Bubbles misses you, man.
Tortoise is credited with helping to usher in the genre of Post-Rock, along with Mogwai. Their 90's releases garnered a good bit of praise from critics and fans of eclectic rock music everywhere. Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) and TNT (1998) represent groundbreaking forays into more jazz influenced compositions and experimental production techniques that were heard rarely in standard radio rock. The track length of some of their songs is intimidating, and sometimes frustrating (it's much harder to find a specific movement within a song than it is to find a certain track on an album), but it's by no means a dealbreaker.
From Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
From It's All Around You (2004)
I've been trying to get my hands on White Light Strobing since hearing one of the singles in a SXSW promo video a few months back. Desolation Wilderness has a knack for writing laid-back, ethereal songs that owe a bit to My Bloody Valentine, as well as more the recent songwriters Kurt Vile and Devendra Banhart. This album is very consistent. I found all the tracks worth listening to, and there are multiple gems, some of which I'm posting here. The only complaint I have is that the vocals are a little bit downplayed and maybe a tad too saturated with reverb to really understand, but I couldn't really picture myself enjoying DW's sound nearly as much if they were different. Enjoy heartily, folks.
From White Light Strobing (2008)
Modest Mouse - Autumn Beds
Has it only been two years since We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank? It feels like ages since the world has been blessed with new Modest Mouse material, but now the band is finally set to release a new EP in August. It's called No One's First and You're Next, and contains songs recorded between 2003 and 2008 that never made it into the past two LPs.
Autumn Beds is one of the six tracks on this upcoming EP, and I'm really liking it. I've always loved the slower, more silent Modest Mouse tracks with great build-ups - The Good Times Are Killing Me (from Good News For People Who Love Bad News) and Sleepwalkin' (from Building Nothing Out Of Something) rank among my fondest favorites. The band is set to tour North America in August and September, so don't miss your chance to see some indie rock legends perform - they're awesome live!
Two Weeks
I thought I didn't like this song at first, but then it kept getting stuck in my head. So I figured it was worth a post.
I thought I didn't like this song at first, but then it kept getting stuck in my head. So I figured it was worth a post.
May 30, 2009
Mew - Introducing Palace Players (from No More Stories...)
Etiketter:
danish,
progressive,
scandinavian,
vizitrone
Mew - Introducing Palace Players
Danish art-rockers/prog-rockers Mew are finally back, and are in August set to release their first album in four years. Their pretentiousness, which they often joke about themselves, shines through in the album's absurdly long title. The next Mew album is called (*cleanses throat*):
No more stories
Are told today
I'm sorry
They washed away
No more stories
The world is grey
I'm tired
Let's wash away
Yup, that's the name of the album. The first song from No More More Stories... has leaked, and it's called Introducing Palace Players. The mp3 I posted for it is very likely to be a transcode, since the song only has been released on Mew's Myspace and on a Pitchfork stream so far, but I hope you all will be able to enjoy it nonetheless. It's a very promising sounding track, I can't wait to hear the whole album!
avril 14th
4
Haven't posted in a while, I'm going to go ahead and blame it on the fact that it's summer time. I've decided to post some oldies; for some reason, I've been getting into glitch and electronica a lot, so, it seemed appropriate. The first song, avril 14th, is one of the most beautiful piano pieces I've ever heard. It's off of Aphex Twin's 2001 release, drukqs, and is a huge departure from most Aphex Twin songs. The second, 4, is typical AFX: lots of glitch drums scattered over some pretty atypical melodies. 4 is from his 1996 release, Richard D James. Both are awesome, let me know what you think of them.
May 19, 2009
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Etiketter:
dance,
electronica,
folk,
non serviam
Animal Collective has been blowing people's minds for quite some time now, and their newest release, Merriweather Post Pavilion, is yet another exciting addition to their already extensive catalog. Like much of their more recent releases, the songs on this album definitely reflect the band's ever-changing interests and sounds very similar to the more electronica-influenced music Panda Bear's been putting out on his own. Deeply layered tracks, unique rhythms, and a certain amount of playfulness are the MO here.
from Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
The Beta Band were a commercially underappreciated band from Britain. They performed a blend of psychedelic rock, trip-hop, and electronica that critics creamed over.
