Upon learning of the new Bakers At Dawn album and covering the band’s new video, another discovery was made. That of Cory Landels, the director of said video and mastermind behind this video for Mount Eerie‘s “Between Two Mysteries”, one of my favorite tracks of 2009.
Read More »Mount Eerie: Between Two Mysteries [Video] Thanks to a recent post by Swedesplease, the premier US blog focused entirely on Swedish artists, I’ve discovered a new… Read More »Bakers At Dawn: After The War [Video]
Universal Indians was an album that bathed in obscurity. After all, opening track “Freedom Ritual” was a blissful track in… Read More »Dark Meat: Truce Opium [Album Review]
Here’s a sneak peek for you who love rarities, exclusives and original material. And a bonus for those of you who dig radio in all its forms. The Raveonettes recently visited the Me + You studios for a Viva Radio spot and below you can hear the band performing their song “Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)”. The session is Pt. 62 of Me + You, a live series that includes often funny and telling interviews with some of today’s hottest artists, conducted by host Ted Shumaker. The Raveonettes’ session airs at noon today on Viva Radio. Read More »Viva Radio’s Me + You Pt 62: The Raveonettes
The words put to song Cool man, great girl seem so simple, but they work oh so well in Darlings‘ chill… Read More »Darlings: Teenage Girl [Video]
The Hartmans have a history of creating garage pop that spans the genre from the jangle-ridden acoustic to the unbearably… Read More »The Hartmans [Feature]
Hyperstory‘s self titled debut album is something that hasn’t been heard in a good while – a bit of mystery. A strange sense of funk soul inspiration over songwriting stamina is ever present and ever-ready throughout this album. The drawing of so many musical backgrounds is a key factor in the purity and brilliance in this album.
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When Panda Bear gave us Person Pitch a few years back, the album’s popularity was bound to create a movement of like-minded experimental psychedelic electro-pop. Already this year, we’ve been introduced to some pretty amazing artists that fit the mold, like Candy Claws and Golden Ages. Big Spider’s Back is the latest to please us with collating infectious instrumental loops that build into an atmosphere of sound. “Warped” is the visual accompaniment of that uncanny audible delight. Like the music of Big Spider’s Back, the video for “Warped” compiles bright colors and layers of imagery for what can only be called an experience. The result is cosmic. Read More »Big Spider’s Back: Warped [Video]
Titiyo‘s deep vocals are dark and full of mystery. It doesn’t matter whether the song is an upbeat Swedish electro-dance tune, as she often creates, or one soft with subtle, heartfelt melodies. Her latest endeavor, Hidden, is out soon on Despotz Records. It finds her collaborating with the likes of Moto Boy, whose Jeff Buckley style guitar/vocals mesh perfectly with Titiyo’s for a sound that may be her most moving yet. The video, directed by Johan Tholson and Titiyo herself, finds the duo in a hotel elevator and is quite haunting. Read More »Titiyo & Moto Boy: If Only Your Bed Could Cry [Video]
Experimental pop and electro-pop meet in Beat Radio‘s Safe Inside The Sound. Opening track “Follow You Around” surfaces somewhere around eerie folk artist Okay, but with fuller instrumentation, less heartache, and a bit more experimentation. It’s a valid beginning, leading straight into the album’s highlight, “Sleepwalking”. Heavy with guitar-meets-synth instrumentation, the album continues is a much more pop-oriented fashion. There’s nothing masked or hidden here, it’s all upstanding, on-the-sleeve pop greatness. Read More »Beat Radio: Safe Inside The Sound [Album Review]
