Recently, The Morning Benders released their first single, entitled "Promises", in support of their forthcoming album , Big Echo, via iTunes . In support of its release on March 9th via Rough Trade Records , the indie-pop foursome from Berkeley, CA will embark on its first proper headlining U.S. tour following the release. If The Shins and Arcade Fire had a baby, it would sound something like "Promises". Led by a simplistic and repetitive rhythm guitar, "Promises" is filled with soothing drums, a distant piano melody, and echoing vocals. [...]
New artist on lektroluv. On the 18th of January the Lektroluv debut from the Dutch Boemklatsch collective 'Spikkeltjes' will see the light of day. Next to the original and an instrumental version, it will include a remix by the Subs, which is already being praised by Erol Alkan, Mason and Dada Life amongst others. Mitsubitchi gets remixed. Remember The Subs got asked by the famous London club Fabric to make an exclusive track for their 10th anniversary? [...]
Here's a couple lists for your perusal. I've linked to my original reviews (if they exist). A pretty good year of show-going for me! Favourite shows (chronological order) : The Tom Fun Orchestra , Bruce Peninsula , and The Darcys @ The Horseshoe, 31 Jan. What I wrote then: "It was, as Tyler predicted, 'a real barnburner.' BP was excellent, as expected, but Tom Fun . . . oh my, what a show! They played for nearly an hour and a half, including two encore sets. Wild. [...]
I recently had the chance to catch up with the Michigan Native and Mason Proper front man Jonathan Visger about his Tagalong EP under his new solo moniker "Absofacto" and other happenings in his realm. Why the name change from Bug Lung Baby to Absofacto and what does Absofacto mean? A few people independently told me it would come out "Bung Lung Baby" when they said it quickly, haha. I soured on it myself after a while and decided to go with the other name I was kicking around at the [...]
Jonathan Visger of Mason Proper has again returned under another moniker, "Absofacto", with a collection of old songs that clung on to dear life and were eventually completed. The collection features the quirky melodies and rhythmic crunch that we've come to expect from Visger. Be on the lookout for some bird calls and hallway bullies. Also, there's a new video by Adam Netsky for Absofacto's song "Paper Crane". It's green-screen-alicious. If that's not enough for you, Absofacto released another new song not too long ago that you can listen to here . in fact all [...]
The Times was Edward Ball on Creation Records. This sometime indie, sometime would-be star never quite got the success that others on Creation achieved. And that's despite a 20 year career. But he did remix New Order's "Blue Monday" as "Lundi Bleu" in 1992 and that's what gets him on here. En francais naturellement. For someone with such a short solo discography, Edward Ball's story is a long and complicated one because he's also recorded many solo albums and EPs under various band names. Ball, a resident of north London, first appeared on record in the [...]
We asked our Luxury Wafers crew to share their favorites songs from our 2009 sessions. This first selection is a playlist from Justin Philips, who shot and edited video for us over the summer and stayed on to continue with video and to help with the studio move. Some of the songs on the list are in video form, others are an audio file. We're posting Justin's #1, Close Every Valve to Your Bleeding Heart, for the first time as an mp3. Be sure to grab it! Oh, and we linked to each of [...]
Los Angeles based singer-songwriter, actor, and model, Harvey Sid Fisher had teamed up with Dovecote Records. Enjoy his renditions of three songs by Dovecote artists - Mason Proper, Tim Williams, and Trevor Giuliani. download: A Dovecote Holiday Tracklisting 1. "Lock & Key" - Mason Proper 2. "I Hit Another Wall" - Tim Williams 3. "Wasting Your Town" - Trevor Giuliani [...]
Vi fortsätter onsdagen med lite mer covers. Whiskeyrösten Harvey Sid Fisher har tillsammans med Dovecote Records så här i holiday-tider spelat in en gratis-EP där han tolkar Mason Proper, Tim Williams och Trevor Giuliani. Ladda ner den här och smaka nedan Harvey Sid Fisher - Wasting your town (Trevor Giuliani cover)
Hey guys... You can tell it's Christmastime because the music industry essentially grinds to a hault for the month of December. It's like a musical wasteland for much of December and it kind of makes sense, your out buying your girlfriend a new Lexus, so why in the world would you want to pick up a new Bowie record. Anyway, this was supposed to be up on Friday 12/11. I obviously didn't make it, so here we are in the middle of this week and you have last week's Ten Tracks You Need err this week. [...]
Who : Absofacto from Michigan. What : Jonathan Visger from the band Mason Proper , and the solo project Bug Lung Baby . He's just released another solo EP under a new moniker ( Absofacto ), made up of older songs from the past four or five years that Jonathan has finished to make way for new stuff in the works. I did get this press release a little while back, so at the time, the EP Tagalong was the newest material (featuring the song below). But I've just noticed, [...]
Jon Visger, the lead singer of the criminally underrated Mason Proper , has launched a new (or maybe more accurately renamed) solo project , formerly called Bug Lung Baby , now called Absofacto . He says the new 4-song EP is made up of four songs from the past 5 years that just wouldn't die. The EP is called Tagalong and you can get an immediate download [...]
Mason Proper frontman, Jonathan Visger continues his solo exploration with an amazing new EP under the moniker Absofacto. Entitled Tagalong , the EP is Visger's third solo release (be sure to check out his two previous EP's - Trilobite Trash and North South Pt. I ). You can listen/download the music by visiting Music.Absofacto.Com. Last week, Jonathan released a music video for the track "Pap...
Incorporating violins, narrative-like vocals, and off time beats, John Frazier and the 8 Year Olds debut album, Boogieman, tore the mesh off of my speakers within a handful of listens. What makes music so compelling? Is it the unorthodox to rock n' roll instrumentation? Or, is there something else lurking in the depths of the man's creative cortex? Join us this morning as we sit down with John Frazier to learn more about the man's approach to making music. When I was a kid, growing up in a [...]
New Music this Week ! Someone You Should Know Absofacto is the new work from Mason Proper's Jonathan Visger Another winter draws near and it's time, once again, for some hot new material from Mason Proper's prolific Jonathan Visger [...]
I got a great e-mail this weekend from my friend Jonathan Visger of Mason Proper letting me know about his newest EP under the moniker Absofacto . It's called Tagalong and I encourage everyone to check it out. I love it, obviously. "Safari" Absofacto - Tagalong EP Absofacto on MySpace Absofacto on The Hype Machine
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Owen Pallett is adaptable. If he's performing solo outdoors under cloud cover, he'll seemingly conjure rainstorms while debuting a righteous new tune from his forthcoming Domino debut Heartland ; while at the Brooklyn Academy of Music , he'll seamlessly flesh out his tones with the help of a symphony orchestra. That sort of versatility is a prerequisite to being the New York Times ' quintessential case study on the resurgance of the one-man-band , but it's not limited to music: dude's also a touring foodie. The NYT buzzed [...]
Enjoy 'Gettin...' below. In August, Wallpaper remixed a Mason Proper tune. MP3: Passion Pit - The Reeling (Wallpaper Mix)
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Boy Genius : "Ramona Saves the Day" [mp3] from Staggering (out January 26th) other Boy Genius posts at Largehearted Boy Chip Taylor : "No Dice" [mp3] from Yonkers, NY other Chip Taylor posts at Largehearted Boy Downtown Harvest : "Anita Leave" [...]
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