Kevin Greenspon, “Softened” + Two More MP3s
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Since we sent Dee Dee of Mayfair Set/Dum Dum Girls to talk to bands all over the California coast for a story in FADER 62, you’ve probably been wondering what’s up with the dudes at Family Time Records. If your initial thought was, not much is up with the dudes at Family Time Records, you’d be wrong but forgiven because they’ve been steadily cranking out releases to little fanfare. And surprise, surprise! In the midst of all our sleeping on Family Time, they’ve released some jams from Kevin Greenspon, head of Bridgetown Records, who is releasing a Cloud Nothings CD-R. Should we be making a map of this? We’re already getting confused. Although we’re posting them on Thursday, the best look would be to save these pieces of pillowy guitar washed bedroom pop for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Download: Kevin Greenspon, “Softened”
Download: Kevin Greenspon, “Sundowner Lane”
Download: Kevin Greenspon, “Reveille” (all three via Get Off the Coast)
Fuck Buttons, “The Lisbon Maru” MP3
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
- photo Ivor Pricket (F52 Outtake)
If “Surf Solar” was Fuck Buttons going completely nuclear on our ears, then “The Lisbon Maru” is the aftershock. Feels like getting your hair blown off your head for six solid minutes and then bathing in an actual pit of lava.
Download: Fuck Buttons, “The Lisbon Maru” (via Flux Blog)
A Grave With No Name Virtual 7-inch (Is This a Thing Now?)
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Okay so if mp3s are the new CDs, CDs are the new tapes and records are, um, the new records, then where does the virtual 7-inch sit in all of this? Like, did we just sleep too much? Is this a common thing? If nothing else, it’s an interesting way to package already free music, to compact the endless digital music sprawl into somewhat digestible chunks. It’s also the perfect way for A Grave with No Name to release music, because when you’re interested in creating ambient jams a single song lost on our desktop is not the best way to stick in our minds. Packaged as a set though, A Grave with No Name has put together a four and a half minute free mind vacation. It’s not Sandals, but what is?
Download: A Grave with No Name Virtual 7-Inch (via Meal Deal Records)
Atlas Sound Virtual 7-inch #8
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Oh you know, no big deal. In between releasing an entire new album and playing shows Bradford Cox found a way to casually throw another virtual 7-inch onto the internet. Last time we wrote about one of these, we mentioned that the songs were an interesting departure for Atlas Sound, and while that was true, this edition just proves that more than anything Atlas Sound is becoming a catch all for whatever Cox wants to do—occasionally he’ll go in the ambient drone direction, or, like on this free release go incredibly sparse and quiet on “The Screens” and then power through a cover of doo-wop group The Five Discs’ “Doctor” like it’s not even a big deal.
Download: Atlas Sound Virtual 7-inch #8
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posted on Nov 11, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Atlas Sound, electronic/dance, experimental, psych/folk, rock
OOIOO, “OOIAH” MP3
- story Peter Macia
This one from Boredom’s Yoshimi and her side-job OOIOO was on the internet a week ago but it wasn’t in this Flickr set so we missed it. It also just so happens that we’ve been listening to OOIOO’s new album Armonico Hewa a lot lately because the the weather, the work and the weekends have all been so hectic and disorienting that only freaky Japanese psych pop and Tangerine Dream are making sense. The album is out now on Thrill Jockey, and in addition to “OOIAH,” which is good for midday mayhem, we highly recommend “Orokai” for morning calisthenics and “Honki Ponki” for happy hour.
Download: OOIOO, “OOIAH”
Fever Ray Halloween RA Podcast
- story Peter Macia
If your only options for a Halloween costume at this point are Balloon Boy, some visual representation of Kanye interrupting something or Carles, please get off the internet (after you’re done reading a bunch of posts here). We have a few recommendations. First, as a friend recently said, “I’m sexy every day of the year—Halloween is my chance to be ugly,” so forget the Sexy [fill in the blank] and turn yourself into a walking Swine Flu booger or enormous pair of saggy boobs. Option two, Hobo You: basically just you but wearing all the stuff at the bottom of the closet. Carry a knapsack and look eager for work because hobos are not bums. Someone might even offer you a job! Number three, fat cat. And finally, follow Fever Ray’s lead, dress normally (if not a little more stylishly) but act so fucking creepy that it actually makes people not want to be alone with you. Some of you are already really good at this so maybe just paint a spider web on your face or something. To prep and inspire, go grab the newest Resident Advisor podcast, helmed by Fever Ray’s Karin Dreijer Andersson and her touring bandmates.
