The perpetually underrated Pop. 1280 applies just the slightest electronic lacquer to their lurch. “Pyramids on Mars” is off the upcoming Paradie LP, their third for (no surprise here) Sacred Bones.
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This is some good power pop here. Hailing from Canterbury, this is from their recent EP Cuppa Jarra Brossa.
This is great political post-punk from Cardiff. I’d say Fugazi was a big influence on these folks and they do it well enough. They’ve got the guitars, the start and stop, and the politics. It’s all there.
Following yesterday’s magic carpet ride, let’s listen to some psych that leans more towards Tame Impala’s earlier days with Sunflower Bean.
I posted a single from Swings back in September. Their new album is out on Exploding in Sound Records. Here is another tune from the new album. I’ve only given the album a skim so far. My impressions are a bit more mixed than my anticipation so we’ll see. But this song is quite good.
First off, let me mention that this video isn’t safe for work unless your boss is into some weird shit.
Anywho, apologies for my lack of post yesterday. I got busy and somehow wound up in NYC. Not that I’m complaining about that at all. Then I went here! And saw Kim Gordon help cover “Sister Ray”! And watched Lee Ranaldo play “Eric’s Trip” with Parquet Courts as his backing band! And about a half dozen other relatively cool things! All in all, not bad for a day that started off working in Philly.
So, it’s the fundraising time of year. You may not know about Rate Your Music. I’ve been using it to catalog my record collection. If you are looking for a place to catalogue your music or track more obscure stuff it’s a great site. And they have an Indiegogo campaign right now to ramp up features and expand their coverage of movies and build a video games site too. Check it out.
And because this is a music blog. This is really great indie pop. I’ve posted Tuff Love before. A hint of Grass Widow meets maybe Sebadoh(?). This song anyhow. Really like their tuff stuff.
Well I’ve been quiet. Just life and stuff gets busy. But it also means I have a long list of potentially great songs to post. That is if I can filter through the wave of various e-mails and notes that I have. Bandcamp isn’t helping with all of their “xxx is offering 25% off their entire discography” e-mails. Which is cool and all. Just a lot of e-mails all saying the same thing.
Anyhow, reaching back into the mid 90s because it was a good time for good music.
Somehow, Animal Collective have managed to write their most Beach Boys-esque song to date without sounding a bit like anything that came out of Panda Bear’s Brian-Wilson-worship-era Person Pitch output.