Native Cali dude Nick Leng offers the track Inside Your Mind (ft. Carmody) like a rustling whisper drifting sweetly and soft like into the curlicue of your ear. Continue reading “nick leng | inside your mind (ft. carmody)”
Joe Goddard // Gabriel EP
Joe Goddard, bka Ulysses and fellow Hot Chip accomplice is a force to be reckoned with on so many levels. Let’s see, he’s a more than capable vocalist, a maestro of the synths and syncopated beats. No doubt, his is a world in which making timeless music is not just a means to an end, it is perhaps life-sustaining. I’m revisiting his August 2011 Gabriel EP for good reason, it transcends this-worldly plain and delivers you right into the arms of seventh heaven. The title-track, “Gabriel” (Ft. Valentina) and “All I Know” are 14 minutes 57 seconds of unadulterated bliss. This is music that nourishes the soul. And you know I just had to provide the optics for you enjoyment too. See and hear it all after the jump. Peace. Continue reading “Joe Goddard // Gabriel EP”
gemini club // by surprise
Gemini Club is Dan Brunelle, Tom Gavin and Gordon Bramli, an indie-electronica trio based in Chicago, Illinois. If you like to dance to, or just chill, to kaleidoscopic beats and chilled-on-ice vocals then crank this one. The song, “By Surprise” is the first singe from the bands forthcoming Here We Sit EP, scheduled to drop March 14th 2012. But, you can get the Free Download now! And if you Pre-Order the new Here We Sit EP you get immediate access to stream it. Now, that is some goods new that’ll put a smile on your pus. Peace. Continue reading “gemini club // by surprise”
alpines // cocoon + video) + why + maya jane coles + carly simon cover
Forgive me. When I first heard the London-based duo Alpines I thought Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux had somehow cloned themselves into one supremely gifted entity, but alas ’twas not the case. What was the case? Well, I had chanced upon none other than the lovely Catherine Pockson and the musically stalwart Robert Matthews all up in my ear space! And the more I heard, I more I grew curious for more. What nerve! I’ve no idea how such groove splashed sounds could have escaped me, but I’ve reconciled my shortcomings with this posting. By the way, I’m enamored to the gills with the Pop/Operatic vocals of Ms. Pockson. So much so, I find myself constantly clicking repeat as I raptly listen again and again. The song Cocoon is an August 2011 release, for which the Hope directed video appears below. And the track Why was released this past November with a little help from the dynamic Mary Jane Coles. Enjoy and as always. Peace. Continue reading “alpines // cocoon + video) + why + maya jane coles + carly simon cover”
Gauntlet Hair – Top Bunk
Like most people I love taking trips, even when traveling no further than my own mind. The Lafayette, CO duo Gauntlet Hair take me back Continue reading “Gauntlet Hair – Top Bunk”
Tree – People (Ft. Shelf Nunny & Lena Kuhn)
The first struggling notes get your attention. These notes soon sprout into flickering electric bits fleshing out a beautifully morbid soundscape. Not to fret though, its all towards a delicately attractive end. The song “People” is an ode with roots encircling all of us; our own mortality is called front and center and it shines. The San Francisco artist Oliver Nickell aka Tree has enlisted the services of Shelf Nunny and Lena Kuhn on this wonderfully mundane track. Give it a listen and get in touch with your inner Tim Burton. Peace.
Hooray The Earth – Sails
Dreamy and spliced with steady electric rainbow pulses. Yes, this is how my brain describes the NYC rock/synth foursome Hooray For Earth. Over the past several years the alternative music scene has witnessed the welcome return of the synth-driven band, and Hooray for Earth is among the top ensembles in this genre. On their first full-length debut LP front-man Noel Heroux and company have crafted some beauteous sound gems, filled with vibrant energy and scattered color schemes straight out of Jackson Pollock’s head. Although their album True Loves dropped earlier this year, if you haven’t listened to it your missing out. I have posted the video for the song “Sails”. The video is filled with twists and turns, with multiple permutations of a woman chasing herself down nearly vacant night time streets. It’s a bit surreal, kinda like Hooray for Earth’s music, but it’s all good. Peace