July 2010
tropicallyawkward asked: hey man! Thanks to you I'm know hooked on Guards. I searched the web for more info on them and came up with nothing. Do you know anything more besides the little that's on bandcamp? I hope they are playing in NYC soon, since apparently they're from here.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Beach House - Walk in the Park
I’ve been raving about the Teen Dream DVD for a while now. I often sit friends down in my living room and make ‘em watch several, if not all of the vids to each song on the album.
Up until now, the videos haven’t been online, but I’m so stoked to see Allen Cordell’s video for this song up. Its by far my favorite. I absolutely love...
Death in Plains - Life in the Woods
Another sweet spaced-out electro track and video from Italian wünderkind Enrico Boccioletti. This guy is tearing it up over there, grabbing these hooks by the throat and holding ‘em steady with a straight stare in the eye. Stream this track among his many bandcamp offerings or support him with a vinyl purchase of the 10” on DiscError Recordings.
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COOLRUNNINGS - I Am You
Nicely made fan vid by Gunnar Andersson for a single from the prolific Knoxvillians’ upcoming album, Teenage Tn. Pick up a slew of other EPs and singles over on yonder bandcamps. And don’t forget, COOLRUNNINGS is one of our favorite local tumblrs.
Blogs posted these songs would inevitably say something along the lines of:...
– Mark Richardson in Pitchfork: Resonant Frequency #65 - Nine Fragments on Lo-fi’s Attraction to the Natural World
I missed this piece last November when it was published, but it sure is spot on. Tho we all hate to admit it, this about sums it up. I suppose I take solace in the fact that these tunes...
Music needs to be like water. It needs to be ubiquitous. We need to understand...
– Spotify Founder Daniel Ek: “The MP3 File has Become the URL”