tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88114843041958947792024-02-19T00:11:45.523-08:00WUSB NEW JAMZKrissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-36910030249268953802012-02-12T10:24:00.000-08:002012-02-12T10:56:22.230-08:00The Kabbs / Down This Road<a href="http://f0.bcbits.com/z/14/90/1490247291-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="http://f0.bcbits.com/z/14/90/1490247291-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.com/embed/mzj23is3ix48a0g.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="370" height="30"></embed>The Kabbs are a band from San Diego that make country-garage rock tunes. It kind of sounds like cowboy punk, maybe if punks invaded mining towns in the gold rush era.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-31082382668217191952012-02-05T13:11:00.000-08:002012-02-05T13:26:18.416-08:00Trailer Trash Tracys / Turkish Heights<a href="http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/wp-content/media/2011/12/trailer-trash-tracys-ester.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/wp-content/media/2011/12/trailer-trash-tracys-ester.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.com/embed/rt0cazilbhujk1n.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="370" height="30"></embed><br />Okay, let’s be real, Trailer Trash Tracys might be one of the worst band names of 2k12, or possibly one of the worst band names ever. They popped into the music world with one of the most banging debut singles of any dreamy synth pop blog band. Their new LP, Ester, throws down more hits and continues to expand the superstar legacy of this fresh UK act. At the tail-end of Ester, the Tracys throw down a slow one that will definitely melt your heart. Turkish Heights oozes with dreamy shoe-gazey synth notes bleeding into drowsy vocals, making sense with a bass line so damn simple, yet mind-blowing with every note. #oozeKrissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-27755847377836516122011-06-06T21:45:00.001-07:002011-06-06T21:49:05.106-07:00Pokey LaFarge / Pack It Up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c2sopublic.reverbnation.com/UserFile/16057/file/PokeyLaFargeThirdManSingleFRONTlores.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="http://c2sopublic.reverbnation.com/UserFile/16057/file/PokeyLaFargeThirdManSingleFRONTlores.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/5vcerrsc1z418a3.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="30" width="370"></embed><br />For the last year or so, Third Man has been pouring out brilliant 7” singles from an incredibly diverse range of artists. Jack White deserves a hell of a lot more praise from finding artists from so many different locations, genres, and levels of success. Anyway, recently I’ve been really excited by Pokey LaFarge’s addition to the Third Man singles collection. LaFarge, hailing from St. Louis, sounds like the celebration of traditional America as we know it from movies and stories from American history textbooks circa high school. It’s so distant and almost confusing in a time where music has become something temporary, something that has to defy everything else happening at the moment, something that creates a new sound with an influx of trendy bands to follow. LaFarge has a sound that is timeless and almost isolated from a music industry that feasts on the wires of the world wide web. Even his biography reads like the tale of a hero from some film based on a younger America. LaFarge doesn’t simply settle for being incredibly unique at a time when everyone else is trying so hard; he is also exceptionally talented, carrying terrific effortless vocals and an immaculate talent for song writing. His old school traditional American blue grass that carries imagery of lazy rivers and folks swing dancing late at night in the town pub is probably the punkest, most bad ass thing I’ve heard from any musician in the last decade. The upbeat B-side of LaFarge’s new single, Pack it Up, opens with a sweet little guitar rhythm that gets swept up with LaFarge’s modest vocals met by wonderful harmonies during the chorus. It’s all carried by the rhythm of a stand up base and becomes perfect with LaFarge’s epic guitar solo towards the end. Pokey LaFarge; the punkest thing in America.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-30056632403423405862011-04-22T08:10:00.000-07:002011-04-22T08:13:38.748-07:00Davila 666 / Diablo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.mtviggy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tan-bajo-album-art.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="http://blog.mtviggy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tan-bajo-album-art.