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 [...]
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Favorites: 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 [...]
Read moreFavorites: Case Point – Case Point EP
Case Point (Ryan Boos aka Nomadic Firs and Adam Stolz) have just released their debut S/T EP via Bad Pop and it’s staking claim to my ears. Where they go on this collaboration is one that doesn’t seem to be tackled that often – jazz, trip-hop, pop, r&b – all blended into something quite unique…as [...]
Read moreFavorites: Joseph Stallion – White Lodge EP
It’s rare that I latch onto music this quickly, but the duo Joseph Stallion (Erin Ross and Max Petrek) and their White Lodge EP have completely trashed my mind as of late. Ross has soft pop vocals sucked into and redirected through the large networked scope of Petrek’s production. Going from chopped lo-fi to booming [...]
Read moreFavorites: KYNAN – Abel EP
I don’t know if I’ve run into a more catchy and immediately accessable three songs than LA’s Joel Kynan Williams aka KYNAN’s newest Abel EP. This is that enjoy-singing-along indie rock that seems to be a rarity these days…and it’s free. Support this dude if he comes to your town – totally worth your $. [...]
Read moreFavorites: Power Animal – Exorcism
Philadelphia’s Power Animal have just released Exorcism via Human Kindness Overflowing and Crash Symbols. This LP is experimental pop at its finest. Samples are destroyed then stitched and expanded into glory with Keith Hampson graciously crooning in between them. It’s hard to believe this was entirely recorded in Keith’s bedroom: “This album was created over [...]
Read moreFavorites: Market East
Sometimes you just have to love Facebook. The other day I was scanning me Facebook feed and came across James of White Birds (formerly of Drink Up Buttercup) hyping Philly’s Market East. Never heard of them, but at that point seemed as good as any to do the incredibly difficult task of clicking on a [...]
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Favorites: Sweet Lights – S/T
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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