Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler offers a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes. U.S. Royalty "Equestrian" from Mirrors [ released 1/25/11 | indie rock ] [ download ] [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] Emerging from the synthesizer-spangled space between Miami Horror and Washed Out comes Teeel , the new recording moniker of Trenton, New Jersey's Jim Smith. Teel's debut LP, Amulet , was released last month by the Moodgadget imprint (home to previously featured acts including The Young Friends , JDSY , and Foxes in Fiction ). Moodgadget aptly describes the band's sound as "dreambeat"-a more defined, synth-pop leaning take on the better facets [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] Earlier this month, Vancouver duo Memphis released their third full-length, Here Comes A City on their longtime home, Canada's Arts & Crafts label. The band's sound is right at home next to the irresistible indie-pop of labelmates such as Jason Collett , Young Galaxy , and most pertinently, Stars. (If Memphis' vocalist Torquil Campbell sounds familiar to new listeners, it is likely because of his status as a full-time member and co-vocalist in Stars.) [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] Today's featured track is a study in disparities. "Moth-Eaten Memories" by London-based quintet exlovers provides a heavy wave of distorted power chords upon on which a sweet melody dances, and pairs delicate harmonies with a raucous, crash-filled drum beat. The pairings are unusual, especially the light harmonies, which are held for the entirety of the song and lend an ethereal air to the whole affair. exlovers owe much to the alternative pop stars of the 1990s, as this track recalls [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] "You've got black eye on your eye / Tell me was it from a fight, baby? / Did it happen last night?" Those are the entire lyrics of "Blackeye" by Austin band Love Inks . There's not a lot of information communicated directly in them, but there are plenty of questions raised. Is it a woman asking her boyfriend exactly what he'd been up to the night before? Or is she talking to a friend who's in an abusive relationship? The [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] "Do What You Will" is so subtle that it would be easy to miss. Even the title's laissez-faire attitude almost dares you to ignore it, but that, dear listeners, would be a grievous error. Papercuts ' latest effort is a song that is worth slowing down for. While "Do What You Will" doesn't try to break new musical ground, head Papercut Jason Robert Quever cleverly invokes touches of shoegaze and twee, creating a song that is neither as meandering as the former or as sickly [...]
Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler offers a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes. The Babies "Run Me Over" from The Babies [ released 2/15/11 | indie rock ] [ [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] It's taken us a bit too long to get around to writing about Blonde Summer , whose self-released debut EP, Eleganza , was released late last year. Still, talent this good is worth waiting for. The Los Angeles quartet worked with producer Aaron Espinoza (of Earlimart and Admiral Radley ) on the recordings at his studio, The Ship, and you can hear echoes of his acts' music in the EP's breezier moments. "Cathode Ray" is the first [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] A vision: Bob Pollard sitting on a cooler placed onstage in front of a microphone, his eyes hollowed out in a beer drunk, and he atop his throne digging deeper into whatever hole he's been trying to get out of for the better part of thirty years; spewing out strong melodies in his slight Liverpool-via-Dayton affectation, the waters of the Mersey and the Miami Rivers coursing through his veins; resolution beaming from his throat like defiant cries from underneath the mantle of prolificity. Even in moments [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] To Ella Karina , the world's newest "Loveliest Creature." To steal a line from Rogue Wave, "The music I want is cheaper than therapy." It's no secret that we humans keep music around because it has the ability to make us feel. While, as anyone who has felt manipulated by a schlocky country song knows, that power can certainly be misused, thankfully sometimes songs exist simply to lift the mood. So it is with "Loveliest Creature" by Brooklyn duo Savoir Adore [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] The Stockholm band Torpedo label their sound "kraut-pop" and name their chief influences as being Kraftwerk and Neu. This certainly comes through in their sound – even though they're Swedish, it would be hard to come up with a more prototypical German sounding combo. Yet, to the ears of this writer at least, there's another band that casts a long shadow over "Waiting For the Fall," and their influence reached Scandinavia from across the North Sea rather than the Baltic. Back [...]
Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler offers a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes. Tristen "Baby Drugs" from Charlatans At The Garden Gate [ released 2/1/11 | alt-country, indie-pop ] [ [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] Young Galaxy was birthed in the creative nebula surrounding the Arts & Crafts label that seems to have spawned 98% of the music coming out of Canada for the last decade. Former Stars touring guitarist Stephen Ramsay and his girlfriend Catherine McCandless formed the nucleus of the band in Vancouver, before moving to Montreal and recruiting the rest of the unit. Over the course of three albums they've crafted an intriguing mix of psychedelia and dream-pop, often sounding like a cross [...]
One Track Mind is proud to be partnering with The Civil Wars to give away three signed copies of their new album, Barton Hollow . [tweetmeme] To enter: Become a friend on Facebook Share a link to any song posted on OTM, making sure to tag One Track Mind in the post or Follow One Track Mind on Twitter [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] About thirty seconds into today's featured song "Glowing Mouth" by Brooklyn-based Milagres , some of you might slap your forehead and claim that you've heard this song before, and you wouldn't be completely wrong. It's that synth line, that sexy staccato slink that slides around the organ melody, slicker than satin sheets on a waterbed. It'll tickle some memory of Prince's "The Beautiful Ones" off of Purple Rain , and for good reason. I played [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] Daniel Smith (a.k.a Danielson ) is known for helming the Danielson Famile, being an early backer of Sufjan Stevens, and, like his former protégé, for being a Christian. On "Grow Up," Smith sloughs off the hallmarks of his earlier career, leaving much of the family behind and striking out with a revamped backing band that even includes Stevens on banjo. Part of the appeal of "Grow Up" is that, despite the title, the song fluctuates and mimics the uncertainty that is emblematic of youth. [...]
Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler offers a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes. WIN WIN "Interleave (featuring Alexis Taylor)" from WIN WIN [ released 2/15/11 | electronic, synth-pop ] [ [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] The band Platinum Blonde was apparently known as "the Canadian Duran Duran" back in the 1980s. Video evidence shows them to have been a rather frightful blend of new wave in its decline and hair metal on its ascent. They never made much of a splash outside the great white north (though they do seem to have been big in Belgium also, for what it's worth) but they were stars in their homeland, where they seem to be fondly remembered and respected. Two [...]
[ download ] [tweetmeme] The first few seconds of "Party Talk" place Stockton, California duo Craft Spells en ce moment . The wavy, retro melody could easily begin the latest single by Tennis or Summer Camp . After no more than a breath of 1960s pop, however, Justin Vallesteros and Frankie Soto move swiftly into a gentle, post-modern lullaby. Vallesteros and Soto create an explicit groove, as intimate as it is incessant. Hypnotic backing vocals pair with a looping melodic structure that creates the [...]
February was another record-setting month for One Track Mind. We've never reached so many listeners in one month before-thank you for helping spread the word about all of our featured artists! [tweetmeme] Here are the 38 MP3s from new and upcoming releases we featured in the month of February 2011, collected for your easy downloading a free, iTunes-ready .zip file. Click here to download the February 2011 MP3 Rewind! The February 2011 installment of our MP3 Rewind includes the following tracks: 01 Teletextile [...]
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