More Obsessions.
April 20, 2011
I’m going through a new phase of music favorites that I can’t seem to get away from at the moment. I get like this, I’ll play something over and over for weeks. OCD at an all time high. Can’t change the music can’t put down the disinfectant. Hey, It’s a theme, it all goes together. Here are my obsessions for the week.
Superhumanoids, Nikki and the Dove, all things Fleetfoxes and Robin Pecknold, tUnE yArDs (even though I think that spelling of her band name is ridiculous). The Luyas and Little Scream (a never-ending obsession with her me thinks.)
I feel like a lot of this electro, dream, chill-wave, pop stuff is a really interesting blend of 80’s synth pop music and I’m feeling a bit nostalgic when I hear it. It reminds me of Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, and Cocteau Twins, but the sound also suggests the ethereal, experimental music of Massive Attack and Portishead who were my obsessions in the 90’s.
What is old is new again. No wonder the older generations are falling in love with the young indie/alternative bands that are popular today. Folk, mountain, southern rock, 50s/60s pop, synth…all been done. I know some of these bands aren’t too thrilled with the older crowds but it’s their (our) soundtrack of our youth that you are bringing to the forefront of our minds. So rockers, next time you complain about the middle-aged women and balding gray haired men in the front row of your concerts remember, you only have yourselves to blame.
You can find music from all the bands I suggested on this blog and under the categories; “new music” “young guns” “on the rise” and “Women who Rock”.
Robin Pecknold (age 17) & Aaron Mannino play Radiohead
April 20, 2011
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tUnE-yArDs – ‘Bizness’ – T+V+M (Video)
April 20, 2011
tUnE-yArDs have released a new album called ‘w h o k i l l s’, out now. Check out their new video:
tUnE-yArDs – ‘Bizness’ – T+V+M.
Also check out an interview with Merrill Garbus from the NPR archives, right here.
Flagpole.com has created a new series in which 2 musicians/promoters/writers make mixtapes on a common theme and swap.
Check out: Parker Gispert from the Whigs vs Hardy Morris from the Dead Confederate. Theme: April Showers.
Here’s the link
The Whigs – Like A Vibration (END Sessions) #whigswednesday
April 20, 2011
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The Whigs – Black Lotus (END Sessions) #whigswednesday
April 20, 2011
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Washed Out – Feel it all around
April 20, 2011
You may recognize this song from the IFC show Portlandia, by the band Washed Out. Atlanta GA.’s Ernest Greene is the artist behind Washed Out and will be releasing a full length album “Within and Without” under his new label Sub Pop Records. His music is described as having a synth pop 80s feel with a “fantasy electronic ether”. (according to Pitchfork).
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