♬ The Knife – Shaking the Habitual
My favorite new band circa 2006, brother & sister duo The Knife, are finally releasing their first new LP in seven years, Shaking The Habitual a week from today. I’m still trying to wrap my cerebellum around this one…
♬ Bombino – Nomad
Guitarist and singer Omar “Bombino” Moctar descends from the Tuareg - a Berber people with a traditionally nomadic lifestyle in the Saharan parts of Niger, Mali, and Algeria - the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. Bombino hit the…
♬ Vox Mod – SYN-ÆSTHETIC
I really don’t know much about Seattle-based electronic musician & producer Scot Porter, aka Vox Mod, but after hearing this song I’m DEFINITELY going to find out more about him. Those are the unmistakable vocals…
♬ Lusine – The Waiting Room
Lusine (also L’usine) is electronic musician Jeff McIlwain – a native Texan residing in Seattle and releasing music on the Ghostly International label for over ten years now. His music is often described as IDM…
♬ Pickwick – Can’t Talk Medicine
Seattle band Pickwick kicks off the first leg of their first “real” national tour tonight in Cali. To celebrate, we’re holding a listening party – the first full album stream of their debut LP Can’t Talk…
♬ The Comettes
Classic 60′s psychedelia meets 70′s LA beach rock & roll at a David Lynchian desert blues crossroads. Meet the Comettes. Equal parts The Doors and The Black Angels. How could that possibly go wrong? I’m…
♬ Blue Sky Black Death – Euphoric Tape
Dark, intense hip-hop artists / production team Blue Sky Black Death just released this reworking of some of their recent work with some of the top indie rappers around. These are cool & dreamy electro-goth…
♬ Red Jacket Mine – Someone Else’s Cake
Somebody (besides me) is still listening to lots of old Elvis Costello & Nick Lowe. Red Jacket Mine clearly has an admiration for the great British pop songwriters of the late ’70′s & early ’80′s,…
♬ YourYoungBody – Mask
Exciting dark electronica from Seattle’s youryoungbody. Kind of reminds me of Exciter & that darker side of Depeche Mode that I always had a soft spot for. Mask is their 5-song demo from last October…
♬ Sabzi – Blue Scholars original beats & grooves
Sabzi (Blue Scholars’ DJ) released this collection last year but I just recently discovered it – the original electronic beats & grooves that eventually grew into Blue Scholars’ excellent Cinémetropolis album. Cool vibe & a major…
♬ Tea Cozies – Bang Up EP
Steeped in garage rock and british indie, Tea Cozies take influences from guitar-driven pop bands as Blur, Elastica, and the Pixies. Tea Cozies released a 5 song EP recorded in the living room of their house…
♬ Kingdom Crumbs self-titled debut LP
If Ishmael Butler and Andree 3000 had four talented pups… Kingdom Crumbs by Kingdom Crumbs
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