Let's just take a minute to soak in the genius that is The Prodigy's "Baby's Got A Temper" video which features the band singing about loving, and taking date rape drugs to a crowd of cows while scantily clad women milk them. The milk is then sold to some people who seem to really, really want it.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Cooler than Blur
MGMT's self-titled album is much better than their sophomore slump album, and it's got some great videos to go along with it! This video, released today, just left me saying, "Uhhhh, what?"... check out "Cool Song No. 2" and tell me if you can figure out just what is going on.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Fauxlarious
Har Mar Superstar's second video from his new album Bye Bye 17, was released today. Check out the hilariously fake bicycle tricks he can bust out in "Prisoner".
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Drifting Dodos
The Dodos have a new new album out, Carrier, and just today released this video for "Confidence", which is a sequel video to "Companions" from their 2011 album, No Color.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Wait
So I'd never heard of Oneohtrix Point Never till the new Nine Inch Nails album which contained a remix for "Find My Way" by the musician. I really dug the remix so I thought I'd check out some more of their stuff which lead me to this amazing video, which just came out last month. The video is for the track "Problem Areas" which comes from the soon to be released R Plus Seven, due September 30th. Daniel Lopatin is the mastermind behind Oneohtrix Point Never and has been around since 2007. In the time since then he has released nine albums, mostly falling into the drone/synth/ambient electronic categories. Check out this new track and if you dig it, check out some of his expansive back-catalog and look forward to his new album!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Titillating Travels
I just found out about the band Demon Queen today. Demon Queen pairs up Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow) and Zackey Force Funk in yet another experimental/psychedelic electronic collab with hints of hip hop around the edges. The pair work great together, as shown here, by this track "Love Hour Zero" from their debut album Exorcise Tape which dropped August 6th. The video was released just a few days ago (Sept 13th) and is semi-NSFW due to it's main subject who the video follows on quite the adventure. The main subject you ask? It's a lone breast. Yeah. One breast. Don't ask, just watch:
Demon Queen (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Zackey Force Funk (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Monday, September 16, 2013
Better Off Remixed
Today we've got a great remix by Giraffage of the classic Alice DeeJay dance track "Better Off Alone". Giraffage posted this to his soundcloud today, and as it's a remix, I'm assuming there won't be video. I love the alterations of the vocals for some reason. Usually I don't like vocals messed with too much in remixes, but Charlie Yin did a great job. Check out the remix (and the original, if you've never heard it) and if you dig it check out more Giraffage, or more Alice DeeJay!
Alice DeeJay (Facebook)
Sunday, September 15, 2013
6218
This track and a few others evoke some of my most nostalgic feelings. They bring me back to hot summer nights dancing in a house full of music, friends, booze, and love. Gin buckets and clove-cigarettes. Drinks and sunrise-watching on the roof. Late night walks up and down secret staircases. Potato, cheese, and sour cream burritos from Molcasalsa turned Alanbertos. I realized recently that what was happening in that house was pretty damn insane. I wouldn't have had it any other way.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
IMHO/IMO
New SBTRKT track uploaded to youtube today: IMHO "IMO" is great, I just wish it was a bit longer!
Friday, September 13, 2013
NeckStache
The Harp Twins (Camille and Kennerly) are back with a Medley of Mario Brothers songs which they posted yesterday. Check out the duo with their snazzy suits plucking away at their electric harps in front of an awesome Mario-esque castle! The pair have a number of great covers and some good original songs too! Check out their soundcloud or facebook for more music.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Kimosabe
BT's track with Aqualung "Surrounded" from BT's new album A Song Across Wires (released August 16th) had a video release today. A Song Across Wires is BT's 10th full length album. It has a wide range of sub genres through the dance music genre throughout the album and in a way encapsulates his career from his earlier trance days to his more fast-paced dance tracks of more recent albums. Just a heads up, I hate the armada video channel on youtube because it has advertisements at the end and they are louder than the track itself, so I apologize. Just be warned. I've loved BT's music for quite some time now and have had the opportunity to see him live a few times. If you ever get a chance to see him, I highly recommend! "Skylarking" which I posted before is also from A Song Across Wires.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Galaxy Man
Shit Robot's new video for "We Got A Love" ft. Reggie Watts on vocals was released earlier this morning. I absolutely love the galaxy person. Reminds me of the galaxy leggings blackmilk (and some other knockoffs) have. It just looks rad in the video though!
