I’ve enjoyed a few Bat for Lashes songs here and there, but I’m especially excited to see Natasha Khan going all in on weirdness with her new Sexwitch project, which is a collaboration with psych nutjobs TOY.
I’m a little late getting today’s post up. But I shall make up for that by finding the most amount of words in the band name and song title. There is so much music out there. So this is a new discovery for me and i’m really enjoying this. Maybe it’s the weird chase scene in the cover art. But i’m pretty sure it’s the hybrid Mount Eerie/Built to Spill thing I’m sensing herein. Give it a listen. It’s large in sound, somewhat epic in scope, and really comforting.
Mark McGuire definitely has an identifiable sound, that’s for sure. But nobody could accuse him of phoning in any of his innumerable releases. On “Earth: 2015” he runs his smooth synth processed guitar tones through an apocalyptic wringer. It’s a song I could imagine soundtracking a futuristic car chase in some low budget sci-fi movie. And if the song piques your interest but you’re on the fence about actually buying the record, just know that packaging for the Beyond Belief LP is absolutely beautiful:
I like Vacation and I like this tune. This song came to my attention at an appropriate time as I seemed to start randomly stumbling across songs about police abuse all at the same time as it was growing as a national issue. Because, it should be a national issue until it’s stopped.
Been meaning to post this one for a while, even though it features questionable rationing of pizza slices. I’m out of town this week, but Jim will be on the show per usual, playing jams from 9pm til midnight. Streamt it at www.WRCT.org.
Dirty Dishes live from the Hanging Horse Studio.
Welcome to another edition of the Interstellar Radio Shower Week in Review. Here in we navel gaze.
Matt Picks a Jim Song
Holy shit is that G.L.O.S.S. song capital-A Angry. Give it a listen immediately, it’s 90 seconds you won’t regret.
Jim Picks a Matt Song
Viet Cong is great. The word is they may be changing their name. Regardless what you think, the music is good. But my pick for this week is Wildhoney.
7″ Highlight – Kim Phuc
Matt highlighted some hard to find 7″ records from legendary Pittsburgh band Kim Phuc. Their existence was brief, but their music was awesome.
Sunday, September 13th Radio Show Playlist
The show featured good music. Which I can’t link to right now for silly reasons. More later…
Everything I’ve heard from the upcoming Deerhunter album has been fantastic. They seem to be retreating a bit from the 8-track roughness present on Monomania and the result reminds me of a mix of the bedroom experimentation of frontman Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound solo project and grayscale indie sheen of guitarist Lockett Pundt’s Lotus Plaza. There’s still a weirdness to these songs though, even if I can’t quite put my finger on where it’s coming from. Coming from somebody who revisits Cryptograms more often than Halcyon Digest, that’s meant as a compliment. In the woozy video for “Breaker” above, you can watch Cox and Pundt share vocals on a track I feel comfortable in describing as damn near poppy.
How about a word from New Orleans post-punk outfit Heat Dust. A word on Seeking a Praxis. A word on destiny. A word on reverb.
Perfect! Another excuse to remind you to check out Viet Cong’s fantastic self-titled LP that came out earlier this year. Do it now before they make everybody’s year-end lists and you feel like you missed out.