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mp3: PORCHES. – Franklin the Flirt

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This weekend I had the fortune of seeing PORCHES. play live at the Northside Festival in Brooklyn, and although I was already a big fan of their music that’s been floating around the internet for a while now, their live performance completely won me over.  They are currently prepping to release their debut full-length on Exploding in Sound Records and have blessed us with a single.  ”Franklin the Flirt” shows all of the reasons why PORCHES. are so awesome, with front and center vocals, tried and true song writing, and just enough synth work to not be overdone.  Slow Dance in the Cosmos is currently looking at a rough release date of late August, but if you need something to tide you over until then, I would highly suggest making your way over to PORCHES. bandcamp page for jamz galore.

-TC

mp3: Bare Pale – new start old end

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I was going to post Bare Pale a while ago, and then fucked up big time and forgot to.  Fortunately I was reminded of their awesomeness when they recently released this new song.  ”new start old end” perfectly demonstrates the London band’s talent for crafting grunge songs with everything that made the genre rise up years ago.  Bare Pale takes their already great songwriting and builds upon it with wonderfully subtle production that accentuates the heavy emotion of their songs.  If you like this song at all, I would strongly suggest you also check out their just as awesome if it is EP which you can stream after the jump.

-TC

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mp3: Soda Fabric – She hides her soul

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“She hides her soul” is the latest slice of dayglo saturated surf-rock from Soda Fabric.  Coming from the same city as blog favorite Vaadat Charigim, Soda Fabric offer up a less emotionally desolate and grim vision of life in Israel.  It’s a nice reminder that not all art coming out of the Middle East has to be political and is a damn awesome song as well.  Check out the video after the jump.

-PK

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EP: Elvis Depressedly – holo pleasures

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Its spring time bb, and you know Elvis Depressedly couldn’t let you get too happy about it.  After his amazing last EP, hotter sadness, as Elvis Depressedly, Mat Cothran has been probably been devoting most of his time to the upcoming Coma Cinema album, but still found a way to get the sadness out to us.  Elvis Depressedly’s music is always sad, simply living up to its name, but holo pleasures is darker than ever.  The stark and open instrumentation of hotter sadness, mostly consisting of acoustic guitar strumming and simple percussion tracks is replaced on tracks like “pepsi/coke suicide” with suffocating atmospheres that make Cothran’s already devastating lyrics even more hopeless sounding.  The EP clocks in at just over 10 minutes with 6 tracks, but has a pretty heavy impact within that time, and has me equally excited for the new Coma Cinema album.  Stream one of my favorite tracks below and the whole EP after the jump.

-TC

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Stream: LVL UP – Extra Worlds 7″

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I was first introduced to LVL UP a couple of months ago with their incredible “Nightshade” video, and have been listening to their Space Brothers EP ever since.  The SUNY Purchase band takes a heavier approach to the strong influence of 90′s bands such as Built To Spill and Weezer that has been getting more popular lately, and I can’t get enough of it.  After a few singles, they have finally put their new 7″ which will be released in a couple of days on Double Double Whammy up for full stream, and so far it is definitely living up to my anticipation.  LVL UP once again have combined very strong songwriting with awesome energy and a DIY aesthetic that works perfectly.  The 7″ packs 6 short songs into an awesome 10 minutes that show the bands extremely high potential.  You can stream one of my favorite tracks off of it below, and the whole thing after the jump, then make sure to buy it on April 6th.

-TC

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mp3: Fat History Month – Bald History Month

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Boston lo-fi band Fat History Month is prepping to release their second full-length entitled Bad History Month, and have been kind enough to bless us with a single.  Listening to “Bald History Month” for the first time I was reminded of Foxygen’s Take The Kids Off Broadway EP, not because they sound anything alike, but because of the exciting and unpredictable songwriting style.  Just like on songs like “Middle School Dance”, “Bald History Month” ends in a completely different place than it started, and goes through at least 4 different distinct moods between then.  I can’t imagine what a full album would sound like, considering this song by itself is almost like four songs in one, so this has me extremely excited to find out.

-TC