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Drugged Butterflies
New Phaeleh video out today! The video is kinda hard to follow, I'm not too sure what's going on. There's a woman who falls from the sky, and is wearing white. She wanders around seemingly interested in her surroundings as if not from this world she's fallen to. She finds a vial and drinks liquid from it, seemingly a hallucinogen as she begins to see some visuals. The next time she is shown, she is wearing darker clothes, and kneeling at a cross made from twigs. The change possibly symbolizing her change due to drugs? Check out "Tokoi" from Phaeleh's album Tides below. If you're in San Diego, be sure to check out Phaeleh, Shigeto, Deacon, and my friend Mystery Cave at the Casbah on October 5th!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Second Chance
Today this awesomely animated new video from AM & Shawn Lee was released, and I found out that they are playing here in San Diego at the end of this month! They played here back in June, but due to some mishaps I had to sell my ticket as I wasn't able to go. Super stoke I get another chance to see them so soon, and it's at the same venue, and same price! Can't beat $10 for (incredible) live music! Check out "Come Back To Me" from La Musique Numerique.
AM & Shawn Lee (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Sunday, September 8, 2013
See What I See
Franz Ferdinand released the third video from their new album Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action today, and it's a bit cheesy. Bizarre at times as well. Check out "Evil Eye" and if you haven't check out the rest of the album which was released on the 26th of last month.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Eau De Spare
Another Yeah Yeah Yeah's video slipped by me. This one was released back in July... "Despair". The video starts out slow, but the song kicks in at 1:48 if you wanna skip the intro part.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Seasons of Califonia
Last year we got word that there would be a new Mazzy Star album, and with no word on it for quite some time I was starting to get worried. This will be their first album in 17 years. While Hope Sandoval has done some solo material and worked with plenty of projects, none have quite been what Mazzy Star (Hope Sandoval and David Roback) was to their fans. Today we got another glimpse of the new album in the form of a new track (the last glimpse having been "Common Burn" and "Lay Myself Down" which were released last October together as an EP). "California" is the name of the new track, and we have word of the album title now, which is Seasons of Your Day. Here's a great article/interview with Hope and Roback on the new album. Check out "California" below, and look for Seasons of Your Day September 24th.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Soul Strings
Hiatus returns with another video, this time for the track "Iran Air" ft. Shura. Released today, the video was filmed and edited by Cyrus Shahrad himself which he said he had never done before. Bravo, I say!
Hiatus (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Elephant Toots
"The Fox" hit youtube yesterday, and took the world by storm! Ok, ok, not really, but it's blown up pretty big. People are calling it the next "Gangnam Style". I wonder if it will get to 1 billion views quicker than Psy's track did? Guess we'll have to wait and see! In the mean-time, check out Ylvis' "The Fox".
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Tales Of You, Tales Of Me
The second video from Goldfrapp's new album Tales Of Us has arrived today. The video has the same soft feeling to it, ambiance, and is again, in the long format video style as the video for "Drew". Maybe we'll actually get one video for each song? One can hope!
Monday, September 2, 2013
Daft Paint
Dude makes cover of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" on Mario Paint, posts it on Reddit today and it goes viral.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Bat For Hopkins
Jon Hopkins has teamed up with Natasha Khan the singer from Bat For Lashes on this track "Garden's Heart" from the upcoming film How I Live Now. Check out the video with footage from the movie below.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Mathematical!
Found this on Reddit and I thought I'd share. I'm not really sure how the song relates to the Fibonacci Sequence, or if it really does at all. Sounds mathematically sound to me though!
Friday, August 30, 2013
Slow Down Dolly
Lots of people have heard the amazing rendition of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" by The White Stripes, but no one does it better than Dolly herself even when slowed down as evidenced here:
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Gridlocked Girls
Make The Girls Dance have brought us some great videos ("Baby, Baby, Baby", Kill Me") here's another. I guess "Baby, Baby, Baby" did so well, they figured you can't really go wrong with attractive women. They're not nude this time, but they are dancing, and there are close ups. Check out "Girls" below!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Dreamscapes
Shigeto's new album No Better Time Than Now came out 8 days ago, and today we get a video from the album. Shigeto had this to say about the new video:
"Some close friends & I worked very hard on a short film for "Detroit Part 1". We wanted to show a somewhat abstract, psychedelic dream, loosely representing how my life has been in Detroit and the experiences I've gone through. It's different, weird and very personal. I hope u can dig it."
Anyway, here's the video, I hope you dig it too.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Not Ron Jeremy
The new Har Mar Superstar album Bye Bye 17 was released back in April. This video, for "Lady, You Shot Me" released back in May slipped by me, but better late than never! Here ya go!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Fractal Music
Cyriak is back! The video for "Rachet" by Bloc Party is another fractal-driven video from Cyriak, who has been bringing us some amazing music videos. Check out the video below!
