Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Halcyon

Pastures (2011)
Bandcamp 

Extremely talented one man jazz metal fusion band from Australia.  Reminds me in many ways of Jakub Żytecki. Awesome "background to life" music.

LITE



New single from LITE just released. The song is called "Hunger". I'm looking forward to the new release!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Chon

Newborn Sun (2013)
Bandcamp 

Finally, after 5 years of waiting, the Southern California progressive metal quartet Chon has released a new 8 song EP. It probably took them so damn long because they had to finish high school, these kids were really young when their first release came out. The drummer was 11 so he should be somewhere around 16-17 now.  But anyways, if you haven't heard of Chon you should really give them a listen, the lead guitarist, Mario, is certain to be recognized as one of the greatest guitarists on the scene right now.

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Noxious Foxes














Epochalypso (2013)
Bandcamp 

Absolute insanity, I want to get inside the musicians heads and see just what the fuck they had on their minds when they wrote this album. Here is a link to a great review on the five songs on the release: FreshSpread

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Bonobo

The North Borders (2013)
http://bonobomusic.com/

I don't know how I haven't posted this yet, Bonobo has quickly become a part of my top ten favorite artists, and after seeing them perform live they have become part of my top three live performances. This album truly has some of everything, Bonobo has really perfected his sound over the years. The occasional vocals really bring the songs to life


 
Cirrus


Heaven For the Sinner

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Baths

Obsidian (2013)
http://www.bathsmusic.com/


Happy to finally hear the second full length release from Will Wisenfeld, aka Baths. His previous release, Cerulean, was an uplifting glitch hop album that sounded like the sun reflecting off a lake on a summer day. Cerulean is my go to album when resting on a boat or enjoying a hot day. Obsidian takes a one eighty from Cerulean. The album art alone is enough to give you an idea of what you will hear on the album. That's not to say that is is completely dark, but it definitely has its melancholy moments. Their are many warm songs on the album, such as the fifth track, "Incompatible." While it may be a downtempo track, one will see that is actually a heartfelt love song of Will Wisenfeld describing his feelings towards his boyfriend moving in with him in his house. I had to chuckle giggle smile when I first heared the line, "First boyfriend. You live in my house and we share a toilet seat." This album really has a ton of awesome moments and on first listen I realized it's just one of those albums that you have to listen to over and over again to really get, hell a lot of critics have been rating it above Cerulean.

I am excited to see Baths perform live in Detroit this Saturday! I believe this is first time touring, definitely will be dancing to some groovy Cerulean tracks.