CHAOS REIGNS

‘Callate Niña’ by Pic-Nic

A tender folk lullaby from 1968 based on a Spanish children’s song, sung by a cherubic Jeanette together with her old band Pic-Nic. I’m sure immersing myself in emotion before going to see Moonrise Kingdom will only make me a blubbering mess later.

(via blowupdoll)

‘Forever Falling Toward the Sky’ by Vestals

A blissful ebb of pink noise from San Franciscan musician Lisa McGee that seeks to embrace you with cocoon-like intimacy. And as much as the title submits unto the infinite, it’s cyclical mantras and hypnotic rhythms too begin to feel like a therapeutic release from anxiety.

(via theankou)

‘Sister Brother’ by F.J. McMahon

Released in 1969, F.J. McMahon’s melancholic folk seems inexorably consumed by ghosts of the Vietnam war, something which he experienced first hand during his service with the U.S. Air Force in 1965. Though technically classified within the protest song genre, McMahon’s tone is far from a call-to-arms. Instead his voice hangs weary, hauntingly so, almost to the point of defeat, here parting with the lines “Just one time I’d like to see everyone smile / I guess it won’t happen, not for awhile.”

(via Aquarium Drunkard)

‘Day Dreams (MyKill Remix)’ by Midi Matilda

San Francisco producer MyKill creates a wonderfully pensive remix of fellow SF duo Midi Matilda’s latest single, punctuating the spaces rather than the melodies and adding lots of ambient detail to the newly dialled-down groove. It’s always admirable when an artist is able to give new dimensions to a relatively tame pop song, but the sense of yearning, reflection, and general maturity he is able to dig out here is particularly impressive.

‘Sueno Y Realidad’ by Cuarteto De Pedro Flores

(via Unearthed In The Atomic Attic)

‘Ivory Coast (Beardy Session)’ by Pure Bathing Culture

Dressed in pale chalks and bathed in glowing daylight of the softest whites, performing a song filled with idyllic imagery of near-heavenly proportions — is there no stop to their immaculateness? They’re like some kind of band-version of Jessica Chastain’s character in The Tree of Life.

(via Yours Truly)

‘Take the Mirror’ by White Lung

Vancouver thrash punk quartet White Lung bring back fond memories of two of my favourite rock bands growing up, Circle Takes The Square and AFI, and so I must bow humbly to their epic shred. This is the first single from their new LP Sorry, you can download it over at SPIN.

(via Winnie Cooper)

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The new Janus Films poster for Vera Chytilová’s 1966 film DAISIES.

AMAZING.

‘Junior’ by No Joy

A swirling jolt of uptempo shoegaze with a winning combination of pleasant, soft harmonies and ecstatic punk energy. From their upcoming EP called Negaverse, which, taken together with their band name, feels kind of misrepresentative of their sublimely exhilarating sound.

‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (Steely Dan cover)’ by Hospitality

As part of The A.V. Club’s Undercover series the Brooklyn-based band take on Steely Dan’s melodic piano number and work wonders by upping the tempo and giving the bass a groove to drive to.

‘Don’t Stop’ by Gigamesh

and something more disco revival, complete with sequenced strings, en vogue uses of French (re:ABBA’s Voulez-Vous), and overt nods to the Bee Gees.

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‘All My Life’ by Gigamesh

The erstwhile remixer and disco-funk producer has a divine new EP out on Kitsuné full of alluring ’80s synth-pop, like the sleek and emotionally rapturous All My Life, which soars thanks to the nimble and expressive confidence of singer Jana Nyberg. Hear the whole thing on Soundcloud, it’s a jam and a crumpet (new phrase I’m trying out).

Charles Bukowski

I won’t stop until my arteries are made of bacon, you have my word, Bukowski!

‘Settle Down (La Felix Remix)’ by Kimbra

Auckland based La Felix slips Kimbra’s ode to adult relationships into a sexy cocktail dress of silken piano hooks and classy electro funk-isms.

‘Afterburn’ by Bobby Tank

The only way to approach London producer Bobby Tank’s techno-fetishist ‘maximalism’ is with clear eyes, full hearts, and enough stomach to devour his seemingly endless cascade of glitchy sample-cutting and frenzied beat warping. Afterburn is a near-overwhelming explosion of colour and luminance, with countless complexities making up it’s labyrinthine construction. I don’t think I could handle knowing how many stems went into making this track.

The Guardian have an excellent write up on the guy that resorts to using a dizzying number of adjectives to try and encapsulate his iridescent energy, but I think it’s best summed up by his nuts coverart. You can get his new Afterburn EP on iTunes.

Grass Widow - Internal Logic LP (Stream)

Harmonies as tight as a drum, songwriting as wild as grass. The best.

(via Stereogum)

‘Night Drive’ by Part Time

I was super bummed when this was left off his full-length, but it looks like it’s getting a standalone single release on Japanese label Sixteen Tambourines Records. It sounds like a kitschy karaoke rendition of a Chromatics song sung by a kimono-wearing transvestite and I love it.

‘Conversation On Twin Peaks’ by Angelo Badalamenti

And something I hadn’t even heard before which kicked his mix off; Badalamenti walking through how he and Lynch came up with Twin Peaks in the first place through musical improvisation, while playing the piece that inspired it.

Two hours of cinematic ambience. Less electronic and crate-diggingly obscure than I was expecting. Keith Jarrett! Feist! A Nicolas Jaar-ified edit of *NSYNC! Amazing.