Archive for March, 2011
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Ford & Lopatin
Trying to live in the future A blitzkrieg of rolling ’80s softcore synth pop with breezy vocals and chopping drums, Ford & Lopatin is super slick. Previously known as Games (they had to change their name for legal reasons), their music at first comes across as blatantly uncool in its earnestly clear precision. But there’s […]
1 Comment » - Posted in New York,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Cool Cult live photos
Cool Cult with Popstrangers, Kitsunegari, Onesie and Google Cops Friday, March 25, 2011 The Basement, Auckland Photos by Frances Carter Click to view more photos
No Comments » - Posted in Live photos by Nick Fulton
Sunday, March 27th, 2011
Moon Duo: new album
Berlin Daze Cut in Berlin, Moon Duo’s second full-length LP orientates towards a poppier, groovier sound, with more of a ’60s indie rock slant. Lead single ‘Mazes’ was released in February and it got a lot of internet attention, ahead of the official album release on March 28 via New York’s Sacred Bones Records. Mazes […]
No Comments » - Posted in Colorado,San Francisco by Nick Fulton
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Cool Cult
Rusty Reflections The hype surrounding Muzai Records may have died down since the departure of Bandicoot mid way through last year, but the label’s still releasing top quality material. Last month one of the label’s first signings, Sherpa, released an outstanding new EP and now Cool Cult are here with a fresh blend of post-punk/shoegaze, […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Auckland,New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
RITES WILD
You’ve Got Me Messed Up RITES WILD is a solo drone outfit from Adelaide, Australia credited to Stacey Wilson, fitting quite nicely into the witch house genre of spooky keyboard psych. Like a kind 0f futuristic blizzard, her music sounds caked in ice that slowly melts to reveal multiple layers of analogue keyboard buzz and […]
No Comments » - Posted in Adelaide,Australia by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Daughters of the Sun
Inverted Psyche Casting an image of a bleak landscape in a forgotten realm of dust and drum circles, three guys named Bennett, Nick and Ryan create mystical music under the name Daughters of the Sun. Their chants glinting under a sweaty sun conjure freaky tribal rhythms and new age euphoria with jagged guitar menace and […]
No Comments » - Posted in Minneapolis,Minnesota,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
Dominique Young Unique: new mixtape
Get Loose | Get Unique Dominique Young Unique – the brightest star in hip-hop – returns. Glamorous Touch totally dominates with a blistering assault straight from the production line. Artjam’s David Alexander adds some of the freshest sounding production on the hip-hop scene and Unique’s mean sounding lyrical style is a mixture of dirty pop, […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Florida,Tampa by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Siskiyou
Joe DiMaggio Shopping For 7 Up From the echoing wolf howls of a struggling guitar on the opening track off Siskiyou’s self-titled debut album, it’s apparent that this is a much stronger project than Colin Huebert and Erik Arnesen’s previous effort with Great Lake Swimmers. The Canadian duo released their debut album in September last […]
No Comments » - Posted in Canada,Vancouver by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Music Alliance Pact March 2011
Cause Of Death… Brain Injury NEW ZEALAND: Einstein Music Journal Orchestra Of Spheres – Boltzmann Brain Otherworldly psych and alien trance unite in Orchestra Of Spheres’ hypnotic jams. The group has been entrancing audiences in their native Wellington and further afield for years, and never fail to leave jaws hanging at their free-spirited but tightly-wound […]
No Comments » - Posted in Music Alliance Pact by Sarah Gooding
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Pond
Forest Surprise Pond created an amazing dream funk revival party with their set at Campus A Low Hum, enticing the sun-drenched crowd to dance like they were at Woodstock. With exotic, grandiose songs steeped in nostalgia for 60s and 70s radio rock, their psychedelia-soaked synth meltdowns and catastrophic drum beats backed with swirling europhic sounds […]
