(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Rites - "Be Here" Rites are a couple of awesome dudes that I am excited to be working with. Having only been writing, recording and playing together since April of this year, Juan Galindo and Justin Gilman have an east coast tour already in the books, an excellent demo EP available for free on their website below and a more formal release in progress. The Chicago Indie/Electronic two-piece boast a big sound that calls to mind Ratatat , add super-catchy vocal melodies. It’s likely a [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Moonface - "Return to the Violence of the Ocean Floor" Moonface - "Fast Peter" While I'm certainly not a Spencer Krug fanatic (ie. I never tried Swan Lake , I enjoy only about half of Sunset Rubdown's discography ), his most recent solo record under the moniker Moonface is hitting the spot. While influential sites are giving mediocre reviews of Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped , I find the record relaxing [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) So Many Dynamos – "Airtight" from 20032s Are We Not Drawn Onward To New Era? So Many Dynamos – "The Pros of Being a Con Artist" from 20042s When I Explode So Many Dynamos – "Search Party" from 20062s Flashlights So Many Dynamos - "Glaciers" from 20092s The Loud Wars **KDHX Session replayed here: So Many Dynamos: Live at KDHX 7/26/11 [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) M83 - "Midnight City" On October 18th, synth god Anthony Gonzalez returns with the epic double-album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming . From the sound of "Midnight City" above, it's safe to say that Gonzalez is still not through with 802s infused dance hits and if you're a fan like us, a double-album is the least he can do for making us wait 3 years in between records. Get your groove on immediately because "the city is my church". *M83 lives here: [...]
I might be a few weeks behind on the phenomenon that is Turntable.fm, but regardless of my tardiness, it's "better late than never" and you need to join the Heartstrings Engaged Room immediately. Now, I know what you're thinking: "ANOTHER social network?", "This is going to be confusing", "I'm a whining baby", etc; ok, that last one I made up. Point being, I'm going to make this easy on everyone who wants to have fun in 3 fucking steps... Step 1 Click here: http://turntable.fm/heartstrin gs_engaged and sign up through one of [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Jubilants - "Antics" You know you've got something special when you only have ONE FREE SINGLE floating out there on a bandcamp page and are already getting enough blog-buzz to make said single bigger than Jesus. Alright, that was too extreme, but a lot of influential sites are pointing at this Sydney quartet, average age 20, for good reason. Within one listen of "Antics" and I was immediately drawn into the intricately melodic guitars and fast-paced nature of the music. [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) The Weeknd - "High For This" The Weeknd - "Glass Table Girls" The Weeknd - "The Party & The After Party" The Weeknd - "Coming Down" Entourage Season 8 Trailer ft. The Weekend While it's been a few months since this [FREE] bombshell of an album dropped onto the interwebs and created exciting uncomfortableness nationwide. Who in the FUCK was The Weeknd and why was every site [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) The Horrors - "Still Life" The Horrors single "Still Life" has been floating around for some time now and has finally lodged itself, full-time, into my brain. The snippets of floating guitar, 802s synthesizers, and driving chorus reminds me of the best parts of The Secret Machines . This British quartet's third full-length album, Skying , is being released August 9th in the US via XL Records. They'll be coming through SF in September, ticket info can be [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) The Denzels - "Montrose Next Door" The Denzels - "Slow Death" The Denzels are a four-piece from Brooklyn, NY and their recently released Slow Death EP has been on constant rotation for me due to a handful of reasons: 1) They remind me of bands that used to make great records, namely fellow NYers The Strokes and Interpol (with a dash of The Drums ). 