So ok, everyone knows that Cat Power's best album was Moon Pix. Sure, You Are Free is pretty good too, The Greatest...wasn't really. I mean, Cat Power mixed with happiness and steel lap guitar? I dunno Chan, I just don't know. That aside, Moon Pix is amazing in the fragile futility it sends right through my stereo speakers (or in this case, computer speakers).
So what happens when you mix Moon Pix with Portishead's Dummy (undeniably far better than 2nd album "Portishead")? Well, you get the band Metal Hearts. I mean, it has all the depressive strains of both Moon Pix and Dummy but takes the jangly guitar of the former and the slick beats and brass sounds of the latter and creates a whole new way to be blue. These guys have been a godspend and further reinforce my theory that depressing music keeps you cool (which is pretty much invaluable in this fucking grotesque weather). I'd put a song down for everyone to download and listen to but I don't know how. If anyone is interested/reading this go to www.myspace.com/themetalhearts
Thats all.
B.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Monday, November 20, 2006
The Construction of a Christmix
Ok, so, I WAS writing a good set of instructions (or proposals) as the how one might (should) go about constructing a Christmas Mix but then some of my dumb friends (you know who you are) came around and I forgot to send/save it. So here's my second go.
Now, for those not familiar with the idea of a Christmas Mix (I would have thought it was more or less self explanatory but hey, some people are just slow), the basic idea is a mix...OF SONGS...that you give to your friends...AT CHRISTMAS. Yeah, its the cheap alternative for the Music-wanker. Having said that, in my construction of such a mix (thats right, I'm getting in early) a few things occured to me, I shall now outline them because I have nothing at all better to do.
First of all, the rules that apply to the construction of a normal mix are suddenly turned on their head to some extent. In some ways you're given more leniency in making a Christmas Mix, but in other ways you're entirely too constricted in what you can and cannot do.
For example, the idea of the Christmix (I'm gonna call it that from now on, haha, it looks like CHRISTmix, haha, what is that? funny! Shut up.) is that you'll be sending it out to your closest friends. As a result the pressure to be all "scene" and display your entirely too obscure tastes in music is not half as great. These people are your friends hence, they know you're a Music-wanker (I could perhaps come up with a more eloquent title for such a person but Music-Wanker both embraces Australian colloquialism and cuts right to the heart of the description). In a Christmix for friends, the song choices open up to include songs that have some sort of significance (in jokes n'such) and so, in this way, the pressure is off.
It is however reapplied (not unlike a moist towelette) when you consider what songs you ARE going to put on the mix. Remember, because these bastards that call themselves "your friends" would typically listen to the same stuff as you (didn't music bring you all together? Just like Michael Jackson?) the selection of songs required to make a cogent mix is suddenly made harder on the grounds that most of these people know most of the stuff you like. You want to surprise and delight these people (and make up for the fact that you're spending all of 3 dollars on their present).
Of course, now is your chance to unearth all those little songs you've discovered and kept well hidden, squirreled away, just for a moment such as this! For those who haven't been saving songs for a rainy day, may God have mercy on your soul. The only problem with these hoarded songs is they can often be of an exotic variety (a reason why they've not made it onto any of the other mixes you've made) and so, will they flow well together? Anybody who knows a thing about making a mix will know, flow is OH SO important.
Anyways, they are some of the things that have occured to me whilst I've been constructing my Christmix. Now I have to go back to doing whatever it is that I do.
B.
Now, for those not familiar with the idea of a Christmas Mix (I would have thought it was more or less self explanatory but hey, some people are just slow), the basic idea is a mix...OF SONGS...that you give to your friends...AT CHRISTMAS. Yeah, its the cheap alternative for the Music-wanker. Having said that, in my construction of such a mix (thats right, I'm getting in early) a few things occured to me, I shall now outline them because I have nothing at all better to do.
First of all, the rules that apply to the construction of a normal mix are suddenly turned on their head to some extent. In some ways you're given more leniency in making a Christmas Mix, but in other ways you're entirely too constricted in what you can and cannot do.
