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Buycreated from Feb 2009 to Sept 2010 ---- cassette release by CRASH SYMBOLS http://www.crashsymbols.bandcamp.com/ ---- cassette reissue by KASSETTE KLUB http://www.kassetteklub.com/ ---- Marcos Gasc on tracks 2, 7, 11 and album artwork
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- Oct 16, 12Sea Cycles describe themselves as a "Jacksonville based psych-wave experiment".
Released earlier this summer, What We Came For is a five track first listen into the band.
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bandcamp/seacycles - Oct 01, 12Ever since I met Tristian Whitehill he has been engulfed by music. He is an important part of the Gainesville music community, always collaborating with musicians -- and artists like The Church of Holy Colors -- and is frequently organizing or attending shows around town, supporting and building the scene.While currently lending his creativity and time to Gainesville bands Levek and MSNRA, he has continued to release a steady flow of music under Euglossine. In March he released Jewel Hunter Geomancy on Rotifer.
Euglossine has most recently released a cassette with Housecraft entitled Floridian Abstract. Both releases expand upon quickly evolving structures with an emphasis on sonic detail found with his efforts for Orchal & Vir's Elestial Sound release. The familarness may be do to the fact that Floridian Abstract is snippets of unreleased material from the past two years. I anxiously anticipate what will come next with Euglossine. - Sep 20, 12Young Adult is a five piece band from Tallahassee. I got a chance to see them perform last weekend at the Outlet Benefest. Their live set was great, very together, and their seven-track release Aporia is worth obtaining. Spirit Cat collective's James Martin, whom you may know from Oh Fortuna or Aircraft, interviewed members of Young Adults recently.
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facebook/youngadult - Aug 21, 12Sea Camp is a new project by Chelsey Bomar. Chelsey has made music under the name Swan Spells for years. As I understand it, Swan Spells is expanding to be a full band, and Sea Camp will be a place for solo experimentation.
facebook/seacamp - Aug 02, 12Off Balance Atlas has just released Vivid Transformation. Thanks to Tiny Waves for the tip on this, read Steve Head's words on the album over there.
Forrest (Off Balance Atlas) use to be a part of the Tallahassee scene but months ago moved to New Orleans and has started the uploading photos to his Pyramid Prisim Tumblr.
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tumblr/pyraidprisim - Aug 01, 12Today Ju Kovacevich, the mastermind behind the band Praything, has released Her Skin Caught the Glow EP; it is Praything's first official release since 2010's Born EP.
While a few songs on Born had percussion, the new EP is far more beat driven. Ju also drops the use of guitar on Her Skin Caught the Glow completely, other than a textural guitar riff by Ghost Fields' JP Wright on "A Million Lives". Amongst JP and the rest of the crew who aided Ju in this release include singer Sam Moss from Hundred Waters.
You can download Her Skin Caught the Glow EP for free on Bandcamp, but for all the work that went into it, I'm sure Ju would gladly accept a buck or two.
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facebook/praything - Jul 31, 12Kate like Katie is a project from Jane Jane Pollock member Courtney Asztalos. Michael Arcos also from the group and Courtney released a collection of songs recorded on a 4-track simply titled Kate like Katie through their own Flea Ridden Kitten label.Below is a previously unreleased track, possibly to an upcoming album.The photograph at the top was taken by Courtney. Daniel Dorsa at Tiny Waves posted it along with more of Courtney's photos on PORTALS.
- Jul 30, 12Last night Panda Bear released the first single from Centipede Hz, "Today's Supernatural", on the Animal Collective Radio. Centipede Hz comes out on Domino September 3rd.
preorder/centipedehz - Jul 21, 12
Safehouse is a duo from West Palm Beach. Their Florida tour started last night:
07/20- Lake Worth, FL @ Mother Earth w/Hooverville.
07/21- Miami, FL @ Literary Cafe w/ Hooverville, Royal Atlantic and Telescope Thieves.