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/f62kb0a2x42q2n0.swf" width="370" height="30" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"><br />Tan Bajo is full of fuzzy raunchy bad ass rock numbers, but there are some warm heart melting gems hidden beneath the fuzz. I have no idea what they’re saying, but it feels sweet and the guitar hooks coated in sugary vocal melodies will tickle you in all the right places. Check them out in NYC this week!Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-6612945111440201922011-04-20T13:54:00.000-07:002011-04-20T14:00:49.086-07:00Family Portrait / Wait<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.seizurechicken.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Family-Portrait-Band.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 355px;" src="http://www.seizurechicken.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Family-Portrait-Band.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/0srlm855tphpt6o.swf" width="370" height="30" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"><br />For the last few years, I’ve been sucking the life out of my limited collection of Family Portrait tracks stripped away from compilations and singles. Those few tracks in themselves were enough to credit the band with, but nothing feels as perfect as their debut record. I’ve been anticipating this explosion of sound of my entire life. I was born into this beautiful world searching for this LP and I’ve finally found it. The final result, the gift we’ve all been searching for, is finally here and it’s fucking incredible. Warm sounds bloom into crystal psychedelic melodies that melt and swell and bleed into each other like puddles. Puddles of rainbow liquid. It’s like Alex Mac took acid and went for a puddle-adventure from Munckin Land to the land of Oz, referencing decades of music along the way. Aside from the brilliant song writing, the production is fucking fantastic. It consumes the world around you and sweeps through every crevice of your body, the fullest, most wonderful sound you could possibly imagine. Everything about the record is perfect and it was totally 100% worth the life-long wait. The brilliance manifests itself in every second, every sound, every melodic swell, every munchkin you pass along the way. One of the most mind-blowing records I’ve ever experienced in my long reign as music director. How can you expect anything less from the royal court of the Underwater Peoples Kingdom? YOU CAN’T. It’s the incestuous family affair that Jerry Springer never showed you. Get it via Underwater Peoples <a href="http://www.underwaterpeoples.com/index.php/up-catalog#familyportraitlp">here</a>.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-90314016334897570352011-04-19T11:17:00.000-07:002011-04-19T11:20:19.181-07:00Top Records<a href="http://www.flanboyanteats.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/carrots.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 299px;" src="http://www.flanboyanteats.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/carrots.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />1 DIRTBOMBS Party Store In The Red<br />2 RINGO DEATHSTARR Colour Trip Sonic Unyon<br />3 COMPUTER MAGIC Electronic Fences [EP] White Iris<br />4 PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS Essential Sony Legacy<br />5 SONIC YOUTH SYR 9 Simon Werner A Disparu SYR<br />6 DELICATE STEVE Wondervisions Luaka Bop<br />7 WAGON CHRIST Toomorrow Ninja Tune<br />8 PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Belong Slumberland<br />9 LYKKE LI Wounded Rhymes Atlantic/LL<br />10 CUT COPY Zonoscope Modular<br />11 PJ HARVEY Let England Shake Vagrant-Island<br />12 PETER ROWAN Legacy Self-Released<br />13 DAVILA 666 Tan Bajo In The Red<br />14 DEATH SET Michel Poiccard Counter<br />15 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Too Young To Be In Love Hardly Art<br />16 CRYSTAL STILTS In Love With Oblivion Slumberland<br />17 RAINBOW ARABIA Boys And Diamonds Kompakt<br />18 PONYTAIL Do Whatever You Want All The Time We Are Free<br />19 TRENT FOX & THE TENANTS Mess Around [EP] Kind Turkey<br />20 XRAY EYEBALLS [EP] Hozac<br />21 DEVOTCHKA 100 Lovers Anti<br />22 IS/IS This Happening [EP] Guilt Ridden Pop<br />23 OBN III'S [EP] Tic Tac Totally<br />24 KURT VILE Smoke Ring For My Halo Matador<br />25 DUM DUM GIRLS He Gets Me High [EP] SUB POP<br />26 SILK FLOWERS Ltd. Form Post Present Medium<br />27 KILLS Blood Pressures Domino<br />28 GIL SCOTT-HERON AND JAMIE XX We're New Here XL<br />29 PETER BJORN AND JOHN Gimme Some Star Time<br />30 GO! TEAM Rolling Blackouts Memphis Industries<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ADDS<br /><br /></span>1 ASHANTI Broken Dreams In The Red<br />2 KE$HA Lost Virgin Sub Pop<br />3. JUSTIN BIEBER Eating Raw Potatoes Hardly Art<br />4. GREG ALLMAN The Day I Loved Ke$ha Slumberland<br />5. MICHAEL JACKSON Wish Bieber Came to Neverland Ninja TuneKrissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-21934516255019697582011-04-19T10:24:00.000-07:002011-04-20T14:01:08.734-07:00Acid Baby Jesus / Losing It<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOc6PwbLQ_rntno4cBpCZiVEv48n7-u-dqQp9DIzYvQxvLqfHECrd-A16A_c1EVMQ2tV1TArdBvkmLDQOMhJ2CuwKDcC_y7zSJQN3brQ1E2TBlovLrVe-PsY_JnX0zOeTHkw1aF66oS0/s1600/front.