Without You (Hard Mix remix)
Rainbow Arabia
This is a Hard Mix remix of the song Without You off of Rainbow Arabia's Kompakt debut Boys and Diamonds.
Round and Round
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Super sweet track off of Before Today on 4AD. See them on Jimmy Fallon show January 19th.
Billy Cruz
Metal Mother
Lyrically speaking there's something a bit silly and ridiculous about this track but it's musically catchy and beautiful. Has a sort of tribal meets Kate Bush/Jane Siberry/Mary Marget O'Hara kind of vibe. Plus throw in some electronic/hip hop type of stuff and you have a pretty interesting mix from Oakland gal Metal Mother. This track is the last song on her full-length album Bonfire Diaries coming out on the Post Primal label.
Jellyfish
Epstein
Sweet little track of avant hip-hop psychedlic good vibrations collage noise reminds me a bit of the old Slabco stuff that was coming out in the mid to late nineties but this is a Brooklyn artist with a new underwater-themed full-length coming out on Asthmatic Kitty and this song sounds suitably underwater so it sounds like his concept album kicks off with a solid start.
Dreaming Longing
Kristen Miltner
Gorgeous ambient electronic music from an Oakland audio/video/installation artist and sound designer.
Trust
Generationals
A New Orleans band with sparse production, tremolo guitars, sweet sixties sound. Could have been something that came out of the Elephant Six back in the day. Really great. Easy, breezy summer sound.
Too Young To Burn
Sonny and the Sunsets
Beautiful sixties pop song sound from San Francisco band Sonny and the Sunsets. Beautiful production. Fits in well with the Best Coast wistful retro California thing.
Wake Up Like This
Katie Moore
What a voice! Stirring; haunting; sublime: any number of gushing adjectives could be effectively used to describe it. Montreal-based country/folk singer Katie Moore has a voice could make hearts and then break them. A song off of her sophomore full-length on her own Purple Cat label.
Little Voice
Rebekah Higgs
Pretty female pop song from Rebekah Higgs, also known as a member of Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees. Very cool multi-layered production with lots of shimmery, ethereal sounds coming and going, and background vocals. Reminds me of Beach Boys production either around Smile or Sunflower/Surf’s Up.
Hospice Gates
Lower Dens
Lower Dens is a newish band featuring Jana Hunter previously known as apart of the New Weird America scene. Nice psyche/garage rock song here with haunting vocals and a disaffected band wailing away in the background.