Into The Painted Grey
Mar 25, 2011, 5:54pm
EAR FARM
EAR FARM
Tagged: croprotation
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* Agalloch - Into The Painted Grey / In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion from (((unartig))) on Vimeo . There is no now anymore, there is only when . I remember when music came packaged as a commodity on vinyl discs, then plastic cassettes, then space-age compact discs... now it's all MP3s on blogs and - wait, there it goes again. The now , it's gone. The now of MP3 blogs died sometime back in 2007 or 2008, but you didn't notice because nobody [...]
I've been hung up on this jam all day, so as I queue the play button time and again I can't help but want to share. "Globe" is the encore off of Crop Rotation 's newest EP, a four track intro to one of London's more mysterious, yet intriguing, duos. The first two minutes of the nearly seven minute track features various strings and twangs, reminding me of some of The Microphone's earlier recordings. Mix that with blissful vocals and immediately your mind wanders to Danse Manatee -era Animal Collective. Crop Rotation's arrangement is astounding, creating a [...]
Crop Rotation - Globe Few new jammers from Crop Rotations who we "blogged about" last year and this longer one begins with campfire chants lifted from straight early Animal Collective before lifting off into super-blissful Memory Tapes-style haze with those nice brief bass notes gradually creeping in hi-fi but with some peacey twitches and plenty of glo-ing melodies in this wide wave of electronics. [ Crop Rotation MySpace ]
Crop Rotation - The Good Guest Pretty intrigued by Crop Rotation's kaleidoscopic London club; all sorts of weird angles and colour shifts from xx-style minimalism, iced garage coolness (cf. J. Orbison) into serious positive club mantra hands-in-the-air territory. Totally fresh. Not surprised to see d-floor savants Teengirl Fantasy and fellow London sleeksters Celestial Bodies up in the top friends either. [ Crop Rotation Myspace ]
"M.B.T." is MY song. Mine. In many ways, it seems like a lifetime ago that we first met up with Brooklyn's SUSU . In reality, it was almost exactly four years ago; which, in blog years is the equivalent of ten lifetimes. But you didn't click here to read my musings on bloggery, you are in it for the MP3, yes? We can do that for you. "M.B.T." is the first track the band has made available from their new album R and R and R , [...]
We usually get flooded by junk mail in our contact address here in Athens66 and it takes hour to sort the crap. However, there are times that all this sorting pays off. A mail from Polynya back in early August was such a case. I've received their second album via mail when I got back from holiday and I must say I was quite impressed. Crop Rotation is a mix of of pop, indie and shoegaze that really hits the right spots sometimes (although not quite always). It's nevertheless worth more than a few spins! [...]
To set up an admittedly forced dichotomy, in the world of musical enjoyment, there are two spheres: I. Creatively-pulsating, pushing-the-envelope, brain-bending bands that are forging new sounds, new ideas, and new forms with seemingly little regard or influence from past models (Yeasayer, TV on the Radio, Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, etc) II. Straight-to-the heart musicians that wear their influences on their sleeves but come across as so earnest and real that their originality is never called into question (Cut Copy, or The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, for [...]
Monday 9/14 * Hanne Hukkelberg, Sian Alice Group, Apse, Dana Wachs @ Mercury Lounge ( MP3: "A Cheater's Armoury" by Hanne Hukkelberg) * Fruit Bats, Iran, Kevin Barker @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Tuesday 9/15 * Deerhoof, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Serengeti & Polyphonic @ (le) poisson rouge [EF Pick of the Week] ( VIDEO: "My Purple Past" by Deerhoof) * [...]
EAR FARM's Hit-or-miss is a weekly feature wherein the EF music library is put on shuffle, the song that plays is then searched (using the song title) on Google images and a resulting photo (plus an MP3 of the song) is posted. Listen: "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson from Thriller View: Image search results for Human Nature - above image is from the 1st page of results (and was originally from HERE ). [...]
Monday 8/31 * Stardeath And White Dwarfs, Circle Of Buzzards, The Naked Hearts, Nice Face @ Mercury Lounge ( MP3: "Realizing Emptiness" by Circle Of Buzzards) * Sigmund Droid, Bottle Up & Go, Diet Kong @ The Studio at Webster Hall Tuesday 9/1 * Pet Shop Boys @ Hammerstein Ballroom ( VIDEO: "Did You See Me Coming?" by Pet Shop Boys) * Screaming [...]
