When you first press play on the new single from AU , you get the feeling that it's going to be that sort of sprawling track that ambles on and on, but you'll soon learn that there's more to it than that, as the band jumps off into a quick paced romp of their own liking. It's the unexpected twist that makes the group so enjoyable to listen to time and time again. You can find this track and others on the band's upcoming Both Lights LP, which will land in [...]
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It's nice to be able to accomplish three things at once. Here's what we're getting done here: 1.) Reminding you that home is where the tapes is and that charity is good. The nice people at Hometapes are offering a massive holiday album for free over at their Band Camp. It's one of those "pay what you want" dealies and they're throwing the proceeds at a charity, which is pretty sweet. It's 21 songs for free, but if you're super thoughtful on this first day of [...]
The Portland, OR-based label Hometapes (which put out Pattern Is Movement's last record, 20082s All Together) has just released the 21-track compilation album, Never Ending Beginning , via Bandcamp; the compilation features contributions from a couple of local artists, Oh! Pears and Ape School. (The comp is available on a pay-what-you-can basis. 100% of the proceeds collected benefit the Arkansas-based Heifer Project International .) From the label: This year, we asked Hometapes' family and friends to make a song for the holidays - whatever that meant to them. This [...]
David Keevil works for Decibel . They make huge spreadsheets filled with data about the music that you listen to. He's here to explain why it's more important than ever to label your shit correctly. Is heavy metal and metadata an abominable meeting of science and art? The short answer is no. The long answer is detailed below. "What the fuck is metadata?" I hear that one guy at the back ask. Well, consider that music itself is data, its very existence [...]
CYNE - Boxing Day by TheWordIsBond.com Cyne just sent this goodness in, "Boxing Day" and exclusive track for their label Hometapes compilation "The Never Ending Beginning", available to download for FREE on BANCAMP Check Previous Posts On CYNE CYNE: Website • MySpace • LastFM [...]
Mp3 - All Tiny Creatures - Deck The Halls We can all agree that this rules right? Check out the rest of the Hometape 's Chrismas album here .
Cyne is officially back in the game! "Wasteland Vol.1" is their latest mixtape.... a mix of instrumental and vocal tracks, with one side produced entirely by Enoch and the other produced by Speck.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Got nothing but love for the Home Taping crew and this new release from them is deeeeeeeep! As soon as I heard the first beat on the Bump track I was instantly hooked. Its out right now if you wanna grab it. Home Taping 10 - Klic - Disco Music by Home Taping Home Taping 10 - Klic - Bump by Home Taping
Listening to Megafaun reminds me of that magical feeling of hearing Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot for the very first time, of marveling at its perfect balance of country-folk balladry and pop experimentation. While Wilco has since, for better or worse, moved towards solidifying their monolithic sound, Megafaun has in their recent eponymous album resisted the boundaries of genre in producing what must be the most playfully rewarding release of the year. "These Words" opens with half a minute of guesswork, with its storyline coming together in a dizzying whole through the course of the track. The [...]
Over the weekend, while taking a walk in the Santa Monica neighborhood I passed by @McCabesGuitar shop, and as I normally do, stopped to check out their "Upcoming Shows Wall." One of the posters that caught my eye was the simply titled MEGAFAUN . It rang a bell. At some point I had heard or seen their name somewhere else, yet couldn't place it. Once I got home I searched the cobwebs in my brain and had a quick chat with @jasonspang. We traced it back to the connection with Bon Iver [...]
Four songs into Megafaun's set at the Beachland last Tuesday, drummer Joe Westerlund climbed out from behind his kit, grabbed an acoustic guitar and stepped off the stage. The rest of Megafaun (now, with the addition of a full time bassist, a quartet) followed. They asked the crowd to get in a little closer; it was a weeknight and Tuneyards was next door, so the show was on the intimate side and folks were hanging on the edges a bit. Megafaun asked us to get closer to the stage and we did. Joe started strumming the [...]
The band's ramshackle approach gets smoothed out here, so eccentric textures are tightly woven together. The sound this makes is hard to define, which is why it's so satisfying. As soaring as it is, as sweet as these tunes are to listen to, beneath its lush layers Megafaun reveals a series of complications, and to listen to it is to expose yourself to a series of tricky questions. 1. When does a music career begin? With the release of this album, there's an easy arc to follow for Megafaun's career. They gained local attention in North Carolina with Bury [...]
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Tweet Since it's Megafaun I'm willing to just skip over how much this song sounds like Neil Young's " Cortez The Killer. " Former/occasional Justin Vernon bandmates continue pushing their sound forward and making enjoyable music. Their self-titled album will be out in three weeks and I find myself wondering how much the rest of the tracks on it will reflect this obvious shedding-of-their-roots past. I've always embraced the bluegrass-tinged passive folk sound that we've come to know as "Megafaun" so on [...]
Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads... Zola Jesus - Vessel Ronika - In The City Megafaun - State/Meant Megafaun - These Words Nihiti - Pinko Morning Monarchy - Maybe I'm Crazy (Azari & III Remix) STS (ft. Count Justice) - WWW SBTRKT - Wildfire (Drumma Boy Remix)(ft. Little Dragon and Shabazz Palaces) tUnE-yArDs – Gangsta (Ad-Rock remix) Flood Of Reed - No Lover Of Mine Click Read More below, listen... and if you like them... grab them. Enjoy! [...]
O período de reclusão do trio barbudo Megafaun nos estúdios de seu ex-companheiro de banda Justin Vernon , em Eau Claire, Winsconsin, parecem estar gerando belos frutos. As duas primeiras faixas liberadas do novo álbum do grupo de indie-folk já estão disponíveis pra download gratuito, e valem a sua atenção. A primeira é a já conhecida These Words , que revela o lado mais experimental do grupo, misturando harmonias vocais tradicionais do folk com batidas eletrônicas caóticas e sufocantes, ecos e distorções. Megafaun - These Words [...]
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Indie rockers and GAYNGS affiliates Megafaun are set to release their upcoming self titled album September 20 via Hometapes. Take a listen to 2 tracks from the upcoming album, "State/Meant" and "These Words", which are both kid tested, SKoA approved. The band is also set to go out on tour around Europe as well as North America in support of the new album. Check out tour dates and venues after jump. Megafaun "State/Meant" by Hometapes [...]
Leaving no stone unturned, I'm a day late in getting this new Megafaun track up on the blog. We've got fifteen RSS feeds all tied into everything Megafaun related. Phil has a kid. We hear about it. Brad gets a new throwback Laker's jersey, we're on it. That's a tad creepy really, and not at all true. However, we'll shake baby cats if we have to in order to get everyone's attention onto this record. "State/Meant" is a sultry and expansive tune, perfectly complimentary to "These Words," [...]
Megafaun (Photo: Sara Padgett) Megafaun have released "State/Meant," the new single from their forthcoming self-titled album, which is out on September 20, 2011. The Fall Creek, WI-based band is also setting out on a Fall 2011 tour, most dates with Doug Paisley. Complete tour dates below. Megafaun "State/Meant" by Hometapes Tour Dates 9/22 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle 9/23 - Washington, DC @ Red Palace 9/24 - New York, NY @ Mercury [...]
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