Audio

Jayne’s Myalgic Mix #1

Posted by jayne k on November 24, 2024
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My first stab at posting a music mix. Mostly melodic stuff…

ArtistAlbumSong
JordanaClassical Notions of HappinessCrunch
The OpheliasAlmostLover’s Creep
Air WavesAir Waves EPLightning
Korea GirlKorea GirlB-Side
Sarah DougherThe BluffSystem Works
Kicking GiantAlien I.D.Town Idiot or She’s Real
King PrincessHold on BabyChange the Locks
Barbara Manning1212Isn’t Lonely Lovely
Leith RossMotherwellEveryone I’ve Never Met
God is My Co-PilotGet BusyI Cant Dance
Bitch DieselHailI Don’t Wanna Go Out
ReynosaClowning 7″Carinito (ORIGINAL BY LOS HIJOS DEL SOL)
OhmmePartsParts
Jessica Lea MayfieldWith Blasphemy So HeartfeltBible Days

Lou Barlow – The Breeze

Posted by jayne k on September 29, 2016
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Sorry for the silence. Evolving through my emo mess. There is a new Lou Barlow EP out though, and that is a good way to break the silence. With some understated over emotional music. Obviously.

Drunk Radio Shower – Indonesia

Posted by jayne k on July 23, 2016
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Herein we listen to music from Indonesia. And Drink. And live blog and tweet about it. Join along from home. Share what you think or what you like. Apologies to the good people in Indonesia who don’t drink.

8:00pm Let’s do this. Indonesia has tons of good music. This is a fun love ditty.

8:10pm That was pretty damned great! How about a Swervedriver cover?

And tons more after the jump… Continue Reading

EP HIghlight: Boyfriend Material – S/T EP

Posted by jayne k on May 31, 2016
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Cross-posted at isotria blaring…

Now this is catchy. Boyfriend Material has a new EP out on Community Records.

This first song “Small Talk” is absolutely promising. It’s a sort of indie pop/singer songwriter without being too poppy. “Two Steps Back” starts out like a Rainer Maria tune. In fact, this song could be a Rainer Maria song both lyrically and instrumentally. It’s really quite enjoyable.

“Good Graces” tones things down a bit. It’s pretty in a navel-gazing kind of way. Navelgaze should be a recognized genre. Whereas emo has become a certain brand of pop punk which sometimes is great, sometimes really sucks, navelgaze would focus on a certain brand of songwriters like Shauna Healey and Lou Barlow.

Anyhow, the last track is “Absentminded” which features the ukUlele. This calls back more to her earlier stuff (see below). This EP is a very worthwhile listen. The EP in it’s entirety was released on Friday.

 
This is more of a full band sound. The core of Boyfriend Material is singer-songwriter Shauna Healey. On her first LP “Far From Home”, also on Community Records, her music is very stripped down. It’s that bare acoustic ukulele combined with raw honest vocals that is popular in certain circles these days. I just love this stripped down sound. In any case, there is much to love here.

7″ Highlight: The Manhattan Love Suicides Bikini Party / Birthday Kill 7″

Posted by jayne k on May 26, 2016
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Cross-posted on isotria blaring…

Reviving my effort to highlight particularly good new 7″ releases, today I want to bring your attention to the Manhattan Love Suicides newish single on Odd Box Records in January. This single starts out with a bang on Side A with “Bikini Party / Birthday Kill”. First the industrial sounding drum beat. Second the repetitive tilting guitar riff. Third the spoken haunting vocals.

I don’t know what’s up with the slashes, they clearly aren’t separate songs so I gather they are just compound concepts. I think this is true for the B side too which is titled “Deserted Coastal Town / Action & Memory / What Am I Supposed to Do?”

The B-side is much less aggressive at first. Soft and haunting to start. From there it builds to some Joan Jett-esque rock ‘n roll. In the last minute the song really climaxes with more aggressive guitar and reverb effects on the vocals. In this way it becomes more affecting. It’s well worth the listen as the pay off is great.

EP Highlight: JAMBOX – Spleen EP

Posted by jayne k on May 24, 2016
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Cross posted from isotria blaring…

When it comes to new music from 2016, this is so far one of my favorites. Jambox is from Turin, Italy. This EP really grooves. It’s shoegaze indie rock. Sometimes I really struggle to describe music. OK, maybe all the time. But here is the thing, this is good music. Worth sharing. Let them describe their own EP:

“Spleen” wants to communicate the sense of anxiety, anguish and alienation that is the result of modern life monotony. The music is characterized by heavily distorted dreaming guitars, a strong rythmic section and almost-spoken vocals.

After giving it a listen, visit their bandcamp page and buy some of it!
 

The Raincoats – Live @ WFMU in 1994 (Live Music Sunday)

Posted by jayne k on May 22, 2016
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Cross-posted from isotria blaring… 

Thinking on early lady punkers. The Raincoats were pretty great. Here they are playing live on WFMU in 1994. Apparently the day after Kurt Cobain, who was a fan, died. They have toured extensively including with LiliPUT whom I just posted about.

The Raincoats originally formed in 1977 while Ana da Silva and Gina Burch were attending Hornsey College of Art in London. Check out The Raincoats website for albums and such. State-side you can get their self-titled record on vinyl via Kill Rock Stars.
 

Witching Waves – Better Run

Posted by jayne k on February 26, 2016
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This sounds very Grass Widow-ish. Perhaps with a cleaner sound. The album is quite consistently catchy. It’s a good tune to get ready for your weekend!