For example, the idea of the Christmix (I'm gonna call it that from now on, haha, it looks like CHRISTmix, haha, what is that? funny! Shut up.) is that you'll be sending it out to your closest friends. As a result the pressure to be all "scene" and display your entirely too obscure tastes in music is not half as great. These people are your friends hence, they know you're a Music-wanker (I could perhaps come up with a more eloquent title for such a person but Music-Wanker both embraces Australian colloquialism and cuts right to the heart of the description). In a Christmix for friends, the song choices open up to include songs that have some sort of significance (in jokes n'such) and so, in this way, the pressure is off.
It is however reapplied (not unlike a moist towelette) when you consider what songs you ARE going to put on the mix. Remember, because these bastards that call themselves "your friends" would typically listen to the same stuff as you (didn't music bring you all together? Just like Michael Jackson?) the selection of songs required to make a cogent mix is suddenly made harder on the grounds that most of these people know most of the stuff you like. You want to surprise and delight these people (and make up for the fact that you're spending all of 3 dollars on their present).
Of course, now is your chance to unearth all those little songs you've discovered and kept well hidden, squirreled away, just for a moment such as this! For those who haven't been saving songs for a rainy day, may God have mercy on your soul. The only problem with these hoarded songs is they can often be of an exotic variety (a reason why they've not made it onto any of the other mixes you've made) and so, will they flow well together? Anybody who knows a thing about making a mix will know, flow is OH SO important.
Anyways, they are some of the things that have occured to me whilst I've been constructing my Christmix. Now I have to go back to doing whatever it is that I do.
B.
Out Hud
Yes, we've been decidedly less "scene" and more "old hat" lately, but never you mind, dear reader - come christmas mix time (there will be a detailed explanation soon on "christmas mixes" soon) there will be plenty of shiny new crap to digest. You'll love it.
But for now, let me share my love with you for Out Hud. To start, think !!! with most the university dropout 'sass' removed. Also mix in some trip hop, millions of layers of synthy sounds, and some amazingly hot, drawn out ambielectro grooves. Out of California (in the U.S), and having the general DFA/LCD Soundsystem links most of this scene has, these guys are simply incredible.
Their newest works (i think they've broken up/are dormant now) Let Us Never Speak of It Again picked up the pulse a bit on 2002's S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D but the general vibe is still there and its incredible. I'm loving the instrumentation, as synthesised as it all is. Its just on the cusp of danceability. I find myself as i type, bopping away like a knob though. the grooves are perfect, but don't have that intense, loudness to it that you drop acid to and thrust people you don't know and get kicked out of da club.
Regardless, get into it.
Hair Dude, You're Stepping On My Mystique.mp3
Buy
But for now, let me share my love with you for Out Hud. To start, think !!! with most the university dropout 'sass' removed. Also mix in some trip hop, millions of layers of synthy sounds, and some amazingly hot, drawn out ambielectro grooves. Out of California (in the U.S), and having the general DFA/LCD Soundsystem links most of this scene has, these guys are simply incredible.
Their newest works (i think they've broken up/are dormant now) Let Us Never Speak of It Again picked up the pulse a bit on 2002's S.T.R.E.E.T.D.A.D but the general vibe is still there and its incredible. I'm loving the instrumentation, as synthesised as it all is. Its just on the cusp of danceability. I find myself as i type, bopping away like a knob though. the grooves are perfect, but don't have that intense, loudness to it that you drop acid to and thrust people you don't know and get kicked out of da club.
Regardless, get into it.
Hair Dude, You're Stepping On My Mystique.mp3
Buy
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Thoughts and accounts
Am I allowed to comment back on posts past (posts of winters past?) without having to put it in a comment? Is that correct procedure? Damn fucking right it is, I'm a member of this fucking blog and I'll do whatever I deem fit and necessary.
FIRSTLY, Sam, you're hilarious, your wolf stuff, gold. "Go listen to some Steppenwolf, or don't. i don't care." I L-O-L'd at that. Also at the Guitar Wolf stuff. Did you know their bass player died of a cardiac arrest? THATS how much they rock. Apparantly their show was amazing, they get people up to play guitar, even if the people don't know guitar, amazing.
