March 2010
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Coyote Clean Up x Young Marble Giants: Brand New...
Christian from Coyote Clean Up hit me up with this smooth remix of Young Marble Giants’ Brand New Life. It’s pretty ill. Between RK47 on vocals, and the catchy guitar riff, it’s a nice spring jam.
Coyote Clean Up: Brand New Life
Previously:
Introducing: Coyote Clean Up
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COLOR YOUR LIFE
You can download all the tracks from this EP here, and you can Pre-order it on vinyl here. For all of you locals, Twin Sister is playing with Xiu Xiu and Tune-Yards April 10th at Middle East Downstairs. I’ve been listening to the Twin Sister Alternates tape non-stop since I received it in the mail. These guys can really do nothing wrong.
Previously:
Twin Sister: Color Your Life [video]
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Cloud Nothings: Even In The Summer [Track...
In honor of #musicmonday, I have made a brand new Cloud Nothings track avaliable for stream. Even In The Summer will be on my Mixtape For Haiti, which you can help make possible by pledging to my Kickstarter.
This track is ‘crazy catchy’ and has become one of my favorite Cloud Nothings songs. If you want to get it, help me fund #mixtapesforhaiti! Also, this track is one of a few...
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Love: Whose Songs are Dreams in the Human Mind
These two vids were shot by Ray Concepcion at Brooklyn Bowl (pre-chillwave robberies) when Toro Y Moi played at Brooklyn Bowl friday with the Ruby Suns. The intro of the Toro Y Moi video is a song from my favorite buzzband Sleep Over.
Love: Whose Songs are Dreams in the Human Mind // Toro Y Moi [Part 1 of 2] from Ray Concepcion on Vimeo.
Love: Whose Songs are Dreams in the Human Mind // The...
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Coyote Clean Up
I just stumbled upon Coyote Clean Up somehow, and I am sure happy I did. Out of Detroit, Michigan, Coyote Clean Up makes music that feels really laid-back and dreamy. The best way I can describe his music is that it reminds me a little bit of Memory Cassette (via last summer) but with male vocals. The song This House Boat Is Making Me Sick, in particular, reminds me of summer in the respect that...
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Everybody's Out
Dum Dum Girls Everybody s Out by SaladFork
Everybody’s Out is a brand new track from the Dum Dum Girls upcoming record via Sub Pop March 30th. After hearing Jail La La I was afraid that the record lost it’s fuzz, but now I see there is still hope.
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Cal-Aesthetics
PPALMM is Paul Morse, and focuses his talents on creating some catchy, intense synth tunes that will leave you wanting more. He’s got a show coming up at Middle East in Boston with Toro Y Moi and The Ruby Suns, where you can get his tape, Cal-Aesthetics, but it is dropping officially two days later on March 29 through Tense Presence. Check out this rad synth tune, Revel, below, and keep...
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I'VE GOT BEACH FOSSILS FEVER
The Beach Fossils LP is just around the corner. I can already predict very high ratings on pitchfork’s odd/unpredictable rating system. I currently have Beach Fossils fever, and so does the internet. Insound posted a nice studio session of the Beach Fossils playing four new songs from this upcoming LP, which can be seen here. Insound also included the single Wide Awake for free download,...
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MIXTAPES FOR HAITI
Today is the official kickoff for my Mixtapes For Haiti project. Essentially, I am making a mix to raise money for Haiti. The plan is to make a mix, put it on a cassette tape, and donate all money after the costs of production/shipping have been deducted to Partners In Health. This way, you get something to remember your donation by. The tape will have some exclusives/tracks from upcoming...
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The Evolution of Music As A Living Format
The following article was pieced together by a series of realizations I had right before I feel asleep the last couple of weeks. It’s kind of like a ‘brain throw up’ of me analyzing different music formats right between me being awake and falling asleep. I felt like I needed to ‘get it all out of my system.’
It’s no surprise the Vinyl record is coming back. I...
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Change
Hear Hums is an experimental/visual band from West Palm Beach, Florida. Their music is a little ambient; yet psychedelic. Change is a song from their upcoming album, Psych Cycles. You can also check out their Band Camp to download their most current release for free. Their music, in particular, is something I enjoy listening to when I want to let my mind wander. Perhaps it will do that for you,...