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOc6PwbLQ_rntno4cBpCZiVEv48n7-u-dqQp9DIzYvQxvLqfHECrd-A16A_c1EVMQ2tV1TArdBvkmLDQOMhJ2CuwKDcC_y7zSJQN3brQ1E2TBlovLrVe-PsY_JnX0zOeTHkw1aF66oS0/s320/front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597718037458892786" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/cdynmkasbcisppz.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="370" height="30"></embed>How can I express the excitement one experiences when they realize that Acid Baby Jesus can now be played from a music circle? It’s like the time they turned a scoop of ice cream into a thousand tiny balls. You just can’t explain that shit. Acid Baby Jesus is a Linkin Park inspired filthy garage act hailing from the great land of Athens, GR. A while back, they released a tape that made the good folks of WUSB pee themselves with <a href="http://newjamzwusb.blogspot.com/search/label/acid%20baby%20jesus">joy</a> and here they are again, but on a music circle! The b-side explores a side of Acid Baby Jesus that we’ve never experienced before, a sludgier, darker slow jam that sounds like it was born in some musty deserted bar in a desolate ghost town down south. I think I just described a scene from Scooby-Doo, so maybe just ignore the strange visual reference and click the play button. <p>You can get the music circle <a href="http://www.slovenly.com/catalog/">here</a> from the good folks at Slovenly.</p>Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-59682176855373795402011-04-17T07:15:00.000-07:002011-04-17T07:17:40.860-07:00Shannon & The Clams / Old Man Winter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.1234gorecords.com/catalog/images/clams5x5small.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 364px;" src="http://www.1234gorecords.com/catalog/images/clams5x5small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/vkllftsrq15m08g.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="370" height="30"></embed><br />Why haven’t you listened to this record yet?! Shannon Shaw has the voice of a god. Ranging from deep sultry roughness to smooth buttery melodic sweetness and back to an angrier deeper rawness, all glued together with warm guitar work that screams 60’s beach rock vibes. Old Man Winter is one of the weirder tracks on the record, a sugary pop number where Shaw really displays the incredible versatility of her vocals. Sleep Talk is full of quirky funky garage pop confection that will leave you falling in love with The Clams. It’s so good, it might be one of the best records that 2011 has offered thus far. Shannon Shaw, I love you.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-73041282142454482842011-04-12T07:24:00.000-07:002011-04-12T07:25:38.667-07:00Top 30 Records / Potatoes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWvpc6xAgs2sfdQvW0iH2qfy6oJdeDpkDVIDtTzJ9u7llJeqaOammPIA-7J3h_rgtrl-URP3QpzOL_QpnHn8KKFXH8J542VUux9zTg2zFj2b-bG_-cH93h2ld8T2vuURExntnKb58YxQ/s1600/potatoes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWvpc6xAgs2sfdQvW0iH2qfy6oJdeDpkDVIDtTzJ9u7llJeqaOammPIA-7J3h_rgtrl-URP3QpzOL_QpnHn8KKFXH8J542VUux9zTg2zFj2b-bG_-cH93h2ld8T2vuURExntnKb58YxQ/s1600/potatoes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />1 PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Belong Slumberland<br />2 BEACH FOSSILS What A Pleasure [EP] Captured Tracks<br />3 STROKES Angles RCA<br />4 RINGO DEATHSTARR Colour Trip Sonic Unyon<br />5 HUNX AND HIS PUNX Too Young To Be In Love Hardly Art<br />6 CHAIN AND THE GANG Music Is Not For Everyone K<br />7 CRYSTAL STILTS In Love With Oblivion Slumberland<br />8 RAINBOW ARABIA Boys And Diamonds Kompakt<br />9 IS/IS This Happening [EP] Guilt Ridden Pop<br />10 CUT COPY Zonoscope Modular<br />11 BIBIO Mind Bokeh Warp<br />12 DEATH SET Michel Poiccard Counter<br />13 FEDERICO AUBELE Berlin 13 ESL<br />14 DUM DUM GIRLS He Gets Me High [EP] SUB POP<br />15 GIL SCOTT-HERON AND JAMIE XX We're New Here XL<br />16 DELICATE STEVE Wondervisions Luaka Bop<br />17 JOY FORMIDABLE The Big Roar Atlantic<br />18 PONYTAIL Do Whatever You Want All The Time We Are Free<br />19 RAVEONETTES Raven