Cyriak Videos (that I know of):
Flying Lotus "Putty Boy Strut"
Bonobo "Cirrus"
Eskmo "We Got More"
El Ten Eleven "Yellow Bridges"
Hooray For Earth "True Loves (Cereal Spiller Remix)"
Grand Popo Football Club "My Territory"
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons "Beggin' (Pilooski Re-Edit)"
Hooray For Earth "True Loves (Cereal Spiller Remix)"
Grand Popo Football Club "My Territory"
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons "Beggin' (Pilooski Re-Edit)"
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Furry Fun Time!
A group I follow on Facebook posted a remix of this and I hadn't heard the original yet, so I checked it out on Youtube and low and behold, this genius video appeared!
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Like A Mime
This Is Tropical video came out back in February, but I just found out about it. It's old, but it's an excellent video so I'm posting it anyway. "Yellow Teeth" is from the album I'm Leaving which came out in May of this year. The album is great and also features "Lover's Cave" which I think I posted before as well.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Vampire Riot
Just discovered Discovery the other day. It's one member from Vampire Weekend, and one member from Ra Ra Riot. The result is super chill indie-electro-pop. I super dig it, check out "Osaka Loop Line" below!
Thursday, August 22, 2013
2 on 22
I know I just posted about HNNY the other day, but I've been listening to move of it and it's amazing. Check out "Kela" which was just posted today, and "Mys" which was posted on the 14th. Looks like he's got quite a variety of styles he's playing with. 3 EP's this year, and 1 last year. Hopefully an LP soon?
HNNY (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Remixing The Past
Belle and Sebastian are releasing an anthology release with some remixes, b-sides/rarities. The track list includes this amazing "Miaoux Miaoux Mix" of Your Cover's Blown for which they made a video! Look for The Third Eye Centre sometime early next month.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Faux Celebrities
Danny Byrd teams up with Roni Size for this hilarious video full of puppet cameos. We got Muppets, Sesame Street, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, and Audrey II from The Little Shop of Horrors all bobbin' their heads to "Grit" ft. Roni Size and "Love You Like This". Great video here!
Monday, August 19, 2013
Major UMEK
Time for some tech house! UMEK, who dropped his first album back in 1997, has a number of years as well as a number of techno and house tracks under his belt. After dropping this track "Move Around" today, I can't wait to see what else he has up his sleeves! His last LP release was 2011, so hopefully a new album soon?
Also released today, another video from Major Lazer. Can we please just get a full length feature film featuring the Major? Check out "Scare Me" ft. Peaches and Timberlee.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Always Safe
Kölsch just released his first album full length this year, back in June. 1977 is the title of it, and it's a little bit techno, a little bit house, but all good. I'm excited to see what this man grows into. Hopefully he keeps it up!
Kölsch (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Saturday, August 17, 2013
HNNY BR
Found this track while drunk. Really don't remember how I got to it, haha!
HNNY (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Friday, August 16, 2013
Soul Dancing
AM & Shawn Lee released a new video today. Kinda disappointed in the video, as I've recently seen a number of videos that were exactly the same as this featuring old footage from Soul Train. Just seems unoriginal. Get it together AM&SL.
AM & Shawn Lee (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Bouncing Floating Heads
Recently my friend Jen asked me if I had introduced her to the band Minitel Rose... I hadn't, and she didn't remember who had, but oh boy I loved it when she played it for me. It's weird, quirky even, but I love it. The video is pretty quirky too. I love the laughing-floating-bouncing heads. Awesome band!
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Triangle Man, Triangle Man
This video is pretty old (Dec 2012) but I've been listening to Yacht a lot recently and also recently, I've gotten into ADHD (Animation Domination High-Def) which puts out some great videos.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Enlarged Eyes
FKA twigs is new on the scene. Blending a little Trip Hop//Indie//Vocal-Soul I dig this song, but I can't stand this video. Maybe one of you will.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Two Drummers
You're the guy?!?
Thought this story was pretty funny and some of you would get a kick out of it. I know I have a few drummer friends that read my blog and they're bound to love it.
Thought this story was pretty funny and some of you would get a kick out of it. I know I have a few drummer friends that read my blog and they're bound to love it.
Hanging In The Balance
Daniel Waples is an excellent musician I found while looking up a hang drum solo from a Shpongle show (video 1 - video 2) I went to. Relatively new, hang drums were invented around 2000. I think they're super awesome and I'd love to play with one some day.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Copy Of Uhhhhhhh
Hot off the press, Nine Inch Nails has released the studio version of "Copy of A" the track they've been opening shows with as of late. Look out for Hesitation Marks due out on the third of next month. This is the second release from this album, the first being "Came Back Haunted" which had the audio released June 5th, and the video released June 28th. Hopefully we'll see a video for this track by the end of the month too?
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Chillwave
Check out the video for Washed Out's "Don't Give Up" from the forthcoming album due out next month. Paracosm will be Washed Out's sophomore album, following his 2011 release Within and Without.
