Alex on February 04 2015
Believe it or not but our current playlist excludes all the songs from our first version of Left as Rain -- about 550 song. Yesterday I was reminded of an old friend of a band, The Long Winters, whom had an all star of a track (Fire Island, AK) on our first iteration of the site. Now that we're reacquainted with The Long Winters do yourself a favor and listen to their Song Exploder regarding this track.
chris on February 03 2015
And here's the next addition to my next movie soundtrack. It's most like from the scene where I'm spying on an Italian bombshell undercover agent named Rossella, onlooking through the palm fronds on the Riviera. This seductress thinks she has my number, but oh no, I have hers. Also, go check out the rest of this guys album art. It's heavily influenced by illustrations of the 50s, and therefor amazing.
chris on February 03 2015
Adam Bainbridge is such a great musician. His music feels so inspired and from the heart that I may just cry a little cry. And watch out ladies, he's got long hair, writes his own music, has a British accent and speaks French apparently. Fuck, we may have to take this bastard down.
Alex on January 29 2015
I've finally emerged from the bathroom. I've had a stomach flu for the last 2 days. There were periods where death was most certainly imminent but I have triumphed over the nasty illness. I wish this sickness upon no one- not even my worst enemy... not even Sarah Palin.
chris on January 22 2015
I haven't just been ignoring you, it's been dry out there people. Dryer than a nun's C word as they say. I decided to take a stand and not post anymore throwbacks until I discovered new music, AND BEHOLD! I've found some new amazing music... that I know absolutely nothing about... except that my ear holes are like, "fuck yeah dude!"
Alex on January 22 2015
When I first heard this track I thought to myself - Well I guess we know what Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown) has been up to. To my surprise Viet Cong is a Calgary band with ex-members from the group Women. So now we know, and now you know if you like Wolf Parade or Sunset Rubdown you'll most likely dig Viet Cong - you may not, but then again you also don't like Twizzlers -- and that's just odd.
Alex on January 16 2015
Two Syllable Records passed over Eastern Midwestern's latest and I must admit - it's gold. The band worked with Jon Low who's produced for Local Natives, War on Drugs, and The National. Low's influence is all too obvious on most of the album which for me is fantastic -- the more we can get music to sound like Tokyo Police Club circa 2006-2007 the better.
Eastern Midwestern's ... wait... can we acronym this some how? E MWs? East Mids? I'm spent. Nothing will make you feel more like a 16 year old high school girl than trying to figure out a good acronym for an indie pop band... Anyways check out EasMidWest's (no?) album on Bandcamp.
chris on January 09 2015
This track was written for the 1998 movie, Velvet Goldmine, which fictitiously chronicles the rise of 70s glam rock. Think Bowie, or even more specifically, Ziggy Stardust. First off, this movie is amazing. Second of all, the soundtrack and score is absolutely fantastic. Pulp and Grant Lee Buffalo actually wrote new tracks in the style of glam songs of that era, which are performed by the leading characters of the movie. Fun fact: Bowie hated the script, so he denied the director the use of any of his tracks in the film. Drugs, Rock'n'roll and the search for sexual identity.