This little gem dropped into my inbox this morning as I was heading to work and I completely forgot about until now. This funky pop jam from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti comes from their forthcoming album on 4AD. A 7" drops on April 26 with the b-side "Mistaken Wedding". I've long been a big Ariel Pink fan, and his constant evolution never ceases to amaze me. This is easily one of the best tracks he's ever written.
Raw Moans just sent over a wonderful new track from his upcoming we want it beautiful NOT REAL EP, a collection of covers or recreations of "90s ghetto jams." This soulful one is his take on "He's Mine" by Mokenstef.
Games is the collaboration of Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) and Joel Ford (Tigercity). This song is amazing. I'll let the groups explanation give you the right idea.This track began as a video concept in which Joel and I are 90s high tech corporate dads, except our cubicles are party jam stations comprised of drum machines and synths and tactical flowcharts on how to make the best possible music ever. We meet by the water cooler and I give Joel a folder that says PROGRAM A JAM on it and i point at my watch, like ‘Get it done by 5 dude or my goose is cooked.’ later on Joel bumps into a ~really~ fine girl in the hallway and her folders fly everywhere. She ends up taking the PROGRAM A JAM folder and he takes one that says TOP SECRET KGB STUFF on it. He takes it back to his desk and send me links to hot pics of said babe getting railed by the boss in the boiler room. We go to Chilis at some point probably. The babe keeps getting hotter/more naked and is seen programming hot jams with a Jupiter 8 after-hours. We are wearing uncool jeans and corporate fleece pullovers and have salt & pepper beards. Content at a job well done, we respectively drive off into the sunset in matching Camrys.
Terror Bird spits out some of the most glamorous lo-fi jams I've heard in a long time. The first track comes from the groups self-titled LP dropping on Night People & Adagio 830 this spring. The second one is a bit weirder and comes from an upcoming cassette titled No Fi Evolution.
Some songs really just seem to sum up the lowest, darkest moments you've ever had. Rarely, though, do such songs make you feel comfortable, even if not alright, inside of such actions. Howling Owls turn you into a ravenous killer in just under four minutes before snatching the feeling back away, just as it would have gotten out of hand. Now go home and clean that blood from your teeth.
If you somehow haven't heard yet; Friendship Bracelet, Weekly Tape Deck, Transparent, Indie-Verse, Yours Truly and Underwater Peoples have teamed up to bring us the coolest free party at SXSW, and it last three days! Even cooler is that Ian put together this cool mega mix of tracks to give you a taste of what the three days will be like. It even features a few unreleased exclusives from the likes of Sleep Over, Rangers, Coasting, Fergus & Geronimo and more. Hopefully I'll see you next week at Karibu.
This one comes from Woods' upcoming album on Woodsist. It's titled At Echo Lake and we can expect it May 11.
The folks over at Soundway recently dropped their much awaited Nigeria Special: Volume 2. If you've not checked out their previous Nigerian music collections, or their collections for various other Afrikan and tropical musics, I'd highly recommend doing so. Check out a few clips below.
