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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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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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caroline smith | half about being a woman lp


 
Caroline Smith will take your heart and break it, mend it and send you on your merry way smiling like a fool. Ms. Smith does something with words and music which comes naturally and seemingly effortless, yet we know it isn’t either. But, it is her slight of voice and deft cleft notes that not only entertain our ears, but makes us lean in closer.

Her album Half About Being A Woman is a gut check for anyone, Doubting Thomases and otherwise, whomever rolled eyes or twisted collective lips at Ms. Smith’s change up from Folksy torch bearer to a decidedly R&B earthen funk delivery system. Continue reading “caroline smith | half about being a woman lp”

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metronomy | love letters lp | video


 
Recently, the latest album Love Letters, from the ever-changing and perpetually ear-appealing foursome Metronomy is 10-piece deep fried and served with packets of funk sauce. Yes, your ears will need wet wipes for this one. Here is a band with a sound soul-stitched in the artsy annals of some future retro otherworld. Down below you can check out the brand new and oh so official video the their titled-track Love Letters. This piece was directed by Mr. Michel Gondry, so you know it’s an eyeful of sticky sweet. You can cop Love Letters now via the music outlets below, and check out the band’s Deezer Session you’ll succumb to total swoontaneous combustion. Peace.
 

 
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nico // these days + shinichi osawa edit


 
It’s been over a year since I first heard Nico (The Velvet Underground alum) let loose into my world his debut solo album Chelsea Girl (circa. 1967), and even though 365 + days may be time enough to get over some things, such is not the case when talking about the stand out track These Days. This song, as delicate in introspective as they come still haunts the hollows of many a ear. I’ve also shared a more recent treatment, the These Days (Shinichi Osawa Edit), it takes liberties but the end result is just a bunchful of smoothness and distilled radiance. Peace. Continue reading “nico // these days + shinichi osawa edit”

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royal teeth // glow lp + video

A group love never sounded so darn good.

 

royal teeth  //   glow lp

 
If all music tells a story, then Royal Teeth’s joyous, inspired songs spin an exuberant tale of possibility, each note conveying the youthful excitement of venturing out into the great wide world. The songs on the band’s debut album, Glow (courtesy of Dangerbird Records), were penned around the idea of exploration and spirited adventures into the unknown, and its 12 tracks lay out a kaleidoscopic narrative of discovery.
 

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tesla boy // broken doll

This month Tesla Boy dropped their highly anticipated sophomore LP ‘The Universe Made Of Darkness’, and naturally we are both impressed and grateful. Get an earful of the single, “Broken Doll,” featuring the Red Velvet cake vocals of Tyson. This track sheds mega sparks via it’s nasty synths and sexy menacing bass line, and we can’t seem to get enough. You can get the 12-track album right now via iTunes. Peace. Continue reading “tesla boy // broken doll”