Gaslamp Killer

Nissim (with Amir Yaghmai)

Dead Vets 
ft. Adrian Younge and MRR


"Brainfeeder stalwart, Gaslamp Killer, takes a break from curating mixes of the wildest Anatolian-psyche and Persian-rock breaks to focus on this massively anticipated, long-playing debut, 'Breakthrough'. He also features here in charge of the drum battery, exercising those rhythms / breaks in full effect, inspired from the impenetrably obscure records that are the mainstay in his record box. 

On accompanying detail, his familiar, Gonjasufi breaks into shamanistic howl on the savage-strings of 'Veins' and the psyche-heavy, 'Apparitions'. Fellow LA-based beatmaker, Daedelus, also appears, stirring up the demented, electronic fusion of 'Apparitions'. Dimlite is also here and his contribution to the moog-heavy funk of '7 Years of Bad Luck for Fun'. A hard-hitting debut that's as breathtaking, diverse and challenging a listen in equal measure."

-via Bleep.com

For a while I had been hoping GLK would be coming out with something new and look what I found? Breakthrough baby!  The two tracks above are my top picks of the album (so far) and stay pretty much within the boundaries of his established sound and style.  I wish I could have heard some of his stuff leading up to the Breakthrough release, but I have yet to make the short journey to Low End Theory.  I know GLK has some pretty formidable DJ skills, but I'd like to see the eccentric dude prove himself with the live instruments he used to produce the album.  Either way, seeing GLK perform a DJ set or live one, it'd be fun time all around.

-gonz

GOOD HEAVENS

This is jogger

Based out of Los Angeles, they are just another reason why anyone in California needs to head over to Low End Theory Club (new location in San Fransisco)... ASAP! Under Daedelus' label Alpha Pup Records, Jogger mixes a wide variety of sounds from various genres including electro, folk, drum and bass, glitch, and metal to create their latest album, This Great Pressure.

Utilizing live mixing technology, guitars, and at times a violin, Jogger takes your hand and guides you through a range of emotions from anger to sadness to joyful bliss. Notable songs from the album include Gorilla Meat (above), Master and Student, Falling, and Superman. Nephicide (below) is on another level. At first the song feels like it's going to be an uplifting electro banger, however when a sinister voice is introduced....well I don't want to ruin the surprise, but I'm forewarning you something intense happens. WATCH

Pretty much all hell broke loose. I can admit that I was thoroughly confused when I first heard the song... Should I be scared? WTF IS THIS?! Then I saw the music video and everything made sense. Nephicide is a testament to capabilities of Jogger. The duo gives listeners 10 unique tracks while maintaining a sense they were birthed by the same mother. I wouldn't expect to start a dance party with This Great Pressure, but shredding any form of gnar with Jogger in your ears just makes complete sense.
happy jogging.

-gonz

Download Jogger's This Great Pressure (direct link)

¡COACHELLA!

F-YEAH they released the line-up! Here it is...

Friday, April 15th

* !!!

* 12th Planet
* Afrojack
* Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
* A-Trak
* Beardyman
* Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears
* Boys Noize
* Brandon Flowers
* Brandt Brauer Frick
* Breakage
* Caifanes
* Cee Lo Green
* Clare Maguire
* Cold Cave
* Cold War Kids
*** Crystal Castles
* Cut Copy
* Emicida
* Erick Morillo
* Excision
* Flogging Molly
* Glasser
* G.Q.
* Gypsy and the Cat
* Here We Go Magic
* Hurts
* Interpol
* Jakes
* Kele
* Kings of Leon
* Klaxons
* Kyle Hall
* Magnetic Man
* Marina and the Diamonds
* Monarchy
* Mount Kimbie
* Moving Units
* Ms. Lauryn Hill
*** Nosaj Thing
* OFWGKTA
*** Omar Rodriguez Lopez
* Ozomatli
* Robyn
* Sander Kleinenberg
* Sasha
* Scala & Kolacny Bros.
* Skrillex
* Sleigh Bells
* Tame Impala
* The Aquabats
* The Black Keys
* The Chemical Brothers
* The Drums
* The Morning Benders
* The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
* The Rural Alberta Advantage
* Titus Andronicus
* Warpaint

