Southern California label Art Fag Recordings–most notably responsible for last year’s Summer anthem: “Sun Was High (So Was I)“–is the latest home to the native Heavy Hawaii. If you remember their breaking-out with incredibly catchy “Sleeping Bag” featured on Bathetic’s eternally awesome Summer Bummer (Get Laid, Get Wasted) compilation (which is long gone), then you’re already aware of the hammocked lazy-day vibes radiating from their tunes. “Teen Angel”, one of many highlights from their upcoming proper EP, highlights HH’s uncanny vocal harmonies and is near perfect timing as these Summer days are beginning to dwindle. As mentioned, these tracks will be available via Art Fag towards the end of the month.
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Aside from the video for their “Moonlighting”, it’s almost been exactly a year since we’ve heard anything new from Navajo Bixby. Like their earlier tracks, “Down Under” is built around sunkissed-loops deeply rooted in 50-60’s beach pop and a walking guitar riff that is dripping with Summer tones. While they have some similarities to the (hate to say) chillwave sound, this duo’s creative approach puts them at the head of the class. What we’ve been getting from these guys are undeniably catchy pop tunes….consistently.
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Continuing with their constant churning of (multi)repeatable tunes, Weed Diamond come back with a couple demo recordings of their newest visions. These tracks may explore different moods from one another with “Chalice” as a slow-burning grower and “Field on Fire” being a long-lived pop marathon (5+ miuntes!), but both are soaking with lovely 90s lo-fidelity. With no mentions of a label or release info, it is still unclear of what their intentions are with these. Still, I’d rather have the mp3s than nothing at all…
Weed Diamond – Field on Fire
Weed Diamond – Chalice
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Late last month we posted the a-side to The Splinters upcoming 7″ on Southpaw Records. The flip-side, “Hot Hands”, is yet another psychedelic quest and reason to grab this limited piece of wax. Only 500 pressed with the first 100 on colored vinyl. Order now.
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Alec Feld’s latest project, Golden Eye, is probably one of the most naturally complete sides he’s taken a part of. Apart from his solo-made disintegrating loops of Expensive Looks or the radically political hip-hop jams from Public Safety, Feld has teamed up with a few of his college friends in Massachusetts and turned more towards psych and surf-y influences. Well said words from the man himself proclaim the music as, “west coast sound meets east coast forests, equal parts land and sea, short but sweet…”
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New track/video for Art Museums‘ “Wrong Boys/Wrong Girls”. Directed by Kerry McLaughlin (who also hooked up their “S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G” vid). If you missed their debut release on Woodsist, Rough Frame, I recommend checking that out.
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Funk-filled, sax-laden new track from one of Mississippi’s finest, Dent May. “Eastover Wives” is smoother than Travolta via Saturday Night Fever and more addictive than whatever was floating around at Studio 54. Forest Family will be releasing this on 7″ vinyl along with the previously-mentioned “That Feeling” on September 14th. Copies are limited to 1000 with the first 500 in sexy lavender. Pre-Order here.
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Velvet Davenport continue to tap into your psyche with their newest LP, White Blue. Seven tracks short and just over the 10 minute mark, but with such vividly colorful tracks its brevity goes unnoticed. Limited to and edition of 200 cassettes, this can be bought separately or as a package deal with Moon Glyph’s vinyl compilation, Regolith Vol. 1.
Velvet Davenport – When You Are Out
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Video from one of my most anticipated releases of the year: Big Troubles’ Worry. Due later this month on Olde English Spelling Bee.
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Gracefully directed video (via Kayla Kane) of Sore Eros‘ new, “Make It Louder”. Set for one of the tracks on Know Touching, an upcoming LP from the always steady Shdwply Records.
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