Action Bronson - Shiraz
Action Bronson - Moonstruck
Action Bronson - The Madness: Did you ever think "I love Ghostface, he's oh so skilled, but he is SUCH a doucebag. Why can't he rhyme about something awesome, like food?" Then ACtion Bronson is your dream come true. He's ace on the mic, and apparently saving up for gourmet cooking classes. Dude likes food, and I think that's fucking awesome. The beats are so fun, the rhymes are so tight, it makes it easy enough to glide past any ignorant ish he says. One of the best hiphop releases of 2011. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Arcade Fire - Culture War
Arcade Fire - Speaking in Tongues ft David Byrne: New Arcade Fire single! And thank goodness they unlocked the secret achievement: Get drunk, wake up naked in studio, find David Byrne there for some reason. Pro skills, baby. Pro skills.
Babe Rainbow - Greed ft Yung Clova of G-Side
Babe Rainbow - Set Loose: The witch-house roots sounds continue to diminish in the world of dark electronica, and that is a good thing. Producers find their footing and are blowing me away with an excitement that reminds me of the dawn of Ninja Tune. Great stuff here, check the brand new Endless Path EP for moody electronica goodness.
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Don't Go Slow: After all the sweaty action above, let's get down to some lovely folk, from the new wonderfully evocative album titled "Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm".
Bogatzke - So This Is Distance: Soothing synthy IDM from the Ulrich Schnauss school of long attacks and progessive developments.
Butterflies On Strings - What Did John Stuart Mill Say Again: Phil Collins? When did you start an indiepop band? Good on you!
Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop: Back to some crazy dubstep with some of the fresest synth tweaking this side of 2011.
Grimes - Vanessa: This track coverse so many stylistic bases, there has to be something for you to love! The squeaky voices, the dark synths, the lulling pop, chugging electropop beat... come on!
Kina Grannis - White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover): The classic track gets a faithful female rework.
Little Scream - Boatman
Little Scream - Cannons: I heard many good things about "The Golden Record", but in the end I couldn't get in to it entirely. I like these tracks, but check the whole thing out if you're a Veda Hille fan, for reals. Quiky indie fun.
Macklemore - Vipassana (Ryan Lewis Remix): Earnest raps don't hold up too well on repeated listens. Macklemore has tight flow and good writ, but often lacks the humour and twists of his idols (Sage Francis and Amosphere obviously) to keep you coming back. So maybe not for every day listening, but on occassion The VS. Redux will be the perfect record to go back to. Beats based off riffs from Beirut and Antony & The Johnsons? Solid. Rhymes and flow? Definitely. Everyone wishing he would drink again? yup.
Making Friendz - Situation: Spunk from 60s girl-bands with the pop formlaties of modern garage, pulled off very well.
Mazes - Vampire Jive: From "A Thousand Heys", this one is short, fun and a near perfect pop distillation.
Ryan Francis - Etudes For Piano, I. Digital Sustain
Ryan Francis - Moonlight Fantasy, VII. Reverie
Ryan Francis - Wind-Up Bird Preludes, I. Overture: SOLO PIANO YO, IT'S THE NEXT HOTTEST BIGGEST THING EVARRRRRRRRRR. CHECK THE BLOGS FOR THE LATEST AND GREATEST PHAT SOUNDS OF.... yeah ok I don't listen to a lot of solo piano. But I near religiously give everything I see from Tzadik a quick sift. And wow. Just wow. The piano WORK on "Works For Piano" here seems barely human. And not in a "oh I'm grumpy Stockhausen and I hate my pianists so I will force them to grow a third hand to play atonal chords" garbage. But in a way that melds gorgeous dramatic playing with the uncanny voice in the back of your mind that doubts if this is done by a human. *checks liner notes* Yup, only one pianist, Vicki Chow, is listed. Recommended for fans of classical and contemporary music.
The Flaming Lips with Neon India - Is David Bowie Dying: I haven't really been an ethused fan of Flaming Lips since the 90s, what with their devoid-of-critical-analysis & politics-free safe-for-straight-white-people psychedelia (redundant much?). But I like this release. There, I said it. I feel dirty. The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian is a mishmash of sound-building sessions that come together for me. Check it.
Toro Y Moi - Freak Love (Freddie Joachim Remix): Toro gets drowned down by the crushing waves of beats, but tis a worthy sacrifice for the good of the crew. yar.
THIS WEEK'S TRACKS
Action Bronson - Moonstruck
Action Bronson - The Madness
Arcade Fire - Culture War
Arcade Fire - Speaking in Tongues ft David Byrne
Babe Rainbow - Greed ft Yung Clova of G-Side
Babe Rainbow - Set Loose
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Don't Go Slow
Bogatzke - So This Is Distance
Butterflies On Strings - What Did John Stuart Mill Say Again
Flux Pavilion - I Can't Stop
Grimes - Vanessa
Kina Grannis - White Winter Hymnal (Fleet Foxes cover)
Little Scream - Boatman
Little Scream - Cannons
Macklemore - Vipassana (Ryan Lewis Remix)
Making Friendz - Situation
Mazes - Vampire Jive
Ryan Francis - Etudes For Piano, I. Digital Sustain
Ryan Francis - Moonlight Fantasy, VII. Reverie
Ryan Francis - Wind-Up Bird Preludes, I. Overture
The Flaming Lips with Neon India - Is David Bowie Dying
Toro Y Moi - Freak Love (Freddie Joachim Remix)
23 tracks and at any time did I write in such a way that assumed you weren't listening? http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20110810.zip
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