Saturday, April 16thFriday, April 15th

* Alf Alpha
* Andy C
* Animal Collective
* Arcade Fire
* Big Audio Dymamite
* Bomba Estereo
*** Bright Eyes
* Broken Social Scene
* Cage the Elephant
* Chuckie
* Cults
*** Daedelus
* Delta Sprirt
* DJ Hype
* DJ Kentaro
* DJ Marky
* EE
* Elbow
* Electric Touch
* Empire of the Sun
* Erykah Badu
* Fat Freddy's Drop
* Fedde Le Grand
* Foals
* Francis and the Lights
* Freelance Whales
* Gayngs
* Gogol Bordello
* Goth Trad
* Jimmy Eat World
* Joachim Garraud
* Laidback Luke
* Lil B’ and the Based Gods
* Mariachi El Bronx
*** Mary Anne Hobbs
* Mumford & Sons
* One Day as a Lion
* Paul van Dyk
* Phosphorescent
* Raphael Saadiq
* Ras G
* SBTRKT
* Scissor Sisters
* Shpongle
* Steve Angello
* Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
* The Felice Brothers
* The Henry Clay People
* The Joy Formidable
* The London Suede
* The Kills
* The Love Language
* The New Pornographers
* The Radio Dept.
* The Swell Season
* The Tallest Man on Earth
* The Twelves
* Trampled by Turtles
* Two Door Cinema Club
* Wire
* Yacht

Sunday, April 17th

* Angus and Julia Stone
* Axwell
* Best Coast
*** Caspa
* Chromeo
* City and Colour
* CSS
* Death From Above 1979
* Delorean
* DJ Zinc
* Duck Sauce
* Duran Duran
* Eliza Doolittle
* Ellie Goulding
* Fistful of Mercy
* Foster the People
* Fun.
* Good Old War
* Gord Downie
* Green Velvet
*** HEALTH
* High Contrast
*** Jack Beats
* Jack's Mannequin
* Jenny and Johnny
* Joy Orbison
* Kanye West
*** Kode9
* Leftfield
* Lightning Bolt
*** Lorn
* Los Bunkers
* Mala
* MEN
* Menomena
* Nas & Damian Marley
* Neon Trees
* New Pants
* OFF!
* Phantogram
* PJ Harvey
* Plan B
* Ramadanman
*** Ratatat
* Riva Starr
* Roska
* Rye Rye
* She Wants Revenge
* Sven Vath
* Take
* Terror Danjah
*** The Bloody Beetroots
* The National
* The Presets
*** The Strokes
* Thunderball
* Trentemoller
* Tinie Tempah
* Tokimonsta
* Twin Shadow
* Wiz Khalifa
* Yelle
* Zed Bias

Killer line-up. The only thing that bothers me is that I can't go and I wont be able to see ALICE GLASS

She already looks disappointed... If you say it's too expensive and can't go this year, start a Coachella fund for next year and quit being a chump. Camping, hanging out with friends, and watching some of the best musicians of our generation perform is unforgettable. If you do go and I hope you do, beware of the land sharks.

happy ticket buying.

-gonz

hunting and gathering two thousand eleven

A lot of change has happened since I left Menifee. I went to school in Santa Barbara, picked up some new hobbies, and met some cool people. Recently my lawyer signed my lease for my place in Isla Vista next year. After discussing the building, backyard, and other important things about the place, I couldnt help but think about all the fun shit I want to do in and around my future new home.

It was after imagining all the stuff and things I would like to have in my new home, I realized I'm turning into a dirty fucking hippie. I've been denying a lot of things about myself, but after the new year and some guiding words from a friend I'm slowly coming to accept these things.

For example, I recently decided to stop washing my hair with shampoo and conditioner. I don't know where I got it from, but the whole natural remedy thing seems to be making a lot of sense lately. I mean, why do we use shampoo and conditioner anyways? The only people that tell us to use them are our parents. I guess commercials suggest that we need them, but they never say that anything bad will happen if you don't. It might be strange that I have been paying so much attention to my hair, but after coming to spain and understanding that I will never see anyone from here ever again (if i dont want to) that I can do weird shit and not care. Growing my hair out is one of those weird things. Another is practicing for mustache march. Im training daily and hopefully i'll be ready for game day/month, we'll see. Enough, back to turning into a hippie. I've decided that I want to build a tipi.

