Posts Tagged ‘dead oceans’
PHOSPHORESCENT
Muchacho
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as heard on radiospin on March 29th, 2013
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Matthew Houck has a highly distinctive artistic voice and a refreshing, rolled-sleeves approach to his work. 2007′s Pride, a spare and haunting work of country, southern gospel and forlorn folk-ish, drone first caused ears to swivel in Phosphorescent‘s direction. He followed it with To Willie, then 2010′s Here’s to Taking It Easy, an enthusiastic plunge into country rock and rolling Americana. Now, his sixth album Muchacho flashes yet another color in the subtly shifting Phosphorescent spectrum.
ARTIST: Phosphorescent
TITLE: Muchacho
LABEL: Dead Oceans
RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2013
TIME: 46:35 min.
WEB: http://phosphorescentmusic.com/
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01. Sun, Arise! (an invocation, an introduction) [03:10]
02. Song for Zula [06:10]
03. Ride On / Right On [03:45]
04. Terror in the Canyons (the wounded master) [04:06]
05. A Charm / A Blade [05:21]
06. Muchacho’s Theme [04:20]
07. A New Anhedonia [04:04]
08. The Quotidian Beasts [07:04]
09. Down to Go [05:16]
10. Sun’s Arising (a koan, an exit) [03:19]
PREVIEW: Phosphorescent – Song For Zula
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A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
Worship
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as heard on radiospin on June 18th, 2012
under album, electronic, experimental, indie, new wave, post-rock, preview, recommended, rock
Guitars as jet engines, guitars as haunted electronics, guitars as filling-melting white heat: A Place To Bury Strangers‘ new album Worship is explosive, visceral, and dark. APTBS‘ DIY-braintrust of Death By Audio wizard Oliver Ackerman and bassist Dion Lunadon continue the evolution of songwriting that began with Onwards to the Wall, the band’s 2011 EP. Now on Worship, they interweave threads of krautrock, dream-pop, and 80s goth without ever losing the edge that is quintessentially the band’s trademark: unhinged dissonance is artfully framed within a fiercely dynamic and assured melodic sensibility.
ARTIST: A Place to Bury Strangers
TITLE: Worship
LABEL: Dead Oceans
RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2012
TIME: 44:27 min.
WEB: http://aptbs.tumblr.com/
01. Alone [02:27]
02. You Are the One [04:09]
03. Mind Control [03:14]
04. Worship [03:53]
05. Fear [04:49]
06. Dissolved [05:27]
07. Why I Can’t Cry Anymore [03:40]
08. Revenge [05:06]
09. And I’m Up [03:47]
10. Slide [03:47]
11. Leaving Tomorrow [04:08]
A Place to Bury Strangers – Revenge
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THE DONKEYS
Born with Stripes
San Diego’s The Donkeys strike a balance of smiling, surfer mysticism and winking, slacker mystique. They reanimate the charming hallmarks of sunshine-rock past without being sepia-toned retro or bubblegum-cloying. There is an innate playfulness and honesty to the music they make: it’s a dynamic that has made public champions of keen-eared musicians like John Darnielle (Mountain Goats) and Craig Finn (The Hold Steady). It was Darnielle who claimed The Donkeys were benevolent keepers of the antidote to an unnamed sickness plaguing indie-rock. Maybe he’s right.
ARTIST: The Donkeys
TITLE: Born with Stripes
LABEL: Dead Oceans
RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2011
TIME: 45:22 min.
WEB: http://www.donkeysongs.com/
01. Don’t Know Who We Are [03:58]
02. I Like the Way You Walk [04:11]
03. Bloodhound [04:37]
04. Born with Stripes [01:42]
05. Kaleidoscope [05:07]
06. West Coast Raga [02:55]
07. New Blue Stockings [04:39]
08. Ceiling Tan [04:39]
09. Oxblood [02:43]
10. Bullfrog Blues [02:58]
11. Valerie [06:47]
12. East Coast Raga [04:08]
The Donkeys - Don’t Know Who We Are
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