The day I get a new Flying Lotus album is generally a much more exciting day for me than Christmas, and with that in mind, the next FlyLo holiday is right around the corner. Flying Lotus – Until the Quiet Comes Until the Quiet Comes continues Flying Lotus’ pattern of putting out truly killer LPs. …
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BEAK>>
New album from BEAK>, the U.K. experimental rock band formed in ’09 by Geoff Barrow (of Portishead fame), Billy Fuller and Matt Williams: BEAK> – BEAK>> BEAK>> is BEAK>’s cleverly titled second album, which, much like their equally-cleverly titled first album, BEAK>, is a collection of songs spanning a variety of krautrock/experimental flavors, with the …
The Lost Tapes
Let me start this off by saying, I love Can. I’ve seriously loved Can since the first day I heard Tago Mago over a decade ago. My exhilaration for the weird German krautrock band was matched only by how much they confused me/my senses. If you’ve never heard the band, you seriously need to do …
New HWGM Video
New video released today from Here We Go Magic. Set to the album’s second single, “How Do I Know”, the video features an adorable dancing Asian robot! Here We Go Magic – “How Do I Know” from A Different Ship Still can’t get enough of this truly fantastic album. A Different Ship comes out May …
RSD’12: Animal Collective
Animal Collective also released an EP celebrating Record Store Day today, and it’s pretty amazing. Animal Collective – Transverse Temporal Gyrus The Animal Collective bros, now apparently back in full foursome force with the return of Deakin, have really never been a bigger force in music, but they’ve also never been a band who seemed …
RSD’12: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends
Following 2011′s Heady Nuggs, The Lips Bros are tomorrow releasing The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends LP to commemorate Record Store Day 2012. It’s an LP of tracks curated from the huge assortment of EPs the band put out last year and this year so far, tracks stocked with, well, Heady Fwends. The Flaming Lips …
A Different Ship
One of my most anticipated albums of the year came into my life today; Here We Go Magic’s 3rd LP, A Different Ship is available for immediate digital download if you pre-order the album. I did just that, and now on my ninth or tenth listen-thru, I can safely say I am in love with …