Perusing Spotify this summer, I noticed that a band I had seen recently was no longer showing up in my searches. I scrolled through my old radio playlists, finally stumbling across the time period when I could not get enough. Instead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., though, Spotify had changed the name to simply JR […]
use toms. don’t say it art. say it gorge. Gorge is a subgenre of Japanese electronic music that loves toms. An insular group of bootists (Gorge-makers) have been releasing manic, cyclical tracks on net labels like gorge.in and Terminal Explosion since about 2012. As the genre has matured, the bpm has increased and
It took me 20 years to get into Disco. This lackadaisical process wasn’t the result of a passive listening lifestyle or growing up in a non-musical family (I consider myself a pretty serious consumer of music / my mother is a cellist, my father is a Post-Punk aficionado, my brother started his own record label).
The following is a fictional personal anecdote about the hydraulophone. The anecdote is designed to incorporate interesting facts about hydraulophones (and bonus facts too!) and leave you with an understanding of an instrument you may have never heard of. The setting is Ontario Science Centre, Canada. The weather is warm with a slight breeze coming
Fool’s Gold – Flying Lessons Fool’s Gold bouncing, delightful third LP is a perfect summer album. Sounding like a mixture of Vampire Weekend and Remain in Light-era Talking Heads, Fool’s Gold blends African inspired rhythms with American pop sensibilities to create catchy jams. While the vocals of this release are disappointingly in English as opposed
Shamir – Ratchet Shamir’s first album positions the 20 year old singer at the forefront of the burgeoning electronic r&b scene. Following up his first EP, Ratchet is dazzling. Crisp, spacious production that emulates old school Detroit techno by producer Nick Sylvester highlights Shamir’s almost impossibly high voice that seems to straddle the line between
The Weather Station – Loyalty Classic folk music, all plucky and sung from the back of the throat—quavering with a reedy quality. Soothing in its familiarity yet a refreshing break from contemporary styles and tropes of revival, which for some reason only seem to resurrect 70’s psychedelica. Warning: you might fall asleep if you
Surface to Air Missive is 23 year old Taylor Ross, from Tallahassee, Florida.
The long awaited Battle of the Bands was off to a solid start last Friday April 24 at the Cave. Fourteen student acts performed and filled the basement of Evans with sweet vibes. This year’s Battle of the Bands really showcased a great variety of diversity. From Hip Hop acts reminiscent of freestyle Fridays by
Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color Groovy guitar and soulful vocals peddle sultry tracks along a chill train on old tracks. Tight drumming and some 1970s waves ground the recordings in a familiar territory. Think Willis Earl Beal’s Nobody Knows, but with more depth and variation. Top Tracks: Miss You, Gimme All Your Love,
Winter –Supreme Blue Dream Winter’s first full length LP is dreamy and lush, more than a little like the strain of marijuana it’s named after. Driven by front woman Samira Winter’s floating vocals and graceful guitar melodies darting out from underneath swells of reverb, this album is absolutely entrancing. Unlike many of their Dream Pop/Shoegaze
The talented and lovely K. Raydio dropping a new video, from her album with O-D “One Drop.” Stream / purchase the record here.
Here’s a live recording of a Carleton Story Slam, featuring Carleton student’s and some wacky and heartfelt stories. Give it a listen!
By: Ian Mercer (This article previously appeared in Volume 3 Issue 2 of No Fidelity) Don’t go writing a two-page CLAP article about me being an asshole for writing this title. I promise: this isn’t about Chillwave being shitty; it’s just a few observations on the unique space that the genre occupied in contemporary music
This is the inaugural upload of an new mp3 blog, curated by the krlx staff, that will mine and put to mp3 some treasures of the Record Libe. Expect no thematic continuity beyond interesting music pre-1997 or so. Our first offering is Deception Bay’s 1993 debut album Fortune Days. Deception Bay – Fortune Days