It's not often that you encounter a band that has a singular musical identity, both on record and on stage. It's even less frequently that this happens with a band that is no more than 6 months old... And that such a band steps away from the norm of the guitar/bass/drums setup and utilizies a wide array of instruments in the small stages and unreliable sound-systems of the Brooklyn club world makes the fact even more remarkable. Freelance Whales is such a band. Started by Judah Dadone after moving to Carroll Gardens [...]
Monday 8/24 * Mew, Violens @ Music Hall of Williamsburg ( MP3: "Violent Sensation Descends" by Violens) * Helado Negro, The Silent League, Tavo Carbone @ Cake Shop Tuesday 8/25 * Nine Inch Nails, The Horrors @ Terminal 5 ( MP3: "Sea Within a Sea" by The Horrors) * My Teenage Stride, Surfer Blood, Bright Lights, I'm Turning Into @ Silent Barn [...]
EAR FARM's Hit-or-miss is a weekly feature wherein the EF music library is put on shuffle, the song that plays is then searched (using the song title) on Google images and a resulting photo (plus an MP3 of the song) is posted. Listen: "Digger" by The Station Myth from The Station Myth View: Image search results for Digger - above image is from the 3rd page of results (and was originally from HERE ). [...]
Monday 8/17 * Band of Skulls, Jemima Pearl, My Best Fiend, The Mean @ Mercury Lounge * Brendan Benson, Sean Bones @ Bowery Ballroom ( MP3: "Dancehall" by Sean Bones ) Tuesday 8/18 * The Breeders, The Whispertown 2000 @ Bowery Ballroom ( VIDEO: "Saints" by The Breeders ) * Lemonade, Cale Parks, Dinowalrus, Teengirl Fantasy @ Santos Party House [...]
I received a promotional copy of Crop Rotation , the second album from North Carolina band, Polynya, and as a rather beautiful personal touch, they also included a numbered screen print of their abstract cover artwork. Named after an area of open water surrounded by sea ice, this band creates a self-contained core of warm, honeyed sounds while sometimes bracketed by icier electronic elements or stirred up guitars, and the album title is apt considering the continuous refreshment garnered by the band's changes in direction as they till new musical landscape on each of the eleven tracks. While they [...]
Monday 8/10 * Forest Fire, Shilpa Ray, Hologram @ Union Hall * xx, Holly Miranda @ Monkey Town ( MP3: "Slow Burn Treason" by Holly Miranda ) Tuesday 8/11 * TV on the Radio, Gang Gang Dance, Chin Chin @ Prospect Park Bandshell ( MP3: "Dreams" by TV on the Radio ) * The Budos Band @ City Winery Parking Lot [...]
EAR FARM's Hit-or-miss is a weekly feature (every Tuesday) wherein the EF music library is put on shuffle, the song that plays is then searched (using the song title) on Google images and a resulting photo (plus an MP3 of the song) is posted. Listen: "Walking on the Moon" by The Police from Live! View: Image search results for Walking on the Moon - above image is from the 2nd page of results (and was [...]
MP3: Crop Rotation – "Globe"
Jun 29, 2010, 2:47am
One Thirty BPM
One Thirty BPM
I've been hung up on this jam all day, so as I queue the play button time and again I can't help but want to share. "Globe" is the encore off of Crop Rotation 's newest EP, a four track intro to one of London's more mysterious, yet intriguing, duos. The first two minutes of the nearly seven minute track features various strings and twangs, reminding me of some of The Microphone's earlier recordings. Mix that with blissful vocals and immediately your mind wanders to Danse Manatee -era Animal Collective. Crop Rotation's arrangement is astounding, creating a [...]
