Come and Share This Jam with Me

Yo yo yo, 'bout to get real chill. Angel Olsen is pretty awesome, and I wish she was more recognized for her efforts, not in the sense that she as a person should be more popular but that her music should be shone in a brighter light, because this is some good shit that pop music cannot handle. It is not to say that pop music is automatically bad, but it is normally trivial and unimpressionable, more in the vein of hedonism (instant pleasure) rather than long-term gratification that can be explored, analyzed and poignant. I am not saying that Angel Olsen's music is the poster child for good, alternative/indie music but it's an example of what is most dope, especially with the newly released single "Special."  "Special" is the new single off of Angel Olsen's Phases  that will be out on November 10th of this year, and is just a cool ass jam. I wish I lived in a warm climate like SoCal (a dream) because this song would is perfect for so many th...

"Dancing Devil" is the lead single off the self proclaimed (via Facebook ), "5-piece experimental toaster oven with a built-in crumb tray's," seventh studio album, Golden Calf . Although released roughly five months ago, and the music video being published in August, I had not caught wind of the song until I came across the album, Golden Calf -which has just become available this past October 12th, 2017-on the "New And Notable" section of bandcamp's official website .  To be honest, I had no idea who Small Leaks Sink Ships were and I was just patrolling bandcamp looking for new music and thought "'Small Leaks Sink Ships' now that sounds like a band I can get in to," and "Dancing Devil" was just the first song to be played (kind of a lucky find).  The first impression I had gained from listening to not only "Dancing Devil," but " Airplane Junkyard ," " Dear John Connor ," and ...

The legendary Tegan and Sara released, through their YouTube channel " Tegan and Sara " the audio for the tracks off the The Con X  the commemorates the duo's breakout album The Con (or so they say so, I think So Jealous  put them on the map but whatever, they probably know better than I), which was released 10 years ago. The album is comprised of the same songs featured off "The Con" but are each covered by various artists such as Hayley Williams of Paramore, Ryan Adams, Sara Bareilles, City and Colour, Bleachers, and Cyndi Lauper. " Dark Come Soon ," not only one of my favorite songs off the album and in general, is coincidentally, my favorite cover from The Con X . It is preformed by Grimes and HANA, also known collectively as Trashique, who have both come together to collaborate on this cover, and spin the alternative, pop-punk track into a synth-pop rendition. I was not a huge fan at first, just because I love the original emotional/punk asp...

Now this is some groovy and trippy shit. I have thrown up some love for Feng Suave's song, " Sink into the Floor ," and I commented how soulful, vibey and psychedelic that song was but "Harry Brompton's Ice Tea," takes those elements to a high experimental level. What gave "Sink into the Floor" the psychedelic vibe, was its pulsating and consistent bass line. In "Harry Brompton's Ice Tea," the bass line is not just pulsating but takes the focus of the song and makes you feel like your ears are at the end of a kaleidoscope and it's some cool vibes. Especially when the chorus hits, "down to the river that made us," you can just imagine the bass player having the biggest bass-face any bass player has ever had. If you are unfamiliar with JaduHeart just take a look at their website,  http://jaduheart.com , and just from that opening page you will get a fixed perception and pretty clear idea for what they're going ...

One of my favorite bands at the moment, Charly Bliss , released the music video for their song " Scare U " off their acclaimed, and dope album, Guppy . Like the videos for " DQ ," " Blackhole ," " Percolator ," " Westermarck ," and " Ruby ," "Scare U's" video is a silly and fun video that epitomizes the energized, upbeat, and authentic nature that Charly Bliss is equated to. However, because it's almost Halloween, the members of Charly Bliss incorporated a spooky element to the video with the plot going along the lines of a new member of the fast-food restaurant "Pappy's" discovering a dark secret about where the meat comes from and her fellow employees involvement OOOOOOOOOOOO (apparently it's a Buffy the Vampire homage?). Although "Guppy" did come out this past April, the video for "Scare U" debuted on October 13th, (so I have reason to post this) and hopefully at...

I think I'm going to ride this crazy train for a little while longer. "Pills" is a single that was released by St. Vincent earlier this week on October 10th, 2017, and is off of her latest (and highly anticipated) new album MASSEDUCTION , which is out today! " New York ," and " Los Ageless "  which have been the lead singles off of MASSEDUCTION have been unexpectedly concise and tame for St. Vincent who is known for experimental implementations-or oddities-in her songs, be it with her "ya" in " Digital Witness ," or the soft wood-winds in the chorus of " Cruel ." Annie Clark (St. Vincent) is always leaving question marks around (especially in her music videos), fortunately, unlike "New York," and "Los Ageless," "Pills" brings back the weird that is common with the wonderful Annie Clark.  Much of St. Vincent's endeavors either appeal or deter people, because you either get her vi...

With a name like Spooky Mansion you know you're about to listen to something unique. "Night Owl" is off of Spooky Mansion's I'm the Moon, You're the Wave (so plz change w/ me) ,  which I came across through the YouTube channel (if you can't already guess) " TheLazylazyme ." It isn't crazy madness like Dessert's " Devil " with its distortions and sloven screams, rather it incorporates an eerie undertone throughout the track with a very dry and monotone rap that flies on the surface. The bass, drums and synthesizer seem to act together to bring a-dare I say-spooky feeling to the listener that does very well to capture the strangeness of autumn. The changing of the leaves, the new chill of the air, the encroaching darkness that blackens each night just meshes well with this tune.  Let's talk about that rap. The premise of this song is as the title insinuates, the tale of a "Night Owl," but more specifically s...

"Sink into the Floor" is a groovy-ass tune off the Daniel duo's latest self-titled ep, Feng Suave , available now. To me, this song is so reminiscent of a bluesy, and psychedelic rock song that came out of the early 70's, with its soulful vocals and dreamy guitar licks. However, Feng Suave is not the only group producing such a blues-oriented sound today; another good example is Michael Kiwanuka and his recently released album, Love and Hate  who mixes influences of blues, soul and rock, much like Feng Suave. Nonetheless, this song is probably one of my favorite releases of this year thus far, rivaling the likes of " Garden Shed " by Tyler, the Creator, and that song was tiiight. The melodic, and melancholy guitar, sounds like the guitar is melting just as he's playing it, and the accompanying bass is a reverberating and psychedelic pulse that seems to blur the foundations of the song, making it seem like we are in a dream-like state. The drums c...

This is a wild one. "Devil" basically sounds like three songs in one; an amalgamation of three distinct parts almost crashing together to become one very interesting track requiring multiple listenings just to piece together what the fuck is going on. To start, we have an acoustic, almost melancholy setting about the hardships of love, but soon enough, for a few seconds, the song changes. A darkly uplifting ambient piece--reminding me of a clown driven ice cream truck--comes in but is then disrupted, by what seems to sound like a click of a recorded tape, into a creepy electronic oriented section continuing the idea of love's difficulties. Being it as they mention "I might as well have/given it up/all for you."  Then...something haunting and almost malicious occurs. When the beat is building up, and is about to drop, a scratch and muffled like scream overtakes the song and stops its apparent rhythm in its tracks. The song seems lost, as random distort...