Rituals
A gem to sort out this shitty Sunday afternoon. Unfamiliar Records dropped the lowdown on Rituals‘ upcoming new EP. (Rituals is not to be confused with Ritualz by the way, people.) I don’t know why but the inner hipster in me is connecting with this band. I like the hazy photography, the chillwave-y vocals, how...
Ranvir Bassi
Ranvir Bassi considers his music a rebellion against fidelity, the same fidelity that he considered himself to be a slave to. Perhaps we’re speaking the same language because I feel the same way. This struggle to constantly achieve, fit the mould, keep to the same cloth you were cut from, blindfold yourself and keep to...
Magic Panda – Beyond The Burning Horizon
Was just looking through the new dashboard on my soundcloud when I chanced on this. Magic Panda is Tigerbeat6‘s latest addition to their artist roster and he has a new ep coming out of the imprint called Days Are Numbered. Not to be confused with Gold Panda, think of Magic Panda as the melodic equivalent...
Is Tropical – The Greeks (Free Download)
Kitsune is giving away the new single by Is Tropical, 2 months ahead of their June 13th debut album release. The Greeks is a jaunty pop track, that would have been easily shelved as another unimaginative and predictable output by another same-ish London band had it not been for the synth stabs punctuating perfectly and saved...
Cloud Nothings
Dylan Baldi is Cloud Nothings, the kinda guy who doesn’t wait around for his friends to form a band with him – he went on to do it himself with just a guitar and a laptop. It wasn’t long before people caught on with his brand of pop, Wichita signed him on, and he’s currently...
Girls Names / Brilliant Colors Split 7″
Anything Tough Love throws at me, I’ll post quickly. Tough Love has grown to be one of my favorite labels, always hits, no misses. If you havent caught on yet, it aint too late. These time them guys threw me a split 7″ preview between Belfast’s Girls Names and Brilliant Colors from San Fran. While...
Is Tropical
Just in time for this one: London’s masked trio, Is Tropical is heading back up north again tomorrow at Nation of Shopkeepers in Leeds and what better day to announce their debut single than now. South Pacific will be released via Kitsune come November 22nd and comes ready with remixed versions and all that. To...
Death In Plains – Colorful
My third post on Death In Plains and it’s worth it. Enrico Boccioletti’s got a new track out released approx 2 weeks back and I was too late to pounce on it. It’s called Colorful and the video is super chilled, shot with a filtered lense. [Video: Death In Plains - Colorful] Disc Error Recordings‘...
Model Warships
I like the gleaming melancholia of his tracks, the way the guitar speaks louder than the words itself, less the drunken self-pityingness of Tim Kasher in The Goodlife even though the synths such as in White Months reminds me so much of Novena On A Nocturn.
Hooray!
I don’t know whether to be annoyed yet or just ride it out – this whole chillwave thing is starting to get on my nerves. With the exception of a very small selection, the whole chilled-to-death movement is fast becoming boring. Dunno. You kids seem to like it though. Otherwise I wouldn’t be getting this...
Weed
Not the drug. Weed is Brooklyn-based bedroom artist, Willy “Flip” Anderson. This is so lo-fi its hurting my ears – in a good way. Cody is my favorite track of his new release, DC Hope. It’s a typical surf americana track, but awashed with a kind of rawness you don’t normally expect from a supposed...
Blackbird Blackbird
Ok folks, I am back from Brighton. Did pretty much fuck all except chillout on the beach, watching the waves get larger and larger and break onto the surface. It was really nice. Speaking of waves and chilling - yes, got this new one from Blackbird BlackBird. It’s lovely, kinda like HEALTH meets MGMT on...
