Where the food sounds good, and the music is pretty tasty too.
totally enormous extinct dinosaurs drops is next single “your love” october 29th and in anticipation teed offers up a bit of eye candy which pairs nicely with the sounds coming out of your speakers. totally enormous extinct dinosaur’s debut album ‘trouble’ from which the single “your love” is out now on itunes , but knowing your probably already got it, if not then you know what to do. peace. Continue reading “totally enormous extinct dinosaurs // your love (video exclusive)”
indie rockers revoltrevolt hail from boise, idaho and are the epitome of a blue-collar band making their way into the major leagues and into your head space. with songs, like “hell has it’s roads” taken from the band’s latest release ‘latah nights’. currently these young turks are smack dab in the middle of touring . this is a band with many moods and raw talent and vision enough to paint tapestries with vibrant sound color. your ears will take to them like a junkie to some good smack. peace. Continue reading “revoltrevolt // hell has it’s roads”
the sound carries over the airwaves into your heart like a lover’s soft whisper across the vast distance of a disheveled bed. and all the while a terrible, yet beautiful storm, rages just outside the sheltering walls. or mayhap it the division of continental divide or an argument which separates your hand from your heart’s desire. either way, these songs will make it better or so much worse. this music will draw you closer to some warmblooded body or acquaint you with circumstances or ponderances of self (or others) you’ve been putting off for better times or stronger whiskey.
field report the self-titled album, is all raw flesh and glistening bones. it is exposed nerve endings and the blatant confrontation of emotions all tangled up with whatever reality it finds you living, loving or hating. these are songs that feel long lived-in and as familiar as family, friends and foe alike. each bearable and unbearable melody is a continuance of some long-awaited conclusion finally chanced upon whether we’re ready to deal with ’em or not.
the opening track “fergus falls” guts you, spills your heart and soul before a black-sooted grate where gray-orange embers softly glow. and in this faint shimmering light you examine every past, present and future thought and rash decision you’ve ever made or made not. like archaic remains of runes or the damp tea leaves in the bottom of a chipped tea-cup these songs are a destiny all their own. and as the songs come forth one by one: “in the year of the get you alone,” “i am not waiting anymore” and on and anon. the heartfelt assault erodes your every worthless fortification.
so, by the time the final ode, “route 18” washes over your flesh; you’ve wrestled with jacob’s angel. you’re baptized, bruised and set straight anew. but like all second chances we’ll squander ’em so long as we’ve deep and dark-water songs like these to wade into and find the remedy of relief.
after the jump stream the entire album and know with certainty each song and all can be had via amazon or itunes . peace. Continue reading “field report // field report (our sunday best)”
The upcoming album release ‘Hear Eye Go’ by the ♀ ♂ duoGolden Animals (Tommy Eisner & Linda Beercroft) is a 10-song infusion of 60’s rock (psychedelic, blues and tad rockabilly) influenced songcraft. This is a body of work which glides from one song to the next on an ethereal cloud of nostalgia and smoky luminosity. And, although the songs are mostly forlorn punches into the dark recesses of heartache, it also jabs holes into the fabric of moodiness to let the day-glow in. The album hits digitally october 30th, and after a successful kickstarter campaign the duo is set to launch another kickstarter campaign to press and self-release vinyl via Anubis Records. Peace. Continue reading “golden animals // most my time”
of montreal offers up the song, “our love is senile” which is yet another track from the georgia band’s forthcoming outtakes/rarities compilation daughter of cloud. the album is expected to hit the streets running on October 23rd.
daughter of cloud features 17 rare and unreleased tracks from the hissing fauna-era to the present. pre-order now and get instant full-album mp3 download at checkout. peace. Continue reading “of montreal // our love is senile”
san francisco-based indie artist the soft moon (luis vasquez) is riding a tear in the 80’s post-punk space-time continuum (think joy d, biz-hous to the iz-hous and love & the rocketeers (if you need a translation shoot me an e-mail) to great effect. listen to the tracks “insides” and “die life,” you can practically feel the layers of reality peeling away one layer of sonic perception at a time. both tracks will appear on the october 30th (us) and november 5th (ue) sophomore album release ‘zeros‘. this is a whole lot of electric voodoo for your ear space. peace. Continue reading “the soft moon // insides”
what, or rather who, it is is That’s No Moon. no, it’s not the four horsemen of the apocalypse, not even close. unless it all ends with a frenzy of utterly euphoric rock infused and electro tempered-pop noise, and in that case the champaign, illinois quartet that’s no moon fit the bill. via the label blue box records comes the band’s debut full-length and self-titled release that’s no moon (← stream the entire album, just click the link). the album drops september 24th. however, you can also catch these pleasant, albeit vociferous noise makers at this years pygmalion music festival playing on the sleigh bells bill. peace. Continue reading “according to ancient alien theorists | that’s no moon”
long time music innovator david byrne teams up with the golden-throated st. vincent for the sonically profound track, “who”. and although st. vincent (annie clark) finds herself mostly subdued in the video mr. byrne is frolicking non-stop but in a much better fitting suit than yesteryear. Continue reading “david byrne & st. vincent // who”
“for their seventh album, bend beyond, woods got dark. it’s not that they weren’t dark before-when you really get in there and listen, jeremy earl is singing about some heavy stuff, but it’s hidden under his gorgeous falsetto and sometimes obtuse lyrics. on bend beyond, though, earl and company fully embrace that darkness. album opener “bend beyond,” has long been a jammy live staple, but here it’s compact and tight with a stuttered guitar line and a world-ending collision of instruments.
meanwhile “is it honest” jangles along happily until you notice earl is in a more destructive zone than the bright music initially suggests, singing it’s so fucking hard to see as both a form of comfort and an act of despair.
instrumentally, bend beyond is certainly the most full woods record yet, guitars weave and bubble across peppy drumming, but lyrically earl is at his most direct and spare. while previous albums sounded like they went directly from earl’s brain to tape with minimal outside interference, bend beyond is lush and full-bodied, the work of a band in perfect, heavy harmony. listening to the record as a whole, it feels like the most daring leap woods has made yet: it captures the band’s live intensity, but keeps the intimate sadness that made them so great in the first place.”
– sam hockley-smith
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does the name nadine carina ring a bell? well, you probably heard her lovely voice recently, she provided vocals for the cloud seeding project (kevin serra) on the track, “the light”. since introductions have been made, let me tell you about nadine carina’s solo experimental release ‘little bits’ ep. the newly crafted ep is a collection of experimental yet beautifully quirky odes and soundscapes perfect for late night musings or traveling through the astral plane. by the way the whole enchilada is available for free download via her bandcamp page. just so you know, my favorites our the, “paradise”, “a different face everyday” and the starlight sweetened song, “storm/calm featuring gated”. take your time with this one, it grows on you and will make a great attention to your music collection. ms. carina my hat off to you for creating such wonderful music. peace. Continue reading “nadine carina // little bits ep (our sunday best)”