2) The city of SF [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Other Lives - "Dark Horse" Other Lives - "For 123 Other Lives - "Tamer Animals" More often than not, when one band with a unique sound gets popular (indie, lamestream, or otherwise) a handful of similar acts are bound to pop up and experience success for "sounding like X band". With that being said, YES, Other Lives could be compared to acts like Grizzly Bear , Jonsi , or Fleet Foxes , [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) 1,2,3 - "Work" 1,2,3 - "20,000 Blades..." When I first posted on 1,2,3 a few months back , it was for their debut single "Riding Coach" that I felt was so damn good that it needed to be posted immediately. The biggest misconception I had from hearing that one track was that the rest of this duo's material would sound similar. It only took one listen to "Confetti" and "Going Away Party" to realize that [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Painted Palms - "All Of Us" Painted Palms - "I Will Truck (Dirty Projectors cover)" Painted Palms is a collaboration between two cousins, Reese Donohue and Christopher Prudhomme, who create music together by sending samples back and forth from Louisiana (where they are both from) to SF (where Donohue currently resides). According to their record label, Secretly Canadian , the only track off of their upcoming Canopy EP that they actually made in the same room [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Fungi Girls - "Doldrums" Fungi Girls - "Velvet Days" Having barely surpassed the legal driving age, Fungi Girls are three guys from bumfuck, TX that remind me of the male counterparts to SF's The She's . Thankfully, there's no "legal age" to ingest psychedelics and I have a feeling these guys are taking advantage. Forming in 2009, the trio has released a few 73s on various labels and plans to release a full-length LP via HoZac [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Wu Lyf - "L Y F" Wu Lyf - "Dirt" Wu Lyf - "Concrete Gold" Wu Lyf - "Heavy Pop" WU LYF is an acronym for World Unite! Lucifer Youth Foundation which actually means hipster jihad. While this whole "revolution in the disguise of a band idea" is obviously intriguing, WU LYF's battle cry is entirely incomprehensible. All of the tracks above are featured on their upcoming full length LP, [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Blake Mills - "Hey Lover" Blake Mills - "Hiroshima" Blake Mills - "Wintersong" With my computer slowing being reduced to the size of a thumb drive, admittance is limited. That being said, Blake Mills' contagious full-length Break Mirrors easily made the list. Starting with the song "Hey Lover," Blake has grasped my attention with a strange feeling like Broken Social Scene writing a song with "Summerteeth" Wilco . Another pleasantry supplied [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Joan As Police Woman - "Magic" Joan As Police Woman - "Whatever You Like (T.I. cover)" from 20102s Cover It was The Bay Bridged recent live review of Joan as Police Woman at Cafe Du Nord that first brought Joan Wasser into my universe. Immediately after reading the article, I couldn't wait to hear a singer that "gives and loses herself totally in each song". When I learned that Joan was considered [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Tiny Victories - "Lost Weekend" Tiny Victories - "Mr. Bones" While it may seem like I've been on an electronica bender as of late (remember yus ?, Chad Valley ?) , it's something about sugary synthesizers and a prevalent drum beat that's got me like crack . Tiny Victories are two dudes, Greg Walters and Cason Kelly, who live in Brooklyn and through the use of their joint wizardry, create very compelling dance tunes. [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Bon Iver - "Calgary" Bon Iver - "Michicant" To follow-up on a " masterpiece of an album " is a task that no man should take alone. Fortunately for Bon Iver fans, Justin Vernon hasn't been alone. It turns out his voice can be flawlessly applied to a multitude of genres, which has created opportunities that were completely unimaginable a mere three years prior. Vernon has expanded his musical palette and credibility by working with everyone from Volcano [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Cults - "Abducted" Cults - "Go Outside" Cults - "You Know What I Mean" You would have to be living under a rock to have not heard a track from NY's Cults AKA couple Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion (killer stage name dude). Since releasing tracks via their bandcamp page earlier this year , it has been a never-ending ride on the indie-buzztrain-express. So now that we have our hands on their first [...]
(Right Link + "Save Link As" = Download) Battles - "Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo)" Battles - "Futura" Battles - "Sweetie & Shag (Featuring Kazu Makino)" [Heartstrings TV] Battles - "Wall Street" via la Blogotheque While I do enjoy me some Battles, I feel like their last album, 20072s Mirrored , had more of an edge to it, whereas Gloss Drop is...well...just that, "glossy". Prepare yourself [...]
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Weekly Mix Vol. I
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[new]: Kanye West – New Slaves
Ludovico Einaudi | In A Time Lapse (recenze) & 3x koncert v The Royal Albert Hall (live)
