Mayer Hawthorne’s patented brand of neo-motown plus cool retro video? Yes Please!
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SONG OF THE DAY: Hella — “Yubacore”
| crawling on phantasmagoric brindle rays |
Tripper, the first LP in four years from Sacramento’s Hella, is out now on Sargent House (2011).
UPCOMING SHOWS: Goldrush Music Festival
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The Lowdown: the two-day/-night event will spotlight some of the nation’s best underground electronic acts and some of Colorado’s best local acts alongside one another. The 30+ artists featured run the genre gamut from ambient (the bristling and warm Quiet Evenings), to drone (The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact), to dreampop (Candy Claws, HAPPY NEW YEAR), to ambient folk (Chris Rehm), with some post-nineties shoegaze (Colorado Springs’ Junior Low) thrown in to round things out. Tennis, of Llamapalooza 2011 fame, and How to Dress Well headline the festival.
The Site: GOLDRUSH 2011 (featuring links to each band’s Bandcamp or Myspace, as well as contact info)
The Sampler: GOLDRUSH Sampler (a FREE compilation of brand new tracks from 20 of the festival’s performers)
The Tickets: Hi-Dive.com
The Sponsors: Speaker Snacks, Tome to the Weather Machine, Magic Teepee
Stay tuned to theSocc.org for artist profiles and more.
SONG OF THE DAY: Circle of Ouroborus — “Warpath”
| dancefloor blues through a copper pipe |
From the brand new Eleven Fingers, available now on Handmade Birds Records (2011).
SONG OF THE DAY: Nicolas Jaar — “Balance Her In Between Your Eyes”
| the inward all-seeing eye (the beat will drop) |
From his latest, Space is Only Noise, available now on Circus Company (2011).
unofficial video: Aleksandr Dovzhenko – Michurin (1948)
SONG OF THE DAY: Glasser — “T”
| plaintive-yet-hopeful |
From her latest, Ring, out now on True Panther Sounds (2010).
SONG OF THE DAY: Shabazz Palaces — “Swerve… the reaping of all that is worthwhile”
| the new old school |
From their latest, Black Up, out now on Sub Pop (2011).
