This will be my last post here, at least especially until the end of the year, where I’ll re-evaluate what I want to do. We’ll see, but for now I’ll still be doing things at PORTALS, because collaboration is instantly much more satisfying than just about anything. Thanks to everyone who ever read a single word. And it’s not all bad news - I was able to get a teen suicide guest mix for this indefinite final post. Sam wrote me last night that he even included several exclusives throughout. Special shoutout to the second track; “flowers’ is of a new project out of College Park, MD, tentatively titled sam + caroline. The rest of this mix is really cool all around too. Favorites in Attic Basement, The Microphones, Terius Nash, and Cuddle Formation are even included, but there’s also a lot of new stuff for me to get excited about. I can’t thank Sam enough and I really hope you all enjoy this one. ⇒ ❦ D/L 01. Alex G: “why do you” 02. sam + caroline: “flowers” 03. Attic Basement: “Cry and Cry” 04. Blanche Blanche Blanche: “Runny Day” 05. Dragger: “Shoobie” 06. Foot Ox: “Dizzies” 07. teen suicide: “spooky ghost” 08. cuddle formation: “sitting from a window w my legs dangling” 09. The Microphones: “Ocean” 10. Birch Tree Bicycle: “Novel Ideas” 11. home and water: “one” 12. YYU: “your hands/ moo.3” 13. Terius Nash: “1977 (Miss You Still)” 14. pill friends: “klonopin” 15. Laurel: “HCC Girls D.A.R.E.”

This will be my last post here, at least especially until the end of the year, where I’ll re-evaluate what I want to do. We’ll see, but for now I’ll still be doing things at PORTALS, because collaboration is instantly much more satisfying than just about anything. Thanks to everyone who ever read a single word.

And it’s not all bad news - I was able to get a teen suicide guest mix for this indefinite final post. Sam wrote me last night that he even included several exclusives throughout. Special shoutout to the second track; “flowers’ is of a new project out of College Park, MD, tentatively titled sam + caroline.

The rest of this mix is really cool all around too. Favorites in Attic Basement, The Microphones, Terius Nash, and Cuddle Formation are even included, but there’s also a lot of new stuff for me to get excited about. I can’t thank Sam enough and I really hope you all enjoy this one. ⇒ ❦ D/L

01. Alex G: “why do you”
02. sam + caroline: “flowers”
03. Attic Basement: “Cry and Cry”
04. Blanche Blanche Blanche: “Runny Day”
05. Dragger: “Shoobie”
06. Foot Ox: “Dizzies”
07. teen suicide: “spooky ghost”
08. cuddle formation: “sitting from a window w my legs dangling”
09. The Microphones: “Ocean”
10. Birch Tree Bicycle: “Novel Ideas”
11. home and water: “one”
12. YYU: “your hands/ moo.3”
13. Terius Nash: “1977 (Miss You Still)”
14. pill friends: “klonopin”
15. Laurel: “HCC Girls D.A.R.E.”

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Joseph Stallion — “Money Spells”

This duo really caught my eye a little while back with their White Lodge EP and it’s great to see some new production still coming out of this project. Here, “Money Spells” continues its trend through tuned & pitch shifted vocals, but the lyrics offered give us a much more straightforward r&b/hip-hop like output.


❦ Joseph Stallion on SoundCloud

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Animal Collective — “New Town Burnout”

Indecisive elements have always been apart of Animal Collective’s production and none of that changes with Centipede Hz, yet where I think the album sometime loses itself is in its timing. I wish the synth hook in “Today’s Supernatural” wasn’t as interrupted as often as it is and all the various space-y samples throughout just seem out of place.

But with all that aside, “New Town Burnout” is still such a great track and I feel that the album would have benefited building itself around the song.


❦ Stream all of Centipede Hz.

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SoftSpot — “Disciple Fix”

It’s probably hard to imagine why I cover the few tracks that I do. I’m not even entirely sure why. Sometimes it’s just the pure energy converted to mp3 and other times it’s nothing but complete compositional admiration. With SoftSpot, it’s always been both, but building correlating thoughts around much of the admiration has never come entirely easy.

At least all final thoughts should be finally settled when the trio releases their debut LP, Enso, on Sept. 4th where they’ll continue “feeding the fables to the ones that we know.”