Friday, August 9, 2013
Playing With Fire
††† has released this short teaser video today and hasn't really said much of anything about it. Is it announcing a full album? A †hird EP? What is it? When will it be here? C'mon guys!?!!? We want it now!
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Remixes and Reworks
Today we have two Jon Hopkins // Purity Ring tracks. The first, a rework of "Breath This Air" by Jon Hopkins, this time featuring vocals from Purity Ring's Megan James.
The second track, a remix from Jon Hopkins of Purity Ring's "Amenamy".
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Just About Time To Shut It Down
Kavinsky's video for "Odd Look" dropped yesterday, but I was too excited about the Shortcircles videos to bother posting about it. Check it out now, a day late and a dollar short!
Kavinsky (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Two For Tuesday
Got two videos from Shortcircles today. One that slipped by me last month, and one just released today! Last month this video for "On My Mind" was released, shot in Oakland, the video reminds me of my times in the East Bay and really makes me wanna return and visit friends.
The second video, "Tunnels" features footage from a trip to and from a show in LA with some other Oakland resident musicians James and Evander, who I've had the privilege seeing live here in San Diego, and on their home turf in Oakland.
Monday, August 5, 2013
Five For Five
Today has seen a number of video releases! I've got a new video from M83, Animal Collective, Machinedrum, and CHVRCHES for you all! Check them out below!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
My Mind Is Ready To Hunt
Günther is back with a video for "Pussy Cat" which was released back in 2008. Why it took so long to come about with this is unknown, but could the video's arrival mean new material coming soon? I'd love to hear a new album from him, we'll just have to wait and see!
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Through Tears
Dan le Sac VS Scroobius Pip return with hard-hitting "Stunner". The track from their forthcoming album due out October 7th features Pip's usual deep lyrics, and Dan's stunning skills on beats.
Friday, August 2, 2013
This Is Not What I Had In Mind
Moderat's new video slipped by me last month. In case you aren't familiar with Moderat, the group is a combination of Modeselektor and Apparat. Check out "Bad Kingdom" from their recently released album II.
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Falling Into the Center
Cut Copy released a trippy video today, but it's got a seizure warning, so be warned! Check out "Let Me Show You" below!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
What? What? What?
Lindsay Lowend drops "GT40" from his new EP Wind Fish due out early next month. The 4 track EP will be the first non-single release from the artist.
Lindsay Lowend (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Another Day
Télépopmusik are making a come back! This track, "Try Me Anyway" is nothing like the beautiful ambient/trip hop/down-tempo masterpiece "Breathe" that blew up for them years ago in 2001. This track comes from their EP released last month, entitled Try Me Anyway / Fever.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Half Awake and Almost There
I know I just shared this track not too long ago, but the video has dropped and I'm still really digging on the track and looking forward to the album, and seeing them live in September! Just released today, The Naked and Famous' "Hearts Like Ours" is from the forthcoming album In Rolling Waves which will be released September 9th.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
I Does What I Likes
Nick Bertke aka Pogo, released a new track a couple days ago, this one made up entirely of sounds from yet another Disney film, Mary Poppins. Previous mixes have included Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, The Sword in the Stone, and several other non-Disney films as well.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Horsemask!
Franz Ferdinand drops another video from their new album Right Thoughts Right Words Right Actions. Check out 'Love Illumination' which was released on two days ago, the album drops a month from today, on August 26th.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
The North End of Monogamy
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon teams up with Collections of Colonies of Bees to form new band: Volcano Choir. "Bygone" the first single from Volcano Choir was released back in June, and today this great video reminiscent of Battles' "Tonto", was released for the single. Volcano Choir's first album entitled Repave will be released September 3rd.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Rounds
It's hard to keep track of Fiona Apple, which is nothing new, really. She hardly posts to her facebook (or has her publicist post there, if she has one?), and this video released today through the pitchfork youtube channel isn't on her facebook or website. Anyway, it's a great video, and you can see the parts of the songs overlapping on each other as the song progresses. Great stuff! "Hot Knife" is from her previously released album, Idler Wheel.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Even if the Angels Swear
No video today, just a new track from The Naked and Famous... hopefully we'll get a video for it soon. "Hearts Like Ours" will be featured on the new album, In Rolling Waves, which is due out September 16th!
Monday, July 22, 2013
The Truth Don't Stop
Dr. Dog is back with "The Truth"! "The Truth" will be featured on Dr. Dog's next album, B-Room, which is due out later this year on October 1st!
Sunday, July 21, 2013
White-Lie Binoculars
Here's the new Phoenix... video. It's a little OK Go-esque as far as the video goes. Maybe they've got beef?