In The Grave Vice<br />20 STARFUCKER Reptilians Polyvinyl<br />21 BROWN RECLUSE Evening Tapestry Slumberland<br />22 TELEKINESIS 12 Desperate Straight Lines Merge<br />23 DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH? Don't Say We Didn't Warn You Cooking Vinyl<br />24 LYKKE LI Wounded Rhymes Atlantic/LL<br />25 MARITIME Human Hearts Dangerbird<br />26 MICROSCOPIC SEPTET Friday The 13th: The Micros Play Monk Cuneiform<br />27 FEMI KUTI Africa For Africa KF<br />28 MOVITS! Out Of My Head SLIMSTYLE<br />29 MOUNTAIN GOATS All Eternals Deck Merge<br />30 TORO Y MOI Underneath The Pine CarparkKrissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-13236883226300162852011-04-10T06:33:00.000-07:002011-04-17T06:36:04.140-07:00Jib Kidder / Epiphany 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://asthmatickitty.com/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/releases/covers/AKR211_900.jpg&w=350&h=350&q=95"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 364px;" src="http://asthmatickitty.com/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/releases/covers/AKR211_900.jpg&w=350&h=350&q=95" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/xk2r2qhgxety3k2.swf" width="370" height="30" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"><br />For the last year or so, WUSB has been turned onto the really incredible experimental projects released by Asthmatic Kitty via the <em>Library Catalog Music Series</em>. The most recent fixation has been the result of California’s Jib Kidder. The mastermind behind the project, Sean Schuster-Craig, used the effects of recho, reverb, EQ and splicing to manipulate the existing sounds of the Asthmatic Kitty catalog. <a href="http://asthmatickitty.com/hypnotized-minds">Music For Hypnotized Minds</a> is a combination of hip hop and experimental noise psychedelia that results in layers of moody mellow trippy sonic adventures. Epiphany 1 has a playful warped nostalgia vibe that erupts towards the end with eclectic percussion and quicker bursts of the looped melody and it’s all pretty fantastic.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-46803115253702561792011-04-07T06:39:00.000-07:002011-04-17T06:40:03.563-07:00Colleen Green / Y Do U Call Me<iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gDmkM_xXknw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" width="370" frameborder="0" height="308"></iframe><br />This video kinda made me hungry. Time for a spaghetti party & some Colleen Green jams. Check out the new 7” via <a href="http://hardlyart.com/">Hardly Art</a>.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-37378557362806063492011-04-04T06:36:00.000-07:002011-04-17T06:38:16.473-07:00K-Holes / The Gutter<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20632206?portrait=0" width="371" height="278" frameborder="0"></iframe><br />Is it cool to post two videos from the same artist back to back? K-Holes just released the most disturbing inappropriate full length I’ve ever heard via the one and only, Hozac Records. Think haunted houses, witches with young boys caged up, strange spiritual rituals or a scene from SAW. Aside from the brilliance of K-holes, this video was created by the very amazing Alice Cohen who also created videos for Talbot Tagora and Fergus and Geronimo, just two of my favorites from her brilliant collection. All of them are really incredible and Gutters is just another awesome piece to add to the list.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-70345047693284539872011-04-03T20:14:00.001-07:002011-04-03T20:21:40.615-07:00Two Tears / Senso Unico<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kindturkeyrecords.com/files/4212/9654/7491/TwoTearsKTCoverSmall.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 356px;" src="http://www.kindturkeyrecords.com/files/4212/9654/7491/TwoTearsKTCoverSmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/uat8typ7mkxtmg6.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="370" height="30"></embed><br />Senso Unico is the filthy b-side from Kerry Davis’ one woman band, Two Tears. The intensity and rawness of Davis’ vocals feels like acid eating your flesh, melting with brilliantly stripped down instrumentals. The track is beautifully exposed with Davis’ vocals and guitar work stinging like you were dragged across a highway. A side is killer, too, but not nearly as dirty. Get it via <a href="http://www.kindturkeyrecords.com/">Kind Turkey Records</a>.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-68271272911722571902011-03-21T05:25:00.000-07:002011-03-21T05:27:54.695-07:00Video: White Fence / Baxter Corner<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="370" height="238" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M1xJ3q6yfnk?