Given everything we’ve heard from Heaters before, “Gum Drop” comes as a bit of a surprise. The whole thing starts as a tiny, reverby snowball perched on top of a mountain. Then it starts rolling downhill, growing into a gigantic, triumphant avalanche along the way.
Music
From Places to Hide in Atlanta.
I was listening to this this morning. Such a great album.
Some raucous guitar rock for your hump day. I’d like to reiterate TRAAMS request that you please don’t break your neck.
I concede i’m a huge Air Waves fan. I posted the previous single for their long awaited upcoming release (due out in September). Here is a video for the song Fantasy. The lp can be pre-ordered via Western Vinyl.
I know post-punk can fall into the angular category at times, but this is absolutely jagged.
Lest you haven’t heard yet, Helen is a supergroup of sorts, featuring members of Eternal Tapestry and Eat Skull backing the ethereal vocals of Liz Harris, AKA Grouper (who, incidentally, was planted firmly at the top of my year end list for 2014). “Violet” follows the previously released ““Motorcycle” and continues to emphasize the “dream” in dream pop. Is there any label more consistent than Kranky?
I am a big fan of the forever emotional music of Lou Barlow. Here is a stream of his new album coming out on Joyful Noise Records.
Musician Thomas Watkiss will be gracing us with his presence tonight, playing some music and talking some shit. Here is a sneak peak at what he does. Listen up, then listen in, WRCT 88.3FM at 9pm.
I still believe that the Kevin Parker-featuring “Daffodils” off of Mark Ronson’s Uptown Special (maybe you’ve heard of it?) is a fantastic song. I’ve also long maintained that Foals are still a great band, even as they get more polished in their journey away from Antidotes. So how convenient it is that the band offered up their take on the song during a recent stop at Triple J.
On the subject of live music, Thomas Watkiss will be in the studio tonight, playing live and blowing minds. Tune in at 9PM, www.wrct.org.