Saturday, July 20, 2013
The Sky is Low
I know Purity Ring's Shrines came out last year, but I never posted about them, and I've been listening to them a lot lately. Thought I'd share some with you all in case they slipped by you. The first song I heard from Purity Ring was "Obedear". The video for it is semi-creepy, just so you know, but here it is!
Friday, July 19, 2013
Drunken Duck
If only falling in love was so easy as throwing your ex's television onto the hood of someone else's car.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Fresh Water
Mmmmmmm. Late 90's ambient breaks. So chilllll. That's actually the album art too... Pretty rad. Just found Salt Tank while on a music hunt. I enjoyed this track the best, and "Wave Intruder" as well. Hope you enjoy!
Salt Tank (Official)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
5 Years Grown
A new CocoRosie video was released yesterday! The song, "Child Bride" is from Tales of a GrassWidow which came out this past May. The video has some excellent cinematography, was cast well, and features great acting. It's nice to have a break from "weird" videos from CocoRosie!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Catching Bullets in Our Teeth
Found this video while drudging through the youtubes. Hadn't ever heard this band but I really dug them. Kind of a blend of Indie/Folktronica. This song, "Bullets" is from their 2007 album, Good Arrows.
And here's a newer video for the song "The Village", released June 12th of this year, taken from their new album Turbines which was released just a few days after that on the 18th. If you dig these tracks, they've got 5 full length albums and an ep for you to check out. Happy hunting!
Monday, July 15, 2013
Sexyfrapp
Goldfrapp is set to release her 6th studio album later this year and just released the first single from it late last night. I caught "Drew" shortly before I went to bed and it was excellent sleepy-time music. Nothing short of beautiful, this dreamy, downtempo track with soft vocals is reminiscent of her first album, Felt Mountain, which came out back in 2000. I'm really curious to see how the rest of the album turns out, if there will be some dance-driven tracks ala "Strict Machine" and "Twist" from her 2003 album, Black Cherry or "Rocket" from 2010's Head First. I'd like a few dance tracks, but if everything is as beautiful as this track is, I'll love it just the same. Look for Tales of Us due out September 10th! (Video is *NSFW*)
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Flaming Dr. Pepper!
DJ Swamp, and Ken and Scott of The Crystal Method light up some Flaming Dr. Peppers and get weird in this video from DJ Swamp's youtube channel. The Flaming Dr. Pepper is one of my favorite specialty drinks, and I think it's silly they call them the official drink of The Crystal Method. Anyway, check them out drinkin drinks and scratchin' away at the decks!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Bits and Pieces
Found this excellent album a few days ago. I forget where. The album reminds me of all these little bits and pieces of other bands that I really love. There's some great BT-esque glitch and clicks, some great Feint-esque liquid drum and bass, and a whole lot more. If you dig it, throw them a couple dollars on their bandcamp and check out their other albums too!
Friday, July 12, 2013
Politically inCorrect Band Names
Found this great track a while back while surfing through youtube videos. Never heard of the band before and checked out the rest of the album and it was spectacular. Ended up picking up both their albums. This track, "Moon" is from Mickey Mouse Operation, their 2006 album. They also just released We Are But Hunks of Wood last year.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Oizo Trash
"Monkey In Love" released today by Tommy Trash has a super "Flat Eric-esque" stuffed animal/puppet but a track with much grimier beats. Check it out!
Tommy Trash (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Wasabi in My Eyes
My buddy Mars has been playing this track a lot lately, and as much as I made for of it for being what I called "Passion Pit-esque" it is super catchy, and I've found myself putting it on quite a bit too. This is Everything Everything's "Kemosabe".
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Summer Jam
DJ Earworm gives us a nice little mashup for the summer. "SummerMash '13", like Earworm's other mashups features all the "hot" tracks on the scene right now, featuring Daft Punk, Macklemore, Demi Lovato, Zedd, and more. Check out this summertime mashup and have yourself a little dance party.
Monday, July 8, 2013
She Beats for Centuries
"She Beats" was released back in May, but while I was looking out for the new album, I wasn't looking for new videos and I guess it slipped by me. This new(ish) track from Emika has some super Shadowgate-esque synths and I can't get enough of it.
This video, released just last month is Emika's newest single, for the track "Centuries". Again, it features some Shadowgate-esque 8-bit sounding synths and it just feels super nostalgic to me despite being new.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
RTRWRA
Franz Ferdinand are back and picking up right where they left off. Jump back into the mix with their new video "Right Action" just released today, and look out for their new album out soon! Check out their other new single, "Love Illumination" out now... no video yet though!