So I went to my sister today and came away with two records of some promise in amongst a whole bunch of techno. 1. Buena Vista Social Club (Old South American men playing fine sassy mambo, I suspect perhaps formally belonged to mother dearest) 2. Magnolia: The Soundtrack (whole lot of Aimee Mann, I pretty much plucked it out of the bunch because Sam puts all his shiny dollars on that one song they flog in that movie (Oh P T Anderson, you're my hero)). I nearly made off with Tom Jones: Reload (I'm not kidding) based purely on that duet of that Talking Heads song done by him and The Cardigans (The Cardigans = highly underrated swedish pop band). My sis however asked if she could borrow it back because she likes the Sex Bomb duet Tommy does with Moose T or whatever. How much musical prowess a Moose could have I'll never know, still doesn't change the fact I was STOOOOGED.
Regardless, I have faith my heart will find a way to live on. Goodnight sweet chillins.
B.
FIRSTLY, Sam, you're hilarious, your wolf stuff, gold. "Go listen to some Steppenwolf, or don't. i don't care." I L-O-L'd at that. Also at the Guitar Wolf stuff. Did you know their bass player died of a cardiac arrest? THATS how much they rock. Apparantly their show was amazing, they get people up to play guitar, even if the people don't know guitar, amazing.
So I went to my sister today and came away with two records of some promise in amongst a whole bunch of techno. 1. Buena Vista Social Club (Old South American men playing fine sassy mambo, I suspect perhaps formally belonged to mother dearest) 2. Magnolia: The Soundtrack (whole lot of Aimee Mann, I pretty much plucked it out of the bunch because Sam puts all his shiny dollars on that one song they flog in that movie (Oh P T Anderson, you're my hero)). I nearly made off with Tom Jones: Reload (I'm not kidding) based purely on that duet of that Talking Heads song done by him and The Cardigans (The Cardigans = highly underrated swedish pop band). My sis however asked if she could borrow it back because she likes the Sex Bomb duet Tommy does with Moose T or whatever. How much musical prowess a Moose could have I'll never know, still doesn't change the fact I was STOOOOGED.
Regardless, I have faith my heart will find a way to live on. Goodnight sweet chillins.
B.
V Festival
So, it looks like V festival had an announcement leaked early. According to Onion magazine, The Pixies and The Who will headline this event.! Wow. Also Phoenix are on the bill. There is going to be a spinoff show in Adelaide with these 3 bands at least playing at War Memorial Drive. Pretty exciting stuff, no?
Friday, November 17, 2006
Wolf Bands
So, i'm bored. So i decided to catalogue all the 'Wolf' bands that have been scenehopping recently (yes, some are from last year), and ramble accordingly.
Wolf Parade: I started with the best. This band would probably get my nod for best LP of last year, and they're everything the words "Wolf" and "Parade" suggest they are. I doubt anyone reading this hasn't heard of them, but you can never be too careful so BACK OFF. Based in Montreal, Canada - these guys helped take indie to wonderful places for me, also producing the wonderful offshoot project, Sunset Rubdown. Anyways, if by chance you've been living under a rock that a tree fell on, here's a track to get the juices pumping.
Fancy Claps
Buy
Wolf Eyes: Ok, so it's noise rock. Like, REALLY noisy music. Very loud. I don't listen to them, but i think its worth going to see them anyway because apparrently "it will fuck your shit up". I know a few who saw them here in Adelaide recently, and i heard funny stories about them inducing vomiting, panic attacks, the whole shabang. Im SO going next time. Two links. Buy, and "Mothers against noise".
Buy
M.A.N
Wolves in the Throne Room: Posted purely because this is the best band name ever. I know nothing except they''re some kind of metal band, and they have such a bitching name. The imagery this name conjures up is straight forward, yet so bizzare that I find myself going on tangents of thought, to deduce just WHY those wolves want to be there. Do they want to overthrow the king? To this day it still haunts me.
