I've talked often about being able to foot the bill for several Shorthanded Goals a month. It never really ever works out. Sifting through all the excess tracks and drawing out links and MP32s takes some time. While once a week is easy, more than once is hard. Today I have some time. This iteration of SHG is gonna contain both absolutely brand new tracks as well as some that were passed over in the past month. It's a track or two smaller haul, but still packing the same punch. Shorthanded Goals is a feature that melds the [...]
Hmm... little late posting this - Texan duo Pink Playground 's 'Take A Walk' from their split release with Circle Hour, out now via Beko ( digital here ). The Houston-based shoegazers released their last LP via Mexican Summer in 2011, the lo-fi fave 'Destination Ecstasy'. Pink Playground - 'Take A Walk' Pink Playground @ Tumblr @ Bandcamp @ Facebook [...]
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Ya ha pasado mucho tiempo desde la última vez que les vine a platicar sobre Pink Playground , y si no mal recuerdo en aquella ocasión fue con motivo de la aportación que hicieron para el primer compilado de Electric Voice Records, lo cual me sirve para recordarles que próximamente este sello estará editando una secuela que va que vuela para convertirse en uno de los mejores lanzamientos de Abril. Pero bueno, regresando a Pink Playground ; esta dupla acaba de anunciar la aparición de un nuevo split de edición limitada a través de BEKO [...]
Si Pink Playground semblait se faire aussi discret que Free Loving Anarchists ( lire ) - le label porté à bout de bras par ses deux concepteurs, Tara et James Wing -, on se doutait, qu'outre l'escapade solitaire de Tara sous le patronyme Amethyst Milk ( lire ), il se tramait néanmoins une suite au superbe et vaporeux Destination Ecstasy paru il y a presque deux ans via Mexican Summer ( lire ). Intuition pile dans le mille puisque la structure brestoise Beko ( lire ) sortira ce mois-ci un split du duo avec une autre doublette, [...]
Sous le nom intrigant et énigmatique de Amethyst Milk se cache le side-projet en solitaire de la talentueuse Tara Tyson, moitié du fantastique duo noise/pop Pink Playground . Si une telle évocation est suffisamment attirante pour tout ceux impatients de s'enquérir du prochain album de ces derniers, Amethyst Milk est un projet secret, n'existant que via le soundcloud dédié, ce qui ne le rend que plus excitant encore. Come Through , dernier morceau en date posté par Tara, reste d'ailleurs bien taillé dans l'améthyste, variété de quartz violet à la teinte translucide, étincelant et séduisant, soit presque parfait. Audio
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This week's round up of the tracks I haven't had the space to post... New Hips From: Manchester, United Kingdom Math rock so complicated your ears will have to pass an IQ test just to listen to it. Go Try All Prologue (Demo) by New Hips [...]
In Volume One of this past week's best releases, we featured bands to watch, such Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Lux, Max and the Moon, and others. The second volume of this week's Best New Releases features singles from new albums by artists such as Great Lake Swimmers, Rocky Votolato, Bear in Heaven, The [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
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Cuando les puse " Transparency III " de d'Eon hace unas cuantas semanas les informaba que este track estaria formando parte de un nuevo compilado que estara editando el proximo mes Electric Voice Records en el que ademas estarian apareciendo algunas cosas de HTRK, The KVB, Innergaze , Horrid Red y una enorme cantidad de bandas de diferentes puntos de Europa asi como esta de Houston llamada Pink Playground la cual basicamente consiste en un duo compuesto por James y Tara. Ambos crean un sonido bastante oscuro el [...]
Pink Playground have released a fresh song called 'She's A Mask Of You' for the Electric Voice Compilation , available from April 8. The Houston shoegaze duo have also made it available for free download , with tentative plans for a 12inch single later in the year. Download audio file (Pink-Playground-Shes-A-Mask-O f-You.mp3) Visit Pink Playground online @ Bandcamp @ Facebook .
