Here’s one to brighten your mood on this lovely Friday. It’d be easy to label “Palace of Love” new-wave and move on, but it really is more than the sum of its parts. Think early-80’s Sprinsteen meets The Stone Roses. Does that make any sense? Probably not in theory, but have a listen and I think you might agree.
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Well here’s something to completely offset the good vibes of yesterday’s post. “Night-Time Worker” sounds like a nihilistic, krautrocky take on Flipper’s “Sex Bomb”. One of the best songs I’ve heard in a good while. Evil sax is the best sax.
I know the title says “Matt Annoys Jim”, but I’d really like to pretend I’m doing him a favor by cramming all of these songs into one post instead of spreading them out over the course of a few days. I’m nothing if not the ultimate compromiser. After the jump, a few more songs that have me tapping my feet, and will most likely have another certain poster to the blog rolling his eyes…
The Neon Indian song at the top of the post is off of Vega Intl. Night School, out 10/16 on Mom + Pop.
– Off of Knockin’ Boots, out now on Broadwalk.
– Off of the upcoming Easy Life EP.
– Finally, a video for a tune I already posted about a few weeks back. Product 3 is out 10/23 on Anti.
Good lord, can you imagine seeing this live once the back half kicks in? It might border on religious experience.
Deerhunter just announced a new album, Fading Frontier, that’ll be out 10/16 on 4AD. I don’t think I need to tell you how excited this makes me. Along with the usual Deerhunter awesomeness, this one features contributions from Broadcast’s James Cargill and Stereolab’s Tim Gane.
The first single from Fading Frontier is “Snakeskin”, which builds on the back of a skittery, damn near danceable rhythm. The chord progressions and outro are still noticeably Deerhunter, though, and now the countdown to October officially begins.
I’m writing up this post on Saturday morning, so I’m working under the assumption that I’ll enjoy the Beach House show tonight at Mr. Smalls as much as I expect to. So to (preemptively) celebrate, here’s a little something La Blogotheque filmed around the release of 2010’s Teen Dream.
No real explanation for this one, just a really good indie rock song with a video to match.
I’ve gone a bit quiet this week, haven’t I? Here’s a quick remedy to that situation. “I Knock Myself Out” could very well be an autobiographical song title given it’s AmRep-style noise fury.
Ryan Hemsworth can be a bit of a musical chameleon, as he seems to release a steady stream of electronic music that can swing all the way from top 40 pop to stuff bordering on the avant-garde. “Afterglow” finds him in a damn near indie rockish headspace. It’s a warm blanket of a song that brings to mind Mutual Benefit, who, in turn, bring to mind You Forget It in People-era BSS. Pairs well with bonfires and stargazing.
Jim referenced a possible Russian drunk radio shower in our future in his Angelic Milk post a while back, and I’ve got another possible entrant to the festivities. St. Petersburg’s Pinkshinyultrablast (either an Astrobrite reference or one hell of a coincidence) are at times shoegazey, mathy, or completely blown out. They touch all three of those reference points in “Kiddy Pool Dreams”, the title track to their new album out 10/2 on Club AC30.