Wolf & Cub: Adelaide represent! Ok, so theyre getting buzz, its awesome, etc.... But they're actually pretty good. 2 drummers, too many effect pedals, and a nice big wall of sound to contend with. While that sounds snide, it should be said that these guys are doing stuff that sets them apart to any band in Australia, and i'm very glad they're getting rewards for it.
Buy
Wolfmother:
Steppenwolf: DUH. The band responsible for "Born To Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride". Need i say more? Yes? No. Go listen to some Steppenwolf, or don't. i don't care.
AIDS Wolf: Apparrently wolves like noise. Who knew?
Guitar Wolf: originally consisted of Seiji (Guitar Wolf), Billy (Bass Wolf), and Narita (Drum Wolf). Narita quit the band to be a fortune teller. When this is the first line of a band's wikipedia article, you know they're something special. Did anyone catch this show?
Suggest more!
Wolf Parade: I started with the best. This band would probably get my nod for best LP of last year, and they're everything the words "Wolf" and "Parade" suggest they are. I doubt anyone reading this hasn't heard of them, but you can never be too careful so BACK OFF. Based in Montreal, Canada - these guys helped take indie to wonderful places for me, also producing the wonderful offshoot project, Sunset Rubdown. Anyways, if by chance you've been living under a rock that a tree fell on, here's a track to get the juices pumping.Fancy Claps
Buy
Wolf Eyes: Ok, so it's noise rock. Like, REALLY noisy music. Very loud. I don't listen to them, but i think its worth going to see them anyway because apparrently "it will fuck your shit up". I know a few who saw them here in Adelaide recently, and i heard funny stories about them inducing vomiting, panic attacks, the whole shabang. Im SO going next time. Two links. Buy, and "Mothers against noise".Buy
M.A.N
Wolves in the Throne Room: Posted purely because this is the best band name ever. I know nothing except they''re some kind of metal band, and they have such a bitching name. The imagery this name conjures up is straight forward, yet so bizzare that I find myself going on tangents of thought, to deduce just WHY those wolves want to be there. Do they want to overthrow the king? To this day it still haunts me. Wolf & Cub: Adelaide represent! Ok, so theyre getting buzz, its awesome, etc.... But they're actually pretty good. 2 drummers, too many effect pedals, and a nice big wall of sound to contend with. While that sounds snide, it should be said that these guys are doing stuff that sets them apart to any band in Australia, and i'm very glad they're getting rewards for it. Buy
Wolfmother: Steppenwolf: DUH. The band responsible for "Born To Be Wild" and "Magic Carpet Ride". Need i say more? Yes? No. Go listen to some Steppenwolf, or don't. i don't care. AIDS Wolf: Apparrently wolves like noise. Who knew? Guitar Wolf: originally consisted of Seiji (Guitar Wolf), Billy (Bass Wolf), and Narita (Drum Wolf). Narita quit the band to be a fortune teller. When this is the first line of a band's wikipedia article, you know they're something special. Did anyone catch this show?Suggest more!
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Cake on Cake
Okay, so I'm gonna post about a non-electro/discopunk/synthyfag band this time. What?! Have I gone nuts? "Art", you might say, "why have you forsaken your giver, your mother, your secret lover that is dancepunk?" and then you'd weep. To which I'd reply "Well, unnamed reader, stop crying (and then I'd slap you around a bit cause thats how I roll), because this band called Cake on Cake is some pretty awesome, pretty stuff".
Its one girl from Scandinavia who plays some terrific, sleepy, cooing twee pop. She plays pretty much every instrument ever made: all voices, organ, piano, keyboard, rhodes, clavinet, metallophone, xylophone, recorder-flutes, cat & canary-flute, melodica, harmonica, guitar, mandoline, egg, claves, wood-block, tambourine, bells, triangles, cymbals, tablas, hand-drum, snare-drum, electronics, kazoo, sea-shells, hand-clap, lamp-shades, glass-animals. I didn't make that up. Hahah, "egg". "Hey dudes, I play egg in a band!". But seriously, this girl is like milk & honey. Check her out. But don't marry her. I do that.