07/24- Gainesville, FL @ The Laboratory w/ Peace Arrow, God Boat and Kathleen Kennedy.
07/26- Orlando, FL @ Stardust w/ Daymoths.
07/27- Jacksonville, FL @ Burro Bar w/ Daymoths.
Download their album Equinox for free.
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soundcloud/safehouse - Jul 20, 12Braden J McKenna, whom you may know from Inner Islandslabel, Kaliska, or WYLD WYZRDZ, has just released the debut track from his upcoming album Surfs Down Smiles Up.
Surfs Down Smiles Up is due later this year on Moondial.
bandcamp/innerislands - Jul 04, 12
Yesterday God Boat released Fishing Times.
Terraform is Cody Selman and Jiovanni Nadal from Brooklyn. They recently relocated there having moved from Gainesville. Last May Terraform released 9977.
Both releases are available to download for a donation or free.
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facebook/terraform - Jul 03, 12Gabriel Berrios, whom you may recognize as Tree Hopping, begun Bayatas a few months ago as he temporarily relocated from Gainesville to Miami and then permanetly to New York for school. He has been releasing what appears could end up being a full length of material two or three songs at a time on Bandcamp for free/donation. In April, NPR caught on, and included Bayatas on a playlist of theirs. Later Bayatas ranked in NPR's best albums of 2012 thus far. Reportedly Gabriel is one in only a few on the list who haven't had a physical release. In a time where it is becoming increasingly easier to make music in a bedroom, an oversaturation of media can be an ocean too vast to swim through and wash up anywhere significant. When an artist emerges without having toured or hired a publicist, the rare occurance should motivate you to atleast give them a try.
Donate what you wish for the above songs and more on Bayatas' Bandcamp.
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bandcamp/bayatas - Jul 02, 12
Read Tiny Waves' post over at PORTALS for the concept behind the video.
Steve was put on the spot to when handed a guitar at FMLY Fest and performend an improvisational set with Ralph Giunta, Vacation Dad, and Cameron Rath chiming in on the drums near the end.
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New York's FMLY Fest 2012 took place last weekend from Thursday, June 21st to Saturday, June 23rd. The festival was curated by the FMLY's own Noah Klein and Emily Reo. FMLY Fest features bands from all over country including Truman Peyote, Bayatas, Mutual Benefit, Chiffon, Alligator Indian, Lands & Peoples, Surfin Serf, Michael Parallax, Birthdays, Yohuna, Little Spoon, Megafortress and many more. If you couldn't make it this year, Ralph Giunta has a detailed account of his journey from Orlando to Brooklyn to witness the festival on Tiny Waves.
The compilation is for free/donation on Bandcamp.
tumblr/fmlyfest - Jun 30, 12Water Brother is the solo project of James Folker from Tallahassee. If you are familiar with the Florida scene, you probably know James from the bands Oh Fortuna or Aircraft; he is also a part of the Spirit Cat collective and intimately involved in organizing the annual Total Bummer festivals.
Yesterday, Water Brother released the song "External Circumstances" on Soundcloud.
All four of Water Brother's songs are available for free download.
soundcloud/waterbrother - Jun 29, 12West Palm Beach's Henry Krinkle is Edwin Jantunen's new project after having stepped away from The Get. Edwin has been making electronic music, remixes, and DJing for years; Edwin is also an occasional live member for Sumsun.
A few hours ago he released the song "Stay" for free download on Soundcloud.
Among a steady flow of material, he has released remixes for Gold Panda, Julia Holter, Four Tet, and more on Bandcamp under the name The Lush Haus Remixes, which grew out of a weekly night of DJing and one band performing at Propaganda and various venues around South Florida.
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soundcloud/henrykrinkle - Jun 29, 12Travis Johnson is an experimental musician currently residing in St Augustine, Florida. He runs the label Ilse, which has a catalog of over 30 releases and growing. On Ilse web page, Travis Johnson is described as "[the] director/curator of Ilse, plays improvised electroacoustic music using using radios, electromagnetic coils, speaker cones, found objects, electronic circuits, balloons and - occasionally - string instruments... While collaborative improvisation is his main interest, he sometimes enjoys composing at the computer."