Artist: Crop Rotation Link Text: Crop Rotation - Globe File Name: 4-globe.mp3 Bitrate: 161 kbps
DEPTHS
Jun 26, 2010, 12:36pm
rose quartz
rose quartz
Crop Rotation - Globe Few new jammers from Crop Rotations who we "blogged about" last year and this longer one begins with campfire chants lifted from straight early Animal Collective before lifting off into super-blissful Memory Tapes-style haze with those nice brief bass notes gradually creeping in hi-fi but with some peacey twitches and plenty of glo-ing melodies in this wide wave of electronics. [ Crop Rotation MySpace ]
Artist: Crop Rotation Link Text: Crop Rotation - Globe File Name: 4 globe.mp3 Bitrate: 161 kbps
CLOSE ENOUGH TO KISS
Jan 19, 2010, 7:32am rose quartz
rose quartz
Crop Rotation - The Good Guest Pretty intrigued by Crop Rotation's kaleidoscopic London club; all sorts of weird angles and colour shifts from xx-style minimalism, iced garage coolness (cf. J. Orbison) into serious positive club mantra hands-in-the-air territory. Totally fresh. Not surprised to see d-floor savants Teengirl Fantasy and fellow London sleeksters Celestial Bodies up in the top friends either. [ Crop Rotation Myspace ]
Link Text: Crop Rotation - The Good Guest File Name: The Good Guest.mp3
tester
Dec 30, 2009, 5:31pm EAR FARM
EAR FARMBack in the beginning, I wouldn't have called Goes Cube strictly a "metal" band, per se. More of an indie hardcore throwback kind of thing, with other varied influences. Today, all of those influences are still present, but the band has been moving more and more towards our shared love of metal. This started just prior to recording the first Goes Cube LP (titled Another Day Has Passed ); sometime back in early winter of 2008, before I actually joined the band. Since I became Goes Cube's bassist, we've written some thirteen songs and all of them [...]
SUSU: new song “M.B.T.” (MP3 download)
Nov 4, 2009, 1:04pm EAR FARM
EAR FARM
"M.B.T." is MY song. Mine. In many ways, it seems like a lifetime ago that we first met up with Brooklyn's SUSU . In reality, it was almost exactly four years ago; which, in blog years is the equivalent of ten lifetimes. But you didn't click here to read my musings on bloggery, you are in it for the MP3, yes? We can do that for you. "M.B.T." is the first track the band has made available from their new album R and R and R , [...]
Artist: Susu Title: M.B.T. Link Text: M.B.T. File Name: 03 M.B.T..mp3 Year: 2009
A Crop Rotation from Polynya
Oct 13, 2009, 12:00pm
Athens66
Athens66
We usually get flooded by junk mail in our contact address here in Athens66 and it takes hour to sort the crap. However, there are times that all this sorting pays off. A mail from Polynya back in early August was such a case. I've received their second album via mail when I got back from holiday and I must say I was quite impressed. Crop Rotation is a mix of of pop, indie and shoegaze that really hits the right spots sometimes (although not quite always). It's nevertheless worth more than a few spins! [...]
Artist: Polynya Title: People In Pictures Link Text: Polynya - People in Pictures File Name: 090803-polynya-people_in_pictu res.mp3 Year: 2009
The Lush Contemporary Dream Pop of Polynya
Sep 23, 2009, 7:11pm
The Decibel Tolls
The Decibel TollsA Polynya is an oceanographic term that refers to an area of open water generally engulfed by sea ice. The band Polynya do not provoke such imagery. Rather, Polynya come to us from fun, friendly, and gorgeous North Carolina, and their sophomore effort Crop Rotation sort of evokes more of that same feeling. Polynya is a group firmly planted in neo-gaze, or what I call "second wave dream pop" or "shadow dream pop." They don't exactly emmulate, say, Slowdive or The Catherine Wheel, which is probably for the best anyway. Rather, the [...]
Artist: Polynya Title: Fan Fiction Link Text: Polynya - Fan Fiction File Name: Polynya_-_Fan_Fiction.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Polynya Title: Fields Link Text: Polynya - Fields File Name: Polynya_-_Fields.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2009
Introducing: We Are Country Mice
Sep 16, 2009, 1:13pm EAR FARM
EAR FARM
To set up an admittedly forced dichotomy, in the world of musical enjoyment, there are two spheres: I. Creatively-pulsating, pushing-the-envelope, brain-bending bands that are forging new sounds, new ideas, and new forms with seemingly little regard or influence from past models (Yeasayer, TV on the Radio, Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, etc) II. Straight-to-the heart musicians that wear their influences on their sleeves but come across as so earnest and real that their originality is never called into question (Cut Copy, or The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, for [...]