Her new album's called "I Guess I Was Daydreaming"
http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake
Its one girl from Scandinavia who plays some terrific, sleepy, cooing twee pop. She plays pretty much every instrument ever made: all voices, organ, piano, keyboard, rhodes, clavinet, metallophone, xylophone, recorder-flutes, cat & canary-flute, melodica, harmonica, guitar, mandoline, egg, claves, wood-block, tambourine, bells, triangles, cymbals, tablas, hand-drum, snare-drum, electronics, kazoo, sea-shells, hand-clap, lamp-shades, glass-animals. I didn't make that up. Hahah, "egg". "Hey dudes, I play egg in a band!". But seriously, this girl is like milk & honey. Check her out. But don't marry her. I do that.
Her new album's called "I Guess I Was Daydreaming"
http://www.myspace.com/cakeoncake
My Disco
Wow, i just bought Cancer today, and this its pretty darn rad. It reminds me very much of "Threw us in a trench" era Liars. Also some Minus the Bear, its just beautiful. The bass player just jumps right out and provides most of the melodies, and is carried beautifully by the drummer (the defining feature in this Senators opinion), who pauses and adds extra beats on his bars for no apparrent reason, its the thinking man's indie rainbow snowstorm. Add some erratic screechy lead guitar and you got My Disco. Menacing and grim sounding to boot! - that's all you need.
A Marker.mp3
Buy
A Marker.mp3
Buy
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Treasure Island Dizzy
Okay, EVERYONE go listen to Treasure Island Dizzy RIGHT god damn now. Seriously, where did these guys come from? They make the most addictive, fun, hyper, danceable NES-like tunes! I seriously could not stop hopping around my house to them. This is the kind of music I want to make, seriously.
www.myspace.com/treasureislanddizzy
These guyses' live show... must... see... how.. they do... it..
www.myspace.com/treasureislanddizzy
These guyses' live show... must... see... how.. they do... it..
Blood Brothers
Ok, with Young Machetes the jury is still out on the verdict as a whole, HOWEVER! Camouflage, Camouflage and Set Fire to the Face on Fire are AMAZING tracks. So faggy and aggressive.
Underrated Crap
Here are some fairly mediocre bands that happen to get things right on more than one occasion but due to their, lets say, 50/50 crap to good ratio are often overlooked.
Kashmir. Ok...so they sound like Radiohead's younger brother if he were dropped into a vat of boiling pot of pop-music water...then nearly drowned but at the last minute were retrieved, never to be quite the same again. These guys have been around for a looong time, like...I think they were called Nirvana before Nirvana, no kiddinz!
But yeah, Zitilites was, ya know, not a GREAT album. But it had Surfing The Warm Industry and Melpomene on it and they're pretty fantastic tracks. Also, No Balance Palace was, while formulaic and a little lame, still quite nice to listen to. Sure, David Bowie and Lou Reed make appearances but we can't hold THAT against them can we?
Ah, here's a good one, Placebo: Yes yes I know, they ARE god awful. HOWEVER, Without You I'm Nothing is actually pretty good overall. Ok, so Brian Molko (or whatever) does eventually bring me to a junction whereby I have to either decide to take some drugs, have a sex change because I'm so terribly confused, or kill myself BUT I dunno, Ask For Answers and Brick Shithouse are pretty great songs. Ok, I just realized Placebo are exceedingly (and undeservingly) famous but I dunno, they SHOULDN'T be...so I'm going to treat them as if they're not...and thus deserve to be...or something. shut up.
One more, The Stills: Ok, Logic Will Break Your Heart is an AMAZING album and so I hesitate to put these guys into a "lame" category at all. Ok, so its a bit like very bland indie/alt but damn, its so good. The only reason I'm forced to condemn these fine Canadian lads to "Lame-acropolis" is because their second album, Without Feathers or something, was the most god awful trip ever. There is like ONE salvagable track on the entire thing, its sad.
Anyways, thats all from me!
