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Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles on 08 25th, 2010 | No Comments

There seems to be a general movement by noisy bands that begin with ‘wall of sound’ albums that smack you in the face to eventually adopt pop sensibilities into their sound. Fans of lo-fi call it ’selling out,’ while others argue that a band is trying to become more ‘accessible’...

Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles on 04 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Jose Gonzalez fronts Junip; New full-len...

José González has been quiet since he released In Our Nature in 2007. This Swedish artist toured the world several times and gains critical acclaim for his tape saturated classical guitar sound. I was suspecting that José was working on new music, and my suspicions were confirmed today. We’re...

Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles, videos on 04 5th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Ben Cooper of Electric President, Radica...

Some artists find it appropriate to give roots to their musical plurality by releasing music under multiple band names. Ben Cooper of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, has embraced this approach, and it seems that he’s unable to stop the flood of songwriting ideas. He writes under three band names:...

Posted by Flick in Bloomington Music, Media, Mp3 Singles on 03 5th, 2010 | 2 Comments

Landlocked Music and Russian Recording: ...

Bloomington, Indiana’s Landlocked Music and Russian Recording brought in quite few artists traveling through Bloomington in 2009. Having recorded each performance, they’re releasing a vinyl compilation set on Record Store Day (April 17th, 2010). It Happened Here will be a limited print LP...

Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles, videos on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments

The New Monarchs: Electrocaching...

Sean Hogan and Taylor Nelson of The New Monarchs digitally released a new album called Electrocaching on March 2nd, while the CD will be released March 23rd. As the album name might indicate, The New Monarchs have an interesting experimental electronic sound that doesn’t abandon the importance...

Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles on 03 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Benni Hemm Hemm: Retaliate EP...

Being a sucker for Icelandic artists, I was excited to find that Benni Hemm Hemm is releasing Retaliate EP in April. Benni now lives in Scotland and this album marks the first time he has sung every song in English. Benni recorded this album using his own recording gear, while the previous albums were...

Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles on 02 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Paper the Operator and Viper Bite Record...

In the late 1990’s, Jon Sebastian began recording songs on his 4-track recorder, selling CD-R copies at shows under various band names before forming Paper The Operator. After dealing with rotating band members, Jon took on the writing and recording process by himself and released Goodbye God on...

Posted by Flick in Media on 02 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Uniform Motion: animated...

Click on the image for the animation I wrote about Uniform Motion recently, praising their approach of mixing forms of media… by creating animated videos for their songs or projecting live sketches as Renaud Forestié, a graphic designer, reacts to the performance. They believe in this approach...

Posted by Flick in Media, videos on 02 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment

Tunng: Hustle video...

Tunng posted their first video (and a brilliant video, we must add) today for …And Then We Saw Land, for their song Hustle. The quality of the video is much higher than the psychedelic but fun video for Bullets. Their new album comes out on March 1st, and the band has given fans a teaser video...

Posted by Flick in Mp3 Singles on 02 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Remix: Beach House, Shout Out Louds, and...

Here are three remixes that have been placed in our hands… so I can place them in yours: Shout Out Louds’s new song, Fall Hard, was remixed by Passion Pit, days before their February 23rd release of Work. Ghosts by CANT (Chris Taylor/Grizzly Bear) was remixed by Class Actress. Beach House’s...

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