tUnE-YaRdS is about as lo-fi DIY as it gets. She recorded her entire album, BiRd-BrAiNs on a Sony digital voice recorder, combining various sounds from her life she collected over two years. The mashed together album is raw and incredible. The best way I can think of to describe tUnE-YaRdS is experimental folk. At points she… Continue reading tUnE-YaRdS
Tag: experimental
Seeland Offers New mp3
UK Space-Pop collaboration Seeland is releasing an mp3 of a song off their newest album “Tomorrow Today.” The song is called “Call The Incredible.” So If you are down with futuristic indie-pop, check this out. Seeland – “Call The Incredible” [MP3] (left click)
Falling Up!
It seems that today, March 24th, is the day of releasing albums that I have been excited to hear. Lets not even start to talk about Mono just yet…I will have to tackle that album in the next few days. But just recently, I heard of a band out of Oregon called Falling Up. They… Continue reading Falling Up!
The Calm Blue Sea: Trying to be Explosions In The Sky?
Now, I don’t think this is a bad thing for audiences, because they actually pull it off fairly well (SO, let me preface all this by saying I like The Calm Blue Sea’s music. A lot). But come on: the music sounds identical in that experimental way and even their name must be related. Let’s… Continue reading The Calm Blue Sea: Trying to be Explosions In The Sky?
Yule – Aaaarrrggh!!!
Yule, an artist from that favorite island of ours, New Zealand, recently sent Knox Road an email notifying us of his debut CD Aaaarrrggh!!! (now available at www.amplifier.co.nz, www.digirama.co.nz, iTunes and Real Groovy) and gave us the tracks for a listen. Yule’s music spans a wide variety of experimental sounds – kind of like a… Continue reading Yule – Aaaarrrggh!!!