Monday, January 25, 2010

exlovers



Pretty promising new indie pop band from the UK off Chess Club Records. Brought to the New Noise for Julia.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Sublime STP


Sublime STP - Rewind Selector


Taking its name from some Rasta banter Bradley shouted live at The Palace, Hollywood (10/21/95) - a kind of call for the DJ to replay the track. Rewind Selector is a collection of Sublime's influences, presented to be entertaining, as well as clear as possible for Sublime fans to hear and appreciate some of the same artists that Sublime grew to love and incorporate into their sound. This is done by mix-mashing the original track with Sublime's version; sometimes live, sometimes in studio, but always fully tilted.

Really cool. I'll be posting more mashup in the coming days.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Vampire Weekend

I know, I know... overplayed, overhyped... I don't care. I like this music. It's catchy and it feels good.

I actually haven't listened to this new album yet, but I figure other people want to hear it too, so why deprive my 4 followers of that opportunity? I do however, find it suspicious that they haven't changed the font since their last album... hmmm.


Vampire Weekend - Contra

City and Colour

Post-hardcore band Alexisonfire's frontman(?) Dallas Green's folk side-project. I was introduced by my friend Kale who lives in Vancouver, BC. I was wary at first because I'm not a fan of Alexisonfire, but this guy is really great.


City and Colour - Sometimes



City and Colour - Bring Me Your Love

Monday, January 4, 2010

Gota


Gota Yashiki - It's So Different Here

Pretty good acid jazz album with a lot of 70s-flavored keyboard riffs, spacy effects, and bouncing grooves.

Kashiwa Daisuke


Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music I


Kashiwa Daisuke's superb album "Program Music I" has been one of my favorite electronica albums since I first heard it over 2 years ago. It's a rather difficult record to navigate at first listen, but with each subsequent listen, it emotes more and projects something new.
Of the two tracks, the first - "Stella" - is my favorite. It's the more conventional of the two songs, save it's unconventionally long run-time. There's no real specific movement in Stella that I can pin-point a preference to. However the fact that Daisuke was able to compose 36 minutes of introspective, self aware music is awe inspiring. It's an absolutely gorgeous song.