January 2012
31 posts
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WatchThese Crooks
The light tapping of rain against the window. One of the more universally reassuring of sounds the night may bring. In the snug man-made harbor of four walls and a ceiling, the fall of the cold, wet drops becomes a soothing, nocturnal soundtrack.
You lightly elevate your head from the pillow to peer through the window. The dark sky is entirely clear, with no sign of rain. Of...
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WatchFinally Boys
Another uplifting XTZY track from the excellent upcoming Feelings EP by Oaklands Finally Boys.
And make sure to out the incredible mix they did for us recently here if you have yet to do so.
Finally Boys - Lunar Lovers (mp3 go here)
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RNB Millionaires
Get...
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D-Video
D-Video, aka the project of Brooklyn...
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WatchFun Adults
Fun Adults - ‘Til Sleep
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WatchExploding Man
The drama king is in the building.
Exploding Man - I Don’t Want Porridge
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WatchIdea Shower
Idea Shower - Time
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WatchGo Wolf
Tuesday… an alright day. V strong for lunches. Not as good as Wednesday though. Now there’s a day I can really get behind. An especially excellent day for night caps that. Thursdays are uneven and I thus maintain an ambivalent attitude towards, as there’s a huge quality gap between the early morning pick-me-up, which is excellent, and the brunch which, well the less is...
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WatchTraams
Chichester three-piece Traams lay down crispy, Television-esque riffs topped by raggedly melodic, yelpy vocals that may or may not belong to frontman of dance-punk outfit The Rapture. And?
Traams - Flowers
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WatchNatural History
Natural History - My Dew 0.5
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WatchCub Scout
Making good on the promise of their first single Gold, London/Norwhich three-piece Cub Scout follow up with the space-filled, patiently accelerating ping-electronica of Seconds.
Cub Scout - Seconds
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WatchJealsd
Seductive, pitch dark italo-synth from SF’s Mark Treise.
Jealsd - Sentenced To Life
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WatchFinally Boys - Don’t Die Wondering Mixtape
Hello ladies and gentleman, and on behalf of the captain and the cabin crew I’d like to give you a warm welcome onboard this Finally Boys mixtape (whose excellent tracks we’ve featured previously here), non-stop service from Oakland to El Dorado. Our flight time will be precisely 0 hours and 35 minutes and 39 seconds. We’ll be...
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WatchErothug
Download the EP here or from Australian label BrotherSister Records.
Erothug - Savages (mp3)
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WatchCrone Craft
There is a real, as in more than usual, inkling of the bewitched to these twisted synth lullabies from Crone Craft, aka Denvers Lindsay Thorson, unexpectedly pricking the heart in jerky angles, alternately dissonantly ugly and enchantingly beautiful. But 90% the latter so it’s all good. One of the tracks also features one of my fav lyrics of late which goes “we are a...
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WatchFree School
Free School - Unravelling After The Lottery
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WatchSunsets & Hearts
So there is no more Altered Zones sadly but fear not because things keep altering and changing regularly by their own free will and you might find the zone you were in yesterday is not the zone you’ll find yourself in this year, but it might be the same zone as you find yourself the following one and it’s all good and in the natural flow of things. Who knows!...
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WatchUse Less
Why take a gamble?
Use Less - Ahead (mp3)
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WatchWaytansea Point
Waytansea Point - Life Is Just A Party (mp3)
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Shrieks
Nicely brittle and lightly overcast demo...
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WatchGreat Bays
Great Bays - Numb
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WatchPlaceholder
Access. Beating Heart. AA Coal. Infinity. Solo.
Placeholder - Librarian
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WatchDezo
Last of the four day weekends.
Dezo - South Of The 10 wip 4
Dezo - Want Me (wip)
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WatchBody II Body
Deep, patiently rewarding footwork-tinged club vibes from Rotterdam producer Body II Body.
Body II Body - Hold Me
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WatchOnly Real
Nicely circular and pentatonic new track from London’s Only Real, which we featured here a little while ago.
Only Real - New Gold
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WatchGlamour Lakes
Lush bizne$$ from Australia’s Glamour Lakes. Are you playing ball??
Glamour Lakes - Fall (mp3)
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WatchBig Zeb
“maybe i jus need sum tim from the fasT life itsa passT life no way she sed live every day like iss the lass time if iss the lassT time keep it comn keep it comN
maybe i juss need sum time from these peeple they all jus eeevil no way she sed love every guy like he the lasss guy..if hes the lass guy keep em cumn keep em comn”
Big Zeb - Keep It Comn
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WatchDerby Sunshine
Derby Sunshine - LCD4 (mp3 go here)
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WatchPushing Hands
Pushing Hands - He’s Still Here (mp3)
December 2011
35 posts
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WatchFraud Freud x Nowa Huta
Nowa Huta - On Night (Fraud Freud Remix)
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WatchSuper POP
As big supporters of seasonality we enjoyed the new compilation by the Sunchoke collective titled Winter Warmer, from where this track is culled. The compilation is available to download in its entirety here.
Super Pop - That Girl (mp3)
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Kinlaw
Just saw a dead wild boar on the edge of the highway….. Now there’s something ya don’t see everyday!
Kinlaw - Flaming Greyhound
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WatchQuiltland
At night, discreet noises begin to fill the house. The sound of a door hinge waking to life, the thin croak of a staircase, the soft gasp of the refrigerator, the bleep of a TV being turned on. Lying on a sofa in front of the screen, there are bodies strewn around doing the same. Silent, restless bodies. Law And Order: Special Victims Unit is glaring from the screen, the dialogue of...
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WatchI Am Water
Download the laconic, eerily gorgeous 2-track Dreamboy EP here.
I Am Water - Dreamboy (mp3)
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WatchNudity
Retain the playful joviality of a teenager in bed no matter how old you are.
Nudity - Go Getta
Nudity - Blame Waltz
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Everynite
Merry Christmas.
Everynite - Trap House
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WatchBrick + Mortar
Merry Christmas.
Brick + Mortar - Heatstroke (mp3 go here)
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Watch.CP
Merry Christmas.
.CP - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head
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WatchTrey Songz x Craxxxsoft
Merry Christmas.
Trey Songz - Can’t Be Friends (Craxxxsoft remix) (mp3)
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WatchDesigner Imposter
Merry Christmas,
Designer Imposters’ handful of track sketches tiptoes the line between venomous, synth pop-tinged punk and softly sung, lyrically evocative homespun R&B ballads, the direct, unprocessed vocals and angularly rudimentary programming, perhaps inadvertently, lending a dimension of sweetly confounding intimacy.
Designer Imposter - Favorite (mp3)
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TreeFNGR
TreeFNGR - Fine Fright (mp3)
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WatchWoset
Deja Vu is off an upcoming tape called Limens by Florida based singer-songwriter Woset, whos’ orchestrated, angularly accomplished and offbeat prog-folk we’ve featured a while back.
Woset - Deja Vu
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333 Boys
333 Boys - Hurts (mp3)
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...2011 was the still flapping body of a beheaded...
Taking part in the music-bloggers guild, our ears come across at least dozens of tracks annually, through various channels. This doesn’t even include the music we come across incidentally, via television, radio, walking past a noisy bar while the door is being opened, the Balkan sounds that waft through the air like the smell of horrible cooking from the neighbors’ balcony as she...
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Honest Living
How often?
Honest Living - News Kin
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Cub Scout
Cub Scout - Gold