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-75078023133417898152011-03-21T05:14:00.001-07:002011-03-21T05:22:41.312-07:00Rainbow Arabia / Nothin' Gunna Be Undone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://minimalistica.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Rainbow-Arabia-Boys-And-Diamonds.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 366px;" src="http://minimalistica.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Rainbow-Arabia-Boys-And-Diamonds.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/hzn4ygrvqt4222t.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="371" height="30"></embed><br />Other people have already said it. There’s not even a point in trying to describe the wildly unique sound of California’s monstrous “fourth-world” power duo, Rainbow Arabia. The more I listen to their newest record, Boys and Diamonds, the more “globe-trekking, kaleidoscopic dance music” makes perfect sense. Their tracks have a playfulness that hints at Matt & Kim with deep rooted synth and guitar melodies that scream Rainbow Arabia tied together with an insanely wide array of worldly percussion topped off reggae inspired vocals. Matt & Kim seems totally far fetched, especially if you’re familiar with both artists, but when you jam the second track on this record; it’s like Matt & Kim went around the world in 80 days and wrote good a song. Or maybe they made a baby with MIA?Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-66323620975593826612011-03-19T05:29:00.000-07:002011-03-21T05:30:25.509-07:00Video: Fergus & Geronimo / Girls With English Accents<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="370" height="238" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pSPv5Vq8g2Q?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-18145849438428735222011-03-17T20:42:00.000-07:002011-03-17T20:46:12.979-07:00Mind Spiders / Going Away Tonite<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.friendlysuggestions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mind_spiders_cover.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 367px;" src="http://www.friendlysuggestions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mind_spiders_cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/6k1j9gm63xpbzvp.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="371" height="30"></embed><br />I really don’t want to write about music, but luckily you can just hit the play button above and ignore the rest. Mind Spiders make addictive feel good garage pop out of the great state of Texas. Their new LP is full of brilliant rock jams smothered in a smokey cloud of pop pollution. Going Away Tonite is kind of a perfect jam and the perfect gateway jam to send you away into your long awaited musical journey with Mind Spiders.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-46511432148474492092011-03-16T22:13:00.000-07:002011-03-16T22:17:17.750-07:00A Classic Education / Devilish Coast Sway<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NhjTtwTmx4U/TJ-XN5in65I/AAAAAAAAAxc/DtFSFOAOC9s/s1600/A+Classic+Education+-+Hey+There+Stranger+EP.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 367px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NhjTtwTmx4U/TJ-XN5in65I/AAAAAAAAAxc/DtFSFOAOC9s/s1600/A+Classic+Education+-+Hey+There+Stranger+EP.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/4ufc7zl3i4uunoy.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="372" height="30"></embed><br />A Classic Education make wonderful pop jams straight out of the great European motherland. Devilish Coast Sway is a delicately woven pop number that will leave you feeling warm with breezy guitar melodies and sweet charming vocals. The band will be hitting up the US with British Sea Power following some SXSW shows. Check them out in NYC on March 22nd and April 21st!Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-39466758708224680812011-02-27T20:10:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:13:30.006-08:00Ringo Deathstarr / You Don't Listen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://nodata.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Colour-Trip-320x320.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 367px;" src="http://nodata.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Colour-Trip-320x320.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/u1g7q5sg07tm9k8.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="369" height="30"></embed><br />When I first listened to Colour Trip, I was kind of expecting the worst, but instead I was wonderfully surprised by brilliant fuzzy guitar driven power anthems with hazy vocals that make me feel overwhelmingly happy inside. There’s something about this time of year when I push away the genius singer song writers that write dark depressing lyrics and break out the sugary upbeat pop anthems that make me feel all warm inside and Colour Trip is totally perfect for that.