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Steel Escape
Check it, y’all. New James Ferraro vid that was co-curated by one of the members of Rose Quartz. In this video, I feel like I am tripping back to 90s television, which is the most simplest way I can describe the ‘hypnagogic pop’ that the visuals and audio represent when combined.
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JCCG
jccg is from Portugal, and he makes ambient pop in his bedroom. All of these songs are pretty tight, the woozy guitar in the background of Cosmic Dog Walk gets me every time. Shushed is a personal favorite of mine. Shusheds’ dreaminess makes me melt, and yet even though it is dreamy, it is still ‘driving’ and it is catchiness seems to progress throughout the song. You can get...
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DARK AS NIGHT
I’m so into the latest release from Bathetic, it’s a double cassette compilation from oOoOO, ny new favorite buzzband Sleep Over, Terminal Twilight, and S U R V I V E. It comes with a mini-booklet filled with photos of guns and bikes. Reminds me of Them Thangs. It’s a limited edition release, only 48 compilations are being made. Get em’ before they start selling like hot...
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INDIE ARTS FEST 2010
HEY BANDS: This would be a good place to preform if your going to be in the Rhode Island area during late July. I went last year and had a pretty good time.
The annual IndieArts Festival celebrates independently produced art, digital media, music, performance and locally-sourced goods and products. The festival infuses downtown Providence with an eclectic mix of live music, DJs, burlesque,...
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Dan and I Drank Dayquil
Just so every1 knows this is what a vacation dad looks like:
I would like to start off by saying this is without doubt the best email I’ve ever received from an artist (the customary ‘hey you I like your blog check out my tunes’ gets old after a while):
‘hey
its me
VD
i just sorta finished this song
its called dan and i drank dayquil
its about two roomates...
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Twin Sister: Alternates
You can get this sweet gold splattered tape from The Curatorial Club, one of Chocolate Bobkas’ new creations, and as stated on The Curatorial Club blog, The Curatorial Club is “…a new project-based imprint specializing in producing and releasing a wide variety of unique projects”. This first ‘batch of projects’ are limited release, beautiful-looking tapes...
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Toro Y Moi: Live On Viva Radio
Listen to Toro Y Moi get interviewed and play Talamak, You Hid, and Freak Love live. This gets me psyched to see him play. I also am a fan to hearing my favorite artists get interviewed, like the Kurt Vile radio interview I posted a while back, from the same VIVA Radio.
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Woods: Music Hall Of Williamsburg 3/12/2010...
Thank NYC Taper for recording this one hour Woods set, offered up for free download here
Setlist:
Recorded and Produced
by nyctaper
2010-03-14
Setlist:
[Total Time 1:14:32]
01 Party In The Pines
02 Blood Dries Darker
03 [banter]
04
05 Rain On
06 Suffering Season
07 Down This Road
08
09
10 Twisted Tongue
11
12 Too Clean
13 [crowd]
14 Keep It On
15 [banter...
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#iamamiwhoami is Jonna Lee
Well, all of us on twitter have been having fun with guessing the identity of iamamiwhoami with such hash tags as #iamamiwhoami is Barack Obama, or #iamamiwhoami is Michael Jackson. Finally- all of our guessing has come to an end. Initially there was some speculation that iamamiwhoami was perhaps Lykke Li or Fever Ray, but we were all wrong. The identity, as pointed out by MBV Music, was...
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Washed Out: Track 7 [video]
TRACK #7 from Alan Jensen on Vimeo.
Previously:
Washed Out: Track 7
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SASAC
Does anyone want to take a trip back to the 80s with me?? This chill swede, Sasac, hooked me up with this 80s vibe track, and you can get a bunch of his stuff for free here. If your into the ‘megaband’ Games, you’ll totally dig this stuff, given it’s all instrumental.
sasac - corporate governance by sasac
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Sunspots
I first heard Sleep Over on Ians’ (of Freindship Bracelet fame) radio show (at UMASS Amherst for all of you locals-and yes I do listen to the radio sometimes), Ice Cream Paint Job 3/8/10. I was pleasantly excited when Sleep Over popped up on this epic SXSW Sampler posted below, finally I will be able to listen through iTunes and not a Myspace player that is plagued without the repeat...
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SXSW Showcase Sampler
This extremely ill mix is brought to you by Weekly Tape Deck, Transparent Blog, Indie-Verse Radio, Yours Truly, Underwater Peoples and Friendship Bracelet. Many of these tracks are exclusives, get downloading!!!
