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aidan knight | the arp

aidan knight | the arp
 

aidan knight | the arp

 
Aidan Knight is a modern day bard in the best and most sincere sense of the descriptor. His music is, among other things, robust, genteel and insanely beautiful. The featured track The Arp opens up like a benignly blazing sunrise cresting the far horizon. Song as a scrapbook, the warm sustenance of a hot cup of tea, a meditative playlist and a pocketful of sweetened Gary Snyder poems. Aidan’s latest album Each Other is collectively more profound, for there exists songs here which will become decorous rings around your bleeding heart. Each Other, What Light (Never Goes Dim), You Are Not Here and Black Dream are also notable standouts. Aidan Knight’s album Each Other is out now courtesy of the Outside Music label. Also, take a peek at the Ft. Langley directed video for All Clear video after the jump. Peace. Continue reading “aidan knight | the arp”

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hundred waters | show me love | skrillex remix

hundred waters | show me love (skrillex remix)
 

hundred waters | show me love | skrillex remix

 
Hundred Waters does good music. But you know this, so it is not surprising (GASP!) to hear their sonically noble track get abundant blessings with the release of the Show Me Love (Skrillex Remix). We’re talking Mount Everest elevation here, and a higher plane of existence as a result of the deft wonder work of Mr. Sonny J. Moore, Chance The Rapper, Moses Sumney and Robin Hannibal respectively. The original track Show Me Love is one of many (12 actually, but who’s counting? Well, apparently I am) from HW‘s The Moon Rang Like A Bell release courtesy of OWSLA. Peace. Continue reading “hundred waters | show me love | skrillex remix”

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teen | tokyo

teen | tokyo
 

teen | tokyo

 
TEEN is a band manned with four future UN ambassadors for the of Island Fun! And while this may (or may not) be entirely a truism it rings as such. Teeny Lieberson and company have spun out (through not fault of their own) yet another wonderfully jollified diversion. The music this band puts out is multi-useful too. Say you’re one to worry about such mundane things as so-in-so liking you or the overdue mortgage. Well, this is the album you most assuredly need to drop the needle on muy pronto! And just so you know this album pairs incredibly well with a pint or two (ice cream or beer, your choice). The album Love Yes is out right this very moment via Carpark Records. Peace. Continue reading “teen | tokyo”

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sorority noise | either way

sorority noise | either way
 

sorority noise | either way

 
Sorority Noise are solidly east coasters hailing from good old Hartford, Connecticut. And obviously good old Hartford is a pretty good place to stare up an indie rock band. This winsome foursome dedecks their It Kindly Stopped For Me EP with introspective and thoughtful odes to the sour side of living. But it isn’t a bad thing, is it? The rawness and vulnerability of the songs reveal giving fragile hearts and a lovelorn of intimate proportions. Losing someone sucks eggs, but this collection of songs are a bit of catharsis, reached for and obtained, amid a sometimes life of shit. Peace. Continue reading “sorority noise | either way”

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swimm | beverly hells ep

swimm | beverly hells ep
 

swimm | beverly hells ep

 
Los Angeles-based Swimm (Chris Hess and Adam Winn) release their 6-track Beverly Hells EP via 24 West Records. This isn’t just another tidy release, these are a pocketful of songs of an ebullient vibrancy, and a few all aglow with a lustrous meditative quality (me thinks the tracks All The Time and Suddenly a thoughtful nods to introspection). Good music and a couple of good guys. Psst! My all time favorite Swimm track is Shy, just thought you would like to know. Perfectly perfect! Peace. Continue reading “swimm | beverly hells ep”

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throwback thursday: hop along | tibetan pop stars

hop along | tibetan pop stars
hop along | tibetan pop stars

 

hop along | tibetan pop stars

Philadelphia indie garage rockers Hop Along gives us a beyond ample excuse to revisit 2012. It was a quaint little album titled Get Disowned and an even obscurer foursome bearing the appellation Hop Along. Seems unassuming enough, except not. Now all would have been well and fine, and the band may well have enjoyed the small unknown existence some bands woefully aspire to be. You know the whole suffering for one’s art thing. Masochistic yes, but it’s a thing. But there was one damn problem, a foible in the plan christened Frances Quinlan. Damn her. If only she’d kept her lovely soundtracked mouth shut and her seductively warped vocals to her damn self we would have all been better off. But alas she didn’t and we’re not. We’re not because I for one can’t get enough of her rustic rock delivery, which make her beautiful pained lyrics all the more so. And, if we’re honest with ourselves it was very specifically the track Tibetan Pop Stars. It was this song, with it’s acrimonious lyrics and paranormal voiced passion. It undone us. You fuckers. I fell in love with an off kilter and highly sentimental ode to heartbreak and enmity. And so yes, Hop Along’s release Get Disowned is a no-brainer for an apt Throwback Thursday nod, and may I suggest you replay all damn day? Thanks Frances. Psst! I also included Hop Along’s wonderful follow up release, Painted Shut (2015).Peace. Continue reading “throwback thursday: hop along | tibetan pop stars”

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futurekids | white girl in a wu tang shirt

futurekids | white girl in a wu tang shirt
futurekids | white girl in a wu tang shirt

 
futurekids | white girl in a wu tang shirt
 
Futurekids always keep things interesting and fresh picked. I also lovingly appreciate the chill vibe the band emit through low-key sound miracles and surprisingly sentimental ditties. Case in point, the premiere of White Girl In A Wu Tang Shirt offers the quaint and lovey dovey. This track smolders like the embers of a nostalgic campfire ricocheting inside the synapses of fond memory. And although my assertions fall infinitely short of adequate fluffery you’ll appreciate the point.

This is good music plain and simple. The bands forthcoming album This Is Everything drops November 21st 2015. Below you can also check out the short Making of This Is Everything after the jump and get the FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time, because don’t cha know a good thing doesn’t last forever. Peace. Continue reading “futurekids | white girl in a wu tang shirt”

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computer magic | be fair

computer magic | be fair
computer magic | be fair

 

computer magic | be fair

 
Computer Magic drops the new single Be Fair and it bristles and shimmers like only Computer Magic can. Claudius Mittendorfer handled production duties and my ear, well they handled the chillin’ like a villain duties. The track is one of many from the debut Davos LP out October 16th courtesy of Channel 9 Records / Kolbalt. Peace. Continue reading “computer magic | be fair”