It’s amazing how internet buzz works — it truly is an online representation of how A.D.D. our culture has become. One minute, you are a supernova blowing up everyone’s playlists and crashing rapidshare servers, the next, you’re a neutron star collapsed in upon yourself devoid of any luster. DOM has experienced this full circle: bursting onto the scene in 2010 with their Sun Bronzed Greek Gods EP and the Millennial’s party anthem “Living In America”, only to fizzle out a little (though no fault of their own — their second EP in 2k11 was pretty damn good too), and now coming back hot fittingly with “Hot.limit” much to the delight of mp3 bloggers everywhere. The track is hyper-active (as expected) and 99%-instrumental (a little less so), reaching levels of energy only Born Gold seem to be able to reach with their live shows. Brace yourselves before checking out the track below:
The band’s bandcamp page at the moment is mostly a collection of singles, but each track is picture perfect for the beach us in Northern Hemisphere are so longing to get back to! “Rewind” is the latest track — full of chilled-out, soothing guitar lines and airy vocals — but be sure to take a glance at some of their past stuff (“So Cool” and “Anywhere” are personal favorites); you’ll be sure to find something that gives you at least momentary relief from shoveling knee-high snow from the sidewalk.
While messing around with Soundcloud for a little bit earlier this morning, I came across some new-ish tracks from Lubbock, Texas indie-darlings Coquelicot. Evidently, the group is in the process of finishing up their new album (slated for a winter/spring release) and have been throwing up a song or two every couple of months on their soundcloud page.
Of all the recently released tracks, “Bonita” is my favorite. Reminding me a lot of the Danish group Efterklang — primarily the soothing vocal melodies and the orchestral instrumentation — the song hit all the right notes for my snowy morning listen. Check it out for yourself below:
It’s been a while, I know. I’ve been out on holiday for most of December, but I’m back now baby! As I diligently try to string together a Best of 2012 list that’s due out at the end of the month (par-for-the-course here at PT Music), a couple of killer new jams from 2k13 have graced my ears.
The first is courtesy of Jeff Walls (aka Campfires) and Fire Talk Records who is putting out his first LP, entitled Tomorrow, Tomorrow in February. The first single “Fortune Teller” has been floating around since December, but damn, it’s too good not to post about even a month later. Nostalgic-pop that isn’t annoying, Walls is a master at stringing together a toe-tapping diddy that’ll get you humming even on the twentieth listen. Check it out below and pre-order the LP here.
PT-Music surf-rock fave’s the Allah Las recorded a set for So Cal radio station KCRW. In it, they played some of hits (“Tell Me (What’s on Your Mind)”, “Catamaran”, “Long Journey”), but also debuted some new material. Check out the stream below:
Three years after her grossly overlooked and underrated My Guilty Pleasure dropped, Sally Shapiro is back with a new single and news of a fresh album, entitled Somewhere Else, set to be released in February. For those who aren’t squealing for joy right now, let me refresh you (or introduce you) to the awesomeness that is Sally Shapiro:
Born as a collab between an anonymous female singer (known only by her pseudonym Sally Shapiro) and Swedish electronic synth-pop god Johan Agebjörn, Sally Shapiro produces some of the most sweetly pleasant club tunes that you’ve ever heard — like a discoteque in the clouds. Her 2007 debut charted well among critics (including yours truly) and with this new single, it’s more-or-less the same dreamy vibe. So sit back, relax and drift away (and check soon for the pre-order from Paper Bag Records):
PT_Music faves Not Not Fun Records is releasing a collab between LA experimentalist and former Pocahaunted member Amanda Brown (under the Twilight-approved moniker LA Vampires) with Estonia’s “Queen of the Weird Vibes” Maria Minerva. Tally this one in the “no brainer” category.
I’ve only heard snippets of the new record (the longest of which is below) and they sound just about what you’d expect coming from these two: anxiety-inducing melody repetitions, head-spinning reverb vocals, and the applicable descriptive lyrics like “the chaos surrounds me / is leaving me confused.” Can’t wait to hear how the complete record sounds!
Crossing two artists who produced two of my Top 10 Albums of 2011 is sure to please my ears. This “Held” remix is perfect for that gap in your Halloween mix.
Don’t even care that I came across this track over a month ago: I STILL blast this track on repeat even though it is already winter in Salt Lake City. Certainly up there with any “Song of the Year” discussions people will be having real soon…
Wish Chvrches wasn’t from Scotland so I’d have a chance to see them tour sooner rather than later. Kinda of tight that they are creating such a buzz with only one song even though “they insist they’ve already got tons of songs – just that they’re not signed, so there’s nowhere to put them.” Cop the 10” via National Anthem (oh wait, nevermind).
