End Of Summer '10

End of summer mix

Sonny & the Sunsets Bad Vibes & Evil Thoughts
Soft Healer Movie Light
eternal summers pure affection
Squarehead Fake Blood
guards crystal truth
Big Troubles Bat Bomb
Grimes Rosa
BEACH COMBERS The Things That I Would Do to You
Tennis Marathon
Big Surr Gone
The Love Language Summer Dust
My Friend Wallis ON A VACATION
Dent May That Feeling
Sore Eros In My Heart
Craft Spells & Emily Reo Love Well Spent
Family Trees Dream Talkin
Weekends A Defining Love
Teen Inc. Friend of the Night
Beach House Norway (iTunes Session)
Memoryhouse To The Light House (Millionyoung Remix)

Badfoot Brown & The Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band

While being educated on some of my roommates favorite music it was brought to my attention that Bill Cosby used to be a mega hip dude. I can't tell if it's supposed to be funny or for real, that hat in the first vid is definitely for real. Here is one more jam from that era:

Bill Cosby - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Lately

Lately (Troisieme) - Memoryhouse Music Video from Malcolm Klock on Vimeo.

I caught memoryhouse and Twin Sister the other night here in Houston. I can't get this song out of my head. Through audio recording, live performance, and videography Evan and Denise have been able to transcend the beauty of their art tri-fold. I am not sure that they have had anything to do with the video production whatsoever but they pair very well and the music undoubtedly formed what was to be filmed. Here is another video, this one from Jamie Harley over at Schmooze-blog. The aesthetic prowess is stunning, amazing visuals and amazing music.

Memoryhouse - Bonfire from Jamie Harley on Vimeo.

memoryhouse offers their EP "The Years" for free download on their myspace.

CVLTS

I can't decide if I am zoning out or zoning in when listneing to CVLTS. They have a digital release, LVST, out on AMDISCS available on tape or cdr with the option to download directly. There, the album is said to "fill into your brain sun-kissed hypnagogic synths through zoned out wandering for meeting yourself inside the universal soul behind the distorted cascades of sparkling reverbs seamlessly fluttering in the haze of purged eclipses permeating in subtle ways deep inside." I can't find a ton of information but as far as I can tell these are the same guys who designed all of that zany trapper keeper art. Well, maybe not but their tumblr might make you think so.

They have an upcoming release coming from Atelier Ciseaux titled "Black Hole, Hi Five." It will be a limited edition tape.

From LVST:

CVLTS - corpus dei

Shelia

I can't take credit for this one but it was put on in the same spot. I really love that venue. If you can imagine the astro dome shrunk down 100 times and surrounded by mirrors then you've got my alma mater's student union. The place was, for sure, weird and the people didn't "know" what was going on, but who does? The video makes me want to be there again and that is all that matters. Bradford Cox is Atlas Sound and so many other things. I am glad to have met him in mid central Indiana and hope to do so again, anywhere.

S. Carey

With my recent move to Texas I have had to come to some realizations. The most prominent of all being Texas can climb to temperatures unknown in my life before the move. This is upsetting to me because with this realization I am suspecting fall to be far different from the ones I had become accustomed to in the Mid-west. Music may be my salvation. I have been listening to S. Carey, original drummer of Bon Iver before the compromised addition of Matthew McCaughan, as he has transitioned from one percussion instrument to another, piano/keys being the latter. Starting next week at the Electric Fetus, a free show, he will be touring for his solo project All We Grow. If you are expecting all of the keywords of For Emma you will be let down. I don't believe he camped in a cabin or dealt with leaving a band or a long time lover but with some serious touring experience under his belt you can expect to see these songs performed at their best.

Here are a few tracks from the upcoming LP:

s.carey - Move

s.carey - In The Stream

I am Delighted

Sufjan with an unexpected EP release. I haven't had the pleasure of catching him live, if you want to here are his tour dates. The album is available for download here.

DannielRadall

Another product of AMDISCS, DannielRadall brings lo-fi experimental pop to a different plain. His album cover sets the feel with mom jean clad babes and Fierro dreams. I wish my parents were this cool.



