Girls over at BXF dropped a string of records bands/artists sent to them, the cream of the crop. Dem Hunger a.k.a. Louis Johnstone was one of those posted with some warped tape jam/space beat/banger-status cuts on his Heavy Spinach mix. BXF appropriately calls the tracks "banging radio mash glitch static and rasta transmissions" and also implores you to "imagine if Lucky Dragons listened to a little more crunnk rap and was a lil more street." I played his track "Charles Shit" on the radio Wednesday and can't stop listening.
Dem Hunger - Charles Shit
Download Heavy Spinach here along with a bunch of other boss business - Toro Y Moi, Word Salad, M. Pyres.
DH also posted a little mix today just short of ten minutes long called "Ejaculation Control," which you can download from his Myspace.
Regarding new material Louis had these promising words to say:
"hoping to get peaceful on my next ep
magnetic brothership im gonna call it
just gonna soak that fucker in dirty dust and naked ladies"
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I'm diggin "David," a new track from The Radio Dept. that I heard over at MBV. The band's got their David EP out June 24 on Labrador. Only heard of these guys in passing, but I can't believe I've slept on em so long. They're from Sweden, they've been releasing music since 2002 and have apparently been making music for almost 15 years. "David" recalls some Saint Etienne vibes - upbeat, gauzy, ephemeral, carefree. One might throw the phrase "dream pop" around. Their fourth record Clinging to a Scheme is supposed to be released this September.
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Cold Cave really reminds me of Silk Flowers, but more upbeat and immediate. RSTB posted "In a Cave" and "Gates," two couple tracks from their Cremations compilation (Hospital) which are fantastic. The comp collects the Painted Nails EP, the Coma Potion LP, the Electronic Dreams cassette and unreleased stuff. Cold is right - metallic synths, very inorganic and spacey. "Gates" has been on repeat. The songs on the Myspace are less noisy than those on RSTB and I don't fancy them quite as much but it's good to know there's those scattered, chaotic tendencies.
Order Cremations here.
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NPIP posted two aptly-titled and rad songs from Beach Fossils for you to stream/download/enjoy - "Vacation" and "Daydream." This is pretty mundane stuff, along the same lines as a bunch of bands hitting it big this year - NPIP notes a "sharper" version of Wavves' "lax zones," a.k.a. no fuzzy noise bullshit, just straight to the pop elements of the songs (save the choppy vocal effect). I'm also reminded of Nodzzz and Real Estate. Dude's from Brooklyn and is playing a handful of shows in that area including a Fourth of July show with Vivian Girls, Woods, the Beets, Dum Dum Girls, Thee Oh Sees, Real Estate, etc, etc.
Download those two tracks here and stream an extra ("Lazy Day") here.
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Boogie Boarder's Pizza Hero record comes out June 23 on Famous Class. Download two tracks from the album ("Bummers Begin" and "Bio Hassle") here, via Impose Magazine, who relate the band to Ponytail, which totally makes sense. In addition to those tracks featured on Impose, stream some more songs "Sparkles" and "Little Giants" here.
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