Saturday, July 6, 2013
A Bit of Norge
Not the typical kind of music I listen to, or post here for that matter, but I enjoy it immensely. Hope you do as well! Wardruna's "Helvegen (The Way to Hel)"
Friday, July 5, 2013
Robot Love & Lust
The new Timo Maas album came out the other day I think it's pretty amazing. I went to check to see if there were any videos for the album already, and saw this one, which was posted back in Nov. of 2011! I guess the song was released on an ep that had slipped by me somehow. So, better late than never, right? The track, 'College 84' features Brian Molko on vocals who you may know as the singer/front of the band Placebo. If you dig the track, check out the rest of Timo Maas' new album, Lifer.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Everything Disappears
Justin Timberlake's new video for the track 'Tunnel Vision' is pretty *NSFW* just a heads up. But it's rad, and I still have to give this guy props. He's come a long way since N*Sync.
Justin Timberlake (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Are You Ready?
Check this out. (Sorry, small posts all week, I'm not home.)
Au5 (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Fractal (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Saturday, June 29, 2013
AFTERGLOWING
I heard a number of great tracks yesterday at Afterglow Festival; a few stood out among them though. One I couldn't find anywhere (hopefully it'll be posted later) which was a remix by P.SUS of The Avalanches' 'Frontier Psychiatrist' which was super chill and just beautifully done. The other track that stood out was this Chrome Sparks remix of Flume's 'Left Alone' ft. Chet Faker. I think I've posted the original of this track here at HGMB before, but I don't remember for sure. I know I've posted Flume though. At any rate: Check out the track here and don't forget to check out their facebooks and soundclouds!
P.SUS (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Chrome Sparks (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Flume (Facebook - Soundcloud)
The rest of the lineup:
CoMa - https://soundcloud.com/
Owsey - https://soundcloud.com/
Sun Glitters - https://soundcloud.com/
Bijou - https://soundcloud.com/
Bluetech - https://soundcloud.com/
Slow Magic - https://soundcloud.com/
Beat Culture - https://soundcloud.com/
Blackedout - https://soundcloud.com/
Breezewax - https://soundcloud.com/
Ghosts - https://soundcloud.com/
Noble Oak - https://soundcloud.com/
Yimino - https://soundcloud.com/
Vaun - https://soundcloud.com/
Vital - https://soundcloud.com/
Hubb - https://soundcloud.com/
Spazzkid - https://soundcloud.com/
Kodomo - https://soundcloud.com/
Corduroi - https://soundcloud.com/
Aztek - https://soundcloud.com/
Real Cosby - https://soundcloud.com/
Synaesthetik - https://soundcloud.com/
Esprit Fantasy - https://soundcloud.com/
Gaszia - https://soundcloud.com/
Geche - https://soundcloud.com/
The rest of the lineup:
CoMa - https://soundcloud.com/
Owsey - https://soundcloud.com/
Sun Glitters - https://soundcloud.com/
Bijou - https://soundcloud.com/
Bluetech - https://soundcloud.com/
Slow Magic - https://soundcloud.com/
Beat Culture - https://soundcloud.com/
Blackedout - https://soundcloud.com/
Breezewax - https://soundcloud.com/
Ghosts - https://soundcloud.com/
Noble Oak - https://soundcloud.com/
Yimino - https://soundcloud.com/
Vaun - https://soundcloud.com/
Vital - https://soundcloud.com/
Hubb - https://soundcloud.com/
Spazzkid - https://soundcloud.com/
Kodomo - https://soundcloud.com/
Corduroi - https://soundcloud.com/
Aztek - https://soundcloud.com/
Real Cosby - https://soundcloud.com/
Synaesthetik - https://soundcloud.com/
Esprit Fantasy - https://soundcloud.com/
Gaszia - https://soundcloud.com/
Geche - https://soundcloud.com/
Friday, June 28, 2013
Astrolab Sessions Vol. VI
I had a great time last night at the Astrolab! Geisha Twins put on a great show. They were by far the funnest group I've seen perform there. They were enthusiastic and very theatrical. Really glad that I've made friends with Audio Impact Entertainment and I'm able to go to the Astrolab Sessions! Geisha Twins closed out the night with Disclosure's 'Latch' ft. Sam Smith, followed by this fantastic remix of Daft Punk's 'Doin' It Right' by Computer Club!
Geisha Twins (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Luv
Found this awesome remix of ∆ (Alt-J)'s Breezeblocks yesterday after a friend had told me to check out the band Girls On Drugs. The track is featured on their ep titled I Am A Luvr and is available at their bandcamp for ₤2 GBP (or more, if you'd like). The rest of the ep is great too, but this track is killer. Check it out!
Girls On Drugs (Facebook - Soundcloud)
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Not Public Enemy
M.I.A. released a new video this morning. The track is pretty good I guess, but I don't think she'll ever spit something better than Paper Planes again.