DannielRadall - No 6

A Trip to the Zoo

Practice 3: Zoo from Joel Plosz on Vimeo.

This comes from the little bro of a friend of mine. He's from Minneapolis. Clearly he CAN shoot your music video.

The Waves

These slow and seductive shoegazy jams come via mexican summer this fall. Her previous EP came with golden foil sleeve. The Waves tracks are for sure going to find their way to the my top of the year.

Tamaryn - The Waves

Previous release: Led Astray Washed Ashore from Troubleman Unlimited Records

Tamaryn - Golden Song

Sri Aurobindo

The Baltimore scene brings it. I said I didn't love that mixtape but found a few gems, well here is another one. It comes to me with a question I've been asking myself, why does Psychedelic rock feel throwback? The glory days always seem to outweigh the modern affairs, I suppose, but I think there are some bros pulling ranks in current times. Cave Paintings is one bridging the gap in my music catalog anyway. Below are a few tracks from his album. You can hear the rest/buy digital on their bandcamp; if there are any left you can get the LP here

Sri Aurobindo - Soul Vibrations om Man
Sri Aurobindo - Rest My Mind

WEEKENDS

I was cruising the web and found a compilation from a label called Friend Records out of Baltimore. I don't know anything about Baltimore, I've heard more of Annapolis. The comp was called Friends and Friends of Friends I didn't "love" it but the first track really grabbed me. Check out their album it's pretty great. Also they have a few tracks on their bandcamp.


Weekends - A Defining love (acoustic)

unouomedude

AMDISCS is a generous label with a fairly large group of artists. They have many downloads available and they keep it real on Twitter. One of my favorite comes from unouomedude(you know you owe me dude) You can find more about him and pick up his Marsh EP directly from their site. He also has a bandcamp with a few bonus tracks.

unouomedude - buildings

TEEN INC.

I find myself thinking "What am I supposed to be building?" "What trial did I go through that deserves a montage because I will play this as the background music." "Did Johnny Five just cruise by?" Mad soothing jams for sure. Buy their 7"

Teen Inc - Friend of the Night

COYOTE CLEAN UP

LISTEN

DOWNHILL EXXXPRESS - COYOTE CLEAN UP from rob heppell on Vimeo.

DINOS FROM OHIO (aka laguna beach)

These waves have been bouncing around the web for a minute. I caught them on The Road Goes Ever On's most recent mix tape. They have a trident of free downloads on their bandcamp and they will seriously mess with your semi-circular canals and the vestibule. I personally suggest the trash castles EP and a kushy couch.

Charlyne Yi

Brent Dalton Clouse went to college with me. I saw him at a ton of the shows I put on and he is currently helping fill my size 13's. All humbleness aside, He has been having some rad opportunities lately. Most recently he got to work with Charlyne Yi doing the lighting for this music video.

COOLTAPES

I have only been aware of this guys tumblr since the spring but both seasonal mixtapes have been really "Cool" I highly suggest checking out the content that he posts and getting all of his mixtapes. Here is his SUMMMMMMER Mix and the Tracklist is available here

Bon Iver: April 3 2008, Taylor University

A few years back I had the privilege to book all of the concerts for my universities cultural enrichment organization. I wasn't always able to document things in the way that I wish I had, but most times someone else captured some photos or maybe even a video or two. The frustrating thing about this is that I hardly ever got a copy of said photo of video. Most of them would end up being lost on the inter-web and most often somewhere on facebook. Photos from facebook are always shrunk and copying them isn't even worth the time and until today I thought it was impossible to download a video. Much like the pictures even when copied the quality of the video is surely much less than it would have been if I'd received a physical copy but at least the sound is pretty descent.

I couldn't be more excited to share this with you. This was definitely my favorite show to host. Justin was so nice and it was pretty great to see him rise to the level he is today.

BON IVER: April 3 2008


video by Kate Todd

OESB FEST CANCLED

I can only imagine it must have gone down something like this: