Where the food sounds good, and the music is pretty tasty too.
Chicago-based brother/sister duo Wild Belle (Natalie Bergman & Elliot Bergman) take dancehall/reggae to a whole new flavor level (think golden-sunshine-cosmic-mango) and it’s so tasty to your ears, kinda like a frosty Red Stripe with sonic implications. The song “Keep You” will put you in the right mood with it’s sunshine bubblyness and Caribbean groove. You can get your own addictive ray of musical sunshine that is “Keep You” on iTunes. Peace. Continue reading “wild belle // keep you”
The music made by The Lighthouse And The Whaler makes you care about it, even if you didn’t want to. This Cleveland, Ohio band is a 5-piece ensemble, and every single song I’ve heard thus far sounds like something unexplored, yet familiar. These songs sound like baking bread, or the muted colors burnt and radiant spilling forth from a spectacular sunset. These guys make music like a sighing lover exhaling your name, and all the while trailing warm breath across your breastbone. Yes, this is sweetness and light territory for sure. I listened to their songs, “White Days”, “Window”, and “Of The Heavens And The Earth” and I found myself not wanting to leave them alone. I got lost within these melodies. I was comfortable and I didn’t want to venture anywhere else. Their latest single, “Burst Apart” moves across your earlobe like a minnow, it tickles and it is innocent of the knowledge of darker things to come. TLATW‘s forthcoming Pioneers EP is scheduled for a March 13th release and you can pre-order it at www.thelighthouseandthewhaler.com. And surely you didn’t think the only good things in Cleveland was the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Hot Dog Diner & Burger Co? Shame on you. Peace. Continue reading “the lighthouse and the whaler // burst apart”
Orlando Higginbottom transformed himself into Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and the dance music scene is no longer as they were. TEED has taken old school house music and breathed into it the chillness of Space Ghost with the stylistic panache of a graffiti artist. No this isn’t hauteur hipness anywhere with this guy, his music is for the masses. Check out his latest, the David Terranova directed video for his new single “Tapes & Money” and look for the new single release April 2, 2012. Peace. Continue reading “Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs // Tapes & Money”
The soulful music of Elliot Brood is found somewhere in-between the rusticity of folk and the twanginess of country, with a smidgen of bluegrass thrown in for good measure. It’s music emanating from a raw open heart of good intentions, and with all good intentions there is a chasm of humanity thrown into this pot of songs. The songs are from Elliot Brood’s album Days Into Years, and I hope you’re hungry for music with accoutrement enough to flavor emotions with the salt and pepper of life. By that, I mean to say these songs are garnished not with garish melodies nor are they sickly sweet, these songs are of the uncommon staple of wholesomeness. You’ll feel it all, the sadness, the conflict, and joy that is found in unsuspected places. After the jump, check of the songs “Northern Air” and “If I Get Old” both of which will make you feel that something magical is haunting your speakers when you fill them with Elliot Brood. Peace. Continue reading “Elliot Brood // Northern Air”
Suzi Horn and Tobin Prinz minimalistic post-punk music and it will definitely get your attention and it just might make you snarl ala Billy Idol. The song I’m so enthusiastic about is “Happy In Bit” taken from their LP Clay Class and it is a whole lot of raucous fun with dark circles beneath its eyes and a menacing smile. Yup put on you well-worn Dr. Martens for this one. Peace.
Prinzhorn Dance School / Happy In Bits from DFA Records on Vimeo.
“Usurper” from Clay Class (2012)
Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, Adam Matta and multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins are the North Carolina–based Carolina Chocolate Drops and they are just as organic and original as they are talented and modest. The music they make is like hot buttered Cracklin’ Bread and red-eye gravy for your ears. And with their latest release Leaving Eden, follow-up to their critically lauded label debut—2010′s Grammy Award–winning Genuine Negro Jig, they’re in right fine form. The album is out now on Nonesuch Records, I highly recommend the vinyl format by the way. You can also cop their music HERE and on iTunes. Forgive me, I’m crushing so hard on their song, “Pretty Girl”. Peace. Continue reading “Carolina Chocolate Drops // Leaving Eden”
And the Chromatics just keep ’em coming, which is seriously just peaches and cream for me. Here, I’ve got the 4th single “Candy” from Kill For Love. Still no official details regarding a release date. After the jump listen and watch the Alberto Rossini directed video and let Ruth Radelet‘s tale up there. I’ve also included the “Lady” video as well, so stay for a bit and chill. Peace. Continue reading “chromatics // candy (official video)”
The Fiber is Sjaak Kassies. I am familiar with his wonderful vocal work with the band Obsidian, and he is known to provide vox for one of my favorite projects Space Flakes. However, he stands pretty good on his own two feet plucking gorgeously on his acoustic guitar and singing his heart out. After the jump, check out his latest single release “Lead” and it is a right fine piece of work. Peace. Continue reading “The Fiber // Lead”
Today, and perhaps most days, could use a bit of what José González is putting out into the universe for our ears to digest like sugared-sorrow and humble pie. Yes, José González music is the epitome of sweetness and light, and with a voice like the spent ashes of embers wafting on the exhalations of tenebrous sullen mood, it’s easy to see, and hear why so folks warm themselves before his solar flame. With the song, “Cycling Trivialities” it is smoky folk fare with the soul of a dour canticle, but perhaps it always a call to break out of a rut and wake to the act letting go of the petty and spread the energy of love all around. Well, that’s my two-cents for all it is worth. I’ll shut my face now, enjoy the music. Peace. Continue reading “José González // Cycling Trivialities (Our Sunday Best)”
Odd Future, you know how they do. Check out the latest EP from Hodgy Beats it’s an untitles 9-tracker sure to knock your socks off. By the way, dope production credits go to The Alchemist, Flying Lotus and the phenomenal Juicy J. Peace. Continue reading “Hodgy Beats //”