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coma cinema | satan made a mansion

Sad sounding love songs are his bag.

 

coma cinema | satan made a mansion

 
Mat Cothran was raised in the blasted landscape of Spartanburg, SC. And no matter how disparaging such an existence was, (credit is due) for it is responsible for molding Mr. Cothran into the artist he is today. Listen to Satan Made A Mansion and what sounds like the mundane and doldrums rife musings, is actually love songs dressed in mendicant black. What beautiful duplicity is this? The track is taken from the forthcoming LP Posthumous Release out June 11th courtesy of Fork And Spoon Records (12-inch vinyl and compact disc) and Orchid Tapes (cassette). Peace. Continue reading “coma cinema | satan made a mansion”

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luke rathborne // last forgiven

The song Last Forgiven by Luke Rathborne is a well-crafted structure of intricate melody and moody lyric. After several listens it left me with a gnawing appetite to investigate further in Mr. Rathborne’s recorded origins. I unearthed his I Can Be One (2012) video and checked out his beautiful mundane Dog Years EP (2011), which only whets my curiosity even further. His forthcoming SOFT LP is scheduled for July 2nd release via Dilettante. Peace. Continue reading “luke rathborne // last forgiven”

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cool ghouls // natural life

And may the best band rock!

 
The band Cool Ghouls hail from San Francisco, CA and even though I’m not sure what it means in terms of their ability to rock out, I can tell you this, they’re cool beans! Listen and be impressed as band members Pat Thomas, Ryan Wong, Pat McDonald, and Alex Fleshman make their own brand of Beach Boys-esque meets rockabilly folkish rock and funnel it through a futuristic shaggy-haired aesthetic. The C to the G dropped their beer-stained official self-named debut LP Cool Ghouls recently (April 23rd) and I highly recommend it on vinyl, which you can cop via Empty Cellar Records. Also, you can get a three-song preview of the songs Ballin’, Things I Seen and Natural Life by visiting Bandcamp. Peace. Continue reading “cool ghouls // natural life”

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shout of louds // walking in your footsteps + lissvik remix + north american tour

The Stockholm, Sweden band of five, Shout Out Louds, kick off their North American Tour in support of their enthusiastically received new album Optica. And, as an especial treat the band, along with Merge Records, tapped Prins Thomas Diskomiks to reassemble their loop-to-loop and very dreamy single Illusions. It’s a match made in remix heaven. Make your 2013 a memorable one and catch the band out on tour this summer, and please remember to give ’em my best. Peace. Continue reading “shout of louds // walking in your footsteps + lissvik remix + north american tour”

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hands // brave motion + official video

The official Johnny Woods-directed/animated video for Brave Motion from Hands, is a full-blown color smeared action movie montage (by the way, love the care crashing in the helicopter). The song hails from the  debut LP Synesthesia out now courtesy of Kill Rock Stars Records. Is it me or does the guitar on this song echo that of Jonny Greenwood’s work on Radiohead’s Weird Fishes Arpeggi? Peace. Continue reading “hands // brave motion + official video”

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check my heart // the pastels

If you like joyous post-punkish rock then The Pastels fit the bill hands down. They got rhythm and a spunky hair in your face sensibility to keep on smile plastered all over your sunny good time. Check out the song Check My Heart and Illuminum Song which is softer and gentler and also the b-side to the ‘Check My Heart’ single. The bands soon to be released album Slow Summits drops later this month (May 27th) via Domino Records. Peace. Continue reading “check my heart // the pastels”

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baby alpaca // sea of dreams

Soft and furry like good music should be.

Brooklyn, NYC-based Baby Alpaca (Chris Kittrell, Robert Philips and Zach McMillan) is perfectly suited for lazy days spent curled up with a warm blanket of melancholy. And if you like your music dreamy and woefully sweet then listen to Sea Of Dreams, and keep you ears on the look out for their forthcoming EP via music label Atlas Chair, it drops June 25th.

And just for you, check out the Sea Of Dreams video, it debuted on NPR. Peace. Continue reading “baby alpaca // sea of dreams”

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atoms for peace // default

Atoms For Peace is indeed playing peek-a-boo with our feelings, and we love it.

Since 2009 Thom Yorke (Radiohead) has been baiting us, perhaps not intentionally but nonetheless we’re baited. Atoms For Peace to date has only revealed two songs, “Default” and “Judge Jury And Executioner,” there are rumors of war (in the studio) of a February 2013 full-length album ‘Amok’ of which you can pre-order via iTunes. Until them check out the Dazed Digital Mixtape by none other than our favorite conjurer of radiantly elliptic music Mr. T. Yorke. Peace. Continue reading “atoms for peace // default”

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the black angels // don’t play with guns

Don’t play with your food either…

Blue Horizon recording group The Black Angels have announced the upcoming release of their eagerly anticipated new album. ‘Indigo Meadow‘ will drop in stores and everywhere else on April 2nd.
Indigo Meadow is heralded by the high-powered “Don’t Play With Guns.” Who the hell said Texas-bred neo-psychedelic rock was uninformed and boring? Not I my friend, not I. Peace. Continue reading “the black angels // don’t play with guns”