Now, I don't know where you'll be reading this from, but here in LA it is way too goddamn hot. I can only handle so much sunny time vibe, and I often find my mind drifting to thoughts of luxury ski resorts and days filled not with sweat and high AC prices but with snow angels, sore legs from a day on the mountain, and cocoa by the fire. Ah, how I miss winter. Unfortunately for me and all my lethargic LA brethren, the heat is on and won't slow 'till September. To help us through it, [...]
An evening of graceful ferocity... - by Benjamin Bland
The inevitable remix of the article at Freq There’s buckets of finely congealed empathy here, beautifully presented. Front And Follow is an unusual, old-fashioned label, not quite made for these times . And thank God for that. This box set is a collection of 9 EPs from a host of incredible artists, all working within the confines of some strange call & response routine* which sees invited artists submit audio clips into a central pot, which is [...]
Dopo il debutto nel 2011 con Mermaid , gli svizzeri Joan and the Sailors tornano con Home Storm . Joan Seiler , voce e chitarra, Magdalena Bucher , violoncello, Mario Dotta , chitarra, Gregory Schärer , basso, Marc Rambold , batteria; questa la formazione che prosegue il cammino iniziato due anni fa, continuando a proporre una miscela sonora crocevia di vari riferimenti. Troviamo il pop elegantemente addobbato dell’onomatopeica Tic Tac, che si apre a squarci rock, ed En Guantes Blancos , che brilla di [...]
Metrojolt was lucky enough to quickly chat with Issa Dash and AK, two halves the Beast Coast’s very own, The Underachievers. Seeing as how the group really doesn't do too many interviews, MJ was truly blessed with some good vibes to make this happen. We chopped it up about their plans for the future, favorite strains of Bay Area-medicinal, and their brand of spirituality. Much love to Issa Dash and AK for the interview. Peep game below! So ya'll were in Berkeley like two days ago right? (Yeah) Damn, I'm from the Bay Area so I gotta know, [...]
Sembra che nascere musicisti in Canada sia come nascere biondi nei paesi scandinavi: viene naturale approcciarsi alla musica, senza schemi preconcetti, senza divisioni tra noi e loro, divertendosi a mescolare culture e a cucinarle attraverso uno stile che identifica proprio la nazione Canada (sui processi identitari di un paese coloniale e post-coloniale come il Canada ne parliamo anche qui ). Non sono tenuto a farvi esempi, ma se esistono gli Arcade Fire e i Godspeed You! Black Emperor vorrà dire che una qualche equazione c'è, non è solo frutto del caso. Eccezion fatta per gli [...]
Advertisement for The Screaming Trees' Uncle Anesthesia album from Option: Music Alternatives magazine no. 37, Mar/Apr 1991. I'm not posting this for any particular reason other than that it's cool.
![Deerhunter- Monomania [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4945199_lg.jpg)
Anyone in need of further proof that Deerhunter is equal parts theatrical freak show and seminal noise rock titans should look no further than the band's recent appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. There was singer Bradford Cox, dressed in drag with what appeared to be a bloody bandage on his fingers walking off stage mid-song as the rest of the band, (and some random guy holding a tape recorder), jammed on the title track to their new album, Monomamia . Cox appears to be a performer both driven and repulsed by "punk" ideals, and that contradiction [...]
By 1968, the hits had all but dried up for Tottenham's Dave Clark Five. With a run of massive hits recorded between '64-'65, this group was considered STRONG competetion for the Beatles, and many teen magazines speculated the Beatlemania was gonna wane and the Dave Clark Five would come out on top of the world. While history tells a far different tale, the DC5 released many fabulous records, well past the heyday of the British Invasion. Buried on the b-side of a track that must have seemed like a relic from a bygone era (the downright putrid "Red [...]
Leave it up to Animal Collective to rack up one of the most interesting groups of musicians to be featured on their new remix EP Monkey Been to Burn Town set to release on May 28th. The remix album featurres remixes by juke producer Traxman , New York's loopy electro duo Teengirl Fantasy , Seattle based hip-hop collective Shabazz Palaces and last but certainly not least the wacked out but incredibly talented Gang Gang Dance . Gang Gang Dance has been around since 2001 and after a long journey through different musical atmospheres and ideas, the band finally started to [...]
Leave it up to Animal Collective to rack up one of the most interesting groups of musicians to be featured on their new remix EP Monkey Been to Burn Town set to release on May 28th. The remix album featurres remixes by juke producer Traxman , New York's loopy electro duo Teengirl Fantasy , Seattle based hip-hop collective Shabazz Palaces and last but certainly not least the wacked out but incredibly talented Gang Gang Dance . Gang Gang Dance has been around since 2001 and after a long journey through different musical atmospheres and ideas, [...]
