Cheb Samdoun & The Iridescent Ensemble - Nobody Understands Music Cheb Samdoun & The Iridescent Ensemble ( download ) /air vibrates color/ /pluck & thrum drone expansion/ /suspended buzz, cheers/
The dude over at Holy Warbles posted this insect drone video and I was totally digging it, reminding me of that Sounds Of Insects LP I posted a while back and HW's own Cicadas & Crickets LP posting. Then I spent 3 seconds looking for a video to complement these bugs, found some mountain wind sounding like the ocean and BAM. YouTube Doubler. Not sure if this embedded mashup is gonna work, so if not, click here to watch it in action. [...]
The Paradise : newly renovated, wayyy more open & spacious, no more giant pillar in front of the stage, might actually think about going to more shows there Keith Fullerton Whitman , Greg Davis , & Ben Vida : Arcade Ambiance style fire swamp, Jupiter basement discotheque, trans-warp glitter noise, FTL drive mechanics, dubbed out white hole, stutter static glory, massive junk rumbling sun drone, chaos bliss supreme Tortoise : aging like Benjamin Button, getting smoother & tighter as time goes on, a band with a variety of [...]
DJ Topcat - Folsom Prison Gangstaz (Eazy E vs Johnny Cash) Apparently this was "buzzing all over the net" but I didn't see it amongst any of the circles I frequent. Thankfully my friend Steve passed this along to me. Three fucking cheers to DJ Topcat because this mashup is INSANE. It's meshes so perfectly and honestly, I'm pretty sure we've all been waiting for an Eazy / Cash track. You wanna know how many [...]
Album art sourced from CC image Drinking Flamingo My pals over at QRO Mag are turning 1000 soon (in Twitter followers) and they love you all so much that they're having a contest . There are a couple ways to enter but the easiest is to just go follow them on Twitter because all new followers between 950-1000 are automatically entered (they're at about 960 right now). The best part is the prizes are fucking sweet . There's a couple of label packages, one being [...]
Matthew Barney + Carnivàle + Black Swan + new Oval = legit awesomeness aka:
WYLD WYZRDZ - Antelope Utah DIY chieftain Braden J. McKenna brought a lot to the SLC scene. Lots of sweet music under various guises ( WYLD WYZRDZ , his own name, etc), dozens of free releases through The Magic Goat, and general awesomeness. He's since gone to Portland, killed The Goat, and started a physical label called Inner Islands . One of the first releases is a split seven inch mini wax with him [...]
The Maine Coons - Ghetto Queen The Maine Coons are two dudes from Boston that have been playing local shows like crazy for a year or so and now that they've finally put out an actual record, they're ditching us and heading to Austin. Ain't that some bullshit? I guess it's hard to blame them when they've got a song that goes "I am a motherfucker living out my dreams." Well, regardless [...]
Angharad Davies & Axel Dörner - Stück Un I was sent 3 out of 4 new discs in the Brass Series on Another Timbre and I was super pumped to hear 'em all. But holy fuck have I had them for wayyyy too long without reviewing them. There's a perfect explanation, of course, and that has to do with the nature of these records. These albums are restrained, delicate, subtle, and most of all, quiet. [...]
Iroha & Fragment. - Turning Around (Fragment.) Iroha & Fragment. Bittersweet EP ( download ) /half jesu, half... drone?/ /nevermind, it's all jesu/ /sad stars shine bright gray/
Ok, so this one is technically not out of print, but it's so damn close it shouldn't matter. Mike Shiflet (aka Cannibal Frequencies) said 3 months ago that he was down to his last copy or two of this tape. It's $6 postage paid (fuckin deal and a half ) and you can grab the LAST ONE, assuming there is one, here (preferably along with some other cool shit he's selling). There were only 50 of these made and I'm not seeing them for sale anywhere else. Now that that's out [...]
Chris Abrahams - Jelly Crown Chris Abrahams is the pianist from The Necks. If you know The Necks, then you know how exciting a solo record from any of them is. And if you don't know The Necks then 1: get on that shit and 2: get into this shit. Play Scar is where it's at. Abrahams' new solo outing is almost an hour's worth of gorgeous work that soars over the [...]
Tristan Perich - Movement 4 If you've been reading AGB for more than a couple of years, or even if you've just been paying attention to cool shit lately, then you've probably heard of Tristan Perich and his sound/music/art brilliance. He just released 1-Bit Symphony , the sequel/follow up to 1-Bit Music . He's making waves not just because he's making 1-bit music, but because it comes contained on a little [...]
Huntronik - Twin Doctor Really digging this "Twin Doctor" track from Huntronik . Nice 'n' chill electronic alt-folk rock stuff with a solid groove, sounding like it belongs on a Baumbach or Anderson soundtrack. Great for these rainy days we've been having.
Weird Stalk, Too. It was weird. Thanks Whitehaus . Here's hoping for Wired Stalk Tree. More (and bigger) photos on Flickr . Especially Cave Bears because their set was utter insanity. Forbes Graham Double Awake Kid Romance Cave Bears [...]
Ralbar (now Semaphore ) was the first label ever commissioned by a Class 1 American railroad (Reading) to make recordings of a steam locomotive. And Iron Horse Rambles is the first record, which is strictly for the hardcore train nerds. Or weird record collectors such as ourselves. This isn't just steam engines, although there's plenty of that, but there's also some tracks where you hear the towerman lining up track switches, the dispatcher making reports, a field of crickets or excited children ("Daddy! Here it comes!") as the field recorder waits for trains to approach. [...]
Starlab: basement recording studio thing in the midst of Union Square junkyards, small, intimate, sweaty Rise Set Twilight : husband/wife duo Michael T & Linda Aubry Bullock filling in for Animal Hospital at the last minute, homemade analog synth board + electric harp, underwater wind, ice cracking, mercury tones, FXed harp by way of distorted guitar Jane Austen : blink and you missed it, elusive pop, quietest set in the history of live music, minimal plinking, electronics glitching, tape tweaking Sam Hamilton [...]
Hipster Youth - I Lost My Corpse Paint I'm not sure it's possible to be more self aware than this dude. But at least he's making some good tunes instead of writing a snarky blog full of hipster loathing. "I Lost My Corpse Paint" is nearly 9 minutes of synthy electro pop. Super heavy on the chiptunes (authentic or not is your guess), with a hearty mix of crisp beats & gritty blown out melodies. Sweet enough to put [...]
I have an old split tape with Donato Epiro that I really enjoyed but never paid much attention to. Guess I should go revisit it because his new video for "Fiume Nero" is straight from the jungle, with human sacrifices, a snake & frog who aren't friends, kaleidoscopes, guns, voodoo, and some crazy dancin beats. Sweet stuff.
Patrick Emm - Like I Used To Could I love the out-of-the-blue drone that gets submitted to me. Makes my day that much better. Patrick Emm is another in a long line of amazing Boston based sound makers and Mythics is his debut release put out on the self-run Pinebox . But don't let the whole "debut" thing fool you. This disc is top fucking notch. 3 long tracks, each hovering around [...]
Anti-Gravity Bunny
No Church In The Wild
Nas - Daughters
The Rains of Castamere by The National
CHROMATICS "THESE STREETS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME"
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Beck – I Just Started Hating Some People Today
Princesse - Tell Me | MP3
iamamiwhoami: kin - Teaser
