it's a grey tuesday afternoon, precisely the kind you don't wanna experience in spring in laaahndan fakkin taaaahn. here are the tidbits that have made my day better, hope they do the same for you:
first try out this sublime, glitchy blend of vocal
samples that benjamin mason from sunny pembrokeshire has crafted into a
soundscape of skittering, joy-inducing glory on ‘willis williams mcjones
edwards’ (pretty welsh sounding, butt): http://benjaminmason.bandcamp.com/track/willis-williams-mcjones-edwards-iii
the whole album, which spins from pastoral
experimentation to backwoods folkisms,
is available here: http://benjaminmason.bandcamp.com/album/dogs-n-yaaa
finnish JAMC obsessives black lizard gaze
lovingly at their hi-tops and shake their tambourines on this new track
‘forever gold’https://soundcloud.com/soliti/black-lizard-forever-gold-1 it may be cliched but that sound always feels cool to me.
it’s a precursor to their
upcoming tour all info on which is, one would guess, here: www.facebook.com/blacklizardmusic
roddy frame is a living legend, songwriting
hero, scottish elvis, all of that – and he’s still, many years after his teen
glory in aztec camera, an astounding performer, brilliant lyricist and general
awesome bastard. This has got one of those choruses you wish you wrote and an
album to follow :https://soundcloud.com/aedrecords/forty-days-of-rain01-wav/s-RPTwc
how I love the frame-dog. that track is
nabbed from his new album ‘seven dials’ out in may – his first since 2006 I
reckon.
here's a sweet treat - about a minute into this you’ll see the
rather wonderful band BOY experience fame in a foreign land for the first time
as the duo play their debut US show in Brooklyn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEng60LouQo#t=68
LAVVERLY.
lastly a link to a great interview with a massive
hero of mine ian mackaye from the legendary indie spiritualist site – get it
read, feel better, buy more records on dischord: http://theindiespiritualist.com/2012/05/08/mackaye/
you like what you see mister? missus? you want
more? lemme know?
xm