GT Reposted Mix 2014

What Katie's Listening To: April 2014

Bangers

This is our weekly playlist, in which we compile the 25 grooviest SoundCloud tracks of the week into one sweet-ass playlist. Think of it as a going away present for the weekend.

Head In The Clouds Vol. 11

bane 28/4

kick

everything

Something I Need - One Republic

Pre-order Big Ups' debut album from iTunes now - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/eighteen-hours-of-static/id712875377

Buy 'Goes Black' - http://smarturl.it/goesblackitunes

Big Ups will release their debut LP, Eighteen Hours of Static, via Tough Love Records in Europe on January 13th, 2014. Dead Labour will release in the US on 14th January. 

Brendan Finn, Joe Galarraga, Amar Lal, and Carlos Salguero Jr. met whilst learning about specifications of Cat 5 cables in New York City. Shortly after, they formed a band. Big Ups blend punk, post-punk, metal, and indie rock into a salty mash that gets stuck to the roof of your mouth. At their brightest, they have been likened to The Descendents, but at their sludgiest, they call to mind bands like Pissed Jeans and The Jesus Lizard, albeit with an Albini-esque metallic clang.

The record was recorded by Charles DeChants in the rock 'n' roll labyrinth known as Excello Recording in Brooklyn over three days. The album is one characterised by aggressive mood swings. The band slows their usual frantic pace on the burner "Wool" – a song about dealing with suffering. They toy with dynamics on white-knuckle grip of "TMI", "Little Kid", and "Fresh Meat". But not to worry – the mania is still there; first single "Goes Black" and "Atheist Self-Help" demand attention with their searing guitars and colossal drums. Lyrically, the album is a meditation on "truth, faith, and science" (the record's title is a reference to Carl Sagan's Contact), but like all the best bands, Big Ups don't necessarily have all of the answers, but they'll keep asking the right questions...

CMJ shows in October
15th - OhMyRockness showcase @ Cameo (early), NYC
15th - Ipsum Magazine presents Unofficial show @ Shea Stadium (late), NYC
17th - Panache showcase @ 285 Kent, NYC

Big Ups - Goes Black

River of Souls is the third enchantment from the hat of Tim Cohen (The Fresh and Onlys) and his band, Magic Trick. Picking up from where he left us with Ruler of the Night (Hardly Art), Cohen brings us ten new intimate tracks, polished as yet unseen. Recorded in The Tree House, his attic studio, River of Souls whirls with parables of change amidst emotional flotsam and jetsam. Insecurities, sarcasm, escapism, optimism, vanity, honesty, and bona fide love... it is all there, but in comforting form. Tim's well-skewed pop songs remind us that things can always be better, but also that what we have is pretty amazing. 

River of Souls signals a new approach for Magic Trick. As in The Fresh and Onlys, Tim has begun to distinguish his muses from those of the foggy San Francisco lo-fi movement that he helped to shape. Mixed at Lucky Cat Studios with Phil Manley and mastered by Paul Oldham, this album exudes presence and confidence. Now, more than ever, the vocals break through the clouds, and the mix champions the artistry in each player's performance. Tim's baritone spars with angelic female chants (Noelle Cahill and Alicia Vanden Heuvel) over the crisp unmistakable pulse of James Kim's drums, and the melodic drive of Alicia's bass throughout. San Francisco's gifted guitar workhorse, Tom Heyman, channels Mark Knopfler; one-man metal mystery, Steve Peacock, brings the right kind of shred; and Marc Cappelle's horns retort the melodies, as Tim jettisons his woes upriver. It is clear with each downbeat the band has honed its language and perfected its chemistry. 

Change permeates this record, but Tim Cohen diehards need not fear. The songs on this album are classic Tim Cohen jams through and through. Still present are the first-thought-best-thought off-the-cuff style and the genre-spanning I-can't-quite-pinpoint-who-this-reminds-me-of assimilation of influences. Still here are the heartbreaking nonsense and the litany of brilliant guest appearances. River of Souls begins with an invitation to "Come Inside". The songs stick with you from that point forward, and what's more... the record ends before you are ready to leave the party. Altogether, this album makes it clear that there is not a man more worthy of thee Muses than Tim Cohen. 

Keeping with tradition, the LP version is presented in a classic tip-on sleeve featuring artwork by Kevin Earl Taylor. The first 500 copies come in half-red and half-blue vinyl. 

Magic Trick - Come Inside

Porches. - Townie Blunt Guts

Porches. - Strapping Young Weirdos

Debut AA Single "Tempting Meat / Metal Bar" 

A - Tempting Meat
AA - Metal Bar

Available digitally via Caledonia Records

Produced & Engineered by David Pye
Recorded at Fish Factory Studios

Metal Bar

To be released February 18th, 2014 on black + white split 10" vinyl by Exploding In Sound Records.

