I'm dipping into the mailbag today for two cool submissions from two bands with two of the coolest monikers I've heard in a while. Let's start with The Dead Kenny Gs. First of all, I hate jazz. Truly. But this punk jazz thing-part Fugazi and part chaotic Miles Davis and part Morphine? I'm diggin' it. Plus, they didn't do the annoying thing of putting an apostrophe after the G in their name. Too many bands don't know grammar. Check out The Dead Kenny Gs ' new release, Operaion Long Leash, on Royal [...]
"It's the sound of a generation so fucked up, can't you see?" says the Blue Eyed Shark Experiment in the song "Generation". I hope for the love of God he means this generation, mainly because he's right. He, of the Blue Eyed Shark Experiment, is BES (not his real name), an Irish songwriter with his unique and meaningful piano and his honest depth behind his songwriting, which is inspired by both crossroad-like life events and the dark paintings of Goya. Overall, this is a combination that produces a rather black, yet beautiful image. The songs almost [...]
Welcome back to New Artists, Old Songs Week - a dedicated series of genre-related posts in which we turn our ears and hearts to those still-emerging artists whose coversongs have come our way in the past few weeks and months. We kicked off our theme week Sunday with a host of new popcovers ; today we keep the ball rolling with some of the best new covers of traditional and post-revival folk to come down the proverbial pike in a good long while. Enjoy...and don't forget to come back at [...]
It's already 2010, can you believe that? Well, we can and we can't... but either way, it's been far too long since our last Free Music Friday post . Yes? I mean, it IS Friday after all. High time for another dose of 100 percent free and legal tunes from our inboxes direct to your ears. As always, simply click on the band name to visit their site and the song name to get the MP3. In addition, we're continuing to offer music-related visual art education/appreciation with our Free Music Fridays [...]
Berkeley Place
Consequence Of Sound
Cover Lay Down
EAR FARM
Check Out: Diplo – “Express Yourself”
Turntable Kitchen :: February 2012 Mix
The Mars Volta: "The Malkin Jewel"
Listen: Coheed And Cambria – “Sentry The Defiant”
Miguel Migs – The System
