Search This Blog

Monday, January 27, 2014

EP: Savage Sister & Lykanthea // sundrowned




sundrowned, a collab between Savage Sister and Lykanthea is everything it ought to be. It aims at the right target and hits dead-center bullseye. This is the kind of music  Memoryhouse might  have made if they hadn't gotten signed; perfect dream pop shoegaze. The EP a is a clear '10', and one of the best we're likely to hear this year. 

This, the astonishing remixes they've made, and what I heard of their forthcoming Wild Sleep EP (February 28), Savage Sister has established itself as a major artist. Lykanthea is Lakshmi Ramgopal, an experimental solo musician, also based in Chicago.

"Savage Sister is a kewl-bear dream pop/shoegaze/dreamwave band based in Chicago, made up of Michael Tenzer, Chloe Lundgren and Caitlin Klask."

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Compilation: SVNSET WΛVES WINTER WINDS vol. 1




The wonderful people over at  SVNSET WAVES have put together another great free compilation of authentic underground DIY/internet electronic music, following the equally good RISING TIDES and SVMMER SVN, still available, btw . At 36 tracks by as many artists, the collection is formidable in scope, and  Corbin--the tireless enthusiast behind SVNSET WAVES-- has an excellent ear for quality material. He has collected capsule bio's on each artist featured, posted HERE.


Track: Savage Sister "Old Orchard Beach" (Magnetic Fields Cover)


                                     Shoegaze dreampop dreamwave Chicago Savage Sister
                                                Wild Sleep EP drops 18 February  2014


DOWNLOAD: The Beatles EP COP FONT


Damaged messed-up psychedelic pop The Beatles is the ninth studio album by English rock group COP FONT. It is also commonly known as "The White Album", because it is white. The album marks the first time an artist has composed an entire symphony using only a kazoo. All sounds on The Beatles are kazoo sounds, although some have been heavily processed by powerful computers.

The album's sleeve was designed by Lorna Mills, a notable pop artist who had organized a Marcel Duchamp retrospective at the Tate Gallery the previous year. Hamilton's design was in stark contrast to Peter Blake's vivid cover art for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and in the morning I will remember what I am supposed to do.When you listen to this with coffee it may be so trippy that it  triggers 'body memory' of that last time you tripped your balls off. [citation needed]

Indeed, the artist intended the cover to resemble the "look" of conceptual art, an emerging movement in contemporary art at the time. This album was composed entirely for performance on a cheap dollar store kazoo.  COP FONT is now in hiding, possibly due to a lawsuit brought by Nike. He has been know to use a number of aliases, including  Spooky Cheddar.

Included is the hit "Dad Rock", a collaboration with Wolf In A Spacesuit.  The Beatles has since been regarded as one of the best albums of all time.[51] In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it number 10 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[52] In a retrospective review, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph also viewed the album as one of the greatest and found it "so eccentric and interesting" that "even its sketchiest oddities somehow gain power amidst the cornucopia of ideas and performances.It is astonishing how many sounds one can make with a kazoo."

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

TRACK OF THE MONTH: MEISHI SMILE "PALE"


I remembered  "PALE" from  MEISHI SMILE's SPF420 set in June 2013. It's one of the best tracks I've heard lately, state-of-the-art dream-pop, or maybe dream-rave is a better term, because it's a glowing, breathing, side-chained future-bliss anthem that had me fist-pumping on the roof when I heard the track on a proper system.

"Lust" is from the forthcoming LP PALE, which drops January 28th on vinyl and CD, via Attack The Music,  and digitally via ZOOM LENS. 

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Track: PALM COAST HIGHWAY "Dream Machine"


Great new track from  the fun machine BEER ON THE RUG  has the vintage sound of 2010; chillwave all-the-way. We like it like that!  It's from the album FANTASY RECORDINGS.

Track: Savage Sister "Katy Song" (Red House Painters Cover)


"Savage Sister is a dream pop/shoegaze/dreamwave band based in Chicago." -- from their Soundcloud. My kind of music, and a great re-visioning of the original.Their new  Wild Sleep EP drops on Feb. 18.