Music

Mark McGuire – Earth: 2015

Posted by Feige on September 21, 2015
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Mark McGuire definitely has an identifiable sound, that’s for sure. But nobody could accuse him of phoning in any of his innumerable releases. On “Earth: 2015” he runs his smooth synth processed guitar tones through an apocalyptic wringer. It’s a song I could imagine soundtracking a futuristic car chase in some low budget sci-fi movie. And if the song piques your interest but you’re on the fence about actually buying the record, just know that packaging for the Beyond Belief  LP is absolutely beautiful:

Vacation – Cop Knock

Posted by jayne k on September 21, 2015
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I like Vacation and I like this tune. This song came to my attention at an appropriate time as I seemed to start randomly stumbling across songs about police abuse all at the same time as it was growing as a national issue. Because, it should be a national issue until it’s stopped.

Black Lips – Juvenile (Live Music Sunday)

Posted by Feige on September 20, 2015
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Been meaning to post this one for a while, even though it features questionable rationing of pizza slices. I’m out of town this week, but Jim will be on the show per usual, playing jams from 9pm til midnight. Streamt it at www.WRCT.org.

Deerhunter – Breaker

Posted by Feige on September 19, 2015
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Everything I’ve heard from the upcoming Deerhunter album has been fantastic. They seem to be retreating a bit from the 8-track roughness present on Monomania and the result reminds me of a mix of the bedroom experimentation of frontman Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound solo project and grayscale indie sheen of guitarist Lockett Pundt’s Lotus Plaza. There’s still a weirdness to these songs though, even if I can’t quite put my finger on where it’s coming from. Coming from somebody who revisits Cryptograms more often than Halcyon Digest, that’s meant as a compliment. In the woozy video for “Breaker” above, you can watch Cox and Pundt share vocals on a track I feel comfortable in describing as damn near poppy.

Viet Cong – Bunker Buster

Posted by Feige on September 18, 2015
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Perfect! Another excuse to remind you to check out Viet Cong’s fantastic self-titled LP that came out earlier this year. Do it now before they make everybody’s year-end lists and you feel like you missed out.

Wildhoney – Laura

Posted by Feige on September 17, 2015
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Wildhoney isn’t wasting any time following up on their stellar debut, Sleep Through It, that came out earlier this year. Your Face Sideways is an EP due out in October on Topshelf records, and “Laura” is the first glimpse of said EP that the band has made public. Looking at the tracklist, here’s hoping “FSAII” actually has some sort of relation to Flying Saucer Attack.

Beat Happening – Angel Gone

Posted by jayne k on September 17, 2015
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I’ve had to put energy into other life arenas lately. So i’ve been just barely getting these up in time. K Records has been going around posting various stuff from their archives on bandcamp. Which is quite nice. I wish they would include downloads with their vinyl purchases, but glad to see this stuff available. Anyhow, this song was making me feel whatever it was I needed to feel this morning. And who doesn’t love Beat Happening? Except maybe complete assholes.