Kashmir. Ok...so they sound like Radiohead's younger brother if he were dropped into a vat of boiling pot of pop-music water...then nearly drowned but at the last minute were retrieved, never to be quite the same again. These guys have been around for a looong time, like...I think they were called Nirvana before Nirvana, no kiddinz!
But yeah, Zitilites was, ya know, not a GREAT album. But it had Surfing The Warm Industry and Melpomene on it and they're pretty fantastic tracks. Also, No Balance Palace was, while formulaic and a little lame, still quite nice to listen to. Sure, David Bowie and Lou Reed make appearances but we can't hold THAT against them can we?
Ah, here's a good one, Placebo: Yes yes I know, they ARE god awful. HOWEVER, Without You I'm Nothing is actually pretty good overall. Ok, so Brian Molko (or whatever) does eventually bring me to a junction whereby I have to either decide to take some drugs, have a sex change because I'm so terribly confused, or kill myself BUT I dunno, Ask For Answers and Brick Shithouse are pretty great songs. Ok, I just realized Placebo are exceedingly (and undeservingly) famous but I dunno, they SHOULDN'T be...so I'm going to treat them as if they're not...and thus deserve to be...or something. shut up.
One more, The Stills: Ok, Logic Will Break Your Heart is an AMAZING album and so I hesitate to put these guys into a "lame" category at all. Ok, so its a bit like very bland indie/alt but damn, its so good. The only reason I'm forced to condemn these fine Canadian lads to "Lame-acropolis" is because their second album, Without Feathers or something, was the most god awful trip ever. There is like ONE salvagable track on the entire thing, its sad.
Anyways, thats all from me!
Nintendocore
Hiya all, Art here.
Peep this: I've been getting into Nintendocore. Originally a term coined by the dude from the band HORSE the Band, its basically any band which draws heavily upon video game music, mashing it with any number of modern trends like screamo, new wave, etc. And we all know how fucking amazing game music can be, I mean, the shit those dudes did with the limited technology they had --- a lot of old game music is kinda on the same scale as if you hypothetically took a single sheet of white paper, and folded it to build a fully functional version of the WW2 warship HMS Amethyst, complete with working turrets, and "Simon", the ship's cat.
So let's review some nintendocore bands:
the aforementioned HORSE the Band. Fantastic screamo, though with the wonderful difference in that they use (so I'm told) a Korg MS2000 with a SID chip built in, which emulates Commodore64-ish kinda bleeps and bloops. This makes them sound like the game "Contra", if the two dudes in it screamed as they mowed down wave after wave of alien scum. One of the coolest things about any band ever is about this band: they wrote a song about the Mega Man villain, Cutman.
Totally Radd!! is also pretty... rad. These dudes have more in common with new wave, sometimes sounding like a nerdified Cure/Flock of Seagulls cover band, although busting out better synth/keytar grooves. The lead singer is an awesome fat dude with a beard, and *apparently* he once got into a fight with Tim Harrington of Les Savy Fav. I would have given anything to have been there. But anyways, these guys aren't afraid to scream along to the theme from Mike Tyson's Punch Out, and I love them.
Wizardzz is an awesome side project of the bass-player from Lightning Bolt, in which he plays drums and another dude plays synth. Its incredibly epic and proggy and awesome, but what is most awesome about it is the apparent concept behind their album, "Hidden City of Taurmond". It plays and sounds like a soundtrack to one of those old awesome PC adventure games, where you're in a strange hilarious world and have an inventory and stuff and use commands like TAKE, PULL, OPEN, etc. The song names are all like, "Jelliper Lilly Field", and "Do Come In", which sounds like a kindly old innkeeper inviting the player into his inn. Anyways check it out.
Gravy Train!!!! is another band on Totally Radd!!'s label, Retard Disco, which is the place to be if youre a nintendocore band. GT!!!! is however a bit detached from games per se, focusing more on being a slutty, sexy girl/boy electro band, more on par with bands like Numbers or Robots in Disguise.
Thats all for now.