![Teen Daze- The House On The Mountain [EP Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4937175_lg.jpg)
Upon hearing the insanely soothing sounds of fellow B.C. inhabitant Teen Daze , Adam instantly felt the need to cover such beautiful material coming from an artist so familiar and local to the Vancouver scene! The British Columbian producer known as Jamison works under the alias Teen Daze to produce his latest EP titled " The House On The Mountain ". It is essentially a soundtrack to the young artist's experience of moving into a large, beautiful and empty house in beautiful Abbotsford B.C.. As he moves in, the seasons are changing and he is able to experience this in [...]
![Bonobo [Interview]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4932340_lg.jpg)
Bonobo (Simon Green)'s music is art. The term is tossed around quite lightly in regards to music these days, yet there are only a relative handful of musicians that craft their work with such intricacy, beauty, and care as Green does. His 5th album, The North Borders, had an incredible impact this year, displaying both a new side of the multi-talented producer while sticking to his signature tranquil style. His tour was an equally impressive sight, featuring unique live renditions of the album. Since it's release, the single 'First Fires' has gotten a video treatment from Young Replicants, the crew [...]
Initially only gently mental, Triangulation Station almost resembles Cardiff screwballs Islet calming down, Emma Daman delivering a retro warble atop pliable, slightly calypso psych. Of course it's not though it perhaps would, were Mark Thomas' dry vocal interventions not as thirstily maniacal as ever as he drones of "talking with the fire in the dark dark dark" midway through the longstanding live fave. Its bass restive and bulbous; its harmonies perfectly batshit, there's even a bit toward the alas, inevitable denouement that gingerly recalls Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' which, y'know, is never a bad thing... [...]
I SUGGEST that you put the new album by Heliocentrics at the centre of your universe. Because 13 Degrees Of Reality is almost unreal in its fusion of jazz, psychedelia, electronica, funk, world, krautrock and more. Orbiting around the one constant here - the sturdy drumwork of legend Malcom Catto - the fuzzy guitar work and incessant basslines wander like particles in a dust cloud, this musical Brownian motion knitting to create something unique that exists in the vacuum between all of the aforementioned genres. The result is a cosmic creation that is otherworldly, epic and truly [...]
![The Courtney John Project – Future [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4927499_lg.jpg)
Every audience is blessed with something musically unique. A new style just popped up folks. Imagine an infectious combination of Kingston based euro-electronica beats layered on top of traditional rock melodies. Now, think about that combination with a future reggae twist, offering chopped vocals on top of rapid fire drums and a soulful intensity that's hard to forget about. And thus, rootstronic was born with it's forefather Courtney John at the head of the revolution. Now you may not be familiar with the electrifying award winner Courtney John, but he's not one for boundaries. [...]
You probably know Mark Vidler as mashup master "Go Home Productions." He gained a deal of notoriety with those early days of mashups, but Vidler is also a producer, remixer, A/V artist, songwriter, and disc jockey. Here's a snippet from his bio: Using the thriving UK bootleg scene of 2001 as a starting block, has since gone on to officially produce tracks for all manner of 'legends' in the music business including David Bowie, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Blondie, The Sex Pistols and diverse artists like Gang Of Four, Malcolm Mclaren, Ruts DC, Alicia Keys, [...]
Lights on, stage set, curtains up. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ of beats, the Les Mis of loops, the Romeo and Juliet of rhymes. I present you with GLDMSK’s very own hip-hop opera. Hip-hop opera? That’s right. ‘Roger Sterling (A Time Traveling Paratext)’ is a nearly-eight-minute epic of ever-changing flavors, flows, and soundscapes. If you’re looking for catchy hooks for the casual listen, best to keep moving, because you won’t find it here. In the tradition of the Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ or The Who’s Tommy, GLDMSK (who, by the way, remains anonymous in [...]
Parafrasando il motto di una nota pubblicità, potremmo dire che, ascoltando il nuovo Purling Hiss , “l'amore per i Nineties da solo buoni frutti”. Nato come un side project solista di Mike Polizze , chitarrista dei Birds Of Maya (heavy rock band di Phladelphia) questo power trio (gli altri componenti sono Kiel Everett al basso e Mike Sneeringer alla batteria) ha tirato fuori nove brani che rischiano seriamente di essere una delle cose più eccitanti ascoltate in questo 2013. Il perché di tutto questo entusiasmo è facile da descrivere: quando l'energia di un guitar sound che [...]
This self-titled album from Orquestra Popular De Paio Pires of Setúbal, Portugal lands with regularity in the mix here at Rancho Oddio. It is a diverse and grooving album brought to the world by the phenomenal netlabel Clinical Archives . Tracks 1-3 and 12 might fall under classic jazz pop (or Space Age Pop ), while 4-11 are more instrumental experimental rock, and 7 is hip hop beat. Give it a listen and decide for yourself. Clinical Archives netlabel download | Free Music Archive download [...]
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