We bring you the sounds that crash to shore, to wash over you at night
Discovered by Animal Collective while recording their new album, Dent May’s smooth summery swing pop debut is due for release in Feb on Animal Collective’s Paw Tracks label. Another good summer tune, it’s like a slow cruise down the river into a gold sunset. Reminds me in shades of Bobby Darin, and that can only be a good thing.
MP3: Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele - Meet Me In The Garden
A guilty guilty pleasure, “Where Were U in ‘92?” is the title track from an album of incredibly cheesy old-school rave that sounds like it’s circa 92 but is in fact the debut LP from Zomby on Werk Discs.
It’s more of a side-project than a proper debut as Zomby’s regular output is more chip-heavy and a far cry from the hedonistic 90s throwback that is “Where Were U in ‘92?”
MP3: Zomby - Where Were U in ‘92
This is not a throwback release but it may as well be for all the fist-pumping, drug-sweat, tacky rave-euphoria it evokes. I can’t take Jokers Of The Scene seriously as artists but they do have some real good/badness going on.
EDIT: The mp3 has since been removed at the request of Domino. Blink and you missed it.
The sporadic but always excellent Grizzly Bear blog have posted a proper mp3 of Animal Collective’s Brothersport! There have been several live versions floating around as well as a cover by Blind Man’s Colour, which is odd for a track that hasn’t even been released yet. If you aren’t already excited about Merriweather Post Pavilion then this should do the trick.
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Have been really digging this B-side from The Legends ‘Seconds Away’ single. Fuzzy, dream-pop with My Bloody Valentine-esque layers of hiss and noise.
I don’t generally listen to hip-hop unless it’s cross-over, genre-bender stuff that breaks the gangsta/pimp/superstar mould of mainstream hip-hop/RnB.
Yo Majesty, christian/lesbian/crunk/electro/rap duo (what?!), are mould-breakers of the best kind (the craaaaay-zee kind) and they just dropped their tasty debut LP ‘Futuristically Speaking… Never Be Afraid‘. I could say it sounds like blah-blah having sex with so-and-so at a whatisname’s party but it probably wouldn’t do it justice.
As summer looms and you find yourself leaving the cold electronics and noise walls of winter behind you need music that feels like the sunshine on your face. Breezy summer pop tunes to wash over you as you drive/ride around town without a care in the world.
Little Joy, side project of Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti released their lovely self-titled LP last week. Slices of delicious 60’s sounding summer pop, at times a touch of 70’s tropicalia, but always with a definite Stro-kes-esque tinge.
MP3: Little Joy - Shoulder To Shoulder
Caetano Veloso was one of the leaders of the Tropicalismo movement of the 70’s and his sound has never been hotter. The influences on the Little Joy LP reminded me how great he is.
MP3: Caetano Veloso - Tropicalia
Lastly, Tahiti 80 are something of a guilty pleasure. Sounding like Phoenix but with unabashed pop sensibilities in the place of hipster cool. They have a big following in Japan, as in big pop following, and you can see why. They’ve just released their 4th LP “Activity Center” that does away with the electronics of their previous releases going for a more live rock sound.
Hushie, the awesome mp3 search-engine that wasn’t hype machine, has been forced to shut down. Another amazing service, like muxtape before it, becomes a casualty in the battle between corps and the internets. If you didn’t know it existed then meh, but if you did… a moment of silence.
On a happier note: B/E/A/T/B/O/X, Glass Candy’s fantastic LP from last year is finally available in that most special of formats: Vinyl.
Newly available to order via troubleman records, it comes with a bonus 7 inch of two unreleased tracks that are not available on the digital release. Also available is the Deep Gems CD, a collection of singles, b-sides and rarities to tide you over until the next Glass Candy LP.
MP3: Glass Candy - Feeling Without Touching
And in unrelated (or is it?) news, Grace Jones is back in the music biz after a 19 year hiatus with her 10th studio album Hurricane, released last month. Below is the video for lead single Corporate Cannibal which goes to show that being 60 doesn’t make you any less scary. Maybe more so…
GRACE JONES - CORPORATE CANNIBAL
