Wayward // Riptide

Notes from Left of the Dial: Feb. 21

Orange Gold Red / Wayward

Bam Bam Bigelow

thank heaven for little girls fauna

Second single from the 'Is This How You Feel?' EP

Buy the EP here:
smarturl.it/IsThisHowYouFeelEP

Lyrics here:
http://bit.ly/HQobfI

Is This How You Feel?

Manic Baby

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Better Than It Ever Could Be

[p*dis] distribution sampler for February 2014


Heterotic - Rain - Rain Feat Vezelay (Planet Mu)

Wayward

Riptide

After years of writing and performing, Ava Luna has refined their doo-wop soul meets punk-as-fuck aesthetic into something bold and glaringly defiant in today's indie music landscape. Following the release of their critically lauded first proper full-length Ice Level, the band spent an intense 2-week period writing and recording in upstate New York. Unlike previous efforts that were meticulously mapped out, the songs that would become Electric Balloon were "…a family effort." according to frontman Carlos Hernandez. For the new album, former Columbia composition student Hernandez relinquished the reins a bit, opting for a more organic approach to writing the material for what would become Electric Balloon. As Hernandez explains, it was a "…birth of confidence. I grew closer to my bandmates, began to see the roles of a family playing out. Ethan cooks dinner for all of us, we make lewd jokes, and then 'after-dinner storytelling' takes the form of playing music." 

In the wake of Ice Level, Ava Luna's sharp edges have melted away just enough, making it easier to connect with their no-wave grooves and soaring harmonies. Distilling everything from James Chance and ESG to contemporaries like Dirty Projectors and Of Montreal, Ava Luna have landed on an aggressively unique sound that still manages to be accessible. Hernandez goes on to explain "…the stories and moments here are clearer, as in a conversation. The moment appears, you grab it with your hands, screw the lid on the mason jar. There was no tweaking, no second-guessing. Julian's mantra for the process: 'First thought best thought.'….And for my part, I sing my best about encounters, friendships, some moments beautiful and others painful. A bike shop manager in New Orleans, a derelict porch on Brighton Beach, a yellow sweater in a kitchen in the Catskills, a water duct in the New Mexico desert…"

You can buy the LP here: http://westernvinyl.com/shop/

Ava Luna - PRPL

"Lonely Richard" appears on Love, out now. 

LP/CD: http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com/products/sbr113-amen-dunes-love
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love/id820487768?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amendunes/
Bandcamp: https://amendunes.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amendunes/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amendunes

Tourdates: https://www.facebook.com/amendunes/app/123966167614127/


iTunes

Amen Dunes - Lonely Richard

Debut single off Sean Nicholas Savage's "Bermuda Waterfall" (May 13th, 2014)
Order here: http://tinyurl.com/pdoum2o

Naturally
the pink sun came up and i started to cry
five billion year old fire in my eyes
she kisses the sea goodbye like you and i
but now take a look at my world
of all the boys and the girls, you’re the friend
i keep running through my memories to find again
and you come naturally to me
someone so beautiful coming so easily
five billion zombies roaming the street
i can’t touch them, they can’t reach out and touch me
and you know sacrifices must be made to get high
so i’m taking my time
i’d like to tell you the truth, that i need you to come tonight
but i wont even try
you come naturally to me
and both the pleasure and the pain had a hand in it
and all the bodies and the souls understand it

Bermuda Waterfall

Naturally

Sean Nicholas Savage - Naturally

Taken from the forthcoming debut LP 'That's Harakiri'.
Released April 28th via Tri Angle Records.
LP, CD & Digital. 

Sd Laika - Meshes

Buy on iTunes: smarturl.it/Trippys_Theme

The debut single from your favorite reptilian Jersey Club prince has arrived, appropriately titled "Trippy's Theme". Over the past year, Trippy Turtle bootlegs and remixes have collected millions of soundcloud views and received early industry support from notorious producers and DJs scattered around the globe. At last, he has cooked up his first original single to be released commercially for the masses. Combining Trippy's whimsical production style and featuring vocals by Santell, "Trippy's Theme" is a delicious taste of everything we've been obsessing over since the get go. Join your pal Trippy Turtle as he takes you on a musical journey down rainbow road on a go cart made of Pokémon balls to his own paradise that bumps happy Jersey beats and bed squeaks for days.

Luckily, the fun doesn’t stop there. TWRK, comprised of Benzi and eSenTRIK, infuse the single with their distinctive trap twist. The combination of Spank Rock’s sizzling rhymes and TWRK’s sexy 100-bpm flair, “Trippy’s Theme (feat. Spank Rock) [TWRK Remix]” will have all amphibians, birds, fishes, invertebrates, reptiles, and mammals twerking ‘til the break of dawn.

Trippy Turtle
Soundcloud: @trippy-turtle
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Trippy-Turtle/322051644584693?fref=ts
Twitter: http://twitter.com/trutrippyturtle

Trippy's Theme

Trippy's Theme (feat. Spank Rock) [TWRK Remix]

Buy on iTunes 

Trippy Turtle - Trippy's Theme (feat. Spank Rock) [TWRK Remix]

Out 28 September. Pre-order here: http://smarturl.it/NoPrice?IQid=sc

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No Price (feat. Chromeo & Al-P)

Warpaint have joined forces with Daughter to reveal one-off remixes of one another’s work. 

The second of the remixes is unveiled here - Daughter's reimagining of Warpaint's ‘Feeling Alright’. Listen to Warpaint's remix of Daughter's 'Winter' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmY9rMVul2I&feature=youtu.be

The remixes will then come together on an ultra-limited edition 12” EP that will be available exclusively as part of Record Store Day 2015. 

More info: 

www.warpaintwarpaint.com
www.facebook.com/warpaintwarpaint 
www.twitter.com/_warpaint

www.ohdaughter.com
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www.twitter.com/ohdaughter

Warpaint - Feeling Alright (Daughter Remix)

Teaser track off our up and coming 'Sickly Sweet EP'

Sickly Sweet (demo)

Ephemera (demo)

Track 1) "Lovely Eyes" from the New Album "Broken Hearts Will Kill Us All" 

1 Lovely Eyes

Tessellate (Alt-J Cover) produced by Xaphoon Jones

Shazam to pre-order 'Halcyon Days'

Riptide

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