Halasan Bazar

So I got in touch with Fred of Halasan Bazar and he directed me to a "live jam [that was] made into a film noir psychedelic murder mystery."  The music definitely ties the fun and retro cinematography together with gusto.

Sunburned Fiction

Bravo!

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Gardens and Villa

I've never had a legitimate claim to fame and after reviewing this post, I still don't.  If I did, however, it would be because of a member from Gardens & Villa.  It all began with Dusty Ineman, the visionary who was responsible for this:

Thanks to Dusty, the poor planning of a bike modification gone awry quickly turned into a comment karma goldmine on Reddit.  The photo eventually circulated all over the internet and received over a million views.  With my 15 minutes of fame stolen by my sketchy bike, at least I have an excuse for never making the headlines in the future.  It's totally cool though.  I would rather see Gardens & Villa, a group of dudes with actual talent, making it big.  

To get you warmed up, the ideal entry level track for any listener who has never been exposed to Gardens & Villa is Black Hills.  Among the variety of delicious sounds, my two favorite are the clean guitar lick and staccato progression on the keys, which gives the song a mellow-pop vibe.  Black Hills is perfect for pretty much anytime (unless you're raging face) and I get stoked whenever it's reverberating through my speakers.  Have a listen.

Black Hills

So sick right?!  If you liked that, you're going to dig this funky track called Orange Blossom.  

Orange Blossom

That BASS, UH!  Im a fiend for doin' it live and these guys are definitely doing something right.  Check out their website www.gardensandvilla.com, it has lots of fun stuff.  See ya back here mañana.

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Grimes, Neon Indian, y Peter, Bjørn, and John Covers

Good cover, bad cover. Go!

Oblivion 

The original: Oblivion by Grimes

Polish Girl

The original: Polish Girl by Neon Indian

Young Folks

The original: Young Folks by Peter, Bjorn & John

Jesus

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Eliot Lipp

Yeah

Reminiscent of Pretty Lights, right?  I think so.  Anyhoo, the track is super groovable!

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Holograms

ABC City

The number of teh babe.

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D'lusions

S_mm_rf_r_v_r

 "My track off the recent GRL MTN compilation, Aaural II. My first after slightly altering my name from Delusions to d'lusions. Will it stick? Only time will tell.

Climb the GRL MTN at GRLMTN.com

Download Aaural II at grlmtn.bandcamp.com"

-via D'lusions soundcloud page. 

 ***also...

 those chicks are babes!

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Sun Airway

Close

buck

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Deleted Scenes

Bedbedbedbedbed

Imagine sleeping through your stop on that train.  

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Royal Canoe

Hold on to the Metal

Keggalicious days on Trigo with Gorgeous Dave.  

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MVSCLES

Where You Are

Space Wrigglas

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Black Moth Super Rainbow

Windshield Smasher

Kruiser Skid Nation Spring Quarter Race

Is that Adam Carolla next to the guy in the beard?  Hopefully.

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Chrome Sparks

Marijuana

Colorado is attempting to regulate weed like alcohol by putting proposition 64 on the ballot this November.  It would be pretty cool if us Californians could have another go at our weed regulations, but we would definitely need to take some notes from their campaign advertisements.  Check out "Dear Dad" below.

If proposition 64 does pass Colorado will hopefully turn into a weed Mecca like Amsterdam, leaving the Goon Squad with only one option...

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The Herbaliser

The Sensual Woman

Get it granny.

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POP ETC

Live it Up

I wasn't too sure about the auto-tuning, but the beat convinced me otherwise.

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JJAMZ X Chrome Wolves

Heartbeat

the Artifact

Chrome Wolves bangin' out some good tunage. 

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Cherub

Doses and Mimosas

The lyrics! LISTEN TO THEM. 

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Father Sculptor

Glasgow's Father Sculptor, no. 1,324 on the Guardian's Band of the Day series, is a fresh take on a Smith's-esque style.  Though they have a similar sound I'm not here to compare a late and great with a new and potentially rising star of a band.  Aristide is Father Sculptor's latest single and it's definitely worth a listen.

'Aristide' is now available for free download via  http://fathersculptor.com/ .  I hope I'm allowed to release that to you.  Anyways, check back here for more updates, should they feel the need to keep me in the loop.  Cheers.