Below is a a performane at Hal McGee's apartment in Gainesville, which he describes as "a series of shows featuring performances of minimalist free improvisation, held in a highly intimate setting in my small apartment in Gainesville, on Saturday afternoons".
Travis Johnson has some of his material released through Ilse; you can find some free releases through Control Valve.
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discogs/travisjohnson - Jun 18, 12Ben Varian is a musician from Tallahasee, Florida. He is a part of the collective Werepossum, which began as a band and evolved into a website and a grouping of musicians that often collaborate and contribute to each others' projects.
I had heard 2010's Keeping Track of Time months ago and had been anticipating new material. In February of this year Ben put out his first full length, Potassium. Ben had this to say about the album:
"I decided to group together the EPs I've released along with some new songs to make one cohesive album.
I admit this is headphone music, USB microphone, soft-focus music. The music asks you to listen to it a few times so that you can find the little blips and blops and secrets that I've hidden in there, but doesn't insist because it recognizes that you've got things to do and you've got your own thoughts to wrangle with. The music insinuates and gyrates and talks around the subject because the subject isn't something that can be talked about directly. There are plenty of mentions of "it" on this album, and "it" is something, but it's scientifically impossible for me to tell you what it is, exactly. All I can do is approximate the sensation of "it" and layer sounds upon sounds with ever-decreasing fidelity and hope that you have a moment to dig through them and unearth my goofy impressions of holy moments."
Ben gives his music away for free, so make sure you grab both releases. He has been steadily releasing music since February, so make sure to be checking back on his Bandcamp.
For more info, Travis over at Too Many Carpets did an interview with Ben Varian.
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dotcom/werepossum - Jun 12, 12David Levesque, the mastermind behind Levek, has announced the release of his debut album, Look a Little Closer, due September 25th on Lefse. For everyone who hasn't had the chance to catch Levek's new configuration (featuring members of Maximino, Lighthouse Music, Euglossine, Ghost Fields, and more) performing the new songs, "Black Mold Grow" is the first glimpse of the album.
Pre-order Look a Little Closer now on vinyl or CD through Lefse.
facebook/levek - Jun 08, 12God Boat has just released a video entitled "Underneath a Stream".
Weston has been actively uploading videos recently, including videos of Swan Spells, Bayatas, and other jams. Make sure to keep an eye out on YouTube. If you missed out, God Boat released Beautiful Caps last year, definitely recommend downloading.
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facebook/godboat - May 29, 12Marina Orchestra is a band from Knoxville. Taken from Marina Orchestra's biography: "Marina Orchestra is inspired by music from all over the world, and there is an inherent jubilance that the sun-soaked eleven piece group radiates.... It’s exotic, yet familiar. It’s a love of global music filtered through the ears of “indie rock” kids. It’s ripe with homages and a well-rounded respect for the whole history of music. But mostly, it’s a party.
The Marina project came about when Knoxvillian Justin Powers decided to channel his deep-seated love of African and Caribbean music into a band that would shake things up. There was an entire world of blaring brass instruments, dancing back up singers and wild handed percussionists that he longed to see on stage every night. Soon enough the ever expanding Marina Orchestra was quickly finding a way into everyone's schedule. 'The only reason I do this, is to look up and see the whole room dancing,' says Powers, 'That’s all that I need.'"
If you are familiar and enjoy work from Wingsuit and Dirty Projectors, you would probably love this band.
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bandcamp/marinaorchestra - May 28, 12Jt Bringardner, who you may know from Oh Fortuna, or the founder of the Total Bummer festivals, has also been making music on his own for years. He has just released Illuminati EP.
Knowing Jt, he's probably got a full length and some more Oh Fortuna on the way.
