August Playlist

American Spirits

Check out a new recording of this track here!

https://soundcloud.com/etiennemantelli/right-mind-2

Right Mind

Recorded in Phoenix, AZ on a Tascam 246 & Tascam 488

I'm A Waste Of Time

What A Sob Story

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REAL LOVE BABY

New mini-album 'Night Melody' out August 5th
Order it on 12"/DL: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP087
or digitally from iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/nightmelody
More info: www.rivalconsoles.net

London-based electronic songwriter Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles to release his most personal work to date in the form of a mini-album titled ‘Night Melody’ through Erased Tapes on 5th August 2016.

During the release of his acclaimed full-length album ‘Howl’ and heavy touring in late 2015, Ryan came out of a long relationship and found himself making music throughout the winter months. The result of his efforts is a 34-minute, 6-track mini album ‘Night Melody’, born out of and shaped by long hours working into the night. It’s nocturnal in sound; mysterious in the way that the early hours so often are.

“I found myself, in a silent home, with the days getting dark very early. I’ve never before in my life been affected by the lack of light so much. I just remember it always being night time. I would either make music into the night, go out drinking with friends, or go to parties and dance into the early hours, every day, week after week, month after month, until eventually the days became brighter again.”

The opening statement ‘Pattern of the North’ starts off with a collage of spliced synth melodies, inspired by anxiety that accompanies going home for Christmas. It’s followed by ‘Johannesburg’, an early sketch gradually filled out during his tour in South Africa. 

“After playing it around some of the cities, I got a lot of inspiration to bring it to life and push it into something that really moves me. I think this is one of my most colourful pieces of music, with its driving rhythm and almost a homage to Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ towards the end, with a build of very simple, hypnotic parts. I especially love that for over five minutes the piece is tied to just one note. This makes the ending very dramatic, because all of a sudden there is this harmonic change.”

‘Lone’ started life around the time Ryan was working on his ‘Sonne’ EP in 2014. It’s the result of constant adjustments to find the perfect balance of fragility and assurance. As everything on the album, it’s a carefully considered, emotionally mature piece. “I think, as I get older, I need music to represent something and not just sound interesting, though of course the two are connected.”

The closing statement ‘What Sorrow’ is a fitting end to the album, building from gentle melancholia to a joyous crescendo. It’s a sensibility that’s central to the record; joy and sorrow both find their counterpoints.

“This record is very personal to me and I hope it offers something for other people, as it helped me to make it and to listen to it. Almost every synth line was recorded intuitively, without perfection but with a lot of intention and expression. I’m not interested in making something sad or making something happy. I want music to be bittersweet, to be more complex, like life – containing moments of vibrant colour and hope, as much as darkness and sadness.”

This summer will see Ryan follow on from his recent North American Tour with the appearance at many festivals including Lovebox, Secret Garden Party, La Route Du Rock, Sea Change and Tale of Us-curated Afterlife party at Space, Ibiza. ‘Night Melody’ will be available on 12” vinyl and digitally, August 5th.

TRACK LISTING:  	

A1. Pattern Of The North
A2. Johannesburg
A3. Slow Song

B1. Lone
B2. Night Melody
B3. What Sorrow

Night Melody

Lone

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Rival Consoles - Lone

Wistful new single ahead of the mini-album 'Harland' out July 22nd digitally and on a Ltd.Edition run of 100 green tapes - "hangs like a slow-evening on some disappearing day you’d rather have stick around for a while" - Gold Flake Paint

https://harleyalexander.bandcamp.com/album/harland
https://www.facebook.com/harleyalexandermusic
twitter @harleytheband

TOUR DATES

July 18th Denver CO – Squire Lounge
July 26th Austin TX – Cheer Up Charlies
July 28th Denton TX – House Show
August 3, Atlanta GA – Downtown Players Club
August 4, Nashville TN – Local Space
August 7, Philadelphia PA – Kung Fu Necktie
August 8, Boston MA – Out of the Blue Too Gallery
August 11, New York NY – Cake Shop
August 14 Detroit MI – Lo & Behold
August 15, Toronto ON – Smiling Buddha

Harley Alexander - Staring At Photographs

"Love is Bad" is the third single off our 'Sweet, Simple Things' album out August 5th on Hit City U.S.A. Order the vinyl LP now:

http://www.hitcityusa.com/store/vinyl/minden-sweet-simple-things

Sweet, Simple Things

Love is Bad

"Gold Chain is a ratchet love song about the constant conflict between the meaningful and the meaningless."

Check out Gosh Pith:
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www.facebook.com/goshpith
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Free Download

Gosh Pith - Gold Chain (AceMyth Remix)

Taken from "The End of Comedy", a new album by Michael Collins and friends coming September 9th 2016 on WW.

"The End of Comedy" iTunes pre-order: http://smarturl.it/EndOfComedyDL

"The End of Comedy" DomMart pre-order: http://smarturl.it/EndOfComedyWW

"The End of Comedy" Bandcamp pre-order: http://smarturl.it/DrugdealerMart

Drugdealer - Suddenly (ft. Weyes Blood)

LYRICS:  The Plug Won't

Reflecting on the situation since you acting agitated, I just want a break from all the petty mental masturbation. God set me straight, please show me right, lets bridge this gap, lets please not fight. 

