Lets just say this. Sweet Lights (Shai Halperin) and his S/T High-Line released album is nostalgia all over. Seriously. Playing this thing…I’m hearing McCartney, Floyd, etc, etc. It’s silly really…I almost took this as a bad thing. Then I was like…who am I kidding…these songs are great….beautiful…I’m singing along…waving along…submerged in the breakdown. mp3: Sweet [...]
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Players To Be Named Later
Newark’s Players To Be Named Later emerge from a cloud of distortion and noise armed with acoustic guitars drum machines and some pretty swell tunes. They’ve got a 6 track stunner on bandcamp that is steaming with lo-fi basement rock glory. mp3: Players To Be Named Later – Basher’s Last Stand
Read moredeadCAT – weareinaCULT
Atlanta’s deadCAT released a 4 song trip last month on Young Latitudes entitled weareinaCULT. That title seems to hold true seing as much of the rhythms on this noise pop wonder are hypnotic and sometimes even a bit sinister. That being said the highlight from it is the dubbed out beauty of “Canadian Myst”. deadCAT’s [...]
Read moreFavorites: Nomadic Firs – S/T
The more I’ve listened to Nomadic Firs‘ debut S/T LP (out now on Crash Symbols) the more I’m swept in…the more I’m in love with it. Ryan Boos has taken some folk like po like songs and blanketed them in beautiful electronic grime. He’s rehashed rock and roll and freewheeled it into cut up/sampled/delayed synth [...]
Read moreThe Cloud Room – Zither
So remember what you were doing 7 years ago? Kind of fuzzy. Well do you remember the song “Hey Now Now” by The Cloud Room. Hells yes I do….actually their whole debut S/T LP was friggin fantastic. Well 7 years is a long time in between albums, but that’s the case with The Cloud Room [...]
Read moreWizard Oz – Flashing Lights
Melbourne’s Richie and Rusty aka Wizard Oz are back with a new LP, Flashing Lights. It’s an album of sweet psych tempered electronic pop songs. It’s an album of drum machine loops, understated vocals, and synth purity. Grab it for free on their bandcamp or pick up the cassette on Peking Tapes (out May 5th). [...]
Read moreFavorites: walter tv – Appetite
Vancouver’s walter tv have created some seriously mind altering rock in their new LP Appetite. Don’t take it from me – just check their facebook bio: “Walter Tv is a chopped and screwed remix of an epic dubstep riff. undeniably bassy, these 3 lewd dudes from Vancouver Canada ruin the stage. onlookers rant as they [...]
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AMORPHOUS
Japan’s AMORPHOUS make some pretty rad and fun chill electronic pop music. Check their soundcloud for a bunch of great songs, meanwhile…
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