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Jeans Wilder

Spanish Tile

Buck Yedor

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Halasan Bazar

Tin Foiled

1st single from upcoming album "How To Be Ever Happy"
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1st video in a series of 12 videos about mind travel and existentialism
Recorded by Halasan Bazar 2012
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Video made by Henry The Rabbit
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Whassup.

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Poolside

Slow Down

 Summer to the max.

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Captain Murphy

Mighty Morphin' Foreskin

The Ritual

I heard the top two tracks off of Gorilla vs. Bear and after a week or two of having them on my playlists, I felt I had to re-post these.  Flying Lotus and members from Odd Future collaborate under the name Captain Murphy, a character off the Adult Swim show, Sealab 2021 whose personality is very similar to Malory on Archer.  Mighty Morphin' Foreskin is a brash track (typical of Tyler & Earl), but produces a very nostalgic feeling by the various samples that pay homage to classic pop culture icons such as Godzilla, Dragon Ball Z, and Street Fighter.

Captain Murphy dives fearlessly into the occult with the Ritual.  Slowed laughs in the create an overarching dramatic and sinister tone that support the flows describing the sacrifice of a virgin.  Captain Murphy has brought something really enjoyable to the table and hopefully these first two songs are just a taste of more to come.  Below is another track by Flylo that features Earl Sweatshirt, check it out!

Between Friends

ft. Earl Sweatshirt

Those were some pretty neat vids too.

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Phantom Power

Loop in My Head

I need a suit jacket with those colors.

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Koi

Lime

Steamer's Lane

 

In Santa Cruz and jammin' to some chill beats brah.

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DUDES

C.O.S.M.I.C.

What kind of drugs just seeped into my eyes via the computer screen?  I don't know and don't care.  DUDES are SWEET!  I'm really digging the low quality/garage produced feel, it reminds me of MGMT's Time to Pretend.  Hope you liked C.O.S.M.I.C. as much as me!

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Jerry Paper

Check out the track called Not Free and the rest of Jer bear's album.



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Fidlar

Got No Money

Bodhi looks like the guy from Dumb & Dumber right there.

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Young Pharaohs

Balcony 

Ho yeah, that sitar is where it's at.  

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Holy Esque

 
"Holy Esque formed just over a year ago but has already stood out as "Glasgow's most exciting and inventive new band" according to NME. The Raveonettes seem to agree and have personally selected Holy Esque as the support act on their upcoming European tour. The band comprised of four young men ranging in ages 19-20 keep a noticeably discreet online presence, but their lack of banter shouldn’t be misconstrued as an attempt to appear ‘mysterious’—“ We just want folk to focus on the music. The rest of it... who gives a fuck?” says lead singer Pat Hynes in a recent interview.

Holy Esque independently released their self-titled EP this past April, which they recorded at a DIY built studio with producer Kevin Burleigh (Glasvegas, Simple Minds, etc.). Drowned In Sound deems the EP “compelling from start to finish”, while The Skinny describes their “heart-stoppingly beautiful performance” as a combination of “Cobain-like vocals with Joy Division’s sense of atmosphere and space”.   In support of their EP, Holy Esque recently played gigs with the likes of WU LYF and Spector and were a featured artist at Tallinn Music Week 2012.

The band has seen attention from UK radio, topping the Amazing Radio chart two weeks consecutively as well as appearing on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1 Introducing and BBC Radio Scotland shows.

When they aren’t making music, the Glasgow School of Art students are busy maintaining the aesthetic of the band; designing their own artwork, printing posters or curating a Tumblr blog of photos that could put Instagram users to shame. The name and symbol representing Holy Esque doesn’t necessarily represent a religious ideal, rather a concept open for interpretation—something for the band to believe in and fans to put faith in."

Via their publicist to me.   Check out one of their songs I liked.

Looks like GSF is on the up and up.


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The Black Angels

The First Vietnamese War

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TV Girl

TV Girl crept up on me in my playlists these last couple of months and gave me a musical wet Willy.  Here's a heads up so she doesn't get you!

I Wonder Who She's Kissing Now?

Misery

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Holograms

Chasing My Mind

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