According to my lawyer's plans for our house, we're in for some fun times. I'll be living with 2 of my best friends, this girl who is an art major, and hopefully next to the rest of the OK CHALET crew. I'm also considering living in the tipi next to the vegetable garden and composter. Maybe I'll do it for a cause like saving saving sharks or ferris. That's kind of a wild idea, but so is living with Deanna. I'm an only child so living with people other than my parents is different. That aside and on top of all the summer activities like finally buidling a quarter pipe, though exciting, will all be dwarfed when I reunite with my woman. Ive missed her so much and she's been manhandled by too many guys while ive been gone, she's a slut. But it's ok babe, I'm comin back and Im going to shred the shit out of you. Peter's going to take pictures (if he still has his camera) and it's going to be nasty. Nos vemos pronto Pacifica.

Jump on my stoke wagon because this is the year of "fuck yeah" moments. I cant tell you how many ive had today, but I can tell you the last two: the first was discovering that the cheapest sushi restaurant in Granada is right across the street, the second is buying my plane ticket to Africa. I've decided that if I make it back from Morocco, I'm making it a life goal to visit all of the continents. Antarctica is a stretch, but maybe I can be buried there? Who knows.

I'm also stoked about 2k11 because supposedly next year is the end of the world. F the mayans and the rapture, I hate that looming thought of the end. Can you imagine living during the cold war? f that too. My roommate David gave me an idea today about how we could go about living if it was in fact the end of the world. We could go crazy, take out a loan for a shit ton of money or find some way of getting lots of money and live like it's the end. Living like every day is your last day even though it would be next year sometime. Being the fuck yeah year, that sounds sick. But i hope it's not the end and i also hope our president isn't the antichrist. We all know he bumps slayer in the oval office when hillary isn't around, but cman, everyone's got their fix.

A couple things to look forward to:
1. new mix ft stephen hawking
2. sayin fuck yeah (a lot)
3. the TIPI
4. updates on how disgusting my hair is
5. Music profile on Daedelus & Caribou
6.
7. SOUP :)
8. other cool shit on here

Also, make some new years resolutions if you haven't already. Try setting your bar a little higher or a lot higher if you suck. Mine are to get better at spanish and be a better amigo. With that said, you should be a better friend and help me buy tipi material. Oh! I almost forgot that i might get a dog, fuck yeah moment right there. PEACE white man.

-gonz

SOUP

by CVLT

rule #1 there are no rules
***hint - assholes always earn more points

☝ Kissing a random girl +2
☝☝ if you get herpes from that kiss/girl +30
☝ Saying 'fuck' every other word in a conversation +15


☟ Wearing a condom -5
☟ Saying 'cute' -5
☟ Being hungover and throwing up -30
☟☟if your eyes water or you cry as a result of spewing -50 you suck

ESCUCHALE

This isn't exactly a new song, but I was checking some notes I had taken on post-its and this was a video link I had saved. Awhile back in April I was able to catch Flying Lotus at Coachella and boy let me tell ya, it was an unforgettable show. I had previously heard of FlyLo and even had a few of his tracks, but nothing compared to the collection I have now.

Reading up on the guy I found that he is the nephew of Alice Coltrane, a famous jazz musician. FlyLo is also one of the founding fathers of a club in LA called Low End Theory. Some of my favorite musicians like The Gaslamp killer, Samiyam, Nosaj Thing, Daedelus, Shlohmo, and others often pay their dues and bring the house down for whoever cares to stop by for an incredible show. Attending a famous low end theory event has been on my to-do list for a long time and now I'm moving to top priority when I return to the states.

Back to FlyLo... He's been biannually releasing a new album beginning with 1983 in 2006 and more often remains out of sight, but not out of earshot. If you haven't heard his music yet, play the video above. If you watch adult swim, you're likely to have heard his talent in action as FlyLo is responsible for some of the music during these screens. I recommend you get a hold of both the Cosmogramma and Los Angeles albums first. After you decide you like him and his music reminds you of a retro futuristic scene, take a look at his recent work Kill Your Co-workers .

In addition to FlyLo's music is amazing videography (which can be seen above) and artwork. Theo Jemison's stuff which is the cover art for Cosmogramma captures the essence of what FlyLo seems to be trying to produce musically. They are both independent works, but complement each other as if they were made side by side. Watch the video below and listen to that album to understand what I'm talking about.

If you're still not interested in this guy, god save you and you're missing out. I'm looking forward to some incredible releases by FlyLo in 2011 and hoping he'll slay out in Coachella if he's back in the lineup. I'm starving.

PEACE

-gonz

ps. here are a few of my favs from each of the albums...

1983 1983

Los Angeles Golden Diva

Cosmogramma Dance of the Pseudo Nymph

BONUS

Robo Tussin