7.12.2011

Gangpol & Mit - The 1000 Softcore Tourist People Club [2011]

Gangpol Und Mit is Sylvain Quément (Gangpol/sound) and Guilaume Gastagné (Guillaumit/visual), a group paving the road of combined sound and visuals.
This French duet is building a universe at the same time cheap and complex, ludic and meaningful, shifting and always unpredictable. (last.fm)

Official Website

[2011] The 1000 Softcore Tourist People Club

7.09.2011

Oki Dub Ainu Band - Self-titled [2006] + Sakhalin Rock [2010]

Oki Dub Ainu Band is the far eastern progressive roots band from Japan/Ainu, formed by Oki in 2006.

Official Website

[2006] Oki Dub Ainu Band

7.04.2011

Tinariwen - Aman Iman [2007]

Tinariwen is a band of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali, formed in 1979. (wiki)

Official Website

[2007] Aman Iman

6.27.2011

Blackbird Blackbird - Summer Heart [2010]

Blackbird Blackbird is an electro psych-pop band from San Francisco. 23-year old producer/multi-intrumentalist Mikey Maramag is a Filipino-American electronic musician who started Blackbird Blackbird after studying Literature and American History at UC Santa Cruz. (Last.fm)

MySpace
Bandcamp

[2010] Summer Heart


5.25.2011

Listen: Boris - Attention Please + Heavy Rocks [2011]

Download links removed upon request.

Official Website

[2011] Attention Please

[2011] Heavy Rocks

5.20.2011

Eric August - Wake Distance Future [2011]

Thanks to Eric August for the e-mail.

Eric August describes his music as "lots of beats going on with plenty of hidden artifacts buried underneath walls of ambiance, mixed in with a couple druggy day-time dancefloor tracks for good measure".

You'll have to listen to experience that. Seriously, this is some good refreshing electronic music I've come across in a while.

Last.fm
Bandcamp
[2011] Wake Distance Future

5.18.2011

ex-Girl - Endangered Species [2004]

eX-Girl are a beautiful example of information overload. Jagged 3 part vocal harmonies, adventurous arrangements, and songs that hook you like the sucker that you are. Take all of these treats, wrap it in an ultra-bright technicolor live show with surreal homemade costumes, and you've got the sensation of being strapped in on an out-of-control carnival ride that will leave you standing in line waiting for another turn.
—Mike Patton

Official Website
[2004] Endangered Species