Steve Hears Pile In Malden and Bursts Into Tears is a failed concept album about two kids living on the outskirts of Boston who realize they are characters in a Pile song. Steve wants to form a band and play with Pile but can't quite manage it because Mouth wants to give up on everything, leave, die, unexist. It's also about F.M. Dostoevsky and, as always, maybe above all, Krill. As Sir DFW put it, 'the horrific struggle to establish a human band results in a band whose humanity is inseparable from that horrific struggle.' Catch you later.

written and performed by Krill
recorded on August 3rd, 2013 by Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez at The Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY
mastered by Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios in Watertown, MA

facebook.com/krillforever
twitter.com/krilliamhmacy
wheretheresakrilltheresaway.bandcamp.com
krillfan247@gmail.com

Krill - Turd

If That's What You Wanted

Another from the Nidhogg soundtrack. It's nice when an opportunity provides an excuse to try on other styles, but I'm also smiling when I can find a way through the labyrinth including some of where I've been. Clouds, I believe does just that in harkening back to my previous albums a bit. 

This song and all the others from the OST come with the game when you purchase.

Get Nidhogg

Clouds

Palehound will release the Kitchen 7" on February 25th via Exploding In Sound Records. Recorded by Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez at Gravesend Recordings (at The Silent Barn). Mastered by Josh Bonati. Artwork by Andrew Marathas.

Kitchen 7" marks the first recordings of Palehound as a full band...
Ellen Kempner (vox/guitar)
Ben Scherer (guitar)
Thom Lombardi (bass)
Max Kupperberg (drums)

Palehound are going on tour this Spring including a stop at SXSW. Get in touch with the band at ellen.kempner@gmail.com with any show requests.

Palehound - Pay No Mind

Radio On - Don't Wait

Flyte 
We Are The Rain / Where Nobody Knows Your Name
RAD009

We Are The Rain / Where Nobody Knows Your Name is available to pre-order on limited edition 7" vinyl from the paradYse store. 
http://paradyserecords.bigcartel.com/

Watch the video for We Are The Rain here: http://youtu.be/Q8-X1TS_F-s

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https://www.facebook.com/flyteband
http://www.youtube.com/user/flytebanduk

Flyte - Where Nobody Knows Your Name

this DEMO was recorded and mixed by DIego Garcia from Cairo Records. both songs were recorded in a random March afternoon in a rehearsal studio in madrid. welcome to DEERS, bitch 8)

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BUY  LIMITED 7" SINGLE HERE!!!!!!!!!
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Demo

Trippy Gum

"Crystal Key" is the second single to be taken from PONY BONES II, the sophomore EP from PONY BONES (feat. members of Speedy Ortiz, Graph, Kendra, etc). The EP will be released on cassette via Exploding In Sound Records on April 29th, 2014. 

PRE-ORDER the tape at www.bonypones.bandcamp.com

Download last year's debut for FREE on Bandcamp too.

PONY BONES are:
Kate Hanlon (drums)
Matt Robidoux (guitar/vocals/tape/keys)

recorded in 2013 at:
Kate's House (Somerville, MA)
King St. Manor (Northampton, MA)

produced by Pony Bones and Robert Macdonald
mastered by Carl Saff

EIS020

Pony Bones - Crystal Key

When things are shitty, I don't eat chocolate, I put on BJM. (Brian Jonestown Massacre)

This track is part of the 'Here I Am' 4 track EP available here:
http://lolademo.bandcamp.com/album/here-i-am
.

I Love Anton
(C) 2014 Erika Bach. All Rights Reserved
.
There is no one under my bed
Nothing to get twisted around in my head
Is it electricity that makes me believe that me is she
And she is free

Chorus:
And free is not to be tied to he
Because he means pain
And he means shame
He has ruined everything
He has ruined everything
Let go of the rope
The answer is no
Because you made me cry
I love Anton

Well if the sun doesn't shine where you lie
Then you better make way and prepare to die
Because if life is living in a box
No matter how much stuff you've got
And there's no sunshine
Hey take a look at the sky

Chorus:
Don't wait for god to decide
Because he means pain
And he means shame
We have ruined everything
We have ruined everything
Let go of the rope
The priest and the pope
Because you let me down
I love Anton

And now I feed on the pain
Feed on the pain

I love Anton

There is no one under my spell
No one desperate or hopeless to dive into my hell
There are no answers to the questions
Only questions I can't answer for anyone else

And now you turn your back on me
And tell me that I'm free
I've only got one thing to tell you honey
I love Anton

Free to be insane
I love Anton 
I love Anton
I love Anton


I Love Anton (lyrics)

"1000 Realities" is the second single from Geronimo!'s third full length LP, Cheap Trick. The album is due out May 13th via Exploding In Sound Records. PRE-ORDER at www.thegeronimoband.bandcamp.com/album/cheap-trick

Geronimo! is:
Ben Grigg - keys
Kelly Johnson - vocals/guitars
Matt Schwerin - drums

Engineered and mixed by Daniel Good at Chrome Attic.
Mastered by Sam John at Precise Mastering.

www.thegeronimoband.com
www.facebook.com/thegeronimoband
www.twitter.com/thegeronimoband
www.thegeronimoband.bandcamp.com
www.geronimochicago.tumblr.com

For advance copies, please email dan@explodinginsound.com.

