish fame, both of which injected a little skip into my step this cold morning. He gives us the original and a dub edit, both jam packed with murky drops. The first is much more progressive house than the dub edit, but both are [...]
There's not really too much I can tell you about Perfect Cell. His soundcloud says he's from Australia, and other than that he seems to be consumed solely with making dirty dirty electrohouse. That does not mean he's afraid to play his hand in other sounds as well. With self proclaimed genres such as 'electro funk punch' and 'mysterious funk', it's hard not to be intrigued. It's evident he pours a lot of time and energy into each release. He was made aware to me by Play Nasty Records due to the release of the full version of the new [...]
What happens when 80s synth falls madly in love with bass? A dirty concoction that even Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas would be proud to call their theme song, that's what. Nero's single Reaching Out from their new album Welcome Reality is a new wave blast from the past in every way. The video is absolutely mesmerizing in how it pays homage to Miami Vice. Its resemblance to an 80s cop drama is uncanny and the visuals that accompany them look fabulous. It's gritty, sexy and all around just fun to watch. Reaching Out will [...]
To me, there is no better way to start the week than with a batch of fresh new tunes to give your brain the shiatsu massage it's earned after a weekend of partying. I'm glad you all came to escape the hysteria of the week, let's wake up and boogie down with the Monday Moose Mania! Although Holland may have closed off their famed 'coffee shops' to world travelers and pot aficionados alike, that does not mean there is any sort of embargo on dirty dutch music from reaching those not from the Netherlands. Most of Chuckie's releases [...]
Pomegranates are a band from Cincinnati. Over a span of two years, the band released two albums, 2008’s Everything Is Alive and 2009’s Everybody, Come Outside! The band recorded their third LP, One of Us, with TJ Lipple at The Monastery in Cincinnati. Having cited inspirations like Spiritualized and Talking Heads for their work so far, the band’s new “psychedelic dream rock” album looks to push further down experimental roads, with descriptors like “textured,” “unusual,” and “challenging” entering the conversation. SAMPLE MP3's BY [...]
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