Freitag, 28. August 2009

Future Islands - 2009 - Feathers and Hallways 7"

Genre: New New Wave
Label:
Upset the Rhythm

Great new 7" by the Baltimore based Future Island. Happiness of being twice is catchy as hell and I am exited for the new record comming this year. Let the bass roll - and go see them live in September (UK) and October (US). The singer is amazing live! Makes you sweat ;-)

Tracklisting
  1. The Happiness Of Being Twice
  2. Pinnochio
Try it - Buy it - See Live - MicePays

Dienstag, 25. August 2009

Church - 2009 - Song Force Crystal

Genre: Indie Pop
Label:
Sohitek (Vinyl) + Tender Loving Empire (CD)
Similar Artists: Grizzzzzzly Beer...

Ay, always that Grizzly Bear reference here, seems I don't know any other band with beautiful arrangements and lot of reverb ;-).
But it comes close.
I featured Church in a previous post - look here, with their wonderful Demo releases and now they put out a CD/Vinyl release. The CD is in a beautiful 3 coloured hand-screenprinted paperfolder and contains 8 tracks with, lets say melancholic slowed down surf music. Reverbed guitar, multiple voices, earthy synth basslines.
It lacks of a remindable hit like Happiness on the first demo, but it's a very constistent record with unique sound. So check it and visit their shows in the next two month (see myspace below).
Church utilizes this unique analog instrumentation to unite factions of noise rock with psychedelic folk and experimental pop. Song Force Crystal, the debut long play from Church, is a honing of musical themes heralded in two prior EP's. Picking up where previous titles Gold and With All Our Love for Francisco the Man left off, Song Force Crystal was recorded in a living room to an 8-track tape machine. The album reverberates with a warmth and rawness more familiar to 70's era basement productions than to modern day digitalia. The songs revel in dense slabs of tabe saturation, perfect for showcasing cavernous four-part harmonies, or trebly tube amplifiers. Song Force Crystal is a contradiction fo sounds, at once expansive, and cohesive, experimental yet familiar, brooding one moment and soothing the next. (Labelinfo)
PS: this is a medium quality rip, to give you a chance to say hi to the label, when ordering the CD/Vinyl ;-)

Tracklisting
  1. Graveyard
  2. Opposite People
  3. Hidden Tone
  4. Quilty's Guilty
  5. Aquamarine
  6. Paloma
  7. Crab Magic
  8. Golden Girls
Try it - Buy it CD / Vinyl - MicePays

Montag, 10. August 2009

Dragibus - 2004 - Tutti Frutti

Genre: Music for Children, Indie Pop, Twee
Sounds like japanese pop music with french singer or Stereo Total or nothing like that.

Driving aroundin my car, listening to music and thought I should post this, so I do.
It's a french project with roots in HC/Punk movement and now they play shows for kids, in costumes, the internet said.
Ahora Que Vamos Despacio is a real hymn. Check it...

Tracklisting
  1. Orazio Il Cane Dello Spazio
  2. Pinguim!
  3. Kaptain Kangoroo!
  4. Palladium (The Hip)
  5. Allo?
  6. Human Fly
  7. Pigmy Pig
  8. Kirin
  9. Azor
  10. Jackanory Stories
  11. Ahora Que Vamos Despacio
  12. Naïf Song
  13. Namida Kara Ashita E
  14. Mashed Potatoes
  15. Riquet
  16. L'Omino Della Luna
  17. L'mino Sonico Remixo!
  18. Stop!!!!!
Dragibus music is based on the twisted children pop songs with electronics. Their songs drive us in an electro-pop trip that mixes 60's pop culture, 80'synth.. melodies, cartoons taste and traditionnal songs from all over the world (Italy, Hungary, England, Japan...) with a little bit of joyfull experimentations. The band plays an electronic pop music for kids and kidults, where the retro-futurist child songs are played with drums, old-fashioned keyboards, cheap effects, electronic guitare and toys, unusual sampling and Lore childish voice.