SIDE A
1. TRUMAN PEYOTE - MAGENTADOOR II
2. RXRY - SOBR VOKBULRY
3. COASTING - WHAT YOU WANTED
4. MILLIONYOUNG - CHLOROPHYL
5. MANTLES - TRUST
6. WEEKEND - TIARA
7. AIR...
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Woods: I Was Gone
I Was Gone is a track from Woods’ upcoming release, At Echo Lake, and this cool track shows Woods has still got it. They are also touring with Real Estate, Wild Nothing and Happy Birthday, tour dates + new track download below:
03/12 - New York, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg ^#
03/13 - Montreal, QC Lambi ^
03/14 - Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern ^
03/15 - Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall ^
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List Of Exclusives For Record Store Day [April...
Thanks to MBV Music for this post. Feel like I’ll be doing some of you a favor by reblogging this. And I quote:
(*Please note, some of these may be US- or UK- specific)
The Album Leaf – 12″
“There Is A Wind (Acoustic)”/“Landing In Snow” b/w “Resonations”/“Falling From The Sun (Jamuel Saxon Sunburnt Remix)”
Asteroids Galaxy Tour – 12”
Beach House – 12″
“Zebra”/“The Arrangement” b/w...
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Suburban Dogs
Suburban Dogs is one of my favorite tracks from Real Estates’ s/t LP, and in this video you can watch Real Estate play for a real estate company during the holiday season, which seems to be dually ironic. I enjoyed watching the very beginning of this video, because it reminds me so much of my familys’ holidays, with the massive spreads my mom puts out, including some nicely crafted...
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Toro Y Moi: Talamak
In this super cool video, you can watch Chaz play with his indie friend with colored smoke in his hometown, and sing about it through a microphone. I had always thought this song was about a girl, but now I see it is perhaps about the loss of a good friend, maybe over a fight or something. I didn’t realize how deep this track was until I saw this vid. I now feel that I am able to...
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Games: Heaven Can Wait Mixtape Vol. II
DOWNLOAD THIS SHIT
Heaven Can Wait Mixtape Vol. II by Games
Previously:
Introducing: Games
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Washed Out: Belong [Live at Mercury Lounge]+New...
Washed Out played a show with a backing band last night at Mercury Lounge, a much different set up than his debut show in NYC when it was just Ernest. If you are in New York, you can catch him again tonight, Mercury Lounge reports a few tickets just became avaliable. Watch him play my favorite song of his off of the High Times cassette below:
Also peep this new Untitled track from...
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Beko 34: Woodsman
Beko DSL, a digital singles label, has released a couple of new Woodsman tracks today. If you haven’t heard of Beko DSL yet, I highly suggest you give the website a visit. This Woodsman digital 7” is the 34th digital 7” they’ve released, and every artist that has contributed a digital 7” are super good. Better yet-each digital 7” is free. Get downloading!
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Destination: Mars
While doing my daily myspace buzz band search, I stumbled upon Rene, from Brookline, MA. The song Destination: Mars is a cool track of all sorts, at the beginning I feel like I’m dancing in some siesta and toward the end I feel like I’m six years old riding round’ a carousel. Totally moist. You can get Destination: Mars off of Starship, along with everything else that has been...
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Twelve Roses
Twelve Roses is a track from Beach Fossils’ 11-track self titled disc, coming soon for a Woodsist/Captured Tracks co-release. More jangly pop for your ears’ enjoyment.
Beach Fossils: Twelve Roses
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Wild Nothing: Cloudbusting b/w Promise 7"
The ‘label of the summer’, Captured Tracks, has a bunch of EP’s dropping tomorrow, and one of them is this sweet Wild Nothing 7” featuring the catchy track Cloudbusting (Kate Bush cover).
Also dropping tomorrow is The Fresh and Onlys’ 12” EP, The Soft Moon 7”, Minks 7”, and the Blank Dogs 12” EP Phrases, which you can all see here.
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Blissed Out: C86 Dum Dum Girls Anthology
Rough Trade has put up a pre-order page for The Dum Dum Girls Anthology Cassette, Blissed Out. The online shop has an exclusive version of Blissed Out, an anthology of all Dum Dum Girls recordings to date.
With unreleased songs, covers and songs on the three vinyl releases and CD EP, it’s limited to 300 pink tapes via Art Fag, 40 blue tapes via Sub Pop and 40 grey tapes via Rough Trade...
