Earlier today I was just listening to Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient works. The dark and beautiful sonic-scape shimmering while I work on my WebDev project. So much to my surprise when turning on Bottler, much like Aphex Twin, heard a similar kind of dark and beautiful soundscape on their Clementine EP, shimmering with a 90s […]
Dive Index releases interactive music video for Wish I had a Pulse. Wish I had a Pulse is a slick electronic track, reminiscent of Lani Puna and The Album leaf. The interactive video is a fun HTML5 experience that allows you to turn up and down elements of the song. I’m certain someone will rip […]
I Break Horses share a live session recording of single “Death Engine” accompanied by a video that appears to have been filmed from inside a dream. Their new album, Warnings, is due out for release May 8th. Pre Order here
There are very few bands that can pull off dissonant vocals. TONER pulls them off. This fuzzed-out, LA style lofi pop lp is a gem reminiscent of Day Wave or Wavves. Silk Road is TONER’s sophomore effort and is full of overdriven chorus pedals, dissonant vocals and washed out, warbly drum kits, moving away from […]
Historical Article 12/19/2012 zZz is a band from Japan; its kind of ambiguous whether they moved to Brooklyn or are on an extended tour… Not sure… but they are great regardless. ZZZ is an all girl noise-rock band. The album is full of amazing rhythms, basslines, and guitars tones that will blow both your knee […]
Historical Review: 12/17/2012 The melancholy vocals. Catchy chord progressions. Sing-songy lyrics. The Human Fly’s Debute album directs your mind towards thoughts of Mark Mulcahy or Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters). At times even Magnetic Fields. But with that said, the sad songs cultivate a sound of hope… almost derisively. Mocking the listener with it’s extremely […]
Historical Review: 12/14/2012 Thrashy, 77 style punk-surf rock, 2008 release re-released by In the Red this Jan, by Traditional Fools, a Ty Segall project, invades your face with grungy guitars and stretched-out, near monotone singing (totally Reed style). The record is almost some sort of deranged re-imagined early Beach Boys record, except much louder and […]
Historical Review: 12/14/2012 Another part of the Ty parade. This one, another re-release, “Reverse Shark Attack,” was recorded back in 2009 on Kill Shaman. Ty and Mikal drown the noise in your head with with their sick spacey filthy garage rock; spewing through speakers that sound as though they were cut with a shard of […]
Historical Article: December 13, 2012 I have not yet heard any of the tracks off this album. But judging from their track record… I am sure this album will be great. Here is what drag city has released: Known for their half-corroded, screaming roar of high-end guitars crushed together, obliterating vocals and drums with their […]
Historical Post: June 12, 2012 Diogenes, greek philosopher, creator of the Cynic school of philosophy, I believe… Anyway one could probably write an entire article on the band name alone. So, rather than bore you with all that, lets talk about the music. Diogenes in Hell, from what I gather, consists of one fellow: Ariel […]