January 2012
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Ask Ad Hoc: Hello World →
askadhoc:
My name is Emilie Friedlander. If you follow underground music, you may know my work as the former editor of Pitchfork sister site Altered Zones (R.I.P.), the founder of the blog Visitation Rites, and the singer and violinist in the band La Big Vic. I am currently writing reviews…
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THE BABIES LIVE AT THE MET
The site is going to be down for a day or so while I switch webhosts.
I’ve been meaning to post these Babies live recordings on sally for the last few days, just haven’t gotten around to it. My DSLR records video in mono sound so I have a Tascam sound recorder that I use to sync the sound to the video with - but unfortunatly I turned the sound recorder off on my camera when I was...
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SAINT NOTHING
Saint Nothing is a track off of Daniel Rossen’s upcoming EP Silent Hour / Golden Mile, which is coming out March 19 on Warp. Rossen had this to say about the EP:
“When you spend so much time touring around, you can lose perspective on what you’re trying to do. All the sudden, I had no idea what to do or what to make or anything…These songs were a way for me to figure that out again, getting my...
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THE OWLS
I’ve always envisioned Grouper’s music to be perfect for scoring a film, and this dream of mine is finally coming true. I think it’d be safe to say the trailor for Weston Currie’s film The Perception of Moving Targets (scheduled to screen at this year’s Sundance Film Festival) emanates Twin Peaks vibes - creating a dark, ambient aesthetic for a small suburban town....
patrickschwasted asked: oh man, I'm glad I can ask you questions on here. or should I say... I'm glad I can ask you questions on here?
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LITTLE FOOT
Little Foot is the project of Providence local Erica Sutherland. The two tracks she has uploaded on her soundcloud are simply guitar and her vocals (A Sad Love Song From Someone Else has got her roommate Pat on guitar) - both are soothing, magical pieces of music.
bleak by little_foot
a sad love song from someone else by little_foot
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STREET TEAM
I’ve honestly never seen a funnier music video - watch the Real Estate Street Team capture Jake Fogelnest and try to force people to listen to Real Estate on the streets.
Real Estate - “Easy” from Tom Scharpling
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SHORTCUTS
Thanks to Rose Quartz for the heads up on these new Lay Bac sample-based disco bangers from his upcoming Shortcuts EP which will be up for free download from Zoom Lens on January 21.
Soundcloud track is a recent upload: WITH YOU, WITH ME by LAY BAC
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WANT TO BE MY STUDY BUDDY
New jam from the homies Surf Club off of their upcoming EP titled Young Love, which drops on February 14th. The last ~30 seconds of this track is some seriously epic shred, and the sound is pretty much in tune to the style we’ve heard previously.
Surf Club: Lonely Days
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DANDAAK HOUSE MUSIC
I remember the first time I stumbled upon house music was right before my mom was about to teach a STEP aerobics class at a gym right on the border of Johnston, RI (yeah, that’s where Pauly D is from). This gym in particular didn’t have a place for kids to play so I would usually just lift the 5 pound weights or play Pokemon on my gameboy color. I always kept close to where my mom...
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STRAIGHT STRAIGHT CHILLIN DAWGS
To be totally honest I’m pretty fed-up with the “chillwave” genre. Most would argue those washed out and toro y moi records started the whole thing. While I enjoy those records I feel as though the average spin-offs that I see on the internet are so chill it’s just plain cheesy. I’ve been really getting into a couple of tracks that West Palm Beach, FL’s Sumsun...
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YOIN NA'MEAN
Yoin is an electronic artist from the U.K. - dude has apparently been all over XLR8R and Dummy Mag but I am just now getting into his material. Really vibing on the U and Me remix. Check out his soundcloud for way more tracks.
Yoin: Martial Status (via XLR8R)
¥oin - Wrong To Feel This Way by ¥ O I N
¥oin - Tired Of Me (Grobbie remix) by ¥ O I N
Cassie - U and me (¥oin Remix) by ¥ O I...
MIKE SNIPER: An Indie Label in 2012. →
mikesniper:
I posted a recent Facebook comment regarding our policies with signing artists and found myself getting into a discussion of what the role of an independent label is in 2012, something I’ve oftened been asked about in interviews but have never really been able to elaborate on.
Basically, it…
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MOM'S CASSETTE TAPES, PT. II: CHAKA KHAN/THE REMIX...
It feels like it’s been forever since I posted up part I of my mom’s cassette tape mix series. But hey, being in school during the fall and spring make it hard for me to find time to do this stuff. For those of you that don’t remember I inherited my mom’s tape collection from her 80’s/90’s days of teaching STEP aerobics, dance, and other speciality classes....
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EXPRESSWAY
This Bathetic compilation is totally stellar - I ordered a SUMMER BUMMER compilation tape from Bathetic maybe a couple of summers ago and it very well may be the best tape compilation I own. Expressway is the newest compilation from Bathetic, and you can download it in full here. Below are a few of my favorites from this compilation:
Dirty Beaches: Highway 1 (Pretty much melted when I heard...
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MUSIC TO PLAY WHILE EATING NACHOS AT A PARTY
One thing that irks me when I go to a party held by my generation of young twenty year olds is the fact that there is NEVER any food! Personally, I like to entertain my guests with heaps of tasty food. You name it - pizza, guacamole, maybe a big chunk of gouda and some triscuits. It’s all fair game at my place. One of my favorite types of food to snack on in general is nachos, so I made...