Monday, June 24, 2013
There's A Way
Here's a beautiful live rendition of Kaskade's '4 AM' in which he's actually singing! Don't think I've ever seen him singing in a video before or at any of the shows I've been to.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Koreless||Foals
I happened across this amazingly chill remix of Foals' 'Late Night' by Koreless and had to share it. The track is so different from the original, but it works so well.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Village Music Walk
Yesterday I had the pleasure of checking out the Carlsbad Music Festival's (Facebook - Official) little side-festival called Village Music Walk. Village Music Walk featured 44 performances by 30 bands at 13 locations around the downtown Carlsbad area. I had only heard of one of the bands on the docket and I hadn't heard them, just heard of them, so I knew I was in for a treat of new music, I was just hoping that it would be good music... turns out it was... mostly! I started off the early evening (the festival lasted from 5pm-12am) at Magee Park, where I saw a children's Balinese Gamelan group called Giri Nata who put on a spectacular performance. Here's a little video of a similar group from the Center For World Music here in San Diego. This is not the same group of children, but the same program.
After that I wandered around for a bit and ended up heading back to Magee Park for Trouble in the Wind, a band described as "A multi-intrumental collective able to spin larger than life, rich cinematic talks and to pain movie-like pictures on stage full of drama and imagery." I don't get the pretty talk, here's some real talk. It was a folk-rock band. They were good. Here's a video of them:
After their little set I made my way over to Spin Records (Facebook) to see Nathan Hubbard perform. Nathan put on a great show with a makeshift thumb organ type instrument, a glockenspiel, and some other seemingly homemade instruments which he looped and altered through use of an effects pedal. I couldn't find a video of the same setup he used, but here's a video of another performance from him.
Nathan Hubbard (Official)
After Nathan finished his set I made my way over to the It's a Grind coffee shop and checked out MandoBasso, a Mandolin/Stand-Up Bass duo. They played some some nice little tunes, including a song written to one of their Dogs, and another song I really enjoyed called Solstice Jig. Here they are performing their track 'Bill's Blues.'
MandoBasso (Facebook)
After relaxing to their tunes for a bit and buying an iced mocha (it was pretty hot out!) I made my way over to the old Carlsbad Train Station, now a museum called "Visit Carlsbad!" where I saw Freako Suave. Freako Suave is a band that I had heard of before, and I'd seen two of their members perform before, in different bands, but I hadn't ever seen them together. They put on a great little bluegrass/folk show. Here they are performing "I'll Be Alright" at the Boar's Crossin' sometime last year.
From there I made my way over to the Foundry @ New Village Arts Theater to check out the Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra (Official). On my way there I ran into a friend who joined me on our quest for good music. However, neither of us were very impressed with the Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra and ended up heading back over to Spin Records where we saw the indie/folk-rock band Second Cousins. They sounded great, wish I had heard their whole set instead of wasting the first half on the previous band. Here's Second Cousins performing 'Royal Blu.'
When Second Cousins finished their set we made our way over to Viz Art Ink Gallery to check out no know (sound band) self described as "Unknowing sound band approach is well known: walk thin lines, reject ideas that thinking thoughts think, proceed to create a sound sound." I'd describe the duo as speaking in tongues through instruments. Here they are performing at the San Diego Museum of Art, July of last year.
no know (sound band) (Official)
After checking them out for a bit, we made our way to the Boar's Crossin' where we saw the end of another set by Freako Suave, and hung around for the next performance by a straight up rock band called The Paragraphs. The Paragraphs seemed pretty predictable, despite their description in the festival's handout saying "You never know what to expect from their live show- since lead singer/guitarist Jesse Lee Hofbauer is as unpredictable as a seasonal tornado." I thought they were good musicians, but they didn't stand out to me as almost all the rest of the performances I had seen that night. Here they are at a performance last November.
After The Paragraphs finished up we made our way back to The Foundry and hung out while DJ Lexicon Devil spun some old vinyl and we socialized. I got a chance to talk to Colin from Freako Suave for quite a bit. We chatted about experiences at music festivals like Bonnaroo and Sasquatch and how superior they are to Coachella. Haha. I also ran into Sean and Andrew from no know (sound band) and got a chance to talk to them about their show and thanked them for playing for us North County folk (they're from San Diego). I'm really glad to see more action in the music scene up here in North County besides just bar shows. I travel down to San Diego quite a bit for music and having events like this up here is really nice. All in all it was a great little event and it definitely has me looking forward to the actual festival in September.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Chillstep
An artist I've just recently heard of, Phaeleh (pronounced fella), just released a new track today, and it's pretty spectacular. Phaeleh is Matt Preston, a classically trained musician from Bristol. He currently only has one album out, 2010's Fallen Light. Though he has a new album coming soon entitled Tides. Tides will features this song, 'So Far Away' as well as 'Whistling in the Dark' which I posted back at the beginning of the month (check out that post here). Phaeleh will be playing October 5th at the Casbah, here in San Diego and I definitely intend on checking out this show! Check em out and if you dig it, pick up the album July 1st and consider checking him out while he's on tour!