Artist: We Are Country Mice Title: A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising Link Text: A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising File Name: 01 A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2009
Live Music Calendar Cliffs Notes 9/14 – 9/20
Sep 14, 2009, 12:21pm EAR FARM
EAR FARM
Monday 9/14 * Hanne Hukkelberg, Sian Alice Group, Apse, Dana Wachs @ Mercury Lounge ( MP3: "A Cheater's Armoury" by Hanne Hukkelberg) * Fruit Bats, Iran, Kevin Barker @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Tuesday 9/15 * Deerhoof, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Serengeti & Polyphonic @ (le) poisson rouge [EF Pick of the Week] ( VIDEO: "My Purple Past" by Deerhoof) * [...]
Hit-or-miss: “Human Nature” by Michael Jackson
Sep 1, 2009, 2:23pm EAR FARM
EAR FARM
EAR FARM's Hit-or-miss is a weekly feature wherein the EF music library is put on shuffle, the song that plays is then searched (using the song title) on Google images and a resulting photo (plus an MP3 of the song) is posted. Listen: "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson from Thriller View: Image search results for Human Nature - above image is from the 1st page of results (and was originally from HERE ). [...]
Artist: Michael Jackson Title: Human Nature (Album Version) Link Text: Human Nature by Michael Jackson File Name: 07 Human Nature (Album Version).mp3 Bitrate: 248 kbps Year: 2008
Live Music Calendar Cliffs Notes 8/31 – 9/6
Aug 31, 2009, 12:21pm EAR FARM
EAR FARM
Monday 8/31 * Stardeath And White Dwarfs, Circle Of Buzzards, The Naked Hearts, Nice Face @ Mercury Lounge ( MP3: "Realizing Emptiness" by Circle Of Buzzards) * Sigmund Droid, Bottle Up & Go, Diet Kong @ The Studio at Webster Hall Tuesday 9/1 * Pet Shop Boys @ Hammerstein Ballroom ( VIDEO: "Did You See Me Coming?" by Pet Shop Boys) * Screaming [...]
- Circle Of Buzzards - Realizing Emptiness (demo) 2008-11-29_VOX.mp3
- Ra Ra Riot - Dying Is Fine
- tUnE-yArDs - Sunlight
Artist: Circle Of Buzzards Title: Realizing Emptiness (demo) 2008-11-29_VOX.mp3 Link Text: Realizing Emptiness File Name: Buzzards_Emptiness_2008-11-29_ vox.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Ra Ra Riot Title: Dying Is Fine Link Text: Dying is Fine File Name: RaRaRiot_DyingIsFine.mp3 Bitrate: 263 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: tUnE-yArDs Title: Sunlight Link Text: Sunlight File Name: 02 Sunlight.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2009
Introducing: Freelance Whales
Aug 27, 2009, 10:54am EAR FARM
EAR FARM
It's not often that you encounter a band that has a singular musical identity, both on record and on stage. It's even less frequently that this happens with a band that is no more than 6 months old... And that such a band steps away from the norm of the guitar/bass/drums setup and utilizies a wide array of instruments in the small stages and unreliable sound-systems of the Brooklyn club world makes the fact even more remarkable. Freelance Whales is such a band. Started by Judah Dadone after moving to Carroll Gardens [...]
Artist: Freelance Whales Title: Generator ^ First Floor Link Text: Generator ^ First Floor File Name: 01 Generator ^ First Floor.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Live Music Calendar Cliffs Notes 8/24 – 8/30
Aug 24, 2009, 11:45am EAR FARM
EAR FARM
Monday 8/24 * Mew, Violens @ Music Hall of Williamsburg ( MP3: "Violent Sensation Descends" by Violens) * Helado Negro, The Silent League, Tavo Carbone @ Cake Shop Tuesday 8/25 * Nine Inch Nails, The Horrors @ Terminal 5 ( MP3: "Sea Within a Sea" by The Horrors) * My Teenage Stride, Surfer Blood, Bright Lights, I'm Turning Into @ Silent Barn [...]
