my joy to listen to artists working on their craft. You had the hair on my neck standing up...that's got to be a good thing!! I am impressed as I listen again. POWERFUL! Kudos...glad to encourage you! Keep going. Hard work pays off ! :)

these "human kazus" are both cheesy and moving somehow. Good job guys!

This is great! Check out some of my tracks and let me know what you think!

'Oblique Fantasy' by Jane Weaver.
Out digitally on Speedy Wunderground 23rd March 2022.
Out on limited 7" (500 copies) on 17th June 2022.
Produced by Dan Carey.
Listen / order - https://ffm.to/sw040_janeweaver

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SW040 // Jane Weaver - Oblique Fantasy

Anywhere But Here

"MG 333" by Richard Swift from 'Walt Wolfman'. Originally released 10/18/11 on Secretly Canadian

About a year ago, Richard Swift horrifically fractured his left ring finger. For a moment his nimble guitar and piano work flashed before his eyes. Doctors were saying things like "movement and feeling could eventually return," etc, etc. Certainly, not even a little blip on the sadness radar of humanity, but a massive bummer for a fellow who has carved out a niche as one of independent music's sought after session players and producers -- and especially in relation to the astounding Richard Swift solo output we all know and love.
So, it's with a great, collective sigh of relief that he's back to churning out new material like "Whitman." It's chugging, chiming and triumphant, featuring Swift's always-endearing falsetto and casual call-and-response lyricism. "I've got my own Whitman...Farewell, farewell/I hope it did you good/To say the things/My father never could," Swift pines. The song is a cryptic salute to Walt Whitman, whose American lineage of primal, urgent art can be traced to include Kerouac and Dylan, Bo Diddley and Beefheart -- right on through to modern outsider-pop wunderkinds like Swift. And according to Swift, "Whitman" is a nice taste of what we can expect from his next longform recording.
The same can be said for the remainder of the Walt Wolfman EP. Conceived in the same spirit that gave us 2008's cult favorite Ground Trouble Jaw EP, these blown-out, basement R&B rippers are not for the faint of heart. They require movement and sweat, dancing with a cocktail glass in your grip until your shoes are soaked in booze. Highlight of the set, "MG 333," is a raw and ghostly trance, a blast of kinetic energy and jazz cigarette smoke. Meanwhile, the neu-vintage jive of "Drakula (Hey Man)" and "Zombie Boogie" pack a timelessness that transcends their seasonal titles. And yeah, that's Swift himself on rapid-fire drums across the whole damn set. Shit, he might have been fine without that measly finger after all.

"MG 333" by Richard Swift from 'Walt Wolfman'. Originally released 10/18/11 on Secretly Canadian

Walt Wolfman

MG 333

Richard Swift - "MG 333"

Empathy
Written, performed and produced by Pete
© 2024 Peter Strayer
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Altavana Studios
Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Empathy

From the 'Extraordinary Renditions' compilation. 

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Laura Groves - Gamma Ray Blue (Cleaners From Venus cover)

Do Make Say Think returns with their first new album in 8 years, Stubborn Persistent Illusions.

Out 19 May 2017
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“The supernova in Constellation’s stellar network... arguably the finest catalogue of any currently operating instrumental rock band." • Drowned In Sound

“Experimental rock on the grandest and most impressive of scales with not a trace of musical mildew or corrosion." • The Wire

“Do Make Say Think legitimize post-rock as a term of art... engender some of the most honest, unpretentious, group-oriented rock of their time." • Popmatters

Do Make Say Think • "Bound And Boundless"

‘Make It Real’ from Suuns new album ‘Felt’ out March 2nd, 2018 on Secretly Canadian

Pre-Order / Stream: suuns.lnk.to/felt

Suuns - Make It Real

An eyes closed shut and end of the joyride adventure, rollerblading through a mountain of love and whole heap of pain. The apocalypse has never looked as beautiful as it looks through the eyes of Uncle Sleepover. The end of the line and the beginning of everything, 1000 Whispers on your deaf ears.

Whale City

1000 Whispers

Taken from the album, Karaoke for One: Vol. 1, released on 19th October 2018 on limited edition LP and digital formats. 300 copies are available on 'snow white' colour vinyl via Bandcamp & the Fat Possum store, and 500 on 'blue moon' colour vinyl via indie stores. 

Pre-order here - http://smarturl.it/KaraokeforOne

Written by S. MacGowan

Insecure Men - A Rainy Night In Soho

Final mix? Yes? UNMASTERED? Yes. A version of this will be on an un-yet named or, scheduled LP.

MISPERCEPTION

Public Practice is reanimating the spirit of late ‘70s New York with their intoxicating  brand of no wave-tinged dark disco. The band came in hot with their punchy balance of punk, funk, and pop on the critically acclaimed Distance is a Mirror EP in 2018, paving the way for their highly anticipated freshman record. Now, after a year of intimate and experimental songwriting in their home studio, they have fleshed out the energetic, playfully oblique sound captured on their debut full-length Gentle Grip. 

Together, the foursome creates bold, slinky rhythms and groove-filled hooks that get under your skin and into your dancing shoes. The musicians’ unique chemistry and approach to songwriting is part of what makes their world so intriguing. Magnetic singer and lyricist Sam York and guitarist and principal sonic architect Vince McClelland, who were creative music partners for years prior to Public Practice’s formation, come to the table with an anarchic perspective that aims to eradicate creative barriers by challenging the very idea of what a song can be. Paradoxically, Drew Citron, on bass/vocals/synth, and drummer/producer Scott Rosenthal are uncannily adept at working within the framework of classic pop structures. But instead of clashing, these contrasting styles challenge and complement one another, resulting in an album full of spiraling tensions and unexpected turns.

Inspired by influential New York bands like Liquid Liquid and ESG, the foursome has a natural inclination toward music that sounds rough-hewn. “We were thinking about classic New York dance albums, and the thing that stuck out is that many sounded like they were recorded in less-than-ideal situations,” McClelland says. “There was always something about them that felt somewhat home-cooked.” McClelland has spent the past few years constructing a home studio with carefully chosen and occasionally hand-made equipment in an effort to recreate that “cobbled together” sound. As three quarters of Public Practice are engineers as well as instrumentalists, their collection of gear, combined with the recording rig McClelland built, allowed the band to record Gentle Grip largely at their own hybrid practice space/studio in Brooklyn. “Having a space and setup that is unique, you're always going to have more of a signature sound,” McClelland explains. They spent the better part of 2019 playing with sounds, riffing on McClelland’s demos, and recording a number of songs live to tape. Although a handful of sessions occurred in traditional recording studios, the band’s autonomy and ability to record themselves imbues their music with a sense of freedom and gives it a distinct character — a home-cooked sound that is purely Public Practice.

Insecure Men - A Rainy Night In Soho

Fat Possum Records

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