Beautiful, lulling new song by Hear Hums, a band I previously profiled after hearing their “what the hell” song “Woo” back in December of ’10. “Shrines” is the first single (and second track) off Hear Hums’ forthcoming third album, Opens, which should be out by the end of the calendar year. Let’s cross our fingers… Continue reading Hear Hear Hums’ new song, “Shrines”
Tag: experimental
clownfacee
Having featured the band Warm Weather the other day, I felt it necessary to balance things out around here. Thankfully, clownfacee’s Winter EP popped into my life and, much to my chagrin, things have stabilized (whew). The Winter EP is a spacey, experimental creation by Mike: the man, the myth, the legend. It takes some… Continue reading clownfacee
New Oak Island songs
Remember our buddy Jeff Zito, from Queens, New York? Well, he’s back with more reverb drenched action in some new songs released once a month on his website. He makes everything available for free download. Nice guy, nice songs. Oak Island – “Pawn Shop” [MP3] Oak Island – “Odd Proclamation” [MP3] Oak Island on Bandcamp… Continue reading New Oak Island songs
Colorfeels
If you’d have told me a year ago, a month ago, or even last week that I’d be writing about a band with an album called “Syzygy,” I’d have laughed in your face. Many bands like to thrive off either the most obscure, cryptic names or those that are incredibly simple, and I like to… Continue reading Colorfeels
Lorena B
Music is kinda fun when you don’t know what half the sounds you’re listening to are. Welcome to my musical life, Lorena B. It also helps that they’re from Tel Aviv – Israel has a knack for progressive music. Lorena B just released their debut album, Siblings, on April 30 in Israel, produced by the band… Continue reading Lorena B
[MP3] Little Owl: “Black on White”
Little Owl. Piercing gaze. Tethered to its own fright. Little Owl – “Black on White” [MP3] Little Owl on Facebook
Winter Villains
So, interesting story. Mostly. Late last night, I was listening to a new band, as has become par for the course writing a music blog and all. (End of story. Just kidding!) I quickly became enamored with their sound, and decided to check everyones’s best friend last.fm to see if any tags were associated with the… Continue reading Winter Villains
Jhameel
Jhameel makes fun music. Out of Berkeley, it’s hard to classify the sound as, well, anything. In my book, that’s usually a good thing, as long as the sound flows. And in Jhameel’s case the music flows like a river with streams of life. (That’s from some random hymn I just found online. I can’t… Continue reading Jhameel
[MP3] Collider: “Mono”
Collider, the San Fransisco crew I’ve talked up a few times here, is releasing a digital single series in 2011 and decided to start in March (probably because it’s my birthday month) with Mono. If the first release is indicative of the entire series, all singles will be free to download from Collider’s Bandcamp. They’ll… Continue reading [MP3] Collider: “Mono”
Akron/Family’s S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT is a soundtrack to its own film
I haven’t had this much fun with a record in a long time. Akron/Family take experimental folk to the next level (which is actually the more accessible level) on S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT. I would say it could soundtrack a film, and Where The Wild Things Are cliché-edly comes to… Continue reading Akron/Family’s S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT is a soundtrack to its own film