Tuesday, March 25, 2014

MP3 blog 2014/03/25

blog 2014/03/25 - eternal distraction

There's got to be a place where they're all just waiting for snuggles:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20140325.zip


Being Berber - Anthem:  From the new Anthem EP, a pop jam with a great synth pop underlayer.

Blockhead - Creeps Crouchin':  Probably my favourite jam from 2012's Interludes After Midnight.

Blu - Above Crenshaw ft Cashus King
Blu - Jazzmen:  Originally NoYork ! was from 2011, but apparently re-released last year, I love the breezy queezy bass pulses and the off-kilter pacing of this.

Goldroom - Embrace (Lennart Richter Remix):  I love it when a glorious electro pop song can do so much more with just a little less.

Hakobune - In Your Absence:  Shimmerdrone from the new album Watching The Prescribed Burn

Matthias Schriefl - Der Vorarlberger Problembar:  A live cut, smooth and expansive jazz from Six, Alps and Jazz.

Ne-Yo - New Love:  Quick RnB track on the doo-wop track.  Love it.

Notta Comet - Between I and J
Notta Comet - Gas Cans Can't Warm:  These 2 tracks are one of the most exciting new sounds I've heard in a long while.  From the album Alliums, the streaming rambles over the deceptively solid and thrusting backing hits a sweet spot that feels inimitable.

Odesza - Sun Models ft Madelyn Grant:  Odesza is top drawer downtempo bass all the way.  I've been nothing but floord by their great output.

Overlake - Disappearing:  Like if Beach House had a more surf rock psych sound without compromising the hooks or quality.

Perfect Pussy - Iv:  Another epic track from this year's hardest rocking of women.

Peter Broderick - Roscoe (Midlake cover):  Lovely little cover from a 2008 7"

Phoenix - Chloroform (Sleigh Bells Remix):  Such exuberance hasn't been felt since Sister Wife rocked the world!

Raffertie - Rain:  The new single takes heavy cues from The XX but you all know that it is still going to be awesome.

Scott Xylo - Street Fighter
Scott Xylo - Tra88:  Blipcore breakbeat!!!

Speedy Ortiz - Everything's Bigger:  Eeeeeee new SPEEDY ORTIZ!  Real Hair!  New album!

Stargroves - Hats in the Air:  Close it down with some glorious pop explosion!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Being Berber - Anthem
Blockhead - Creeps Crouchin'
Blu - Above Crenshaw ft Cashus King
Blu - Jazzmen
Goldroom - Embrace (Lennart Richter Remix)
Hakobune - In Your Absence
Matthias Schriefl - Der Vorarlberger Problembar
Ne-Yo - New Love
Notta Comet - Between I and J
Notta Comet - Gas Cans Can't Warm
Odesza - Sun Models ft Madelyn Grant
Overlake - Disappearing
Perfect Pussy - Iv
Peter Broderick - Roscoe (Midlake cover)
Phoenix - Chloroform (Sleigh Bells Remix)
Raffertie - Rain
Scott Xylo - Street Fighter
Scott Xylo - Tra88
Speedy Ortiz - Everything's Bigger
Stargroves - Hats in the Air



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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

MP3 blog 2014/03/18

blog 2014/03/18 - We give a fuck.  2 fucks in fact.

Just two.  Not three:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20140318.zip


16bit - Boston Cream:  The Fat Boys are fucking immortal.   Keep it coming with the great bass resurrections.  R.I.P. Darren Robinson, aka The Human Beat Box.

Beck - Morning
Beck - Say Goodbye
Beck - Waking Light:  Morning Phase is pretty fabulous.  A slow-burner folk record, it's not as easily brilliant as Mutations but there is a lot going on here that makes you want to have a drawn out Sunday morning just drinking coffee and reading a good book.  And not a drop of fucking scientology.  Recommended.

Bobby Tank - Gurrl U Know:  WUUURRRRRRRKKKK

Bon Iver x Daughter - Perth Love (Isosine mash):  Mashups don't need to be fully egalitarian relationships.  Sometimes you just want to lay down on a bed of Iver and only let him squeak up when good and ready.

