photo by Morgen Schuler ( view set ) Noise-rock duo Stagnant Pools have been compared to the likes of Sonic Youth and Disappears, but they truly have a flavor all their own. Bryan and Douglass Enas are recent graduates of Indiana University that are using this exciting time in their lives to make a dream a reality. The brothers have the amazing ability to create such deep, complex sound with just one guitar and a drum. Bryan's hushed voice really serves as a background to pounding percussion and fervid electric guitar that capture the [...]
Yesterday, Consequence of Sound hosted a day full of SXSW festivities, beginning with our second annual unofficial day party, CoSigns, featuring Thurston Moore's Chelsea Light Moving, The Thermals, Mac DeMarco, St. Lucia, Ex-Cops, Wampire, White Lung, Fort Lean, Teen, and AbdeCaf. In the evening, we teamed with Shea Stadium Records for an official showcase celebrating DIY music with performances by So So Glos, Diarrhea Planet, Kitty, Stagnant Pools, Roomrunner, and Duolouge. Check out various photos from both events in the galleries below. [...]
Consequence of Sound and Shea Stadium Records are proud to announce an official South by Southwest showcase for Wednesday, March 13th at The Palm Door (401 Sabine St). Daytona Beach rap sensation Kitty (FKA Kitty Pryde ) and Indiana post-rockers Stagnant Pools lead the DIY bill alongside Brooklyn punk-rock band The So So Glos , Nashville collective Diarrhea Planet , Baltimore sludge act Roomrunner , and London electronic outfit Duologue . For more information on set times and an accompanying playlist, scroll below. Band [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago ? Listen to the February 2012 One Year Ago Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: [...]
best of 2012 :: Favorite MP3s : Seriously (Evil Radio Edit) (mp3) by Sleepies Super Vague (mp3) by Roomrunner Ace (mp3) by The Big Sleep Cut The Chord (mp3) by THE PSYCHED Wet Blanket (mp3) by METZ What A Mess [...]
1. " You as You Were " Shearwater 2. " Animal Life " Shearwater Download Shearwater - "You As You Were".mp3 The top 2 songs of the year come from the same artist, a not uncommon feature in the Vague Space end of the year countdowns, and the sounds of the songs were similar -- shimmering pounding beats slowly ebbing and rising to powerful explosions. I really [...]
Here is it, over SIX HOURS of music. What follows is a compilation of all the tracks that have been stuck in my head throughout this last year. Definitely check out first 24 tracks, but also make sure you scroll through the whole list. Perhaps there is something down there that you missed? Did I miss something totally awesome? Then leave a comment and let me know. Have fun listening/downloading. Here are the GIMME TINNITUS Favorite 24 MP3s of 2012: Seriously (Evil Radio Edit) (mp3) by Sleepies [...]
mp3s :: One Year Ago Mix > December 2011 : Real Lies (mp3) by Stagnant Pools Brat Mouth (mp3) by Hunters Raw Gore (mp3) by Mux Mool Aesthetic (mp3) by Roomrunner Confusion as Nothing (mp3) by Wonder Wheel Stay Useless (mp3) [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago ? Listen to the December 2011 One Year Ago Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: [...]
It’s time to kick off my best of 2012 coverage by listing my Favorite Recordings of 2012 . Here are 24 albums that I really loved this year. Listen to the tracks below, (and if you have not already) fall in love and go buy some albums. The Psyched by The Psyched Cut The Chord (mp3) Buy The Psyched @ bandcamp.com [...]
JD McPherson performs at Neumos on Saturday photo by Brittney Bollay A limited but fun calendar this week, starting with Yuni in Taxco, The Torn ACLs, and The Groundblooms at Sunset Tavern on Monday night. On Tuesday, Ty Segall, Night Beats, and Sandrider are at Neumos. On Thursday, Lavender Diamond and Shelby Earl are at Sunset Tavern. The weekend kicks off with a Tribute to Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music , hosted by Greg Vandy with Baby Gramps, The Horde & The Harem, [...]
