BEST OF 2011 : Songs | Albums (soon) | EPs/Singles | Discoveries/Heavy Rotation | Photos A really good year! The first 40 or so are mega-jams and the latter 38 (Rawkblog loves you, baby) are still jams. I purposefully left out songs by Destroyer because I couldn't decide, so consider Kaputt represented. You can play the entire page with the handy Ex.fm player in the bottom right corner, stream the playlist on Spotify and Rdio , and download everything after the jump. [...]
Since it's December, music bloggers are culling through their iTunes catalogues, double checking albums for any amount of worth, revisiting records from months past. While Minks ' By the Hedge won't land on any writer's Top 25 of 2011 list, their Cure , Smiths and early- My Bloody Valentine inspired goth pop deserves a little recognition. Clocking in at just over 30 minutes, the tight record is packed with New Wave allusions and sing-along harmonies; no small feet for a bunch of Boston teens. It's commendable [...]
First off, yes, I do realise that 'optimism' is spelled incorrectly, but frankly who cares whether it's intentional or not, as the music more than makes up for any grammatical issues. These two debut tracks from Seattle electronic artist Mink are six and a half minutes of ambient, trance inducing beauty. Opening with a cover of The Knife's psychedelic track One For You , and morphing it into a gorgeously minimal vocal driven gem, it's clear from the off that Mink has talent. Second track Yearning [...]
First off, yes, I do realise that 'optimism' is spelled incorrectly, but frankly who cares whether it's intentional or not, as the music more than makes up for any grammatical issues. These two debut tracks from Seattle electronic artist Mink are six and a half minutes of ambient, trance inducing beauty. Opening with a cover of The Knife's psychedelic track One For You , and morphing it into a gorgeously minimal vocal driven gem, it's clear from the off that Mink has talent. Second track Yearning [...]
Remember that Weird Al parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" where he has all the marbles in his mouth? That thought couldn't help but spring to mind as "Funeral Song" by MINKS was on rotation. The mumbling is endearing, though, as if lead singer/songwriter Sean Kilfoyle is almost too shy to enunciate what he wrote. Instead, under swirling fuzz, chugging bass and melodic guitar strums, he weaves tales about summer and alcohol that only the most developed translator can fully interpret. Their record label (Captured Tracks) compares MINKS to a cassette of Cure demos birthed by Robert Smith. [...]
To celebrate our downloads working again we thought we would re-post our best of the month mix from October - more than 20 great tracks selected from our October posts and six new ones too. This time you can download and dive in. Download The Minks – Araby mp3 (from Araby 7″) Endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Download The Bloody Hollies – Dirty Sex mp3 (from Yours Until The Bitter End) The dark side of raw garage punk with touches of organ, violin and xylophone. Download Bare Bones – Hope [...]
Minks - Little Fawn Like a young fawn Minks have brought this tender doo-woop sound with one of their 2 new singles out last month via Captured Tracks. The shuffle of the organ gently inside my head as if I were riding a merry-go-round. This is a really nice depature from their classic showgazey sound from their stellar LP By the Hedge .
Cast your mind back to the early and mid-'90s. You may recall a specific revolution in electronic ambient music. Artists like Aphex Twin, Orbital and Brian Eno brought a whole new meaning to the electronica of that era, kick-starting a stylistic movement that would end up being quite influential itself. This deep ambient electronic sound can
Another month, more than 20 great tracks selected from our October posts and five new ones too. Download and dive in. Download The Minks – Araby mp3 (from Araby 7″) Endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Download The Bloody Hollies – Dirty Sex mp3 (from Yours Until The Bitter End) The dark side of raw garage punk with touches of organ, violin and xylophone. Download Bare Bones – Hope & Feather mp3 (from Bare Bones EP) Gallops along on the back of perfectly [...]
Facebook / bbblouse.bandcamp.com/ We might be heading towards the run-in as far as 2011 releases go and soon, no doubt, we'll be faced with the usual annual barrage of 'best of lists' (this blog will be no different), but the year, which I think has been a fabulous one for new music, still holds a few aces up its sleeves, one of them is the self-titled debut LP by Portland's Blouse which is released November 1st (US) / 7th (UK). I've been following Blouse since they put the hypnotic "Into [...]
Minks - Araby Minks - Little Fawn Minks - Kusmi
DOWNLOAD: Dive - "Sometime" (MP3) photos by Erez Avissar Last Friday (10/7) at 285 Kent saw the busy-body Brooklyn band Dive support Friends with Night Manager , Heaven's Gate , Kevinz Gate and DJ Cassie Ramone . If you missed the show, check out a live audio stream of Friends and Dive below and check out the pictures from the show in [...]
I don't know how I missed the news on this, but Minks has a new single, "Araby", out on Captured Tracks today. The phenomenal Weekly Tape Deck has both tracks up for all to enjoy.... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
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Whether or not the weather agrees with us, it's October. And with the changing of the leaves comes an onslaught of wildly amazing fall tours. This week, New York welcomes Iron and Wine , Stars , Jens Lekman , Dominant Legs , and more in what will be an absolutely incredible few days of music. Stars , North Highlands @ Music Hall of Williamsburg ( Tickets ) On Peak Hill - Stars [...]
DOWNLOAD///SOSMIX.66 1. Casimer & Casimir: "Anne Cherchait L'amour" 2. Gauntlet Hair: "Keep Time" 3. Jacob 2-2: "Palaces/Bump In" 4. Korallreven: "As Young As Yesterday" 5. Minks: "Little Fawn" 6. Monokle: "Luch" 7. Patten: "Fire Dream" 8. Pure X: "Twisted Mirror" 9. The Soft Moon: "Total Decay" 10. Young Again: "Host"
Captured Tracks will release a new Minks single on October 11th. Both tracks are below for your aural enjoyablility. Minks - Araby Minks - Little_Fawn
The Minks debut album more than tipped its hat to The Cure and the golden age of 80s UK indie. Araby is their new single and the influences are still apparent in this endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Buy from Captured Tracks . Download The Minks - Araby mp3 (from Araby 73) Follow @madmackerel
Género: Lo-fi, Jangle pop. Seguramente recordaréis a Minks por su Funeral Song del año pasado, carta de presentación en sociedad de Shaun Kilfoyle y Amalie Bruun, que incluyeron en su debut By The Hedge este mismo año. Para el 11 de octubre tenemos nuevo single, Araby que no fue incluida en su disco largo, con el que persisten en su propuesta aparentemente oscura e introvertida, pero que tan solo es fachada. En el fondo sus canciones desprenden optimismo y felicidad, aunque de [...]
Minks are back! After re-living Minks' album ' By The Hedge ' recently we're blessed with new music in the form of the 'Araby' single via Captured Tracks . 'Araby' will be officially released on October 11 as they ready another full length for 2012. Download audio file (Minks_Araby.mp3) 'Araby' isn't a step into the unknown for the Brooklyn duo, the jangly guitar lines are back, boosted by an early Cure sounding bass line and an 80s synth. Vocals duties fall squarely on Minks frontman Sean [...]
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