TKO By Adam's Castle Album: Vices Label: Triple Down Records Genre: wonky progumental Tags: instrumental, proggy, wonky Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Prog had always meant "pretencious" in my mind. I saw it as such an overly earnest love of never-ending, highly formalized, operatic gee-whizzery. "Hey, [...]
You're The Fucking Best By Adam's Castle Album: Vices Label: Triple Down Records Genre: wonky progumental Tags: instrumental, proggy, wonky Download : MP3 Audio Buy It This song from Adam's Catsle is so wonky I dig it. Sounds like the theme song to a pocket protector or [...]
Dragon's Song By Blitzen Trapper Album: Destroyer of the Void Label: Sub Pop Genre: 70's retro acoustic Tags: 70''''''''s, acoustic, retro Download : MP3 Audio Buy It I'm digging these guys. See the other Blitzen Trapper post just before this one for more info.
Black River Killer By Blitzen Trapper Album: Black River Killer EP Label: Sub Pop Genre: 70's retro acoustic Tags: 70''''s, acoustic, retro Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Coco Rosie labelmates on Sub Pop, Blitzen Trapper, remind me of a compilation I bought a while ago that [...]
Lemonade By Coco Rosie Album: Grey Oceans Label: Sub Pop Genre: sleepy Tags: sleepy Download : MP3 Audio Buy It See the Coco Rosie post just before this one for the review. Just another note: they are on tour in support of this album: [...]
R.I.P. Burnface By Coco Rosie Album: Grey Oceans Label: Sub Pop Genre: sleepy Tags: sleepy Download : MP3 Audio Buy It I remember first seeing Coco Rosie play in NYC with the occasional support from a friend of mine on accordian. My band at the time was [...]
Burden of Empire By Iron Age Album: The Sleeping Eye Label: Tee Pee Records Genre: heavy Tags: heavy, metal, trash Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Something more slash and thrash for you. This is "Burden of Empire" from Austin's Iron Age. Cool. They are touring on [...]
Burden of Empire By Iron Age Album: The Sleeping Eye Label: Tee Pee Records Genre: heavy Tags: heavy, metal, trash Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Something more slash and thrash for you. This is "Burden of Empire" from Austin's Iron Age. Cool. They are touring on [...]
Burden of Empire By Iron Age Album: The Sleeping Eye Label: Tee Pee Records Genre: heavy Tags: heavy, metal, trash Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Something more slash and thrash for you. This is "Burden of Empire" from Austin's Iron Age. Cool. They are touring on [...]
Love, Etc. By System and Station Album: I'm Here To Kill (EP) Label: Latest Flame Records Genre: indie muzik Tags: indie, muzik Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Check it. Then check it live: 10/02 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios 10/03 [...]
Faces By The Happy Hollows Album: Spells Genre: indie Tags: indie Download : MP3 Audio The Happy Hollows seem like they'd be a great live show. You get the sense of their energy from the mp3s but the sound captured in ones and zeros seem a bit too, I don't know, too well-organized, well-presented. Especially that chorus. Seems some folks have [...]
A Bus Called Further By Heroes of Popular Wars Album: Church and McDonald Genre: computer indie Tags: computer indie Download : MP3 Audio My gut reaction to the touchy-feeliness and perhaps politics of Heroes of Popular Wars primes me to be wary - at least when experiencing other communication beyond their music - like bios and words not sung. Thankfully, most [...]
Billie Holiday By Warpaint Label: Manimal Vinyl Genre: slow low hypno melodies Tags: hypno, low, melodic, slow Download : MP3 Audio A song and band that quietly & druggily coaxes you deeper into the rabbit hole. A hypnotic track this one.
Land of the Freak By King Khan and the Shrines Album: What Is? Label: Vice Records Genre: amped-up throw back retro Tags: punkified, retro, throw back Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Throw back to the deep south Stax-style of the Sixties. Horns, organ, splashy drums and [...]
Space Vacuums By Reed KD Album: If The Comet Comes Label: Dirty Laundry Genre: Northern Cali Countrified Indie Tags: countrified, indie, northern Cali Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Northern Cali-country indie tunes made at an easy, loping gait. This is track nine on Reed KD's new [...]
Dreamer By Tiny Vipers Album: Life on Earth Label: Sub Pop Genre: dark acoustic Tags: acoustic, dark Download : MP3 Audio Buy It This is a dark, lowly one, "Dreamer", from Tony Vipers' new album, Life on Earth, released yesterday on Sub Pop. If you are in [...]
On This Side By Tiny Vipers Album: Hands Across The Void Label: Sub Pop Genre: dark acoustic Tags: acoustic, dark Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Acoustic guitar, singer-songwriter music is a tricky field. It's often hard to put your finger on why exactly some stuff sounds [...]
My Lonesome Only Friend By RX Bandits Album: Mandala Label: Sargent House Genre: prog psych punk Tags: prog psych punk Download : MP3 Audio Buy It RX Bandits' modus operandi is mixing prog-ishness with Cali-sunshine-filled power-pop-punk-ishness. Some songs flaunt more prog than the power-pop-punk and vice versa. [...]
Under Control By Freeland Album: Cope™ Label: Marine Parade Genre: bits and blips Tags: bits, bleeps, blips Download : MP3 Audio Buy It Swirly, maxed-out bleeps and blips burble up on this track from LA-via-Brighton, England's Freeland. Their latest album, Cope™ features electrocuted mashups [...]
Cascade Kisses By Francois Virot Album: Yes or No Label: Frenetic Records Genre: strummin and singin Tags: acoustic, indie, strummin Download : MP3 Audio A kid from Lyon with a guitar and noises that come out of his mouth. If you like it see him play in your town .