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Sobrenadar

Is it being made too easy for us bloggers to write artist profiles? We were sent an introductory video to Argentinian artist Sobrenadar (Paula Garcia), rendering most of my words useless. Typically I’d think this type of promotion is overly self-serving and turns people off, but I’m charmed by this video, which features an […]

Lee

Power Player

The baritone should remind you of someone. If it doesn’t, you may need to read this blog more often. But we’re okay with first-timers and newbies. Welcome!

Power Player is the project of Ryan Ross Smith, based out of Oakland, CA, who occasionally records with others. The music will not make you jump […]

Lee

[MP3] Hands: “Warm Night Home”

Are you serious, Lee? Another Hands tune is available for download?? Mere days before several CMJ shows (one with our good blogging friends over at I Guess I’m Floating)???

I could keep going, but that would require way more question marks than I’m comfortable with, so I won’t. But Geoff Halliday and co. […]

Lee

Korea in the Space

I listened to this late last night and wasn’t sure if I’d like it again in the morning. I thought it was one of those times where everything I put on I enjoy (happens, like, every night…bad news for blogging), but, in this case, I’m still in like. Thankfully.

“Hi” is not quite […]

Jesse

Nick Bindeman continues his stranglehold on Summer 2011 with Tunnels’ The Blackout

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Nick Bindeman owns the summer of 2011. In June, Bindeman released a new record from his band Jackie-O Motherfucker, and then followed it up with a release from his other band, Eternal Tapestry, in July. Now it’s August and Bindeman unleashes another record, this time under the name Tunnels. While Jackie-O […]

Lee

Conveyor

Conveyor, out of Brooklyn, has seen an uptick in their online presence lately as they prepare to release their promising debut EP, titled Sun Ray. Bursting with sunny experimental pop, Sun Ray is perfect for the closing days of Summer.

It’s going to be hard to get these tunes out of my head. […]

Lee

[MP3] Oulipo: “Offer Me”

This Is What I Said (And I Dove Into The Water), the experimental debut EP from five-man Oulipo, out of Raleigh, North Carolina, will be released August 16 on cassette by DiggUp Tapes. Heavily lo fi and highly harmonic, This Is What I Said… is a promising start to Oulipo’s career.

Oulipo – “Offer Me” […]

Jesse

Soak in Faces on Film’s re-release of Some Weather

Faces on Film, the alter ego Boston-based songwriter Mike Fiore, recently reissued his second album, Some Weather, on the Nice Music Group label. Originally self-released, the record now gets the wider exposure it deserves, and with good reason. Faces on Film’s sound has a welcome familiarity about it, landing Some Weather squarely in the […]

Lee

Nestled Like Spoons

Nestled Like Spoons is Phil Marsalona, a 22 year old from Philadelphia. It’s evident from his experimental electronic music that he’s been deeply influenced by the biggest stars of his time, including Radiohead and the like. Everything is self-recorded and released, and he flies solo for all performances. Three cheers for one man […]