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Moderat - A New Error
Moderat are from Berlin. Moderat is Modeselektor & Apparat (co-founder of Shitkatapult Records). I’m not too keen on a lot of the tracks on this album, but this track is exceptional. Lovely warm fat synth bass, hand clap, head bobbing, and lots of build-up, slightly industrial, great for driving fast late at night. You’ll see what I mean if you hear the song.
December 08, 2009, 4:51pm
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The Gories - Ghost Rider
A garage punk band from Detroit, Michigan via 1986. Member, Mick Collins, later formed the Dirtbombs. Raw, lo-fi, testosterone, angry, decadent, awesome. It is how you would imagine Detroit would sound if it was a rock band.
December 06, 2009, 5:04pm
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Explosions In the Sky - First Breath After Coma
From Austin, Texas. A post-rock band. Very dynamic… When you see them live, at times the music is so soft you could hear a pin drop in the audience… and at times you are completely engulfed by a wall of sound. The times I’ve seen them live they didn’t stop between songs and they only used the mic in the beginning to say hello and at the end to say goodbye.
Live performance on youtube
Their website
December 02, 2009, 5:13pm
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Bear in Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers
From Brooklyn (sheeesh!). Grand, ambitious sound. Especially within the context of the whole album. Spacey synths, layered with classic analog instruments. I would imagine these guys put on a good live show.
Bear in Heaven Website
November 26, 2009, 4:14pm
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Arp - Potentialities
Arp is Alexis Georgopoulos from New York. Expect layered sparse atmospheric sounds from warm buzzing synthesizers almost completely null of percussion. In this track there is a slight build up and a fleeting melody. I especially enjoy the way it starts. Lots of a texture. Definitely headphone music. Better if played loud.
November 25, 2009, 5:16pm
Staff Benda Bilili - Trailer
“Staff Benda Bilili are a group of Congolese street musicians. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm’n’blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they suffered from poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of ex-sheges, abandoned street kids who were taken under the protection of the older members of the band. The soloist is an 18 year-old boy who plays astounding electric guitar-like solos on a one-stringed lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can.” - via wikipedia
Looks like a good film and the music sounds fantastic. Looking forward to seeing this.
November 25, 2009, 3:01am
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Howlin’ Wolf - Back Door Man
Soul Post part 2: Starting with Mr. Wolf’s voice and followed by a swaggering half drunk rhythm this track sounds different from every other blues song; this despite having standard blues structure and instrumentation. Should be played loud in a dark smoke filled room.
November 12, 2009, 4:33pm
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Them Two - Am I A Good Man
Soul Post part 1: This a track that from the Miami, Florida centric “Eccentric Soul: Deep City Label” compilation done by Numero Group. I mentioned this track with a little more background information in a previous post back in June.
November 09, 2009, 5:39pm
Grizzly Bear - Foreground
This live recording of Grizzly Bear in a cathedral performing 3 tracks from their album “Veckatimest” is absolutely stunning. The vocal arrangements soar in the acoustics of the cathedral. They seem to be really on top of their game.
Make sure to catch all three videos. You can do that here.
November 09, 2009, 3:23am
Soul Power - Trailer
This a re-post in a way. The difference is now I’ve seen the movie and can strongly recommend it. In-Edit is an annual documentary film festival held here in Barcelona. Today was my first time going. I’m not sure if it is like this every year but I can say that at least this year the program seems geared heavily towards documentaries about MUSIC. My favorite kind.
Tomorrow I plan to attend Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison without fault, Beyond Ipanema and maybe Still Bill if it can be squeezed in (doubt it). More on that tomorrow.
Watch Soul Power Trailer in HD
November 08, 2009, 12:46am
