Check out this nearly 5-minute track from Pelican’s forthcoming EP, Ataraxia/Taraxis set for release April 10 on Southern Lord…
January 26th, 2012 - 2:39 pm § in Album Reviews, MP3s
The 6 bands I’m gravitating toward this week, new download from Old Bricks
It’s late January and still not quite winter here in Minnesota. But it certainly is gray. Depressing and drab. I’m finding my playlist tends to ebb and flow with the passive-aggressive seasonal affective disorder that is slowly setting in. Things like: Fuji Kareta Indians Atari Teenage R[...]
January 25th, 2012 - 10:39 am § in Music - Video
VIDEO: Rings of a tree played on a record player
The rings of a tree can tell you the age of a tree, soil and water conditions and even reveal major environmental events. But what would it sound like if you played those rings like a record? Bartholomäus Traubeck has answered that burning question with a turntable, PlayStation Eye Camera, a steppe[...]
New download from ††† (Crosses) EP feat Chino Moreno, Shaun Lopez and Chuck Doom
As an unapologetic fan of White Pony-era Deftones, I have to say I’m loving the new EP#2 material from ††† (Crosses) — the project of long-time friends and collaborators Chino Moreno of Deftones, Shaun Lopez of FAR and Chuck Doom. The supergroup released a free EP last August and a[...]
January 18th, 2012 - 5:07 pm § in Album Reviews, MP3s
Sludgy psych-rock from San Fran’s Royal Baths
This is what I’m rocking in my new 50/50 Vintage Road Skullcandy Ear Buds whilst walking through midtown Manhattan today. MP3: Royal Baths – “Darling Divine” These buds have an 11mm driver that makes the bass THICK – all the better to spin this new track off Royal Baths[...]
January 17th, 2012 - 4:53 pm § in MP3s
UK electro experimentalist outfit Breton release 5-track EP for free download
UK electronic art-pop experimentalists Breton are sharing a five-track EP, The Blanket Rule EP, ahead of their debut LP, Other People’s Problems, due April 3 via FatCat Records. I could get used to this… MP3: Breton – “Ordnance Survey” Dig it? Download the entire EP her[...]