Mp3's come from a collection of their early EP's. "Dogs Got A Bone" is a personal favorite.
from The Three E.P.'s (1997)
So Boxstr decided to kill my account by not allowing me access and proclaiming that they'd never heard of my email address before when I tried to reset my p-word. So if my old links are broken, I apologize. I'll try to re-upload them and change the links when I can.
New account is up. Username = boxstrsucks
Chiggety-cheers, all.
Toldja I'd get it on here somehow. Either way, YYY has been pissing me off. First they shaft the blog community and then they have this song on the new Gossip Girl commercials? If Karen O's voice wasn't so badass I wouldn't even bother with this.
Freeze and Explode
Sorry I haven't posted in so long, it's been a hectic few weeks. I found this song on one of my tv guilty pleasures and thought i'd share it. It's dripping with pop, incredibly catchy, and it's a nice departure from the stuff i've been listening to.
May 3, 2009
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Etiketter:
tbomb recommends,
the pains of being pure at heart,
video
Their sound isn't the most original, but they do it well. The video for "Young Adult Friction" makes me nostalgic for times I never had, and some of those vocals make for a heck of a Morrissey impression.
from The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (2009)
Young Adult Friction
Everything With You
XTC is one of the more interesting bands to spring from England's 80's post-punk / new wave movement. The band was much more popular with critics than with public consumers, though XTC did see some moderate chart success later in their career. The first two mp3's come from their 1982 album, English Settlement. The third is a cover of one of their more popular singles, "Making Plans For Nigel", performed by Primus. God bless you, Les Claypool.
from English Settlement (1982)
from Primus' Miscellaneous Debris (1992)
David E. Sugar - Although You May Laugh
David E. Sugar - I Still Like Your Clothes
David E. Sugar - To Yourself
David E. Sugar is an indie electronica artist from the UK who's released a few quality EPs, singles and standalone tracks in the past couple of years. He started out as an 8-bit chipcore artist programming songs on his Gameboy, but has since evolved to his unique sound of today, somewhere between house and chipcore, but with a dash of guitars and his own vocal work. His tracks are catchy and danceable, and I hope he'll take the step into making a full-length album soon. It's not going to happen this year, though - he has another, perhaps even bigger, project going. Sugar's ambitious project for 2009 consists of releasing 12 (!) little EPs on his own record label, one for each month. His fourth EP just came out, so it looks like the he's keeping up to his promise of hyper-productivity. One to watch out for!
April 24, 2009
The Octopus Project / Black Moth Super Rainbow
Etiketter:
electronica,
instrumental,
non serviam,
post rock,
video
The Octopus Project is a personal favorite of mine. Their album Hello, Avalanche, is one of the most consistently fun and addictive albums I've ever heard. Their sound is a mixture of analog and electronic instrumentation, with an extremely solid rhythm section that faithfully drives every song. from Hello, Avalanche (2007)
The Octopus Project Website
The video is for the song Truck.
Black Moth Super Rainbow is another band along the same lines as The
Octopus Project, though a bit more experimental and laid back. They
collaborated with The Octopus Project on a split album entitled The
House of Apples and Eyeballs, but I have been unable to get a
hold of it yet. They have a new album on the way entitled Eating Us.
Anyway, enjoy the video and the mp3s.
from Start A People (2004)
Black Moth Super Rainbow Website
Shugo Tokumaru's Exit was one of my most anxiously awaited releases. Critically acclaimed, multi-talented, and always surprising, Tokumaru has a gift for creating extremely inviting music that involves a very intricate interweaving of both traditional and eclectic sonic palettes.
I found Fischerspooner while watching old Coachella footage at home a few weeks ago. This song and video, for some reason, completely blow my mind. Every video of decent quality that I found on youtube prohibits embedding, so I'll have to post a lame link to it here.
Emerge
Emerge
This song is not new, but it is to Yousuf, so all of you can enjoy it again (or for the first time if you haven't heard it either.)
from Andorra (2007)
Melody Day
and...
Melody Day (Four Tet Remix)
Found a temporary hosting service. It sucks, so hopefully boxstr will come back soon. Here's my second song.
Hello
Hello
So we use a service called boxstr.com and we don't know if its just Athens, GA that boxstr has recently decided to not work for, but we can't log in to monitor our bandwidth use or more importantly put up new mp3s. We're looking for a more reliable free service. Thanks for understanding
All I'm saying is when you perform in a diaper, you're destined to be famous.
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