Peep this: I've been getting into Nintendocore. Originally a term coined by the dude from the band HORSE the Band, its basically any band which draws heavily upon video game music, mashing it with any number of modern trends like screamo, new wave, etc. And we all know how fucking amazing game music can be, I mean, the shit those dudes did with the limited technology they had --- a lot of old game music is kinda on the same scale as if you hypothetically took a single sheet of white paper, and folded it to build a fully functional version of the WW2 warship HMS Amethyst, complete with working turrets, and "Simon", the ship's cat.
So let's review some nintendocore bands:
the aforementioned HORSE the Band. Fantastic screamo, though with the wonderful difference in that they use (so I'm told) a Korg MS2000 with a SID chip built in, which emulates Commodore64-ish kinda bleeps and bloops. This makes them sound like the game "Contra", if the two dudes in it screamed as they mowed down wave after wave of alien scum. One of the coolest things about any band ever is about this band: they wrote a song about the Mega Man villain, Cutman.
Totally Radd!! is also pretty... rad. These dudes have more in common with new wave, sometimes sounding like a nerdified Cure/Flock of Seagulls cover band, although busting out better synth/keytar grooves. The lead singer is an awesome fat dude with a beard, and *apparently* he once got into a fight with Tim Harrington of Les Savy Fav. I would have given anything to have been there. But anyways, these guys aren't afraid to scream along to the theme from Mike Tyson's Punch Out, and I love them.
Wizardzz is an awesome side project of the bass-player from Lightning Bolt, in which he plays drums and another dude plays synth. Its incredibly epic and proggy and awesome, but what is most awesome about it is the apparent concept behind their album, "Hidden City of Taurmond". It plays and sounds like a soundtrack to one of those old awesome PC adventure games, where you're in a strange hilarious world and have an inventory and stuff and use commands like TAKE, PULL, OPEN, etc. The song names are all like, "Jelliper Lilly Field", and "Do Come In", which sounds like a kindly old innkeeper inviting the player into his inn. Anyways check it out.
Gravy Train!!!! is another band on Totally Radd!!'s label, Retard Disco, which is the place to be if youre a nintendocore band. GT!!!! is however a bit detached from games per se, focusing more on being a slutty, sexy girl/boy electro band, more on par with bands like Numbers or Robots in Disguise.
Thats all for now.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Supersystem
So yeah, two (or more) albums in and these guys finally get thrown to my attention, and its fucking cool. The synth leads, thick layers, shouting americans, it has it all. Reminds me of the Canadian scene i suppose (maybe Midnight Juggernauts meets Wolf Parade?), and i'm starting to hear them everywhere. Get involved.
White Light/White Light
Buy
White Light/White Light
Buy
Monday, November 13, 2006
Damn Arms
Now THIS is what Australian bands should all aspire to be. Haha, this was one amazing show (all those weeks ago.) Synth-tinged, screamy thrashy indie with amazing BPM. Can't wait to see these dudes again.
Also, looking forward to December 31, where Mattie B Safer and Ewan Pearson are coming down our way to bring in the new year.
Test Pattern.mp3
Buy
Also, looking forward to December 31, where Mattie B Safer and Ewan Pearson are coming down our way to bring in the new year.
Test Pattern.mp3
Buy
Sunday, November 12, 2006
ascii.disko
A friend showed me this outfit this week also, nice indie-rave electro stuff from Germany. Reminds me of the Kraftwerk Presets, if y'all can imagine such a thing. I'm going through a bit of a "dancewhore" phase as it stands, so expect more.
Black Metal.mp3
Buy
Black Metal.mp3
Buy
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Mountains in the Sky
I saw these guys play a show at Rocket Bar in Adelaide and it was amazing stuff. Its basically just one guy, but he has a drummer and an on-again-off-again second keyboardist, i've heard them referred to as "Blip-Hop". The mood at the gig was a bit down but the music itself just blew me away. It reminds me a bit of Portishead meets The Avalanches.
They have 2 EPs, "Celestial Son" and "Accipio". Make sure you don't ever miss them.
Rupture.mp3
Buy
They have 2 EPs, "Celestial Son" and "Accipio". Make sure you don't ever miss them.
Rupture.mp3
Buy
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