teen dream.

what the hell are they putting in the water up there in illinois? whatever it is, it's making the guys, ahem, teenage boys up there kick ass in the music department. which brings us to seventeen year old Baby Chuck.

after listening to his just released soulful, yet infused with a heavy guitar 10 minute ep, it made me realize he far surpasses his stage name. they sure didn't have dudes like this when i was a young girl.

miserlou.

if dick dale was on methamphetamines, he would probably sound just like melbourne's Rayon Moon. basically these guys are a fun blend of lo-fi garage surf rock - just the way i like my bands!

and if you happen to be in the fitzroy area next thursday (jan. 19th) then be sure to check them out at laundry for Surf Rock Night 3!

the golden dawn.

i've anxiously been awaiting the new ep, rock & roll night club, from canada's Mac Demarco, who used to record under the moniker of Makeout Videotape. (the ep will be released by the digustingly amazing Captured Tracks label to which he was just signed.) in the meantime, i've had his video from his last lp on heavy rotation, which makes me think that men should be the ones in the kitchen. in some weird, silence of the lambs type of way.

you can also check out a track from MV on my mix HERE.

head on.

i can't tell you how awesome it was to come down to oz & have this sixteen year old band from elmhurst, il. send this to my inbox. these guys are SIXFUCKINGTEEN.

one of the dudes from The Orwells are going to have to turn 18 soon so i can marry one of them. already having 3 lps out, this band has enough lyrics & guitars to last them a lifetime.

make sure to check 'psychopath' & 'no ticket' from their debut album head. and i swear if 'never ever' from their recently released remember when album doesn't scream an old souls relationship, then i don't know what does. (and their 2nd lp oh well! is awesome. starts awesome! ends awesome!)

baby it's just you & me.

since i'm playing a bit of catch up here, i wanted to let you all know how much i adore san fran's The Sandwitches as their 2011 album, mrs. jones cookies, was one of my favorites of the year. always full of garage soul, here's their most recent video (which i had on repeat enough times to annoy any boyfriend) & it's just sexy enough to match their little hussie attitudes.

c'mon sonnnnnnnnnn.

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Thuggin' by Rappcats

hip hop doesn't get a lot of play on this blog but i tell you what, when i do want a little something - i'm a total stones throw girl. so i've really been diggin' the recent ep, Thuggin, and a track which shares the same name, from Madlib & Freddie Gibbs. (even though this was techincally released on madlib's madlib invazion label)

so when Freddie isn't busy getting his weed bags overlooked by TSA, these guys will hook up to release a full length sometime early this year.

happy new year!

sorry i've been out of touch for a bit folks. i'm currently in australia where my laptop decides it doesn't want to upload...ANYTHING. so, just when i decide to get things swinging on this blog the updates might be a little sporadic until february.

but with that said, the following track is from another ft. worth band called Year of the Bear. i was actually able to see these guys play their first show back in november & i literally had to get up from the back of the venue to the front to see what strange type of psychedelic sounds were blaring at me. while this first released song channels a bit of joy divison, this doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what this band does live. so be on the lookout for their debut album which i hear is in the works & will no doubt be killer.

holy other.

Colourfornia from Nick Thompson on Vimeo.

while i normally steer clear of this guy's work, i thought it was almost too perfect that scottish born calvin harris's 2007 track 'colours' was the anthem for the 2012 aussie festival, summadayze.

apparently this promo video was shot in a melbourne warehouse using incredibly gorgeous non-models celebrating holi, the hindu festival of colours. if these are non-models down under, i should stick my head in the sand now!

where the west begins.

Skeleton Coast - Young

being fort worth born & bred, i will always have a special place for it in my heart. while a lot of people want to bag on it being a lame city, it has actually become very cool over the past few years.

case in point, take this young, upcoming ftw band Skeleton Coast who sound like a ethereally vocalized my bloody valentine & panda bear took a day at the beach.

started up in 2009 & without even so much as a debut album, these guys constantly seem to play around town bringing a bit of distorted psychedelia to the place. and from the video above, apparently house parties or songs written about clueless hipsters are not off limits either.

china is here mr. burton.

i love when great asian bands come around. especially when ones like The Offset Spectacles, who moved from hong kong to a self secluded exile in a suburb of beijing, come around. a heavy influence from the velvet underground is apparent in their debut album, but what makes it stand out is it's sung entirely in cantonese, doesn't contain a hint of drums & forgoes over produced effects while letting the amps doing most of the talking.

(track 5 'the loop swing' is on repeat right now!)

photo courtesy of the ultra cool Pedro Agustin.

the diamond sea.

Vinyl Williams - Stellarscope

i really wouldn't know where to begin describing california bred Vinyl Williams (aka lionel williams) album, lemniscate. it goes everywhere from being sexy psychedelic krautrock, to the right amount of noise blended bedroom pop all the way to a dark ambient soundscape.

so, forget all that shit i just used to describe it & give it a listen because it's kind of amazing.

czesc! czesc! czesc!

i think it was only fitting that since i was talking polish politics over beers last night that i listen to Kaseciarz today, hailing all the way from kraków, poland. while their new album is strictly instrumental its sounds range from groovy surf jams, to distorted garage to a bit of sample heavy guitar drone. i highly recommend tracks 3-5 here!

basically, the entire album is really fucking good & with the language barrier - who needs vocals?

most triumphant.

Assassins 88 - Wildwood Girl

beach people was the perfect title for the most recent ep from canberra australia duo, Assassins 88. (and you can dl it for free - what beach bums wouldn't love that?!) since it's well on it's way to summer down under, this is the perfect blend of lo-fi surf rock to accompany it.

i can't be apart from your love.

Bronson - Purpose

i'm pretty sure that if i heard this track performed live by washington bedroom crooner, Bronson, my heart would instantly break into pieces. he just released his new album last week which you can buy/stream on his bandcamp if you're in the mood for something a bit more serene.

pretty baby.

Alpine - Hands

if watching sexy, american apparel type models do strangely odd things like devour a roast chicken in the shower or have a kissing hand orgy sounds like your cup of tea, then you might want to check this video from melbourne's Alpine.