Nedry announces the release of In A Dim Light on March 12. This is the second LP from the electro pop outfit, who released Condors in 2010. The album caught a lot of attention in the UK through the BBC and The Guardian, and the tracks we've peeped from the latest release capitalize on the band's strengths. Ayu Okakita's hauntingly beautiful vocals hover over dubstep and electronic ambience, creating dark atmospheric soundscapes that are chillingly gripping. Check out: Nedry - Float [...]
Satellite Stories is back with the dance pop track, Blame the Fireworks . The quartet from Finland specialize in bouncy, groove heavy numbers in the vein of Phoenix and Two Door Cinema Club. Lots of fun, jangly chords run over drums played at 140 bpm. Check out: Blame the Fireworks [mp3] Blame The Fireworks (Tiger Palace Remix) (Tiger Palace remix) [...]
Earthquake Party – Pretty Little Hand [mp3] (from vs. Pizza EP, out now) Earthquake Party: Silverhawk – Class War [mp3] (from The Forest for the Trees , out Feb 7 th ) Slim Twig – There's a Secret to Your Pleasure [mp3] (from There's a Secret to Your Pleasure 7" , [...]
Tim Fitz is a multi-instrumentalist one-man-band out of Sydney. Earlier this year, he released the promising experimental EP, Infinite Space . A DIY-bedroom recording, it clearly demonstrated that Fitz has amazing chops. Now, a few months later and he's released the Beforetime EP. It's far more polished and accessible. Check out the beautifully convergent rhythms on the track, The Line . The Line [mp3] The one minute mark in The [...]
In this edition : discover the Swedish indie pop band, Francis; an artist feature on the splendid Dada Trash Collage, considerations for The Cast of Cheers and Alessi's Ark and videos fresh from the inbox... Discover: Francis The indie pop band, Francis , will release an EP, This Must Be Blood , on February 27. Formed nearly seven years ago, this Swedish quartet toured over the summer with The Tallest Man [...]
Guerre (aka Lavum Lee) uses terms like neo-soul and ghost beats to describe his music. It's an easy and very accurate way to capture the essence of the tracks found on his Yes Please debut EP, Darker My Love . The Sydney-based recording artist sings softly and soulfully over beautiful ambient tones and chilly beats. It's mesmerizing. Guerre - Care 4 Me While some buzz exists on the blogosphere, one would expect more in [...]
Yesterday, Eric & Magill (aka Eric Osterman and Ryan Weber) released the first of a series of cover EPs comprised of music from artists who collaborated on their critically praised 2010 release, All Those I Know . They explain that the album is meant as a "Thank You" and tribute to these artists. Volume 1 contains Maps by The Snake The Cross The Crown , We've Lost Our Touch by Noon Duet , Fields by [...]
Blogophilia Volume 33 A mix of promotional mp3s from The Dadada and other blogs October - November 2011 Play Gapless ripped @ 320 kbps VBR Download all tracks and cover art in ZIP format Tracklist Henry's Funeral Shoe - 01 Dog Scratched Ear tUnE-yArDs - 02 Gangsta (Ad-Rock Remix) Aleks & the Ramps - 03 Middle-aged Unicorn on Beach with Sunset Milagres - 04 Glowing Mouth (Edit) [...]
Last week, we received a note from a band called Deadwood Floats . They're out of Columbus, Ohio, and they're immensely talented. In September, Deadwood Floats recorded a beautiful folk influenced EP entitled, Provence . It's gripping, and fans of The Head and The Heart , The Red River , and the Avett Brothers will love it. Pay-what-you-want for Provence by following the link to Bandcamp, below. If you like it, throw them a little green . It's well worth it. [...]
Some "new" for you... Bears - Eleven a.m. from Greater Lakes out February 14 on Misra Records Notes: Sleepy dream pop from this Cleveland outfit. You can stream more from Bears here . - Elika - No One Gets Lost from Always the Light [...]
We're in the midst of delivering finals and grading papers, so here's a sun shower of goodness from the Cloud and other streams. Ragga Gröndal - Wise Man Song from Astrocat Lullaby out now on Bella Records Notes: This Icelandic songstress makes beautiful atmospheric pop in the vein of Kate Bush. A recording star in her home country, she's aiming to make a splash with this release. You can [...]
