1/19/10

the parasails // skylife















Dreamy, hazy, lo-fi tropical goodness from Matt Mondanile, the man behind Ducktails/the guitar player in Real Estate. He's created the musical equivalent of vaguely recalling a dream where your parasailing in calm warm weathers, careless and free.


Standout Tracks:
// Skylife 2
// Skylife 5
// Skylife 7
// Skylife 9

1/18/10

Secret Abuse // Ripeness












Blissful drone noise, that I can only describe as watching the world rip itself apart from afar while in the warmth of an opiate glow. My buddy over at Hell's Angels Book Club introduced me to them, and they are quickly becoming a mainstay in my daily listening habits.



Standout Tracks:
// Eagle Rock Hill
// Joyce

1/17/10

Washed Out // High Times



















I'm running on the assumption that most people have Life of Leisure. Well this came out prior to the release of the 12" Life of Leisure. Pretty solid stuff, makes me damn excited to see what else this guy has in store. It's lovely lo-fi dream pop, a sort of blurred dreamy beach new wave sound enveloped in a thick mist of clean noise. Makes me long to be stoned senseless on a beach. Another one of those bands that instantly causes that feeling of nostalgia, like your listening to a missing piece of your past. Makes me miss New Jersey. Enjoy this shit:


Standout Tracks:
// Belong
// Olivia
// Good Luck
// Yeah

Liam the Younger // After the Graveyard // Clear Skies Over Black River














Beautiful lo-fi folk music, and the best part? His two albums are up for free @ http://www.bravemenrun.org/; but i'll just link them directly from this post for convenience. Enjoy!

After the Graveyard


Standout Tracks:
// Ode to Then
// It is Good
// This Land pt. 1
// An Easy Place pt. 2

Clear Skies Over Black River



Standout Tracks:
// Leaving Black River
// Walking
// My Wall
// Beneath the Weeping Willow Tree

1/16/10

Oneohtrix Point Never // Rifts























Latest by Oneohtrix Point Never, and it's as blissfully addictive as "Memory Vague". I don't have any kickass videos to go along with it, but there are some floating around on the net. I feel like I could just listen to this album on repeat for the rest of my life. Dreamy new wave synth, in a nostalgic vision of the future as imagined by robots. It packs a hefty punch of equal parts euphoria and nostalgia. The file is a bit large, about 200MB, so I couldn't upload to mediafire. Zshare was much nicer about the shit ton of data i was uploading. Enjoy!


Standout Tracks:
// Betrayed in the Octagon
// Russian Mind
// Computer Vision
// Zones Without People


Oneohtrix Point Never // Memory Vague

















A wave of blissful droning synths, mesmerizing samples, and a new age 80's view of the future. This shit is like the soundtrack to the dreams and nightmares of my youth. Found this band watching older vintage commercials and whatnot on youtube, and somehow came across this absolutely captivating video titled "angel". Found the name of the band in the comments and I've been listening since. Had to ask around to figure out which album angel was on though. But it was well worth it, this album is called "Memory Vague". Which also happens to be a DVD with trippy ass videos like the one below on them.


Standout Tracks:
// Angel
// Nobody Here
// Ships Without Meaning
// Unmaking the World




Gkfoes Vjgoaf // Magic Days























A very interesting name which i have no clue how to pronounce. The music however, speaks for itself. I recently checked out "Magic Days" his latest tape and was blown away. Beautiful ambient folk by a guy out in California. He releases his works on tape, but also uploads to mediafire. I've wanted to listen to more of his work, but I haven't been able to stop playing this damn album. Very relaxing and extremely enjoyable. So here is the link to Magic Days. (Taken off his myspace, more releases up for download there as well so check it out)

Standout Tracks:
// wind moves the clouds, the trees, the waves; i move the wind
// friend flashes
// slow burner
// this heart we glow