Lately everything I have been listening to has a blues and rockabilly edge. After the popularity of psyche and electro pop bands and soloists last year, I think 2009 is the year for guitars, harmonised choruses, and country swagger. If Bob Dylan has a new album you know the times, they are a-changing... My prediction: Dolly Parton sound-a-likes plenty to come.
Before I drag out the cowboy boots, I first wanted to flag two incredible artists who have kept me interested in indie disco and psyche sounds despite the plethora of middle-of-the-road Animal Collective/Glass Candy inspired home producers currently circulating.
Stag Hare is blowing my mind. I've been listening to tracks from his latest independently released record Black Medicine Music endlessly; psychedelic melodies and electronic drones with pop hooks and strange highlights evocative of springtime, and Panda Bear and Here We Go Magic.'Holy Quinn' Stag Hare Mp3 [Z Share]
Like what you hear? Buy Black Medicine Music here
Glasser "If the walls were too thin, you'd break in" sings Glasser's Cameron Mesiro in 'Apply'.
For Glasser, LA resident Meriso teamed up with Foreign Born's Matt Popieluchis. Her haunting vocals are wonderfully suited to his downbeat, percussive production - moody, pensive, sexy, and anticipatory. True Panther are releasing a 12" in May (which features a Lucky Dragons remix), available for pre-order now from the True Panther store. The limited edition packaging features a 3-layer silkscreen op-art wheel print designed by Tauba Auerbach.
'Apply' Glasser Mp3 [Z Share]
In high school I had a friend called james who had a pool that looked exactly like the one Mesiro is swimming in above. We used to smoke and listen to music and, if it was warm enough, go late-night swimming. Glasser would have been the perfect soundtrack to those after-midnight dips.
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"the plethora of middle-of-the-road Animal Collective/Glass Candy inspired home producers currently circulating."
Accuracy.
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