❦ SoftSpot on Bandcamp

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Future Dollars — “Summer Weight”

This jam is just so smooth, it’ll keep you sane. It’s no wonder this is from 6Bit, the same crew that consistently kills it on the beat front of the massive SoundCloud culture. Yet much else of that culture will forever be completely beyond me. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always admired the community that’s there. Everyone’s just always vibing and I can definitely agree on this end.


❦ Future Dollars on Soundcloud

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Praything — “The Fetter”

Ju Kovacevich’s presence is easily admired around a certain FL community. His project; Praything is centered around much of the admiration, where its live nature opens up an entirely new perspective for the project. “The Fetter” returns to a lot of those characteristics and also finds itself fitting among everything Praything has released so far.

To be released on his upcoming EP, Kovacevich also lists “Philip Glass, Alzheimer’s disease, and those mood compilation discs from the 90’s with Enya and Enigma” as the inspiration behind the release.


Previous work found @ Praything’s Bandcamp

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Adelyn Rose — “It Means Shadow”

You know, before I started this blog, I don’t think I’d ever had the thought of wanting to go to Eau Claire, Wisconsin. I’ve now been longing to visit the midwest town for well over a year. Of course Adelyn Rose is part of the reason and it’s crazy how long ago October 2010 now feels when we had just this EP. “You.” is still exactly how I remember it, yet now there’s an album with a different version to show you just how far Adelyn Rose has come.

Earlier last month, she posted a couple of tracks on a release entitled Tour EP 2012. Where was I? I’m not really sure, but a couple of weeks later I would spend the weekend with a few other Eau Claire musicians who toured with Addie just before their venture through Florida. Anyway, I’m glad I’ve listened to these two tracks because now I’m on a Mezzanine hook.


Stream the other track @ Adelyn Rose’s Bandcamp

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Ok not really, but I wanted to change the way things are done. I just want to read various stories. I wanna tell my own stories. I want to connect with people. So, all I’ve done is set up a new email address for the purpose of this personal interaction. I’d like musicians, writers, and artists to send me some words. You can show me your music, you can talk to me about your projects - I will reply. I’ll give any form of criticism if that’s what you’re looking for, but first let’s just talk. letters@awdcastles.com (Please no PR)

Ok not really, but I wanted to change the way things are done. I just want to read various stories. I wanna tell my own stories. I want to connect with people. So, all I’ve done is set up a new email address for the purpose of this personal interaction.

I’d like musicians, writers, and artists to send me some words. You can show me your music, you can talk to me about your projects - I will reply. I’ll give any form of criticism if that’s what you’re looking for, but first let’s just talk.

letters@awdcastles.com

(Please no PR)

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d’lusions — “s_mm_r_f_r_v_r”

I wanted to highlight this track, I mean there’s no doubt that most people around our passively knit community have already downloaded this GRL MTN compilation. But “s_mm_r_f_r_v_r” (‘summer forever’) is of Matt Gilles’ d’lusions project, and I just love the track’s sentiment and the way it carries itself over on the comp. Also, from being around some of these Ann Arbor kids back in May I can assure you AAURAL II represents them very well. DL available at the link below.


Stream the collection over @ GRL MTN’s Bandcamp

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Coma Cinema / Those Lavender Whales Summer Tour Pt. 1❦ Jul 21- Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly * Jul 22- Atlanta, GA @ Starbar Jul 23- Savannah, GA @ House Show Jul 24- Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light Jul 25- Greenville, SC @ Radio Room Jul 26- Chapel Hill, NC @ Nitelight Jul 27- Charlotte , NC @ Snug Harbor * I’ll be at the July 21st show (!) mp3//Coma Cinema — Tour All Winter mp3//Those Lavender Whales — Exist

Coma Cinema / Those Lavender Whales Summer Tour Pt. 1❦

Jul 21- Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly *
Jul 22- Atlanta, GA @ Starbar
Jul 23- Savannah, GA @ House Show
Jul 24- Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
Jul 25- Greenville, SC @ Radio Room
Jul 26- Chapel Hill, NC @ Nitelight
Jul 27- Charlotte , NC @ Snug Harbor


* I’ll be at the July 21st show (!)


mp3//Coma Cinema — Tour All Winter

mp3//Those Lavender Whales — Exist

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