This band name rules, and before I heard the song/watched the vid I thought, man, I really hope they don’t disappoint because they’ve claimed a sweet band name- Summer Camp. And they didn’t! I love this song, and I’m even more in love with this video. Two cigarette totin’, leather wearin’ kids in love. Must watch.
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I’ve written about Teams before, so I was stoked to find out he had more for me. With his new album- We Have a Room With Everything he creates a textured ethereal sound that transcends the usual descriptive music criticism that I usually have for you all here. It’s undefined, and quite comforting that way. Next-level, if you will.
I’m a huge fan of Mountain Man, I couldn’t tell you enough- so instead, I post as often as I can about them, because they are just wonderful. Three girl accapellas that’ll make your heart sink to the floor, your knees buckle and your eyes fixed in a meditative trance because you’re right there with them, experiencing something really real. Watch above, listen below.
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I have to share this epic mixtape with you from my friends in GOBBLE GOBBLE, check out their tumblr HERE. Judging from this photo, the tour must’ve been a dream, I was glad to have caught the first part of it sometime ago.
I have managed to stay alive and mostly heathy this leg of the journey. There’s not much to complain about, swimming in the ocean every few days and playing with amazing bands every night. … I’d like to share a little ode to the past few months through the classic medium of the mixtape. Here is a little compilation of all the immensely talented friends we’ve been making so far. There are a few essential artists missing from this list due to my not having mp3s, but there will be a vol. 2 at the end of these six months of mayhem so stay tuned.
1 Braids – Lemonade
2 Nomen Novum – White Trash
3 Dent May – Eastover Wives
4 Blackbird Blackbird – Heartbeat
5 Baths – Hall
6 Oh Fortuna – Faces I Can See
7 Woodsman – Beached
8 Teen Daze – For Paulina
9 Persona la Ave – Dunes
10 Light Pollution – Good Feelings
11 Moon Lasso – Stand In
12 Candy Claws – The Breathing Fire
13 Kites Sail High – Always
14 Rich Aucoin – PUSH
15 Old Arc – Poster Boy
16 Mathemagic – Easy
17 Fiveing – Jonah
18 Lush Cola – Lush
Uhmmm… wha? Alright so I get a lot of emails, tons of em. Half of which I immediately discard- publicists, take note, I do not want your wordy press releases- I have three jobs, got it? Cool. So if you want to get my attention, take some notes from these guys- the New Generation Dudes who wrote me a pretty unreal email pitch that intrigued me (Far more than just their music alone) Please read:
IF YOU WANT YOUR MIND BLOWN OUT OF YOUR ASSHOLE, YOU WILL DOWNLOAD THIS ALBUM/EP/TIRADE OF PURE MUSICAL DOMINATION. IF THIS DOES NOT APPEAL TO YOU, DO NOT DARE CLICK ON THIS LINK, BECAUSE YOUR HEAD WILL LITERALLY FUCKING EXPLODE. THAT SHIT AT THE BEGINNING WAS ONLY AN ANALOGY, BUT IF YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THIS, YOUR HEAD WILL LITERALLY FUCKING EXPLODE. DO NOT FUCK AROUND.
ALL THAT ASIDE THE NEW GENERATION DUDES WOULD BE HONORED IF YOU WOULD REVIEW OUR SELF TITLED EP. THE NGD IS GNAR AS FUCK AND SO IS YOUR BLOG, THE ONLY LOGICAL THING TO DO IS COMBINE OUR EFFORTS AND SAVE THE FUCKING HUMAN RACE!! LET US KNOW IF THE NGD MAKES YOU HOT AND STICKY AND IF YOU PLAN TO FEATURE OUR EP ON YOUR BLOG. KEEP IT REAL AND PARTY WITH THE NGD!!!
-THE NEW GENERATION DUDES
Now, I don’t know if I ever want my “mind blown outta my asshole” but thanks guys. Now in return, I’ll be posting their songs below. Write me and tell me if you think they lived up to their own hype. To me it sounds like Nintendo on acid. At least I was thoroughly entertained.
I recently found out about a band called German Error Message that has a sort of permeating muffle blanketing their whole album ‘To Carry Alongside’. This kind of experimental folk is welcomed in the shifting autumn season when we take a break from all this chill waving, and put on something rustic and warm, something with lots of raw guitars and soft voices. Then we put on our sweaters, and prepare for a few months’ slumber. I have a feeling us seasonal folk need to be forced to slow down a little, and if we can’t do it ourselves, the biting cold might keep us in a few nights. But for now, the heat wave is a sly tease for what’s to come. I don’t mind it at all, it’s my birthday month, afterall.
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Slandercat is a dude named Jeremy that builds these beats that is a little spacey, mostly pop, and a bit obscure. With the onslaught of loopy lo fi artists that attack my inbox, it’s nice to get something a little easier to digest, listen-worthy music that doesn’t completely freak me out when my itunes starts playing it. I just want to drive my car up the West Coast listening to this. Grab the album at his bandcamp.
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Matt Goud of Northcote wears a fiery beard that occupies the better part of his face and ages his twice over. But if you look at his eyes you can see there is still a soul of a young man swimming in the whiteness, a kind soul. He’s from Regina and formerly of the hardcore band Means and The Emerson Letters. His debut EP ‘Borrowed Chords, Tired Eyes’ is something definitive of where he’s at in life, with the kind of folk and Americana that comes out of years of playing music loud and aggressive. Sooner or later, you’re going to get older and softer, and you’re going to want to strum those chords delicately and sing about simple things, it’s inevitable.
He’s got that good, strong voice that keeps him far from any association with wussy-folk poets. He’s a man from the prairies, and if need be, he’d likely build you a deck, tell you he loves you and probably works hard, somewhere outside. That’s what I get when I listen to his EP. He lends a certain elegance to the whole flannel and beard aesthetic. He was kind enough to put together a lovely mix for the Mixtape Series, that suggests he’s borrowed a few chords from the artists below. Check out more of Matt’s music HERE.
Tracklist
First Class- Greg MacPherson
Reason in my Rhyme – Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves
What are you willing to Lose – Lucero
The Righteous Path- Drive By Truckers
The Weekenders- The Hold Steady
Stolen Car- Patty Griffin
Forced to Love – Broken Social Scene
Hey B – Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves
Balloon Menagerie- Library Voices
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