Il y a moins d'un mois, Electric Voice Records se dévoilait par le biais d'un Who Are You EVR ? ( lire ) flanqué d'une mixtape de toute beauté. Comme évoqué dans les propos de Matt repris ci-dessous, une seconde compilation EVR est désormais disponible par ici en version double LP ou K7. Histoire d'appâter le chaland, She's a Mask of You de Pink Playground - groupe de James Wing, par ailleur « owner » de Free Loving Anarchist ( lire ) - est ci-dessous en [...]
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READ the full review of Destination Ecstasy, by Pink Playground, HERE Forgot to tell you about this - a review of Destination Ecstasy, by Pink Playground. I guess you should just read the review but here's a snippet to whet ... Continue reading
I love this cloudy and murky as fuck dream-pop band. Check out Pink Playground ’s new official video for “Sunny Skies”, directed by Tim O’Sullivan. Still not sure if I’m hearing vocals or just a blurred feedback of guitar delays.
Domingo 18.12.2011 Radio Duna 89.7 23:00 hrs. En esta nueva edición presentaremos un especial dedicado a la psicodelia y del dream pop, donde destacamos a 93 Million Miles From The Sun ( Northern Sky ), Widowspeak ( Widowspeak ), Pink Playground ( Destination ecstacy ), Mint Julep ( Save your season ), Spotlight Kid ( Disaster Tourist ) y Giraffe ( Comfort ). Recuerden que pueden suscribirse al podcast de Super 45 desde Radio Duna o copiando esta URL http://feeds.feedburner.com/Su per45Podcast en tu [...]
Shoegazer band Pink Playground fetishizes the past and clouds itself in reverb. Shoegazer act Pink Playground was last seen on a 10" record on Regis's Downwards label. Now, the group is releasing its first full length on the ultra-hip Mexican Summer label. It's too bad there's little to show for these breaks beyond a serious fetish for hazy, early 90s feedback-laced guitar pop. The only thing that really distinguishes the band from other retro-maniacal neo-dreampop acts is the way they apply copious amounts of reverb to the...
The mumbled and transparent vocals of “Ten” feel almost completely out of reach. They fit the style and sensuality that the song aims for; androgeny, space, and deep blue skies. But I’d also love to hear a mix that includes an upfront and more traditional vocal delivery, which can sometimes add even more interesting layers to such an already massive sound. There’s no denying the soaring guitars and powerful driving rhythm of Houston’s Pink Playground . It’s a monolithic, and familiar, sound done really well. So much of their Mexican Summer debut, Destination [...]
Facebook / pinkplaygroundnoise.blogspot.c om/ If Mexican Summer release a record there is a pretty high chance it's going to be good (see Tamaryn, Light Asylum, No Joy and so on for proof), that record continues with the Houston dream-pop / shoegaze duo Pink Playground , they've just put out their debut full-length with the Brooklyn based label and it's bloody brilliant, an intoxicating cacophony of thick, hazy distortion and ethereal gorgeousness. The eight track 'Destination Ecstasy's' compelling MBV inspired noise demands to be played at ear-splitting levels, best portrayed on [...]
Houston’s ridiculously loud shoegaze band Pink Playground , released ‘ Destination Ecstasy ’ last week via Mexican Summer. The eight track album features the smokey song ‘Dark Bloom’ along with a bunch of material originally released on harder to find EPs. Download audio file (Pink-Playground_Dark-Bloom.mp 3) ‘Dark Bloom’ has a lot going on. Guitars overlap, playing seemingly different melodies and rhythms as the vocals get pushed into the background. Harkening back to the 80s, there’s dissonant synths and lo-fi delay throughout the record. You’ll either love it or loathe it. [...]
Swirly drones, feedback and bent melodies married to catchy but elusive vocals... that’s Pink Playground in a crude nutshell! ‘Sunny Skies’ is one example, where pitch and composition somehow get left behind. The Texan band are releasing an 8 track album ‘ Destination Ecstasy ’ which gathers together bits and pieces from previous Pink Playground EP’s and mashes them together. Available from Mexican Summer on September 27. More info @ Pink Playground’s Blog / Bandcamp & Myspace .
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