Archive for January, 2013

Youth Lagoon just announced dates with The National, i’ve been anticipating what his next sound would be like most people, maybe he’d be influenced by the Fat Possum catalog? nope, he comes back to us with sheer beauty.

I missed this gem last year from Bullion, wow… what a gorgeous new direction, he keeps showing us he’s song writing talent, its fusion of sound that could live in almost every decade since the 70’s.

Yalls just posted 6 remixes on his Soundcloud including this fluttery early Caribou like one for Blackbird Blackbird.

Beach Fossils are back and cut out the surf influence completely. The sound has upped the quality and have been striped down just catchy good music without any gimmick, looking forward to the album.

Some great digital art from Rositsa Gorolova. I was immediately drawn to her style and aesthetic. Be sure to check out her portfolio on Behance and Cargo Collective

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Vitsoe has just released a great video depicting an apartment in Munich lived in by two Vitsoe veterans who have been living with the shelving system since the 60s.

Dieter Rams and general design aficionados will appreciate the various items presented on the shelves.

I don’t want to say this was the golden years for this style of music but it kind of was, there was this honesty to it, producers weren’t doing it to share it or to become famous, there was an orb of innocence to it. Note the freedom of not being given some sort of build but instead you get pauses with detailed ambience, soo pleasant.

Follow Four Tet’s Soundcloud for vinyl info

UPDATE: WINNER IS #80 REGAN BRANCH.

We are giving away the entire out-of-print Monster Rally vinyl discography in support of the upcoming Ted Feighan / Monster Rally art opening + live show at the End of Century Gallery in New York on Friday January 18th!

More about the upcoming show here: Ted Feighan

To win the vinyl comment below with your favorite color vinyl you’ve ever boughten 🙂

Javelin – Colorado Trails
Quiet Village – Free Rider
Mr. White Folks – The Turn Out
Karriem Riggins – Matador / Summer Maddness S.A.
The Samurai – Freash Hot Breeze of Summer
Strong Arm Steady (Madlib) – Telegram
MR&RT – Bag O’ Chips (Demo)
Vanilla – Forgetful

ISAORA is one of those clothing brands that define the highest level of outerwear for men, its pieces like these that you save up for a keep for years. Shigeto and I did the exclusive track for the video, the footage was directed by Paul Jung. If you get a chance to look deeper in their catalog I recommended everyone to look at their Reflective Coat, I saw it in person and was blown away by the quality and detailing on the inside.

Photo by Mathijs Delva

Coyote Clean Up has an almost messy way of sequencing, feels like new parts come at you from behind and from the side, the magic lies on how everything lives together in the second half of the songs, stripped of trends in the future CCU will always be an interesting listen.

Magicfeet preps what seems to be an EP in the making. This sampler has some gems, I hope to get my hands on a full track for a proper sharing with you all.

Comes in stark in the intro but Bicep doesn’t disappoint by giving us a very respectful rebirth of what made dance what it is in Miami/Chicago/Detroit.

A small collection of the imperfect, found via Flickr. The result of a improperly loaded or expired film, and loose film backs creating streaks – a common danger with older Hasselblads. Live dangerously.

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Benoit & Sergio rework Matthew Dear by taking a softer approach than usual, replacing their builds with easy daytime house chords.

I don’t have much info on Lives Of Angels, I read its a husband and wife duo from the early 80s but I couldn’t totally wrong, if that matters maybe do more detective work but either way some straight forward poppy cold wave thats almost for everybody (that nice mix of moody and careless).

Phaseone rides out an arpeggio into the dense plains of noise and reaches an epic summit.

I’m soo excited for Throwing Snow this year, he’s bringing beauty back to the club/beat world.

Exciting single from NY based HAERTS. Keep ’em coming.