Download: Fever Ray Halloween RA Podcast
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posted on Oct 26, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags electronic/dance, experimental, Fever Ray, Halloween, mixes, Resident Advisor
Premiere: The Marshmallow Ghosts, “Shrieks” MP3
- story Peter Macia
Though the band and song name might lead you to think The Marshmallow Ghosts and their new single “Shrieks” 7-inch belong to the widening swath of goth recorded on a laptop mic, they are in fact the result of a special Halloween side project of members of Black Moth Super Rainbow, the Appleseed Cast, Casket Girls, and Dreamend. The limited and handnumbered single will come as a horrifying swirly picture disk sheathed in a glow in the dark sleeve of madness created by Stoughton (check it out after the jump). The music itself sounds almost identical to the record the neighbor played when we were kids that challenged our will for Reesies and bubblegum. She invariably handed out apples. Screw that lady. the “Shrieks” single, with b-side “Creaks,” will be out on October 20th, but seeing as how the 96 special pre-orders are already sold out, we recommend you hop on the broom and get over to Gravesend. By the way, what’s everyone gonna be for Halloween? Can’t go as Lagerfeld or Captain Craps-His-Pants again, need ideas.
Download: The Marshmallow Ghosts, “Shrieks”
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posted on Oct 9, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Black Moth Super Rainbow, Casket Girls, Dreamend, experimental, Halloween, Marshmallow Ghosts, rock, scary, the Appleseed Cast, Wizard Cat
Actual Pain x Blessure Grave Mixtape + F/W 09
- story Peter Macia
On this darkest of mornings, two FADER worlds collide in an abyss of filth and confusion… wait no, it’s so nice outside. But worlds do collide as Blessure Grave, a favorite of Jamie Johns’ Freak Scene, and Actual Pain, a fashion and mixtape-maker favorite of the rest of us, collab for another stellar, if somewhat bummer styles mixtape, which includes Siouxsie, Crisis, Wire and more. The irony with both the mixtape and Actual Pain’s A/W 09 line of tees and sweats, though, is that both make us feel really good while we’re walking around in the morning sun. Like we might actually get a suntan listening to goth and wearing a tank-top with maybe Satanic imagery on it. Anyway, check a few images from the line and the mixtape’s tracklist after the jump and go here to buy any/all of it. We got dibs on that black “6 Eyes” joint.
Download: Actual Pain Presents Blessure Grave: Darklands: Goth, Post Punk & Darkwave
Winter Drones, “Winnie Cooper’s Bones” & “Two Long Weeks Part 2″ MP3s
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
How fucking awesome was The Wonder Years? Like, as far as TV shows go it had everything you could want, including a rumor that the gawky kid with glasses was actually Marilyn Manson. We mention this because Winter Drones have a song called “Winnie Cooper’s Bones” (referring to the main character’s love interest, in case you forgot) that balances Bob Dylan-esque uptalk with layers of dense guitar. We can’t quite make out the lyrics, so we’re just going to assume that it’s about how it’s a borderline travesty that The Wonder Years is still not out on DVD and move on. Equally as good/heavy is “Two Long Weeks Part 2,” which comes off like a palate cleanser after all that guitar fog, but it’s a little sharper, a little more biting. Winter Drones’ Blood in the Coffin is out soon.
Download: Winter Drones, “Winnie Cooper’s Bones”
Download: Winter Drones, “Two Long Weeks Part 2″ (via Pinglewood)
Video: Transformation Surprise, “Oceans Pray”
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
When High Places bounced to LA from Brooklyn, it seemed like a pretty calculated move. Because the two were already making tropical music, they should be somewhere at least a little more sunlit than New York. Since they’ve been gone, they’ve stayed relatively quiet—releasing a split 12-inch with Soft Circle on PPM and, apparently, doing stuff like this. Transformation Surprise is Mary Pearson’s solo project. It’s somber and significantly darker than anything High Places has released in the past, and in that sense it’s a fitting soundtrack to the parts of LA that are beautiful and weird and kind of grimy underneath the glitz. (via No Conclusion)
