I love all these jamz!
Desolation Wilderness - New Universe - K - This will surely please any one who is a fan of Real Estate, Woods, Beach Fossils, or anything that's beach-y rock. They are pretty awesome and Boardwalk Theme (Trk 2) was definitely one of my summer jamz. Listen to it now on their myspace!http://www.myspace.com/desolationwilderness Bio: Swooning guitars, found sounds, synthesizer trills, forward percussion and dream vocals; New Universeis the second full-length album by Desolation Wilderness. After touring the country extensively, this album is the labor of a restless engine; postcards from being constantly on the move. New Universe alternates between lonely sounds and the euphoria of freedom and distance – like an empty, foggy beach in the early morning. These songs have a particular movement, whether it’s the sun-drenched strut of "Boardwalk Theme" or a barefoot sandy run on "Venice Beach." There are themes of escape and renewal, in leaving behind youth. The world is a vast and beautiful place, but also dangerous – full of doomed, overpowering love ("You Hold a Power Over Me") and night-walking loners ("San Francisco 2AM").
Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall - Matador - It took me a very long time to finally listen to this super hyped artist. He's actually pretty good and if you like garage rock like Yo La Tengo, Titus Andronicus, Condo Fucks, Thee Oh Sees, Ted Leo, ETC ETC, you will definitely like this record. And I like this record much more than the first!
http://www.myspace.com/jayreatard%20Bio Bio: It may seem unlikely given his moniker and reputation, but Jay Reatardhas been experimenting as well. Jay’s been playing and releasing music since he was a teenager, and since then he’s been a trashy, Oblivians-inspired garage brat in The Reatards, a seminal lo-fi synth punk in the criminally neglected Lost Sounds, and of late, he’s been one of rock music’s most talented and twistedly original songwriters, writing music that’s visceral as hell while never sacrificing their almost maddening catchiness. Watch Me Fallis Jay’s most accomplished album to date, once and for all demonstrating that he is not simply a gimmick or a one-trick pony, but a vital and important artist who has expanded both his sonic palette and his almost unique ability to write intricately melodic yet manically energetic songs. Put simply, this record rules.
Capybara - Try Bother - The Record Machine - I really enjoyed this record. They remind me of other bands but don't completely sound like them. If you're a fan of Nurses or Holiday Shores or Magic Magic, perhaps you'd like this. It's experimental and almost woods-y in sound, but more pop-ish. Not all the jamz are wins, but they are certainly enjoyable.
http://www.myspace.com/heycapybara Bio: The debut release of Kansas City band Capybara is filled to the brim with jangly synth melodies, light falsetto harmonies, and a syncopated percussive style that perpetually threatens to start a raucous party. Try Brother, self-produced in the Spring of 2009 in the mountains of northern New Mexico, blends earnest eyes-wide-open lyrics with delicate multi-instrumental arrangements. Their style draws on many influences, evoking classical chamber pop, down-home banjo folk rock, and soaring indie riffs in equal measures.
Truman Peyote - Light Lightning - Whitehaus Family - So Truman Peyote was actually an accident. I was volunteering in Brooklyn over the summer and the very first night I went to volunteer, I found myself at a Ducktails show which actually didn't even have Ducktails playing. It just so happens Ducktails is part of Real Estate and they often double book. (irrelevant). So I wound up seeing one of the best line ups I had seen the entire year. Truman Peyote were two young kids who were clearly influenced by Animal Collective, but aren't ripping off of them like several of their peers. There are so many bands in the wannabe animal collective genre that basically copied every aspect of Animal collective's music and fail to call themselves cover bands. Anyway Truman Peyote really blew me away and I went and saw them again about a week ago and they were awesome enough to give me a CD. So Truman Peyote is good. Very good. Goods jamz include Yes.Wav, New Wife New Life, Marinated, and Firetime=Snowday. (trks 3,4,6,7).
http://www.myspace.com/trumanpeyotemusic Bio: Mashing up genres seems to be the name of the game for the Jamaica Plain, Mass., duo Truman Peyote, who just released an LP entitled Light-Lightning via the Whitehaus Family. This track, "New Wife, New Life", bears some resemblance to Animal Collective circa Strawberry Jam, combining a pulsing electro-beat, tropical guitars, and group vocals. (Pitchfork). "Beantown" suddenly springs to life and bounces around with didgeridoo bullfrog croaks and melting waves of keyboards, and those vocals! Goofy and fun as, whereas moments in "Sara Delta" sounds like they were created in the same grimy factories and by the same pneumatic pumps as Black Dice. True to the latter part of their name, Truman Peyote offer alternately hyperactive and blissed out (but sometimes terrifying) visions in their psychedelia. Constantly shifting through hallucinatory vignettes, their debut LP Light-Lightning traverses deserts of poppy ADD Animal Collectivisms, distant sleepy clublands, tropical luaus and un/settling calm. (Rosequartz Blog).
Medeski Martin & Wood - Radiolarians III - Indirecto - I really have no feelings toward Medeski Martin and Wood. I know they are huge at WUSB and Radiolarians II did well and continues to do well even months after the release. So check out Radiolarians III. If you enjoy them, please elaborate since I seem to lack. Otherwise check out the bio below!
http://www.myspace.com/medeskimartinandwood Bio: Master of anything with a keyboard John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin, and bassist Chris Wood have made improvisation their language – how they communicate with one another and how they communicate with an audience. Their genius for making even the most sophisticated rhythmic and harmonic ideas instantly relatable to their listeners, via long-honed group empathy and individual precision, is balanced by an uncanny knack for imparting the simplest statements with a profound resonance and clarity. In concert they spontaneously shape ideas, each performance marking the start of a journey whose destination is unknown even to them. Radiolarians III, just like its two predecessors, is designed to harness the band’s strengths as improvisers to create vital, dynamic studio album, while also involving their audience in the evolution of the material. Overall, Radiolarians III finds the trio doing what they do best - melding genres and improvising. What results is the strongest and most cohesive album of the entire Radiolarians Series.
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