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soundcloud/spirittramp - May 27, 12Birthdays is the project of Sammy Yager from Boston. He is involved with the scene in Boston and part of the FMLY collective. He just got back from one week tour in Japan. He has a full length album prepared that has yet to be released. Birthdays will be playing FMLY Fest Florida along with Truman Peyote, Oh Fortuna, Ghost Fields, and more on Saturday, June 15th in Orlando.
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bandcamp/birthdays - May 26, 12Bang Bang Boom is a rock band from Gainesville.They've been playing shows around town for a couple years now. They've just released five songs, titling the collection 2012.
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TOTAL BUMMER 4EVERMills DistrictOrlando, FLAugust 29-31Congratulations everybody!!! We have done it! TOTAL BUMMER 4EVER will once again take place in Mills 50 located in Orlando, FL. We are so proud to be a part of this community and to experience a weekend of sharing and…
Out of the overflow of the heart, AKASHIC is spoken. AKASHIC is a community project started by Mitch from Hear Hums and Peace Arrow. From Talking to Mitch, AKASHIC will be hosting shows in Gainesville, putting out mixes and putting out videos of musical acts. Gainesville is near and dear…
Mural for Leticia Miller in Lakeland, FL
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SWAMPING Presents:
Hear Hums w/ Alligator Indian, Shenzhen, & Balloon Animal Farm
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Asheville NC
November 26, 2012
credit: Violet Tucker
some photos from a show in asheville last month
hear hums // ceiling scraper
Tour DatesFri 11/16 - Birmingham , AL
Sat 11/17 - Nashville, TN
Sun 11/18 - St Louis, MO
Mon 11/19 - Bloomington, IN
Tue 11/20 - Chicago, IL
Wed 11/21 - Detroit, MI
Fri 11/23 - New York, NY
Sat 11/24 - Baltimore , MD
Sun 11/25 - Raleigh, NC
Mon 11/26 - Asheville, NC
Tue 11/27 - Atlanta , GA
Thu 11/29 - Athens, GA
Fri 11/30 - Macon, GA
Sat 12/1 - Tallahassee, FL
Sun 12/9 - Jacksonville, FL
Fri 12/14 - Gainesville, FLnew song & tour dates
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Praything - The Fetter
Turkish video director Dağhan İş chose a very dark color palette for this number, which fits its somewhat somber, cinematic, after sunset tone. Surprisingly, the songwriter Ju Kovacevich hails from Gainsville, Florida, the sunshine state. Go figure.
The lovely Her Skin Caught The Glow EP is out now via Bndcmp.
Praything — “The Fetter”
Ju Kovacevich’s presence is easily admired around a certain FL community. His project; Praything is centered around much of the admiration, where its live nature opens up an entirely new perspective for the project. “The Fetter” returns to a lot of those characteristics and also finds itself fitting among everything Praything has released so far.
To be released on his upcoming EP, Kovacevich also lists “Philip Glass, Alzheimer’s disease, and those mood compilation discs from the 90’s with Enya and Enigma” as the inspiration behind the release.
Previous work found @ Praything’s BandcampMILAGROS: Portal Culture
This was a one week residency at the Freedom Tower culminating in a group musical performance by members of Levek, Jovian Junction Orchestra, MSNRA, and Jane Jane Pollock.
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I’m trying my darndest to avoid the “summer is here” obligatory newsletter opening line so let us instead celebrate earth’s slow carbon dioxide and cow fart demise into something new where, no doubt, superior beings will eventually evolve and be better animals than we could ever be!
If you’ve already clicked the video above you are in luck! You will have already been listening to Sleep Good’s new triumphantly hedonistic JAM, Summer Explosion. It’s the A side on their 7” through Austin based promising label Pau Wau.
Speaking of vinyl, Our good friend Lady Lazarus upcoming single has been oh-so-thoughtfully included in Graveface’s charity subscription series with the likes of Mount Eerie, Xiu Xiu, and others, with the proceeds going to help a charity of each of the artists’ choosing. Pretty rad.
