The Velvet Teen's first album in nine years. Available for streaming on NPR before the official release on June 30th. I'm about three tracks in and lurving it.
Monday, June 22, 2015
The Velvet Teen - All Is Illusory
The Velvet Teen's first album in nine years. Available for streaming on NPR before the official release on June 30th. I'm about three tracks in and lurving it.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
The i.l.y's - I've always been good at true love
Free project posted by the Death Grips twitter/website. No info released. Guessing it involves Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos/Death Grips) in multiple capacities, keyboard player Andy Morin and Zach Hill. Maybe Barney the Dinosaur? Methinks MC Ride didn't show up to practice one day and this happened. Then again I haven't really heard him not yelling before...
The album itself is a mutated garage sounding album with lots of modulated vocals/keys/strings. Nine songs just under thirty total minutes, but it's a quick trip worth taking again.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
LONGEVITY - KINGDOM OF BEAST Vol. 2
The follow-up release to prob my favorite album of 2013.
10 new tracks featuring production by Longevity, Duke Westlake, Logik Provider, and Luke Cage.
10 new tracks featuring production by Longevity, Duke Westlake, Logik Provider, and Luke Cage.
The album is up for name your price but show support if able.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Systems - Ghost Medicine
Systems are a hardcore/skramz/post-punk group from North Carolina. To date, they've only released one album, 2011's 'Ghost Medicine'. I noticed they played some shows with Circle Takes the Square, and perhaps some similarities run between the two aesthetically; vocals are often quick and enunciated, blurred in a cacophony of screams and sings. They also have a very strong ambient lining throughout their song writing, though to the former perhaps venture even further from the heart of their sound.
Really cool stuff, definitely spring for the vinyl if available (a few weeks ago they posted on their Facebook that 30 copies remain), definitely worth it for the meticulous artwork alone.
The band is still active, so hopefully their 2nd release isn't far behind.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Gatherer - So Be It
New Zealand's Gatherer (based in Melbourne, Australia) were formerly the hardcore trio This City Sunrise. They changed names and brought on a member's younger brother to venture into a more experimental direction, while still incorporating their gang vocals and bombastic song-writing that made This City Sunrise stand out.
'So Be It' was their first full length in 2012, paving the way for their soon to be released second album. Fans of old will feel right at home with tracks like "Elvis Horizon", and anyone else will get a refined introduction to one of music's more unique takes on experimental hardcore.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Scattle - Street Heat
Scattle is the man mainly responsible for the sleekly flavorful Hotline Miami soundtrack(s), and at just 21 years old, harbors an immensely bright future for his dark electronic sounds.
When Scattle isn't making music for one of the coolest game franchises around, he's releasing his own solo works (and developing games), much in the vein of his work for Hotline Miami with his adrenaline-fueled, bright & grimy synthed-out surges. When Scattle really stretches he includes vocal samples and chops them around, showing that he not only directs great beats, but also ornaments them with equal panache.
Hotline Miami 2 drops this March, and if unfamiliar, his latest EP 'Street Heat' is a great starting point for plugging in.
Monday, January 5, 2015
Broken Haze - Vital Error
'Vital Error' is the follow up full-length to Keisuke Ito/Broken Haze's electronic/glitch debut, 'raid system'. Just like said predecessor it features a few remixed works of his own tracks by other artists (like Machinedrum), a slice of some futuristic hip-hop/rap cameos, and predominantly an instrumental/electronic/dance foray into the future. Some of the sounds and loops this dude does are unlike anything I've heard, and while his first album had more blasting bass, this seems to highlight more of shifting synths and effects. Personal fave so far is "Raid System Tokyo", or the opening track "Loading", but all of this is nice. Expect newness in 2015.
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