Archive for the ‘ New Music ’ Category
Britney Spears divides music fans, some dismissing her as corporate created pop, others seeing her as deserving respect for maintaining a Madonna-esque career path of reinvention and having the ears to snag the best in pop songwriting. Most everyone I know on both sides agrees “Toxic” is a great tune. Or, The Whale (mentioned here [ READ MORE ]
Oh man, you just know everything written about Salvador Santana until the end of his career is going to reference/compare/name drop his dad. Even talking about the album cover brings up the subject, especially since one of Papa Santana’s best covers uses his son’s namesake. Honestly I can’t decide if I really like this one [ READ MORE ]
This Woodhands track starts off a bit like early Depeche Mode before layering female and male vocals to create a more modern feel. It’s a great mashup of retro-thinking and forward thinking. Love those warm synths mixed in there. MP3: Woodhands – Dissembler [Off Remorsecapade, out March 23rd[ READ MORE ]
There’s a classic Soul vibe to this track by The Mynabirds. Naturally it’s too soon to do anything but speculate, but maybe, just maybe, we might get a new Dusty Springfield here. Dare to dream! MP3: The Mynabirds – Numbers Don’t Lie [Off What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood, out [ READ MORE ]
Let’s start the second half of the week off easy with a gentle throwback number by Pretty Good Dance Moves. I love the comfortable 80′s feel to it, all the way down to the catchy chorus melody. MP3: Pretty Good Dance Moves – Leave Me Alone [Off PGDM, out March 9th[ READ MORE ]
Looking Towards The Sky: Progressive, Psychedelic And Folk Rock From The Ember Vaults Various Artists The photo is laughably prog/psych genre specific but intriguing when paired with the design’s mod aesthetics. I’m a big fan of the font colors and the circle around the Ember logo. Very well balanced visually. In fact, the only real [ READ MORE ]
Things have been so crazy this way that I accidentally ended up with a posting break. What to do then? Make a Welcome Back mix, obviously! Here are some favorite tunes culled from various corners of the interwebs over the past couple days: MP3: Nakatomi Towers – Cut Me Out MP3: The Sunshine Underground – [ READ MORE ]
Sorry, we have no blurb today. Please proceed directly to the music below. Thank you. I’m a little late in reporting this, but InSound has their January MixTape up for free download. As usual it’s hit and miss (mostly hit this month), but I always find a few songs that make the download time well [ READ MORE ]
Look: Read: The A.V. Club: You have a reputation for hating doing publicity interviews. Does having that out front help? Do you think it makes people approach you any differently? Harrison Ford: I didn’t know that I had that reputation. I think that was something that—obviously you’ve done your research, but I think I was [ READ MORE ]
Some days you have to sweat a lot to get a post out. Words don’t come, technical problems, can’t find a good track – it just doesn’t seem to work. Then some days you find a cool picture and Serious Business Records pops a cool track online and it’s as easy as can be. MP3: [ READ MORE ]