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Feels Like Rolling
Saw some great news yesterday that múm (pronounced "moom") is releasing a new album, Smilewound in less than 3 months! The new album has eleven tracks, one of which features Kylie Minogue. I absolutely love these guys and have been listening to them for at least ten years now, since my dear friend Marielle introduced me to them in our early college days. Generally labeled as IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), their catalog of sounds spans from beautiful to quirky. The Icealandic band formed in 1997; their first album, Flugmaður was released back in 1999, and the band has released six other albums, three EPs, and a number of singles. múm's sound has changed over the years, particularly with the band seeing some members come and go. Despite their flux of sound, they always please and I'm very excited to hear this new track, and am looking forward to the whole album September sixth!
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
24 Hour Drummer Boy
So Andrew W.K. Our Planet Earth Resident Party Animal is setting off on an adventure to break the world record for playing drums in a store! His goal is 24 hours, and he's got a lineup of a bunch of fun people coming to jam out with him as well. Guest drummers include Marky Ramone (a bandmate and fellow hard partier), Liberty DeVitto (Former Billy Joel drummer), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Nick Jonas, Zac Hanson, aaaaand ?uestlove. Who knows, maybe more too! Watch him as he lays the beats down!
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Six Videos.
I'm not writing today, but I'm giving you a whole lot of music. So many great songs/videos have come out over the last couple days that even at one post a day, I've just got a bunch here I don't know what to do with, so, here's a bunch of videos. Enjoy them. If you like them, look for more from the band, do whatever you do.
June 14th:
Tape Five - Fabulous Swing Kid
June 17th:
Draper - Men & Machines
Foals - Bad Habit
June 18th:
Fuck Buttons - The Red Wing
Die Antwoord - Cookie Thumper
The Postal Service - A Tattered Line of String
June 14th:
Tape Five - Fabulous Swing Kid
June 17th:
Draper - Men & Machines
Foals - Bad Habit
June 18th:
Fuck Buttons - The Red Wing
Die Antwoord - Cookie Thumper
The Postal Service - A Tattered Line of String
Monday, June 17, 2013
Golden Hands
A new video was released today from the famous directing duo FLEUR & MANU, who also directed the trio of videos for M83's 'Midnight City,' 'Reunion,' and 'Wait,' as many other great videos. This track, much different than M83 is from Gesaffelstein, a French Techno artist with loads of promise. Gesaffelstein has a number of eps under his belt as well as copious amounts of remixes and is said to be working on (and hopefully wrapping up soon) his first full length album. So check out 'Pursuit' the new single and video, and if you dig it check out some of his older ep's and remixes via Youtube or his Soundcloud!
Sunday, June 16, 2013
The Feral Goddess Returns
James Holden's new album, The Inheritors, comes out tomorrow and I'm super stoked for it. His last album release, The Idiots Are Winning was back in 2006 and while he's released a few things here and there with other projects, and a few singles, it hasn't been enough. I need some more Holden in my life! Really excited for this album to drop... hopefully it's as good if not better than this single, 'Gone Feral' taken from the album.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Struggling For Freedom
I Love You, But I've Chosen Darkness, who has one of the best band names ever, is a band I just found today. A friend posted this video on facebook for another friend, and I checked it out too. Excellent gothic-rock... dark, brooding, stressful, almost post-rock sound. The band, a 4-piece group from Austin, Texas, has only one album, released in 2006, titled Fear Is on Our Side, and a self-titled ep from 2003. The band has two other videos, one for the track 'According to Plan' and one for 'Today We Choose Faces." But I really love this video for 'The Owl.'
Friday, June 14, 2013
Flim Flam
Saw this cover posted somewhere... facebook, or reddit maybe, I don't remember. It's a pretty awesome cover of Aphex Twin's track 'Flim.' Now, I'd like to mention a couple other things about this track that are hilarious, but have nothing to do with this cover. A while back, on December 2nd, 2011, Skrillex posted 'Flim' on his facebook, stating it was his favorite song of all time and had a number of responses from hundreds of idiots asking where the drop was. Hilarious. Sad. Absurd. At any rate, here's the original if you haven't heard it, or need a little refresher for comparison. And here's an awesome little jazzy cover of it, which, I just realized has embedding disabled. BLAH. Ok, well, I guess you're just gonna have to go to youtube to check it out. Here it is: CLICK ME!
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