Boy/Friend - Eve ft VA$HTIE
Boy/Friend - Theme Song:  This kind of slinky RnB is what I consider to be the official soundtrack of half of tumblr.

I Am Robot And Proud - Kresna
I Am Robot And Proud - Nothing Normal Sounds Good:  There is a sweetness to these tracks from Touch/Tone that wins me over right from the start. A Just Enough Juice approach lets them breathe and thrive.

Iggy Azalea - Fancy ft Charli XCX:  AND WITHOUR POWERS COMBINED--

Laibach - Across The Universe (The Beatles cover):  Yeah I don't think any of us saw this one coming.

Paige & Borgore x Jay-Z x Wave Racer & Panama - Hit the Street (DJ Topsider mash):  And some msahups can just be a balls-out blender approach and this one pulls it off with grace.

Parra For Cuva & Anna Naklab - Lines:  Keeping it on the mellow, and ducking just below the beat, is a pop groove so sweet.

Rachael Boyd - Aim Too High:  I swoon for this one.

SizzleBird - Stepping Stones:  Magical fantasy breakbeat land!

Skanky - Ember:  All over this deep house.

We Are She Is - And the World:  rec-er-ation!

Young Readers - Homesick:  Close out with some brooding barroom folk rock!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

16bit - Boston Cream
Beck - Morning
Beck - Say Goodbye
Beck - Waking Light
Bobby Tank - Gurrl U Know
Bon Iver x Daughter - Perth Love (Isosine mash)
Boy/Friend - Eve ft VA$HTIE
Boy/Friend - Theme Song
I Am Robot And Proud - Kresna
I Am Robot And Proud - Nothing Normal Sounds Good
Iggy Azalea - Fancy ft Charli XCX
Laibach - Across The Universe (The Beatles cover)
Paige & Borgore x Jay-Z x Wave Racer & Panama - Hit the Street (DJ Topsider mash)
Parra For Cuva & Anna Naklab - Lines
Rachael Boyd - Aim Too High
SizzleBird - Stepping Stones
Skanky - Ember
We Are She Is - And the World
Young Readers - Homesick



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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

MP3 blog 2014/03/12

blog 2014/03/12 - there is a price for the land of dreams

We accept the costs absolutely:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20140312.zip


Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten:  New Angel Olsen album this year!  Very much looking forward to hearing all of Burn Your Fire For No Witness.  (and what a super title)

Astro - Methods:  The bounce of the beat and the flow has got me all wrapped up.

Bernice & Silly Bed - Oh My Days:  This is like a Tune-Yards track rendered a capella, and is all the more stunning for it.

Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds and a Sound (iTunes session):  Ahhhh total epic folk meltdown.  I love it so much.

Kool A.D. - Lagrimas Blancas:  With the deluge of Kool AD in the past few years, this one rises to the top for me.

LifeAlert - Heat:  Sometimes all you need is a hot little sample set and a dope beat and away you go.

Matmos - In Search of a Lost Faculty
Matmos - Mental Radio
Matmos - Very Large Green Triangles:  The Marriage of True Minds would be on my best of 2013 list had I heard it in time.  It goes beyond a typical IDM album and in to the realm of Herbert sound art and Negativland collage.  Prepare to get sucked in.  Recommended.

Petite Douceur - Paris (Extended Love Club Remix):  Oh the sweet pulsing of ecstatic deep house in the morning.

Rustie - Boatsss:  This track is from the show-stopping BOATS compilation, where an army of awesome producers give their rework treatment to a glorious children's choir.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.  There hasn't been a comp this massively impressive since that Dark Was The Night set a few years back.

Son Lux - My Father's Children:  More from BOATS, and yeah, highly recommended.

St. Vincent - Prince Johnny
St. Vincent - Rattlesnake
St. Vincent - Severed Crossed Fingers:  Self-titled new album is a pop playground, and while I don't think it's 100% all there and the greater-than-sliced-bread offering others have dubbed it, I still think it's pretty damn good and worth your time.  Recommended.