Hit-or-miss: “Digger” by The Station Myth
Aug 18, 2009, 11:02am EAR FARM
EAR FARM
EAR FARM's Hit-or-miss is a weekly feature wherein the EF music library is put on shuffle, the song that plays is then searched (using the song title) on Google images and a resulting photo (plus an MP3 of the song) is posted. Listen: "Digger" by The Station Myth from The Station Myth View: Image search results for Digger - above image is from the 3rd page of results (and was originally from HERE ). [...]
Artist: The Station Myth Title: Digger Link Text: Digger by The Station Myth File Name: 05_digger.mp3 Year: 2006
Live Music Calendar Cliffs Notes 8/17 – 8/23
Aug 17, 2009, 12:04pm EAR FARM
EAR FARM
Monday 8/17 * Band of Skulls, Jemima Pearl, My Best Fiend, The Mean @ Mercury Lounge * Brendan Benson, Sean Bones @ Bowery Ballroom ( MP3: "Dancehall" by Sean Bones ) Tuesday 8/18 * The Breeders, The Whispertown 2000 @ Bowery Ballroom ( VIDEO: "Saints" by The Breeders ) * Lemonade, Cale Parks, Dinowalrus, Teengirl Fantasy @ Santos Party House [...]
Artist: Girl Talk Title: Bounce That Link Text: Bounce That by Girl Talk File Name: 12 Bounce That.mp3 Year: 2006
Sampling New Ground: Polynya's Crop Rotation
Aug 16, 2009, 8:51pm
Condemned to Rock 'N Roll
Condemned to Rock 'N Roll
I received a promotional copy of Crop Rotation , the second album from North Carolina band, Polynya, and as a rather beautiful personal touch, they also included a numbered screen print of their abstract cover artwork. Named after an area of open water surrounded by sea ice, this band creates a self-contained core of warm, honeyed sounds while sometimes bracketed by icier electronic elements or stirred up guitars, and the album title is apt considering the continuous refreshment garnered by the band's changes in direction as they till new musical landscape on each of the eleven tracks. While they [...]
Artist: Polynya Title: Orlando Link Text: Orlando - Polynya File Name: 06 Orlando.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: Polynya Title: Ribbon Dragons Link Text: Ribbon Dragons - Polynya File Name: 01 Ribbon Dragons.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2009
Crop Rotation
Aug 14, 2009, 5:31pm
Don't Die Wondering.
Don't Die Wondering.Crop Rotation Londons Crop Rotation make beautifully eccentric compounds of psychedelic, electronica-informed pop that changes quite remarkably from song to song. Against the backdrop of an old-school drum loop, this track alternates between eerily decadent spoken word and bright-italo-disco-inflicted pop choruses, culminating with a shimmering and quite funky ending. File under: keep an eye out for. Crop Rotation - The Good Guest ( mp3 )
Link Text: mp3 File Name: The Good Guest-1.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
NYC Live Music Calendar Cliffs Notes 8/10 – 8/16
Aug 10, 2009, 12:09pm EAR FARM
EAR FARM
Monday 8/10 * Forest Fire, Shilpa Ray, Hologram @ Union Hall * xx, Holly Miranda @ Monkey Town ( MP3: "Slow Burn Treason" by Holly Miranda ) Tuesday 8/11 * TV on the Radio, Gang Gang Dance, Chin Chin @ Prospect Park Bandshell ( MP3: "Dreams" by TV on the Radio ) * The Budos Band @ City Winery Parking Lot [...]
Hit-or-miss: “Walking on the Moon” by The Police
Aug 8, 2009, 10:10am EAR FARM
EAR FARM
EAR FARM's Hit-or-miss is a weekly feature (every Tuesday) wherein the EF music library is put on shuffle, the song that plays is then searched (using the song title) on Google images and a resulting photo (plus an MP3 of the song) is posted. Listen: "Walking on the Moon" by The Police from Live! View: Image search results for Walking on the Moon - above image is from the 2nd page of results (and was [...]
Artist: The Police Title: Walking On The Moon Link Text: Walking on the Moon by The Police File Name: 1-04 Walking On The Moon.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1995
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