musics.: January 2009

Monday, January 12, 2009

culturcide - tacky souvienirs of pre-revolutionary america

anarchistic anti consumer hate fueled cover songs, vocals over the original track/music with additional music added. this guy gets it. completely astounding backlash against mainstream media and people that accept mediocrity and no personality in general. check this out!!!!!!

http://sharebee.com/24fb8c72

50 MEG / ZIP

Sunday, January 11, 2009

crash course in science - cake in the home / signals from pier thirteen

primo early synth punk / minimal synth wave etc. with song lyrics about cardboard lambs, kitchen appliances, and salesmen this really hits the spot. included are 2 ep's.

http://sharebee.com/4935e091

28 MEGS / ZIP

plus instruments - big man

kick ass minimal synth punk. also treated some female vocals on this one. good mix of sounds and rhythm here, its hard to sum up the album with one genre.

http://sharebee.com/5687958e

38 MEG / ZIP

the garbage and the flowers - eyes rind as if beggars

amazing lofi garage rock with a sort of psychedelic/experimental twist. if you are into fuzzy and warbled sounds give it a listen. the band name seems to have been derived from a leonard cohen song lyric in suzanne. a lot of the songs on this album are quite long but remain solid. mainly the sounds on this blew me away, coupled with some great lyrics.

http://sharebee.com/ac99b2b3

115 MEGS / ZIP

unit 3 with venus - unit 3 with venus ep

a fun filled new wave / synth punk ep. entertaining lyrics about beer, sleepover parties, and boys. female vocals , child singer ! lots of good vintage synth sounds with a band.

http://sharebee.com/b4d5f60b

12 MEGS / ZIP

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

au pairs - sense and sensuality

for whatever reasons, i didnt check out this group for a long time. possibly a case of seeing the band name and thinking its another group. know what i mean? anyway, i really enjoy gang of four. particularly the varied arrangement of everything, inventive patterns, timing etc. au pairs really captures all of that same beauty and does it with the perfect female voice. politically charged lyrics will have you listening over and over.

http://sharebee.com/f4268d3f

97 megs / ZIP

the busy signals - self titled

super high energy pop / power / punk! catchy female fronted band. love her voice, nice and full but not so deep it sounds strange. nice and straight to the point songs that dont go on for much more than two minutes each.

http://sharebee.com/1ef29384

30 megs / ZIP

drinking electricity - overload

primarily female vocals , backed by minimal drum / synthesizers / guitar. favorite track on this was EASILY "good times" . love how she sings on that track and its a great pick me up track. really puts you in a good mood. the rest of the album has some jams and generally every track at least utilizes interesting synthesized sounds.

http://sharebee.com/204f0a77

31 megs / ZIP

Ensemble Pittoresque - For this is past

very cool synthesizer / drum machine / sampler / vocal work! the songs are pretty varied but overall maintain a sort of aesthetic similar to synth based krautrock , but leaning toward early electro and new wave. i particularly enjoyed the tracks with vocals. very well written stuff.

http://sharebee.com/5049c3a2

54 megs / ZIP

The Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons

this album is full of what feels to me - a slightly different way of going about the process. the title of the album kind of being the first clue :P feels like a very full sound. stretching across all sorts of timbres with synthesizers, fuzzy guitar, male and female vocals etc. just check this out!

http://sharebee.com/a92fa715

64 meg / ZIP

ten mad mongers - deathbeat

the darker but not so downbeat sounds of ten mad monger. dont know anything about the band, release is however amazing. i hate to compare it to joy division but the vocals do resemble ian curtis' moody howling sound. a sound of their own is maintained and the album is a playthrough if you're into the first couple tracks.

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