Archive for the “MP3” Category
Sep
02
2011
Aug
31
2011
Active Child: “Playing House” (RCRDLBL)Posted by Christian Carey in File Under?, Indie, MP3, RCRDLBL
Aug
29
2011
Reading Festival Mix (RCRDLBL)Posted by Christian Carey in Concert announcements, File Under?, MP3, festivals
Aug
25
2011
The War on Drugs: “Baby Missiles” (MP3)Posted by Christian Carey in CD preview, File Under?, Indie, MP3Philadelphia-based The War on Drugs’ sophomore LP, Slave Ambient, is out now via Secretly Canadian Records. The driving backbeat, thick slabs of vintage keyboards, and staccato vocals on “Baby Missiles” have us dancing in the aisles.
Aug
23
2011
Zomby: Dedication (CD Review)Posted by Christian Carey in CD Review, Dance, File Under?, MP3, YouTube, electronica
Online, UK producer Zomby cultivates a fairly mysterious presence, but music speaks louder than the blogosphere. Indeed, Zomby has shared his most eloquent and personal release yet with Dedication, his debut full length release for the 4AD imprint. According to AMG, the dedicatee in question is the producer’s father, who passed away while the album was being made. And while there’s little time to pause for reflection in 35 minute long rush in which Dedication’s fifteen track’s are delivered, there’s an undeniable warmth of presence, a humanist deconstruction of dubstep to foreground its most accessible melodic elements, which signals a palpable shift in Zomby’s musical values. For every ode to glitch electronica, such as the percussion-filled “Vortex,” there is an impossibly lovely watercolor synth/dance essay like “Natalia’s Song” that serves as a musical counterweight. And tracks like “Haunted” and “Basquiat” integrate an affecting lyricism into Zomby’s already multifaceted sound world. If one had a tiny quibble, it would simply be that several of these cuts could easily have been extended to allow them to blossom more fully. But one still must admit that, as a compressed document, everything works. Dedication proves to be a lithe and essential sonic essay on the potential for dance electronica to be reinvigorated as a boldly moving idiom on more levels than the merely kinetic.
Aug
22
2011
Fops prep new CD; share MP3Posted by Christian Carey in CD preview, File Under?, Indie, MP3, Uncategorized, Video, Vimeo
Fops is sharing “Cheater Carolina” as a free MP3 via Soundcloud (embed below). Yellow Jacket Corpse – by Fops from monotreme records on Vimeo.
Aug
20
2011
Low: “Especially Me” (CD, Video, Touring)Posted by Christian Carey in CD Review, File Under?, Indie, MP3, Sub Pop, Uncategorized, Video, YouTube, slowcoreSlowcore stalwarts Low have released a new video for “Especially Me.” It’s an album cut from C’Mon, their latest Sub Pop CD. They’re also sharing the track as an MP3 download via the embed below. ![]() Low: C'mon Recent Low continues to employ the slow tempi, atmospheric arrangements, and sumptuous vocal harmonies that are their musical signatures (as on “Try to Sleep” and “Especially Me”). But there’s an even greater accessibility and even the occasional ambling mid tempo number thrown to raise the BPM quotient, if only slightly (listen to “Witches” and “Hear Everything”). Thus C’mon proves to be that relatively rare record by an established band that retains the group’s initial inspirational spark while still presenting a fresh-sounding approach to the material.
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Jul
30
2011
Abstract Artimus: “27 Club” (MP3)Posted by Christian Carey in File Under?, MP3, blues, experimental rock, out pop, outsider music, post-psychAbstract Artimus releases Rite of Passage, his latest album, on September 6 via Dire Life Records. One part Beefheart-inflected post-psych, one part roots boogie, with a leavening of electrified blues, and a hard rocking back beat. its lead off single, “27 club” is gutsy stuff. MP3: “27 Club“
Jul
25
2011
Zomby: “A Devil Lay Here” (MP3 download)Posted by Christian Carey in 4 AD, CD preview, File Under?, MP3, electronica
Dedication, Zomby’s new full length, is out now on 4AD. They’ve been kind enough to share, “A Devil Lay Here,” a track from the record, for free download (via the embed below).
Jul
16
2011
Toro Y Moi: “Saturday Love” (MP3)Posted by Christian Carey in CD preview, File Under?, MP3, electronica |







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