Sufjan Stevens returns with another holiday music collections, this time albums 6 to 10 in his continuing Christmas music extravaganza packaged a single 58-song CD set called Silver & Gold . It's available as a $15 download on his website or at iTunes and is definitely worth checking out if you like Christmas music or you like Sufjan or you simply like a great value in downloadable music. Download Sufjan Stevens - "Lumberjack Christmas _ No One Can Save You from Christmases Past".mp3 [...]
David Bazan was the driving force and primary songwriter behind the band Pedro the Lion . Since the "break-up" in January of 2006, Bazan's music under his own moniker has been resolutely great and probably liberating. However, in order to celebrate the vinyl re-issues of Pedro The Lion’s back-catalog and the 10th Anniversary of the band’s album Control , Bazan and his band, Andy Fitts (bass) and Alex Westcoat (drums), will be playing the entire album [...]
George Ade once suggested that "one man's poison ivy is another man's spinach." I think back to the time my grandmother built a fire out of poison ivy while us kids were out sledding well into the cold Pennsylvania night. All that smoke hitting me square in the face would, in less than 48 hours, cause me to swell up. My right eye was half closed, my right ear looked like a cauliflower protruding from my head. If only it had been spinach she burnt that night. I'd have had a healthy dinner and could've been spared the ridicule I [...]
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OK, so I did not list the date in the blog post title because, heh, this show happened a little bit ago. Oops. But hey, that happens. Sometimes I work 60-70 hours during the week and bloggin' takes a back seat, at least until The Decibel Tolls can yell "fuck you pay me" at the Internet. One day. Anyway, this was another fine rock and roll extravaganza from the good doctors at Shark Productions. Bloomington's Stagnant Pools , a recent Polyvynyl acquisition, opened up the show. This was my first experience seeing the duo, and I [...]
Stagnant Pools at West Fest 2012 ( more by Zach Pollack ) As mentioned , Pedro the Lion frontman David Bazan is taking his former band's 2002 album, Control , on tour this year. That tour hits NYC on November 15 at Music Hall of Williamsburg and tickets for that show are still available, but if you'd like to see him in a more intimate venue, he'll be playing Mercury Lounge a [...]
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “Solitude” by Stagnant Pools from the 2012 album Temporary Room on Polyvinyl . Stagnant Pools - Solitude ( MP3 ) One guitar, one drum kit, and one day in the studio – that was all Stagnant Pools [...]
David Obuchowski of Goes Cube has another band. Distant Correspondent is not a metal band. Seriously, no. If you want more Goes Cube , you will just have to wait until 2013 (a new album and tour are in the works). Distant Correspondent finds Obuchowski exploring dreamwavey postrocky shoegazey soundscapes with multi-instrumentalist Michael Lengel and vocalist Emily Gray (ex- Meanwhile Back In Communist Russia ). The band is presently preparing to release their full length debut, Everyone Is Someone Else . The release date/preordering info is TK. Between [...]
Financial constraints lead Bloomington duo Stagnant Pools to record their debut album Temporary Room in one day with a friend at a local studio and mix it all back home in a bedroom. As a tale of DIY today it is charming, but as an attempt at Factory and Creation inspired ambient art-rock it's a shame, as almost all forty minutes of maxed out aggressive fuzz suffer negatively as a result. It is difficult to hear past the sloppy performances. Beats are dropped and time shifts too regularly. The often-unbalanced relationship between the [...]
Consequence of Sound is proud to present the performance-based video series Off the Avenue . Each week, we’ll be posting new videos of bands performing live at North Avenue Studios in Orange City, FL. In today’s episode, Bloomington, IN rock duo Stagnant Pools perform "Frozen" and "Consistency" from their Top Star-earning debut Temporary Room . You can watch more videos from our collaboration with Off the Avenue here . "Frozen": "Consistency":
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