Out of curiosity I have been listening to quite a bit of Dubstep these days, I’m not a huge fan of most of it, but this song definitely caught my ear. The horns are so rad.
Our lovely friends over at Kingfisher Bluez Record Company/ ever entertaining blog has a new compilation to shower you with. 18 songs by local Vancouver Artists, for a shocker…FREE! And what a collection of people they have managed to aquire. From the mind twisting Julian Bowers punk jam to the wordy anthemic rock of The Shiny Diamonds I’m sure you will find something that fits any mood. Please support our friends (and us) and download this sampler. Make copies, throw them at people on the bus, hide them in the tallest of tree tops, tip your waiter with them. What I’m really trying to say is, spread this around, for real! Just click on the album cover above! And as a treat to you here is my favorite track of the album… enjoy
Julian Bowers – Getting Married
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This young Underwater Peoples artist has really captured my heart. Honest and poetic songs with the perfect amount of tape crackle and buzz. A lot of U.S.A references can be heard through out the album After The Grave Yard, maybe patriotism has blossomed in the underground scene or maybe it’s just irony. A somewhat punk-folk troubadour, Liam The Younger’s songs capture your attention with their simplicity and frankness, the perfect music for late late nights or early morning sunrises. First heard a couple of Liam’s tracks on the older Underwater Peoples Summer Sampler, then the masterpiece Please See on their Winter Sample which of course enticed me to order both of Liam’s LP’s almost immediately. You can download all his albums free from his website here. Please do, you’ll love it, and if you truly do, buy it!
Liam The Younger – This Land pt. 1
Liam The Younger – Ode to Then
Liam The Younger – Crossed Water
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Take a time machine back to 1979, if you may. A little band out of California called Suburban Lawns makes wacky new waveish hits. A weird Devo/B52′s combination of frantic guitar riffing, bleep bloop synths and sometimes tame sometimes wild back and forth male female vocals. A rather short lived band Suburban Lawns only released one full length (self titled) and an EP between the years of 79-81. Too bad because this stuff really shreds. Anyone into a bit of fun, a lot of artistic license and more then one song about genitals should check these guys out.
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a Wild Smile! Suckers seem to have crossed this insane threshold between little known blogosphere meme and indie supergroup and if this album proves anything it’s that they deserve it. Suckers range, song writing and overall ability to wow the listener will make them a household name. Singers Pan and Quinn have a falsetto that could break glass, big rhythms and totally rad trumpet too! Some how a weird cross between Genesis and Wild Beasts, if you know what I mean. This album needs to be heard, by all.
Suckers – Before Your Birthday Ends
Suckers – You Can Keep Me Runnin’ Around
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Very, very exciting stuff coming from Chicago. Information is thin and far between, but for now we have three absolutely fantastic tracks to enjoy. I highly doubt this will be the last we hear about them.
Sunsquints – Machu Picchu
Sunsquints – Basque
Sunsquints – Dakar Doldrums
Unreal sample based R n’ B. It’s friday so I can’t type too much, but this needs to be heard. Download the entire album for free here.
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Andrew Bird does a Django impression, looks in the mirror and see’s a ghost. An incredible album of gypsy jazz inspired masterpieces. Not a single bad song on the album Oh! The Grandeur on which Bird proves himself to be a time shifting virtuoso. I thought this music had died out with cigarette holders and and black berets. Highly highly recommend hunting down this incredible piece of reworked classic pre-war jazz, swing and European flavour.
Andrew Bird – Wishing For Contentment
Andrew Bird – Tea And Thorazine
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Weekends has a three with Lightning Bolt and Japandroids and things get saucy. Huge tracks with in your g-r-i-l-l face melters and echoed out vocals. Would have liked to hear some more bombastic drumming but hey, I’ll defiantly take what I’m given. Each of these songs are from a different Weekends release but make sure to check out their up and coming album this summer.
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It seems that Lo-Fi has been all the rage lately. One could only guess as to how long this trend will last (my money would be on not much longer). But for the time being it is here, and there is some great music being made which utilizes certain Lo-Fi criteria, mainly, a lot of fuzz or reverb and an apparently lower recording quality. This renewal of the Lo-Fi sound has typically tended to lean in a tropical, ‘Endless Summer’ direction (think Wavves or Surfer Blood).
Well, this is different. There is a definite Country Western vibe going on here, mixed in with a bit of 50′s era rock. This is relaxed and pleasant to listen to, and still fuzzy enough to cash in on the Lo-Fi resurgence. Get it while the gettings hot. Spectrals have released a split 7″ with Fair – Ohs, It’s out now from Toughlove records, check it out.
Keep Your Magic Out Of My House – Spectrals
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