February 2012
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WatchDifference Clouds - Composition
I am always all about some trippy ambient electronic done right. There’s more than enough done poorly, but Zach hits this one home with something more chaotic and racing than the usual down-tempo lines. This one should be dropping soon on a tried and true cassette with two other artists in the next batch of Bathetic releases. Keep your eyes peeled for...
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Tops - Turn Your Love Around
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WatchSummer Camp - Losing My Mind (Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross Remix)
Not usually a big fan of remixes, but this one offers an interesting take. Check it.
FaDeR sayz:
Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross offers a downcast remix for Summer Camp’s oddly ebullient breakup song, “Losing My Mind,” skewing the tone more appropriate to the refrain: This house isn’t big enough for the both of us. The remix will...
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WatchMirrorring - Fell Sound
Mirrorring is the new dream collaboration between Liz Harris of Grouper + Jesy Fortino of Tiny Vipers.
It is most assuredly bad when you decide to go on a vinyl buying spree of an emerging artist (such as Grouper) when all her material is extremely Ltd/OOP/people charging you the cost of your soul on ebay/discogs for a copy. Cannot get enough of the dreamy washed out...
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WatchMac Demarco — Exercising With My Demons
I love me Grimes, and its interesting to see that gvb let her takeover the blog today. Lots of cool things to check out, but this was definitely my favorite. The new Tops album is best as well.
It’s a crime that this video has so few views. It was shot on 35 mm by my friend Evan Prosofsky who is an unbelievable cinematographer/ D.O.P. This is...
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WatchWild Nothing - Nowhere f/ Twin Sister
I’ve been compulsively checking the Captured Tracks site for the past two weeks since I saw this go up on their site. Had no idea it was going to feature guest vocals from Twin Sister as well, what a treat! This one comes out on Ltd white vinyl and if you’re down with the latest Beach Fossils 7” (one clear green vinyl) and the Jesse...
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Widowspeak - Wicked Game (live)
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WatchJulia Holter - In The Same Room
If you’ve been obsessing on Julia Holter of late as much as I have, then you should know that her latest 2XLP, Ekstasis, has finally gone on sale over at RVNG Intl. Her previous release, the extremely OOP Tradegy LP sold out twice for a total of 800 copies, and there are still people clamoring for a third repress, with copies going on discogs for...
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WatchYourstru.ly Presents: Twin Sister - Stop
So I was rummaging around Domino’s shop late before hitting the hay. Mostly checking out the new 7” from Real Estate; Easy backed by a b-side exclusive. When I notice this Twin Sister Ltd tour remix 12”. Side a features Kimmi In The Rice Field (Balam Acab remix), while b is sporting Bad Street (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas remix).
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Memoryhouse - Walk With Me
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WatchLilacs & Champagne - Everywhere, Everyone
As the producing-team behind’Grails, Alex Hall and Emil Amos have hybridized and warped various culture’s versions of psych music over the past decade. With their new project Lilacs and Champagne, they’ve created another umbrella under which to tweak hip-hop, tape-collage and the darkest creases of 70′s film-soundtracks with their lysergic...
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Palmz - Summer Dreamzzz
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January 2012
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WatchAd Hoc
is also a quarterly zine— available in electronic and paper formats, and full of original art work and long-form features. Resurrecting the curatorial logic of zine culture, Ad Hoc will paint a dynamic, living landscape of the underground music world at large, setting the reflections of professional journalists and critics alongside artists, promoters, and other music-world...
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WatchOrgans of Love - Let’s Talk to Bobby (demo)
I shamelessly just stumbled on to these kids while browsing Norman Records because I was immediately intrigued by the intense blurry topless chick LP art. A little investigation yields that they do indeed make some excellent minimal synth new wave, filled with the gasping semi-orgasmic sexual moans, and heavy vocals that remind me of Karen O. ...
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Wikipedia Shuts down in Protest of SOPA Bill
To Naysayers abound, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP (PIPA) are seriously scary shit. Not everyday Wikipedia shuts down for any reason, or did you notice the censored blackout on Google?
Why is this Happening?
Visit americancensorship.org and call your senators. The time is now.
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Lucky Dragons - Existers
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WatchThe Babies - Trouble
For fans abound of The Babies: a collection of six acoustic demos recorded in 2010 and 2011 from Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls and Kevin Morby of Woods. Released on Mattthew Mondanile’s New Images imprint. Basically its a sweet little EPs worth of bedroom recordings for you to feast your ears on :)
The Babies - Cry Along With The Babies 12” LP is available...
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WatchBoy Friend - Egyptian Wrinkle
Boy Friend is Christa Palazzolo and Sarah Brown, ex-members of Sleep ∞ Over. I saw s∞o play during Pop Montreal this past year without the later, and while it was a good show, I was a little disappointed. BF stands out completely on its own, and with the caliper of this single I believe it will blow past the s∞o release. The questionable faults with s∞o Forever...
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WatchThe Proper Ornaments - Who Thought
I picked the first 7” single from The Proper Ornaments last year when I was riffling through the Pure Groove distro (RIP) totally randomly, without having heard them whatsoever. Between a thoughtful description and awesome collage cover art, I figured the extra dough for one 7” was well worth it. I think thats the beauty of an inexpensive...
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Watch Zac Nelson - Cloud Mine
New video for my favorite track from the LP Sound A Sleep Sound on Bathetic Records, BATH51. Video by Shane Skogberg.
Most Bathetic LPs sell out super quick and I feel like this newcomer from Zac Nelson was a little overlooked. Very creepy and unsettling synth waves that make me think of Black Moth Super Rainbow in a darker light.
Zac Nelson - Sound A Sleep Sound...
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WatchModern Witch - In Your Eyes
So bummed I missed this Modern Witch release. Major sad kittens. I was all about their last vinyl 7” split with Os Ovni (still available here), but somehow this one drifted under my radar. Unfortunate cause both tracks are by far their best. More dynamic and refined with the same dark goth synths you crave…Check you the other track also streamin on...
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WatchLabyrinth Ear - Humble Bones
Convenient when I posted literally 3 days ago hoping for a new release from Labyrinth Ear, that my wish would be granted almost immediately! This is the first track from their new digital 4-tracker, Apparitions EP coming out Feb. 7th.
They’re sounding tasty as ever, I just wish they’d move some tunes to vinyl. Digital downloads don’t do them...
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Cheaper than Free: why BitTorrent promotes music...
A few months ago, we began tracking the starting point of every sale that happens on Bandcamp. In the course of looking at the data (which we’re using to help us plan out what to do next), we’ve noticed something awesome: every day, fans are buying music that they specifically set out to get for free.
For example, just this morning someone paid $10 for an album after Googling “lelia...