Where the food sounds good, and the music is pretty tasty too.
The Mercy Beat hits low. They know what we like and they use it against us. Here they offer their track, “Sweet,” in a capsule of cinematic eye-candy. The video is nice but I reckon so is the rest of the aural anatomy that is sure to follow. I hereby dub TMB Seductive and majorly Rockeous. The last word I made up, totally apt. More please! Continue reading “the mercy beat | an act of mercy | sweet | video”
Paul Cook & The Chronicles offer up a bit of bright, uptempo and unrequited love. The track “Radar,” comes to your ears via London, UK. Look for the Radar EP to drop June 2nd, 2014. Paul Cook & The Chronicles is a promising solo project for indie singer-songwriter Paul Cook. The Radar EP precedes the fourth and final album in Paul Cook & The Chronicles ‘Volumes’ which drops later this year. Peace. Continue reading “paul cook & the chronicles | radar ep”
“Sanity, a visage of my wealth
Lost but always found before the idols that I’ve knelt
Strategy, the only way to cry
Keep it do or die and always think in terms of I
Reverie, some legend futures past
Revelry, instead for it renders hella fast
Capitol, a sound that’s on the rise
It’s slaking unrealized until essence has been razed
Sepulcher, a stage enlived by ghosts
Floating off with bags of the blood encrusted dough.”
– “They Come In Gold” (from “The Phasing Shift” suite) Continue reading “shabazz palaces | they come in gold | lese majesty lp”
Maybe Itatiba, Brazil is a hotbed from which many a great bands shall spring forth. Fake Vulgarys are on a tear right now and with good reason. There A Man Who Says EP (2013) put them on the map and what will surely follow may just solidify there place in the world of indie rock. Yes, I said it. Peace. Continue reading “fake vulgarys | a man who says ep”
Nothing more intriguing as discovering a new band/artist. Especially when there is very information about them. We’ve seen this sort of thing before, and perhaps it is a methodology exercised to generate buzz. All I know is xBANQUETx have a promising sound, and even a promising future solely based on their inaugural track, “Indigo”. Here’s hoping for more. Peace. Continue reading “xBANQUETx | indigo”
The band Futurekids hail from Winnipeg, Manitoba but they have a sound bred and borne from the heart, dead center. From the very first notes of their official lead single Merit Badge your pulled inside all of its shoegazy glory. I suspect there is plenty more where this came from and I can’t wait to hear more selections from Futurekids. Make sure to cop the FREE DOWNLOAD below. Continue reading “futurekids | merit badge”
Ridin’ it out with R&B-inspired vocalist, producer, and songwriter Jessy Lanza‘s, Pull My Hair Back (2013). The title release, bearing the same name as the album, was Lanza’s Hyperdub debut LP. Get it via iTunes today.
The 9-track album has a chill seductive vibe perfect for a late Friday night when it’s just two and a bottle of something that’ll make Dionysus proud. I’ve also thrown in the track Move Closer to seal the deal, plus it’s a FREE DOWNLOAD. Peace. Continue reading “jessy lanza | pull my hair back”
I am kickin’ off Friday night with a FREE DOWNLOAD! Check out the multi-talented Cooly G: In Session courtesy of Mixmag. This one finds the empress of house in fine for, spinning hypnotic, wobbly, off-kilter house, bossy bass, and sounds with a splash of techo, deep, downtempo abstract and a melody of additional sounds that’ll clog your ears up with a primo brand of audible splith smoke. Enjoy. Peace. Continue reading “cooly g | in session: mixmag”
William Fitzsimmons is a long-time favorite in the annals of my beating heart, and with good reason. And if my word isn’t good enough to convince you, them check out the video after the jump. The song, Lions, comes from his latest album release of the same name. Lions is out now courtesy of Nettwerk Productions. Peace. Continue reading “william fitzsimmons | lions | video”
The video premiere of Sam Smith butterfly-soft track, Leave Your Lover, is a thing of beauty and wistful sadness. Shattering the notion of ‘two is company and threes a crowd’. The Luke Monaghan-directed video displays a triad of lovers overspilling with generous and genuine affection, as they paint an evening in Paris bright red, and in the end a deep shade of blue. And Sam, sings his every word caught in a rosebush of ripping thorns and silken petals, revealing bitter via dolorosa.
Look for Sam Smith’s debut album, In The Lonely Hour, out June 17th courtesy of Capitol Records. Peace. Continue reading “sam smith | leave your lover | video premiere”