December 2010
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A NEW BEGINNING
To celebrate the end of 2010, Ian has sent me photos he took at shows from this last year. You can see more of these at his tumblr, and below are a few selections. I have also included a few film photos I took of the Smith Westerns, Sweet Bulbs and Total Slacker from the Pelly Twins & Todd P. Halloween Party. I was never into those year-end lists, so these photos are a representation of...
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IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE THIS WAY
My Games EP recently came in the mail after a fairly long wait, however well worth it. I played Side B first, which opens with one of my favorite tracks of theirs called Shadows In Bloom only to be followed by what I now know is a remix of CFCF’s It Was Never Meant To Be This Way. Completely stunned by how amazing this track sounded on wax I stood there in awe not realizing my roommate was...
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WEIRD POP
Daytime Television is a purveyor of lo-fi dub and electronica, an interesting enough meld to make a first listen all you need to get hooked and reeled in. Psychedelia and infectious samples surround the fuzz of Daytime Television’s low fidelity recordings, thus creating vibes of epic proportions. Be sure to download the whole EP here.
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Daytime Television//I...
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ELEGY
Woodsman is psychedelic post rock at it’s finest. Guitars and drums rumble the earth like animals roaming through the wild; and are surrounded by glistening psychedelia which blur the lines between reality and fantasy, animal and homosapien, homosapien and nature. Below is a poem by Cambrige, MA poet Chris Tonelli from his chapbook of short poems, titled “{WIDE TREE}”, a...
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MOM'S CASSETTE TAPES, PT. I: MEGASTEP
Around September sometime I stumbled upon my mom’s cassette tapes that she used to teach her fitness classes in the 90’s in our basement. She taught STEP, Spinning and Yoga to name a few. My sister and I used to go with her to all of her classes when we were kids during the summer, and I can say each tape is a recallection of the 90’s for me, a complete throwback into all I...
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RODNEY MULLEN
The Yes Club is a band that plays fast, upbeat, psychedelic garage filled with early 60’s nostalgia. The below video is a compilation featuring the Breakfast Club, 80s freestyle skateboarding, and a Great White Shark, among other clips, all washed in a VHS haze. Their music is available on Bandcamp for free, recorded in their practice space on a Dicta Tape.
The Yes Club - Whoa from...
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I WOULD DIE FOR YOU
Coco Zoabi runs a blog called Coco’s OCD, her posts are often full of premieres and artists you wouldn’t find anywhere else. She’s originally from Nazareth, studied Psychology & Film in Jerusalem, and now resides in Brooklyn, NY. Below is an interview about a new track by Pendu NYC and International Tapes contributor Luke Carrell -creating music under the moniker SIMIAN...
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CRUISIN
Cruising Into another dimension is this new video for Food Pyramid’s psychedelic track titled Cruisin off of his “II” cassette tape, which you can get from Moon Glyph in an edition of 150.
Food Pyramid - “Cruisin” from moon glyph on Vimeo.
Food Pyramid: Cruisin
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THE VELVET FIST [mp3]
By: Louis
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SUMMER REVERT
Branches just hit me up with this stellar collab that he and Paul North from Sunnybrook worked on together. Salao Flamingo II is a reworking of Branches’ original track Salao Flamingo, with the addition of Paul’s vocals. This track reverts you back into the summer-standing at the shoreline and letting the current cover your feet with wet sand.
Branches & Sunnybrook: Salao...
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TRANSDUCER POP
Samuel Yager continues to create rifts in the realm of psychedelic pop, with his newest track Howolding Girls. Howolding Girls creates a colorful atmosphere, with the use of Sam’s electronics. A transducer works by converting one form of energy to another, and Birthdays mirrors this effect by taking happy emotions and converting them into music.
Fire Talk Records is releasing this jam...