If Weekly Tape Deck had a Best New Music this Dead Gaze track would hit a homerun…or something like that. We’ve been loving on this man’s music since he blinded us last year, and surely you can see that his talents have marinated and expanded. This song a bit less harsh sounding than the early and tenderly mixed to accentuate what Dead Gaze does best: honest, loud and beautiful melodies. This song is destined to be on a split with Gray Things through Clan Destine. Enjoy it compressed and clipping now. (P.S. Ive said it enough already but Dead Gaze is another band playing our SXSW musical orgy)
Our blog-buddy yvvynl recently caught my attention with his posting of the Future Islands solo project from J. Gerrit Welmers called Moss Of Aura. I wouldn’t say that these are chillwave because I already find that term becoming derogatory but I will say they are chilly and wavy. “Swilling” almost starts out like cover of “Time After Time,” full of warm synth tones that is practically begging for an accompaniment with an above-ground-pool and a Corona-and-lime. Minimalist to the point of sheer euphoria, Moss Of Aura’s songs are not trying to complicate your mind but merely orate the sounds of day in the sol.
WeShotJR posted a video from our NX35 showcase of Final Club playing a song of their recent EP, turned out to be a helluva loud-ass show. Thanks to Woven Bones, Pure Ecstasy, Fergus & Geronimo and of course Final Club for making it a great night, and of course if you missed the show you can see all of these bands sans-Final Club at our SXSW party.
Brand new Pure Ecstasy track from their forthcoming 7″ coming out on Acephale Records was debuted earlier this week on GvsB (and a live recording prior to that from Yours Truly). I’ll be catching them live for the first time TONIGHT during our NX35 stage at Haley’s and again during multipleSXSW shows (and I won’t get tired of em!). Pre-order one of these “limited to 500″ collectibles today (or perhaps they’ll have some at the show tonight?).
Ariel Pink’s albums/singles have always been on a hit or miss basis with me. In this particular case the new 4ad single, “Round and Round”, is a dead center bullseye. Even though i don’t see this bestial artwork as spot-on as the tune itself, I would have to call this one of the smoothest sounds I’ve heard this year thus far. The full length is still without title and official release date, but this limited single is set for a proper release this April 26th and will, no doubt, spend hours on my phono.
En route to SXSW, some of our favorite dudes will be playing a two day party at Mable Peabody’s this coming Monday and Tuesday (Mar. 15 & 16th @ 7 PM SHARP!). Along with us, our Denton bros and G vs B hope to get you prepared with this killer lineup (check the jump) for what is already set to be a killer week. So, if you’re not gonna bring a date…
So we now complete the “trifecta” having a video, flyer and a sick compilation of some of the bands playing our showcase. Kudos to Andy from Woven Bones for the flyer and Ian at Friendship Bracelet for putting these comps together (which, by the way, will be handed out physically to the early arrivals). Not that our party is “RSVP required”, but if you’d like to let us know you’re coming feel free to add your name to the list! Click the jump for links to download and a complete tracklist.
I’ve been camping on these Free Kisses tracks for waaay to long to not have them up here already. While I’m stuck indoors ‘cos of this flood campaign (seriously 3rd day straight of rain) I’ve, at least, got these woozy gems to keep me company. Check out Karen this week at a variety of East Coast and Midwestern venues with Cloud Nothings.
It’s been months since I’ve caught any words from The Lawds and, just yesterday, I get an email with a new track. It seems Richard has relocated away from London and even “got a drummer and bassist and everything – it’ll be like one of those real bands off the TV!” Well, if you thought their months away would have given them time to polish/clean up their sound, you’d be wrong. “You Keep Me Waiting” is just as raw (if not more so) and honest as ever–and that’s exactly why we like these guys.
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