This week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) announced its list of inductees for 2012. To be eligible, performers must have recorded their first album 25 years ago, and exhibit criteria that demonstrate "influence and significance of the artists' contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll." There are categories for sidemen, non-performers, and early influences, but the category of prestige is performer and that's where this rambling is focused. The 2012 performer inductees include Guns 'n Roses , The Beastie Boys , Red Hot [...]
"She gave you the keys to unlock the door, but only while she was away" laments Donald Ducote on the opening track for Ancient History 's Tracks . While 'She Gave You the Keys' is a slow, plaintive, Will-Shef -esque introduction, the bulk of the album is ornate, atmospheric, and sufficiently murky and dour to suggest The Black Heart Procession – albeit without the strident, childlike vocals of Pall Jenkins. Ducote's voice fits the tracks quite well, as his wispy tenor glides seamlessly among the acoustic & electric guitars, piano, and sythns. In addition to [...]
Chicago's Brice Woodall draws inspiration from Kurosawa films, Murakami novels, and Japanese anime. While stark, surreal, and deeply personal, his songs are magnetic and penetrating. The Id Escaped EP is a very impressive collection of six songs that touch on identity & aspirations, guilt, self-doubt, and paranoia. The music mixes elements of post-rock, electronic, and ambient, and Brice sounds like a psychedelic version of Gary Numan . Check Out: Sea Of Knives [mp3] Stream/download ($5): [...]
Bowerbirds – Tuck the Darkness In [mp3] (from The Clearing , out Mar 6 th ) Bleakly elegant track from Raleigh, NC band The New Tigers – Toffee [m4a] (outtake from self-titled debut album on Soliti Records ) Crunchy guitars propel this psychedelic pop track from Finnish band The New Tigers: [...]
Experimental analog recording artist Patrick Bailey works under the name LoOmis . The music of LoOmis bears the hallmarks of DIY experimental bedroom composition – regimented drum beats, looping guitars and synths, layers of sounds, and solitary vision. But, drawing inspiration from 80s prog rock and 90s experimental & post rock, LoOmis takes familiar sounds and renders them anew within a pastiche of electronic, down tempo, and lo-fi styles. Bailey's guitar work employs Robert Fripp -style ( King Crimson ) atonal arpeggios (Check Out 'Xanax Box' and 'When They Growl, They Mean [...]
In this edition: Clif gets all tumbly, some rain from The Good Natured, Amerigo Gazaway, Greg Preston and the Great Machine, and Inspired and the Sleep, get some live Tweedy from the Captain, check out Ganglians in Copenhagen, and grab a free EP from Okkervil River. Plus, this week's VIDEOS... The Dadada Tumblr Edition As if one blog wasn't enough, Clif is manning a new Tumblr site: The Dadada Tumblr Edition . It's designed to present quick bits of information: breaking news, videos, and things that strike [...]
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Ash Cooke's seventh album as Pulco is a collection of bedroom pop, stream of consciousness poems, and Cooke's relentless quest to master noise. Small Thoughts is as much soul bearing, as it is experimental. It takes a collection of misaligned jigsaw pieces and creates a complex puzzle, full of beauty, but not readily discernible. On the opening track, What's In A Name , Cooke questions, "Pulco…what does it mean, anyway…it can't be a random collection of letters, signifying nothing." Invoking the Bard, while leading us down the rabbit hole, [...]
James Madole is a 20 year old singer/songwriter from New York. His debut album as Leaves of Green was recorded in his bedroom with a single microphone and the software program GarageBand . The songs are delicate and brooding, employing only acoustic guitar with sparing ukulele and keyboard, but evincing considerable depth and emotion. Madole's vocals are whispered and cooed, exhibiting a haunting falsetto similar to Peter Silberman of The Antlers . Check Out: Slow Down [mp3] [...]
What the hell is in Hamilton, Ontario's water? New Hands is yet another cool act out of Hamilton. The five-piece outfit bring back danceable new wave in their latest single, This I've Heard , and contrast it with a tortured torch song that Jim Morrison would dig, Through the Woodwork . Is there anything they cannot do? Grab this Bandcamp freebie while you can. Check out: This I've Heard [...]
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