I spent some weeks traveling with Hear Hums and it would be hard to love them much more as people or performers but a couple weeks ago at FMLY FEST in brooklyn they arrived via bus from FLORIDA (I can’t even imagine that bus trip) and played a delicate set going in a totally different direction than the past high energy shows I’ve caught. Luckily our buds from Tiny Waves were there to tape the beginning of the set and you should totally watch it. Their cassettes through us are now sold out but Mitch’s new project Peace Arrow is super rad if you’re jonesing for more of their sounds.
All the Boneglow///Delusions aka Dreampeter tapes were all shipped last week so hopefully you’ll be receiving your copy soon. Brad did a really awesome job on the cover. They’re sold out at the moment while I figure out some stuff with the stickers but hopefully I can put them back up soon. More people should be able to buy/listen to this wonderfully inventive pop record.
Japan’s own Magical Mistakes is flying back to the U S of A and will be joined by Mutual Benefit and Little Spoon for an East Coast / Midwest tour before heading West for solo dates. We’re so excited this is happening. He’s been helping create a sweet diy dance scene with INNIT and he’s been consistently making some of my favorite electronic music for 2 years. Check out the new song w/ Jake Falby on violin added some beautiful sonic texture. What a badass!
I’ll wrap this up by extending my sincerest appreciations to everyone that opens up their spaces to performing artists, people who make sacrifices and spend time helping their local scenes, people who are unsatisfied with broken systems and try to help create positive communities themselves. I’ve been traveling more often than staying put this year and I’ve never felt more inspired by people out there doing what they can to make their communities more livable through art, co-ops + sharing programs, demanding better use of public space, and supporting all things local and sustainable by taking part in the activities and lives of the people in their very own neighborhood. I’m hoping to be less scatterbrained and actually have time to write about some of the folks like Sam Portrykus and Kevin Greenspon but alas this newsletter is already getting rambly.
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Song To Get You Through The Goddamn Day #153:
Peace Arrow: “Gems”
Mitchell Myers is already half responsible for one little pile of excellence this year with the release of Hear Hums’ Opens, so it’s no surprise that the first track released under his newly fashioned Peace Arrow moniker is an absolute stunner. Myers weaves his mesmeric vocals in and out over a lush bed of musical trinkets, impeccably scant percussion and field recordings borrowed from Reinsamba & Luftrum. “Gems” adds layer upon layer of sound with each passing second, heightening the tension while also slyly obscuring the plea for redemption and the desire to slough off the modern trappings of society that rest at the heart of the song’s lyrics. Mr. Myers has created a wondrous thing here and I will be eagerly awaiting whatever he comes up with next.
“I don’t need all the pain, hate, and misery of wants and needs and obsessing.”
[The Gems single can be downloaded at Peace Arrow’s Bandcamp]
thanks company pants!
- awdcastles: Praything — “The Fetter” Ju Kovacevich’s presence is easily admired around a certain FL community. His project; Praything is centered around much of the admiration, where its live nature opens up an entirely new perspective for the project. “The Fetter” returns to a lot of those characteristics and also finds itself fitting among everything Praything has released so far. To be released on his upcoming EP, Kovacevich also lists “Philip Glass, Alzheimer’s disease, and those mood compilation discs from the 90’s with Enya and Enigma” as the inspiration behind the release. Previous work found @ Praything’s Bandcamp
(No streaming audio available)33681 plays - yvynyl: Bayatas - The Hand Effect Gabriel Berrios moved to Miami “for different reasons, one of the main ones for me was to find out what really was going on this huge city that no one seems to care to much about… Sometimes it seems to me that the thought of something is better than what it actually is. Like when you see a building under construction. The more that’s left to the imagination, the better. Its the same way with Miami—this stale, bright jewel, some sort of luxury, and a very valid connection to my hispanic roots—and so I made these few songs to really explore it.” Get this single and “What is the Dream” free on his Bndcmp.
(No streaming audio available)4933 plays - part two of our set at shea stadium
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