You feel so numb, drugs got you gone. Don't fuck my feelings yes I'm really coming home. Off limit topics pull the cover off i'm blown, love lock link handcuff me to bone to bone.

Cast away in my thoughts, daydreaming scheming getting top from a thot. Niggas try to roast me but they soft applesauce coming at me with them claws and you don't know whats real because you only fuck with frauds.

I'm the truth and I'm a savage fuck the world and fuck the baggage at the plaza when we lavish the Ramada when we average, the world don't get us I relinquish my trust, I'm insane for you baby yeah you got me fucked up.

CHORUS: Cuz The Plug Don't Love me Like You, The Drugs Don't Love Me like You

The Club Don't Love me Like, Life don't treat me right I'm so Mystified, Why do I need Love?

Why do we need love? Who fuckin needs love, I'm so Mystified.. Life Don't treat me right.....

I know be looking nappy, yeah I'm scrappy but we happy, you possess a lovely fatty I'mma take it vigilante. Assuming we soul mates  consuming them green grapes, honeymooning yeah we cruising down to Cuba with the safe.  

One minute we so in it, next minute you so offended can't believe I just defended all the bullshit you were spinning. I hold you special, fuck is the issue, I don't see your best friend on the text agreeing with you? I don't see that side of you your always trying to claim , talking bout you understand, talking at me like a lame

"And weed don't make me feel like this, and lean Don't Make me Feel Like This, And weed don't make me feel like this and lean don't make me feel like this"

I'm outta bounds with you, hate this battleground with you I don't want the run around just wanna wear a crown with you, fuck the thunderclouds yea I'm loud and proud with you, your different, I believe it, I need you to see it.

From the debut album 'Mykki'
Out September 16th 2016
Order/Listen: https://K7.lnk.to/MykkiSo

"The Plug Won't" follows the advance release of album track "High School Never Ends," produced by Woodkid, which premiered with a major music video on FADER in May.

For more information:
http://mykkiblancoworld.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MykkiBlanco/

Mykki 

ORDER

The Plug Won't prod. Jeremiah Meece

Amnesia, USA

YOU CAN COME DOWN

Shadow Man (ft. Saba, Smino & Phoelix)

Piano Solo - G Minor Blues

Presale for This Never Happened tour: www.this-never-happened.com

“The first This Never Happened event in San Francisco this June was hands down my favorite show I've ever done. To see so many of you embrace the concept, put your phones away and get lost in the experience was something truly, truly special. Before that show, my team and I were super anxious about whether we could pull such an event off. Doing our first TNH show in San Francisco, possibly the most tech-hip and phone-happy city in the US, seemed pretty risky. But with the whole team pushing towards the same goal, it all worked perfectly - everything was even better than we had hoped. Not only did 99% of people keep their phones in their pockets the entire night (don't worry, we dealt with the other 1% ;)), everyone also had a noticeably better time at the show. I've never seen so many smiling faces, so many people meeting each other for the first time while dancing and bonding over a shared love and common taste in music - the actual beginning of a community was unfolding in front of our eyes. It was incredible. That show just reinforced even more what we believe in and the idea that what we're doing is something that the music community actually wants and needs.
For those reasons, we have decided to take This Never Happened on tour across North America. Each show will have an identical format. I’m playing extended sets only. Our core values remain the same. The dancefloor is a phone- and photo-free space. Leave the real world behind and come get lost in the music with us.

I'm also super excited to announce that the next This Never Happened release, Divina/Crush is out now.”

Daniel (Lane 8)

Presale August 2
General onsale August 5

Released by:
This Never Happened

Buy on Beatport

Divina

Slop

I have been working
Working on something
Something you’ll never see

It is a boat
It’s almost done
There’s just enough room for me

You heard the hammer and
You had the question but
Instead you just let it be

Cause it’s been raining
Pretty hard and
You know we live right by the sea

Does it feel good to say goodbye?
Bye bye bye

I had a good friend
We had a good fight
We’re not friends anymore

He cut me down
I asked him why, he said
That’s what friends are for

At the time I thought
He might be right
And it shook me to the core

I found out later
He’d just seen his ex-girlfriend
Just another vote for the war
Well, fuck you, man

Does it feel good to say goodbye?
Bye bye bye

Does It Feel Good (To Say Goodbye?)

Debut album ‘Roosevelt’ available now on Greco-Roman / City Slang.

Video for 'Colours / Moving On' here: smarturl.it/RooseveltColours

Listen & stream on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Apple Music and more:: roosevelt.lnk.to/roosevelt

www.iamroosevelt.com
play.spotify.com/artist/4AQrq...
www.greco-roman.com
www.cityslang.com

Belong

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems.

Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy


Dirty Beaches - True Blue

Nilo

Music journalist and creator of Sound in the Static blog. 