Timba Harris - Monarch (i) Totus (i) The Egg
Timba Harris - Monarch (ii) Larva:  Take some Secret Chiefs 3 magic and toss it in to the mythic cauldron that is the Tzadik crew and you get one of the most engaging contemporary and textural compositions.  Highly recommended for fans of contemporary classical, Tzadik, or subversive arcane rituals that will mutate your body and leave a temporary shell of a protohuman.

Times Neue Roman - Sade Is In My Tape Deck ft Donwill & The Airplane Boys (Part 2):  There are a few versions of this track, but this one is all about the summertime chill groove, so let's pop it in and bring on the warm waves.

Yacht - Icarus Complex:  Did I mention the BOATS compilation was awesome?



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten
Astro - Methods
Bernice & Silly Bed - Oh My Days
Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds and a Sound (iTunes session)
Kool A.D. - Lagrimas Blancas
LifeAlert - Heat
Matmos - In Search of a Lost Faculty
Matmos - Mental Radio
Matmos - Very Large Green Triangles
Petite Douceur - Paris (Extended Love Club Remix)
Rustie - Boatsss
Son Lux - My Father's Children
St. Vincent - Prince Johnny
St. Vincent - Rattlesnake
St. Vincent - Severed Crossed Fingers
Timba Harris - Monarch (i) Totus (i) The Egg
Timba Harris - Monarch (ii) Larva
Times Neue Roman - Sade Is In My Tape Deck ft Donwill & The Airplane Boys (Part 2)
Yacht - Icarus Complex



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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

MP3 blog 2014/03/04

blog 2014/03/04 - let's skip the middleman and go straight to the weekend

Everything is a bead, a bead is a sign:  http://thetastates.com/mp3s/blog/blog20140304.zip


Anna Meredith - Orlok:  Meredith's productions quickly carved a chasm in to my heart, the space that is a perfect fit for her vast compositions.  This is from Jet Black Raider EP and I just keep fist pumping and shouting more up at no one and everyone.

Artifact - The Way It Do:  Totally funky in all the right ways and you know I love that pitch shifting vocal line.

Dave O'Dowda - All Alone (Remix):  In the future all best pop songs will just start out with a dubstep framework.  I call this Ellie Goulding syndrome.

Four Tet - Jupiters (Happa Remix):  A Four Tet track can be pretty much anything these days, even a slice of minimal with the sedated heart of Ken Ishii.

Just Friends - Avalanche:  The perfect pulses on this track are the ultimate counterpoint for the vocals that floor me.

Karaoke Tundra - Hellacopter ft Bleubird (Jimmy P Remix):  My brain was at some point wonder if some bullshit drop was going to come in but noooooo they did the PROPER thing and stuck to this dope track.  I love this so much.

Lorn - Ghosst(s):  #cellocore for life!  Dark and seething all wrapped around the buoyant strings.

Marnie Stern - Nothing Is Easy
Marnie Stern - Proof Of Life:  I had heard 2 other Marnie Stern albums, but The Chronicles Of Marnia is the one that truly won me over.  It has the frenetic intensity of the others, but has even more quirkiness layered in there.

Mndr - Faster Horses:  This is just superb sugary pop from the opening note, and all sitting on top of a turn-of-the-century Chemical Brothers styled break that oh god I hope makes a big comeback.

PHOX - Barside:  Trembling, staggering epic folk power here.

Sarah Hopkins - Flight of the Wild Goose:  Why so few racks in this release?  Here's your answer!  15 minutes of gorgeousness from Sky Song, a split with Alan Lamb.

Simian Mobile Disco - I Waited for You
Simian Mobile Disco - Put Your Hands Together:  And lest we forget, SMD reminds how they rule the roost on the tech house barn.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Anna Meredith - Orlok
Artifact - The Way It Do
Dave O'Dowda - All Alone (Remix)
Four Tet - Jupiters (Happa Remix)
Just Friends - Avalanche
Karaoke Tundra - Hellacopter ft Bleubird (Jimmy P Remix)
Lorn - Ghosst(s)
Marnie Stern - Nothing Is Easy
Marnie Stern - Proof Of Life
Mndr - Faster Horses
PHOX - Barside
Sarah Hopkins - Flight of the Wild Goose
Simian Mobile Disco - I Waited for You
Simian Mobile Disco - Put Your Hands Together



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