<br /><br />RIP WINTER 2010-2011. Too anxious.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-6995855154334039732011-02-18T20:09:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:10:40.889-08:00Top Records<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.euphoriababy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/pool-baby.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 245px;" src="http://www.euphoriababy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/pool-baby.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />1 DECEMBERISTS The King Is Dead Capitol<br />2 SOVIET LEAGUE Soviet League Angel Oven<br />3 MOGWAI Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will SUB POP<br />4 WANDA JACKSON The Party Ain’t Over Nonesuch<br />5 IS/IS This Happening [EP] <br />6 WHITE FENCE Is Growing Faith Woodsist<br />7 GO! TEAM Rolling Blackouts Memphis Industries<br />8 FERGUS AND GERONIMO Unlearn Hardly Art<br />9 BEETS Stay Home Captured Tracks<br />10 DEVOTCHKA 100 Lovers Anti<br />11 NOW, NOW Neighbors No Sleep<br />12 BLANK DOGS Land And Fixed Captured Tracks<br />13 DELICATE STEVE Wondervisions Luaka Bop<br />14 DEERHOOF Deerhoof Vs. Evil Polyvinyl<br />15 ROOMFUL OF BLUES Hook Line And Sinker <br />16 CLOUD NOTHINGS Cloud Nothings Carpark<br />17 CAGE THE ELEPHANT Thank You Happy Birthday Jive<br />18 TWILIGHT SINGERS Dynamite Steps SUB POP<br />19 MODERN SKIRTS Gramahawk Self-Released<br />20 TAPES ‘N TAPES Outside Ibid<br />21 TENNIS Cape Dory Fat Possum<br />22 PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART Heart In Your Heartbreak Slumberland<br />23 FUJIYA AND MIYAGI Ventriloquizzing Yep Roc<br />24 BRITISH SEA POWER Valhalla Dancehall Rough Trade<br />25 PURO INSTINCT Headbangers In Ecstasy Mexican Summer<br />26 SHEDDING Tear In The Sun Hometapes<br />27 SEEFEEL Seefeel Warp<br />28 MUSIC FROM THE FILM How The West Was Once Self-Released<br />29 TELEKINESIS 12 Desperate Straight Lines Merge<br />30 RABBI STEIN Spirits Uplifted Self-ReleasedKrissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-41366275215457317902011-02-16T20:06:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:13:57.307-08:00IsIs / Eating Hourglasses<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewsbZ9Ujdpygy1Z8fjbSnKQiAzzdIGb5lJX8HzpMgp_pZ8NbNLVXsu1IiZPR3kRxHPLF7c-QcqXku9g0VpezP8eGxJ1CnON2cn5Njk50woNRDJBg6_wl7NkXsYAnvWSqX4P23QyvcfpuE/s1600/isiscoverjpeg_72dpi.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 363px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewsbZ9Ujdpygy1Z8fjbSnKQiAzzdIGb5lJX8HzpMgp_pZ8NbNLVXsu1IiZPR3kRxHPLF7c-QcqXku9g0VpezP8eGxJ1CnON2cn5Njk50woNRDJBg6_wl7NkXsYAnvWSqX4P23QyvcfpuE/s1600/isiscoverjpeg_72dpi.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/07bgev4j201ve9j.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="369" height="30"></embed><br />Guilt Ridden Pop just released the sweetest EP you’ll ever hear from the Minneapolis three piece called Is/Is. Every track is sugary hazy shoe gazey pop bliss that will melt your little heart. Every track is absolutely killer, but only one could be WUSB’s jam of the day. Eating Hourglasses has the fuzzy pop vibes of Black Tambourine but with the rough edge of Dum Dum Girls. I hate comparing bands to each other, but it felt right this time. Eating Hourglasses is kind of a perfect song. When ever you likeeee.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-26281335430460829802011-02-15T20:03:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:05:26.013-08:00Len Guardino / I'm a Man Baby, Yes I Am<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eObpn5rwtg4Gb1aAkZHsA4Fdqu4FTjl4W7edf0lfFic_RlLEUSCxIi_Y_G17cb4I9-nddrpA3ZIAqOwJI5Us2UUA1odXFLVPGX5fr1xSI9SyndjAW4IOXMqkIEX6ItXZ8RbiUJUQahM/s1600/0221111149-00.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 362px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eObpn5rwtg4Gb1aAkZHsA4Fdqu4FTjl4W7edf0lfFic_RlLEUSCxIi_Y_G17cb4I9-nddrpA3ZIAqOwJI5Us2UUA1odXFLVPGX5fr1xSI9SyndjAW4IOXMqkIEX6ItXZ8RbiUJUQahM/s1600/0221111149-00.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/74jmdikefcoeszg.swf" width="369" height="30" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"><br />When I first opened this package, I really thought this would be some kind of terrible home-made music project by some 40 year old dude going through his mid-life crisis in the suburbs of Long Island, but it ended up being this jam with really cheesy retro 80’s pop vibes and a terribly sexist narrative. “I’m a man babyyyy let me set you free.” Totally fucked up, but there’s something undeniably awesome about it. It’s like watching a mom hitting her wailing 3 year old in the cereal section of Walmart. It’s so terrible and wrong, but you can’t help but watch the woman violently discipline the innocent baby in public.