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upset // oxfords and wingtips

All members of the L.A.-based Upset have put in substantial stints with other bands. Ali Koehler, formerly the banger of drums for Vivian Girls and most recently Best Coast. Check. There’s also Jennifer Prince wielding guitar, who used to play with La Sera. Check. Then there is Patty Schemel (of Hole, Hit So Hard) rounding out the trio. Triple Check. All veterans of the 60’s-ish meets noisy girl punk mash-up sound we love rockin’ out to so much.  The band’s first single, Oxfords and Wingtips, is a formidable treat with all the intertwined talent these ladies can muster, and blending it quite mellifluously into a seamless vocal plus rhythm section well worth listening to. The LP She’s Gone hits the streets October 29th via Don Giovanni. Peace.  Continue reading “upset // oxfords and wingtips”

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hunters // narcissist

With a proclivity for raucous post-punk bedlam the Brooklyn band Hunters brings the noise. The four-piece glistens with heavy handed resonances reeking of the best of 90s alternative alt rock albeit dirtier and hollower of cheeky-er. Both Izzy Almeida and Derek Watson not only cut svelte figures vocally speaking, they’ve also managed to capture an era and strip it bare of pretense, as well as elevate a genre. The band will release their debut self-titled LP October 1st. Get ready because here they come. Peace. Continue reading “hunters // narcissist”

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poliça // smug


 
The Minneapolis-based band’s new album Shulamith drops October 22nd courtesy of Mom + Pop Records (US), October 21st on Memphis Industries (UK), and October 18th on Inertia (Aus). Check out the band’s latest track Smug, it’s pretty much it more of the same ole good stuff from spectacular band. I am so looking looking forward to this sophomore LP release more than I’m looking forward to Christmas! Peace. Continue reading “poliça // smug”

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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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wild ones // keep it safe


 
As their name implies there is nothing boring about Portland-based Wild Ones. And although things are decidedly much less hectic than way back in the days when respective band members were suffering collapsed lungs and blown out eardrums. Now, fit of body and mind (mostly), the five-member Rock/Folk/Pop makers of the good stuff are out touring and singing and playing the living daylights out of the songs from their July 2013 release Keep It Safe. Continue reading “wild ones // keep it safe”

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grizzly bear // will calls + marfa demo


 
Grizzly Bear are re-issuing the album Shields not to be vainglorious but perhaps (fingers crossed) as preemptive strike to our hearts and souls to a maybe forthcoming release. This one will be an expanded version with bonus tracks and demos from the Shields sessions, also expect a few remixes and such. Street date is November 12th via Warp Records. Check out the track Will Calls and its ok, go ahead a swoon a little bit. Get the lyrics too after the jump. Peace.
 

 
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luke temple + eliot krimsky // suffer

Perhaps 2013 will go down as the year of  White Soul. There has been a fistful of acts and artists channeling their inner-soul man for all to hear. From James Blake, How To Dress Well, Hayden James, Shy Girls, Basecamp, and Mayer Hawthorne just to name a few (notice I omitted J. Timberlake and Robin Thicke). And to add to the high quality fray there is Luke Temple (forerunner to all previously mentioned artists). Listen to his collabo with fellow bandmate Eliot Krimsky on the track Suffer. This timeless Curtis Mayfield cover is steeped in the deep depths of the nostalgic magic that was the late 60’s and 70’s soul music. The track Suffer was performed and perfected in Temple’s live show, and it is an appropriate preview of Luke’s new solo album, Good Mood Fool out October 15th courtesy of Secretly Canadian. The new album showcases Temple at his most minimalistic best, utilizing only his voice, a drum machine, a bass guitar, and a Juno-1 synth to produce the soulfully bare and sultry sounds of his fifth solo album. Peace. Continue reading “luke temple + eliot krimsky // suffer”

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junip // walking lightly


 
What’s up with Junip? Well, they’re gearing up for their fall tour and are eager to see you out and about at their shows! First, check out the new video for their single Walking Lightly here. The video for Walking Lightly was directed by Fredrik Egerstrand who you might recognize from his documentary The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González. Beautiful and simple, the video let’s the band’s beautiful melodies and José’s vocals shine through without any interruptions.

The single Walking Lightly will be available on September 17th, via Mute featuring remixes from electronic producer John Roberts, Tobacco, To Rococo Rot, Maps and others. For complete tracklisting after the jump.
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