I'm starting a new Gumshoe series, Style Points , to spotlight the amaaaaaazin' album art being disseminated by the indie scene of late. Perhaps buoyed by the proliferation of downloading and file sharing, bands are putting more emphasis on Album Art as an entity in itself. A good example is the plentiful slabs of colored wax, but it goes beyond that. We're talking hardcover art books, hand-bound; we're talking paper fortune tellers and multimedia. The Unit Breed are the first entry in my new series because they sent me this spectacular piece of [...]
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I don't make any sense. I was all set to review Thee Ohsees' Hounds of Foggy Notion LP/DVD combo (on cream-colored or split pea-green vinyl!) when I sort of balked at the idea of reviewing aNOTHER Oh Sees record. I mean I think they're great and all but I'm starting to get a bit gay on them. With that in mind I'm going to get all Gay on another band: The Lava Children . Like so many bands I've discovered in the past and freakin' loved ( Panoply Academy , Ty Segall [...]
From their self titled 5 track Mini Album which was just released on Graveface Records Sherri West and Taylor Clark grew up in Tulsa, but melded musical forces to form the band about seven years ago in Los Angeles. With The Lava Children's self-titled debut, the listener is immediately aware they're hearing something completely uncommon. In fact, The Lava Children are something completely uncommon. As the music industry becomes ever more jaded and manufactured and music is treated like so much [...]
Lots of great releases this week, which include two highly anticipated albums from both Grizzly Bear and Phoenix . Definitely worth picking each of these up as they each live up to lofty expectations, and I'm sure they will be populating many people's year-end lists. A few other interesting releases include Black Moth Super Rainbow's Eating Us and Viva Voce's Rose City . Anything else worth picking up this week? Let us know if we happened to leave off anything! [...]
Note: Album streams and MP3s may only be available for a limited time. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Eating Us Listen: Full Album Stream Buy It: Amazon | iTunes Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest Listen: Full Album Stream Buy It: Amazon | iTunes In The Hollows - [...]
The Lava Children - Four Spells Release date: May 26, 2009 [ amazon.com ] My daughter would like this because it's a watercolor, there's a bunny in it, and it's pink-ish. I was going to turn AGD duties over to her for a few weeks to see how it went but I'm secretly concerned she would show her old man up. She'll have to wait 30 more years or so until my retirement, or December 2012 when only children will be left on earth.
Bachelorette My Electric Family Bachelorette - "I Want to Be Your Girlfriend" from Ventvox ..."On Annabel Alpers' Myspace page, it mentions that she took too many mushrooms and fell in love with a computer thereby enabling the New Zealand native to craft music as Bachelorette. On My Electric Family Ms. Alpers explores densely layered psychedelic soundscapes drowned in a drone of extensive electronics." Bike for Three! More Heart Than Brains [...]
Subscription Feeds: New Song Daily Only | All Podcasts E-mail Comments: phill[at]thephiller[dot]com The Lava Children "The Green Word" from The Lava Children ( Graveface Records ) Release Date: May 26, 2009
Hey folks...we're back with another edition of TEN TRACKS YOU NEED. This weeks ranting and raving will be kept to the minimum, but as per usual the tracks are all over the map...we've got folky quiet stuff, post Britpop stuff, classic trance anthems, minimal techno. It's all here and it's the soundtrack to your weekend. Before you start downloading all this stuff...just a reminder if you follow the blog on Twitter , you'll be eligible to win prizes of all kinds and you'll get the latest scoop on what's going on in the world of the POP! [...]
Whether the result of a serious lack of sleep or the fact we've been going one billion miles an hour playing catch up after all of last week's fun, aka South by Southwest, this week has flown by. In fact, while your enjoy this week's mix of the best new singles and remixes, along with mp3s from seriously talented up-and-comers, we're going to finally get a few Z's. After all, you won't need us while your taking in what's being offered below... NEW Singles: "Birthday" by Awesome New Republic [...]
...so far, 2009 is shaping up to be a pretty good year for new music. More than anything else, we're pretty stoked that so many weird bands are popping up and catching ears everywhere. We came across The Lava Children late yesterday and it appears as if the trend will continue. Originally from Tulsa, OK, the duo now call LA home and their self-titled debut mini-LP will be out on Graveface Records May 26. As if yr entire world was dissolving into the most lucid and demented dream of yr life, The Lava Children weave exotic [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Awesome New Republic : "Birthday" [mp3] from Rational Geographic Volume I (out April 14th) other Awesome New Republic posts at Largehearted Boy Bill Callahan : "Eid Ma Clack Shaw" [mp3] from Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (out April 14th) other Bill Callahan posts at Largehearted Boy [...]
The Lava Children --the duo of Sherri West and Taylor Clark--are readying their self-titled mini LP for a May 26th release through Graveface . The album's finale is available as a free download: "The Green Word" Mapei has just released digital EP The Cocoa Butter Diaries through Downtown Records . The EP is available immediately through iTunes. [...]
New from Tulsa's The Lava Children , here's a fascinating psychedelic journey in a tune, The Green Word coming out on their self-titled Mini-LP on Graveface May 26th. The Lava Children tracklisting: 1. I am a Pony 2. Particles 3. Firefly 4. Troll 5. The Green Word A couple of these tracks are on their Myspace . It's kinda freaky that you can't find a photo image of the real people anywhere, which leaves an ever-more-open field for your [...]
The Lava Children is Sherri West and Taylor Clark set to amaze with their self-titled debut mini-LP, out May 26th on Graveface, The Lava Children tracklisting: 1. I am a Pony 2. Particles 3. Firefly 4. Troll 5. The Green Word Share This:
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