Geronimo! - 1000 Realities

Taken from the forthcoming album 'Youth Culture Forever', to be released 
May 6th US,  June 2nd UK 2014.

Pre-order the album now! 
US: http://fatcat.hasawebstore.com/paws
UK: fatcat.sandbaghq.com/paws-youth-cul…pre-order.html

See them on tour in the US with We Are Scientists

Apr 23 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop #
Apr 24 - Columbus, OH - The Basement #
Apr 25 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall #
Apr 26 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry #
Apr 28 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge #
Apr 29 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court #
May 01 - Portland, OR - Douglas Fir Theatre #
May 02 - Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl #
May 03 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe #
May 06 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst Atrium #
May 07 - San Francisco, CA - Independent #
May 08 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room #
May 09 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour #
May 10 - San Diego, CA - Casbah #
May 11 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room #
May 14 - Dallas, TX - Dada #
May 15 - Austin, TX - Red 7 #
May 16  - Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds #
May 17 – Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon #
May 18 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
May 19 - Raleigh, NC - Kings Barcade
May 20 - Greensboro, NC - The Blind Tiger 
May 21 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
May 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Shea Stadium

 # with We Are Scientists




PAWS - Owls Talons Clenching My Heart

If Only

Geronimo! - Spitting In The Ocean

Lost Boy ? - Wasted

Kitsuné AMERICA 3, the third episodes of our saga in the US is out June 2nd!

Buy it on iTunes : bitly.com/KA3order
More info about the compilation : http://bit.ly/1lY4JNa

Kitsuné AMERICA 3

Buy on iTunes

NAVVI - "Speak"

you've expressed explicitly your contempt for matrimony
you've student loans to pay and will not risk the alimony
we spend our days locked in a room content inside a bubble
and in the night time we go out and scour the streets for trouble
hey hey marry me archie
during the summer take me sailing out on the atlantic
i won't set my sights on other seas there is no need to panic
so honey take me by the hand and we can sign some papers
forget the invitations floral arrangements and breadmakers
too late to go out too young to stay in
they're talking about us living in sin
hey hey marry me archie
a-r-c-h-i-e hey


http://facebook.com/alvvays
http://twitter.com/alvvaysband
http://alvvays.com

Alvvays

Archie, Marry Me

Released on Cake Collective - 'Heady Treats' 

Free download:
cakecollective.bandcamp.com/album/heady-treats

https://soundcloud.com/beemogotbeats

Artwork by:
andrewalker.tumblr.com/
@wlkietlkie


BEEMO - c a s h e d o u t

London artist KHUSHI is due to release his debut EP, Phantoms via Laissez Faire Club on March 3rd. With dates confirmed at The Great Escape and a bunch of other festivals, catching one of his beautifully captivating live shows is highly recommended. Taken from the upcoming EP, we are pleased to present In The Sun, a melodic and upbeat treat full of poetic lyrics and hazy summer days. Listen and drift far, far away from your desk.
@khushimusic

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 twitter.com/iD_magazine 
http://i-d.co

Premiere: KHUSHI - In The Sun

Near Me

"Red Roulette" is the third single from Dirty Dishes' upcoming full length debut, "Guilty". The album is set for release on Exploding In Sound Records on January 27th on LP/digital and cassettes from Seagreen Records.

Pre-Orders are available at https://dirtydishes.bandcamp.com/album/guilty

Dirty Dishes - Red Roulette

"Animal" appears on the album Shadow of The Sun, Out Now. 

LP/CD: http://bit.ly/1uJA3Sl
iTunes: http://hyperurl.co/ShadowOfTheSun

Website: www.moonduo.org
Twitter: twitter.com/moonduo
Facebook: facebook.com/moonduoofficial
Instagram: http://instagram.com/moonduoband
Tour dates: http://bit.ly/1yvf0dU

iTunes

Moon Duo - Animal

Bonus song off of Perfect Hair

prod. by Driver and Candy Claws

chorus by Del

Perfect Hair

Busdriver - How Your Sprinkler System Works feat. Del The Funky Homosapien prod. by Driver

Fat Stores

The most famous track from the newly reissued early 90's indie classic 'Icky Mettle' by Archers Of Loaf. Fire is releasing a Deluxe Version including a whole bonus disc of extra material including b-sides from the 'Icky Mettle' era.

Archers Of Loaf - Web In Front

I Was Walking Through A Dream...

Jay Malinowski & The Deadcoast - I Was Walking Through a Dream

God Loves You When You’re Dancing EP on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/glywyd  

God Loves You When You're Dancing

Riptide

God Loves You When You’re Dancing EP on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/glywyd

Play With Fire

From Afar

Céu - Street Bloom (Dustan Gallas Remix)

2nd LP from Brooklyn Rockers Shark?

Buy: oldflamerecords.bigcartel.com/product/sh…-pre-order

Facebook: www.facebook.com/oldflamerecords
Twitter: twitter.com/OldFlameRecords

Lost Boy ? - Wasted

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