Lemonade — “Vivid”
Do you remember how great ceo’s debut album, White Magic, was the first time you heard it? In a not so direct way, Diver, through all its encapsulated 90s r&b beats, falls under the same feeling here. Weird how True Panther’s Lemonade never really made it my way somehow. I mean, I’ve been very disconnected as it is, but right now I’m just glad I’ve found a record as amazing as this to keep on repeat.
Stream all of Diver on Hype Machine.
mp3//Lemonade — Neptune
Levek — “Muskat Mingle” [Live]
Props to the person who filmed this video. This was an amazing moment.
This is where I’ll be for the next few days. Take care until then and find me if you wanna hang!
Marble Lion — “Foliage”
December 2011 releases are still making their rounds, but it’s not as if it’s any problem — I’m especially glad Marble Lion has found its way to me. The Montreal trio has a most interesting set of tracks available on their Foliage EP. Though, the EP title track, “Foliage”, stands out a bit more on the first few listens.
Maybe it’s the snare that comes in a bit later, or a combination of the song’s glockenspiel melody + unclear vocals that join the track, but it actually might be the tracklisting itself that truly ascends the song and EP for me. It also looks like Taylor Smith, of Braids, mastered the release. Listen for yourself!
Download the EP @ Marble Lion’s Bandcamp
FTHRSN — “On Our Way”
The soothing, transient musical endeavors of Ann Arbor’s FTHRSN in “On Our Way” join a personal touch of multiple iPhone recordings (above) during one of Macklin Underdown’s performances. Shoutout to Jeremy Daly for building up my anticipation for FTHRSN’s set this Sunday @ TB3D.
mp3//FTHRSN — On Our Way
Coyote Clean Up — “Glow Deep (Dump Driving)”
Just over and over, I can’t seem to get away from this track. Coyote Clean Up simply deserves every frequency of playback right now — I love everything that I’ve been hearing from this Detroit project.
Birthdays — “Howolding Girls”
This is a project I’ve been meaning to highlight in some way and I’m glad a new video has come about so I can have this here. Birthdays’ “Howolding Girls” is simply some of the most chaotic pop music available. The corresponding video above suits it all very well. I’ve also read enough of FMLY to know that this project goes even beyond its recordings through Samuel Yager’s live performances.
Now, I also know Little Spoon is trekking down south with Mutual Benefit, Emily Reo, and Cuddle Formation as they play all sorts of rad shows before TB3D, but I’ll have to possibly wait until FMLY Fest before I get to experience any of Birthdays’ live magic. But, Japan’s got a golden Boston experience coming their way and I hope they all take advantage of it!
All in all, good things are yet to come. Enjoy the visuals above and here’s a gif for your trouble.
mp3//Birthdays — Howolding Girls
(via Salad Fork)
“Alone at Prom”
[83 frame gif by Jaime Martínez]
I had downloaded this track almost 3 months ago to my main DL folder. I remember first impressions were good and all, but somehow this track got lost within all the other mp3s downloaded to that folder.
Its resurface was amazing and I even looped it several times that night. The only problem was that the mp3 tags weren’t correct. I mean, they weren’t even there. The mp3’s filename was:
Raw Dog Killa - How Many Bitches Does I Fuck Wit_.mp3
Since its rediscovery, I’ve managed to look through enough old emails and I found the actual SoundCloud link. So yeah, this is just a great track that reminds me of a bunch of old things in life and I’m glad I’ve found it again.
Bacon Bitz + Body Cheetah + Slates
Levek — “Solemn Feeling Forever Healing” [Daytrotter Session]
Don’t space out on the new Daytrotter session. Gainesville’s own—Levek has finally stopped by at one of the affiliated studios and recorded a nearly 23 minute live performance. Levek’s debut full-length is an all-around highly anticipated album for me and “Solemn Feeling Forever Healing” is one of my most favorite tracks to hear live, so I’m glad I’ll be able to listen to both spectrums of the recording.
Download the live session @ Daytrotter’s Website
Heatherwood — “FYR”
Being guided towards a simpler output has been much more worthwhile for me recently. Heatherwood falls toward this approach and the Russian duo describe themselves in the best possible way:
We are a couple of seventeen y/o kids and we’re in love with 80’s scandinavian aesthetics, old analogue/japanese kids synths and [also] each other.
A few more tracks available @ Heatherwood’s SoundCloud
mp3//Heatherwood — FYR
