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Posts Tagged ‘music’
new album: loon choir, fire poems
loon choir’s sophomore album, fire poems, shows maturity, growth, and achieves a musical complexity that many bands are striving for today. like the heart-pumping sincerity found in their lyrics, the band’s drums, synths, affected guitars, and violin all throttle the listener to a place of emotional honesty. from its breakdowns, time changes, and buildups their [...]
new christmas song.
it’s rare these days that a new christmas song is written that still captures childhood wonder. sure, musical treasure sufjan stevens has tried his hand and done a pretty good job. she & him are a little to cute for my liking and come across like an overbearing mother (i’ll still listen the same way [...]
new band high highs.
listening to bbc 6′s tom robinson introducing i discovered this band, high highs. if you like grizzly bear or fleet foxes i think you’ll enjoy them too.
new band beacon.
i just discovered this band beacon. i listened to their ep, no body and seriously dare you not to completely chill-out while listening. super enjoyable.
create. create. create.
in the ever-evolving evolution of an artists i am told constantly creating and “shipping” is an important process. i think creation is important for all humans. the following boy in static music video from alexander chen is inspiration. Boy in Static – Toy Baby Grand from Alexander Chen on Vimeo.
korean birthday party.
recently awesome, fun-time band hifi phantom played a private show at the Korean restaurant Arisu. i managed to capture a lot on video. here’s something i put together from their song geography.
backwards children.
recently hi fi phantom played a show at lee’s palace. here is a song of their ep, all at sea.
which witch.
recently a band that i like, who are also dear friends, played a show at lee’s palace. i captured some video and audio. here is a combination of the two.
new rich aucoin.
if you don’t know rich you’re in for a sweet musical discovery. beyond having some of the most uplifting, positive, and dance-sweaty live shows he also has the amazing ability of syncing all his music to visual aids like movies. here is a trailer for his new album/film:
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