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-39508644634100849962011-02-14T20:01:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:02:38.016-08:00Top Records<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rainestavern.com/images/cigar_goose_10_09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 350px;" src="http://www.rainestavern.com/images/cigar_goose_10_09.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />1 MOGWAI Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will SUB POP<br />2 DECEMBERISTS The King Is Dead Capitol<br />3 WHITE FENCE Is Growing Faith Woodsist<br />4 WANDA JACKSON The Party Ain’t Over Nonesuch<br />5 GO! TEAM Rolling Blackouts Memphis Industries<br />6 YUCK Yuck Fat Possum<br />7 MUSIC FROM THE FILM How The West Was Once Self-Released<br />8 SHILPA RAY AND HER HAPPY HOOKERS Teenage And Torture Knitting Factory<br />9 BRITISH SEA POWER Valhalla Dancehall Rough Trade<br />10 DEERHOOF Deerhoof Vs. Evil Polyvinyl<br />11 FUJIYA AND MIYAGI Ventriloquizzing Yep Roc<br />12 DEVOTCHKA 100 Lovers Anti<br />13 SOFT MOON The Soft Moon <br />14 SEEFEEL Seefeel Warp<br />15 RADIO DEPT. Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010 Labrador<br />16 SURF CITY Kudos Fire<br />17 TAPES ‘N TAPES Outside Ibid<br />18 DUCKTAILS Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics Woodsist<br />19 BEETS Stay Home Captured Tracks<br />20 THE GLASS At Swim Two Birds Plant Music<br />21 DARWIN DEEZ Darwin Deez Lucky Number<br />22 MODERN SKIRTS Gramahawk Self-Released<br />23 SMITH WESTERNS Dye It Blond Fat Possum<br />24 CHIKITA VIOLENTA Tre3s Arts And Crafts<br />25 TELEKINESIS 12 Desperate Straight Lines Merge<br />26 SPOKES Everyone I Ever Met Counter<br />27 DELICATE STEVE Wondervisions Luaka Bop<br />28 OF GOD AND SCIENCE Black Rabbit <br />29 BLANK DOGS Land And Fixed Captured Tracks<br />30 DUKE SPIRIT Kusama [EP] Shangri-LaKrissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-21662530842701651512011-02-12T19:57:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:00:00.458-08:00Big Search / Getting Warm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/gars/images/3/9/8/5/magnumpr_ichatimage1716205295_2.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 366px;" src="http://hangout.altsounds.com/geek/gars/images/3/9/8/5/magnumpr_ichatimage1716205295_2.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/s1ux3o529ykneel.swf" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="369" height="30"></embed><br /><p><span>I’m still confused as to what the difference is between White Iris and Black Iris Records. Nonetheless, White Iris just released the very excellent and under-appreciated single from Los Angeles’ Big Search, the project of Foreign Born’s co-mastermind, </span><span>Matt Popieluch. The A Side, “Getting Warm,” is a super catchy stripped down pop number. Definitely a solid springtime jammer. It fucking rules and maybe it doesn’t matter that I can’t describe it to you in words. Lucky for Tumblr technology, you can just click the link above. Oh how I love technology.<br /></span></p>Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811484304195894779.post-23562613329601417182011-02-11T19:49:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:14:49.524-08:00Dizzy Eyes / Let's Break Up The Band<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/149/l_7db0bc0da78d4f488e188f9d38a352eb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 367px;" src="http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/149/l_7db0bc0da78d4f488e188f9d38a352eb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/y3zchpktp736n6l.swf" width="369" height="30" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"><br />Hardly Art is becoming a monstrous beast at producing some pretty fantastic singles. They're continuing the trend into the new year with some pretty amazing releases from Boston's Colleen Green and some Canadian band I'd never heard of called Dizzy Eyes. Colleen Green I'm still on the fence with, but this single from Dizzy Eyes is an obvious gold nugget. Check out their new single, "Let's Break Up The Band," coming soon to a 7" near you. It's straight up great pop music. Feels good. Definitely going to be my thawing out anthem for the Spring.Krissy Rubbleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10832702131343726330noreply@blogger.com0