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Monday
The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night
Before reading the short story and commentary below, please press play on the Youtube video below. It is the first two songs of the album combined.
Pink Floyd and The Beach Boys meet on a street on a dark and eery night circa 1974. Pink Floyd is like, "Hey guys, cool voices, jump in our hovercraft and lets starjump to Canada." The Beach Boys respond, "Well hey! Thank you for the compliment. We like your epic space rock. We will stop surfing and start exploring space with you. This is a great opportunity. Let's begin." So the two groups hop into a ship. Soon after takeoff, some weird alien shit starts happening. The members of Pink Floyd become one giant man. The members of The Beach Boys become one giant woman. They decide to reproduce. They spawn 4 children who they plop out into Montreal, Canada and leave to fend for themselves, although they leave them notes about life and all of their recordings. Time passes and the children become adults who form a musical group entitled The Besnard Lakes.
The following tracks are from their most recent album The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night. In all seriousness, this CD sets a precedent for any modern day psych-rock. The ethereal Beach Boys-esque vocals and Pink Floyd-ish psychedelia (especially in the bass, synth/keyboard, drums, guitar solos) blend perfectly and spine-tinglingly into the neo-prog sonic expanse of this otherwordly album. There are also walls of sound, guitar fuzz, and hazy female vocals on tracks like "Albatross" that come from the shoegaze cookbook and masterpiece My Bloody Valentine - Loveless. You need to listen to this LOUD. It is a great driving and headphone record. Support this husband/wife duo and their team. They are currently on tour, and put on a very memorable and entrancing show. This album is historic.
The following tracks are from their most recent album The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night. In all seriousness, this CD sets a precedent for any modern day psych-rock. The ethereal Beach Boys-esque vocals and Pink Floyd-ish psychedelia (especially in the bass, synth/keyboard, drums, guitar solos) blend perfectly and spine-tinglingly into the neo-prog sonic expanse of this otherwordly album. There are also walls of sound, guitar fuzz, and hazy female vocals on tracks like "Albatross" that come from the shoegaze cookbook and masterpiece My Bloody Valentine - Loveless. You need to listen to this LOUD. It is a great driving and headphone record. Support this husband/wife duo and their team. They are currently on tour, and put on a very memorable and entrancing show. This album is historic.
The Besnard Lakes - And This Is What We Call Progress
The Besnard Lakes - Light Up The Night
The Besnard Lakes - Albatross
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Saturday
Friday
Alan Braxe
A famed French remix artist, Alan Braxe released The Uppercuts in 2005. Like his collaborations with Fred Falke and Kris Menance and remixes of tracks by Goldfrapp, Royksopp, and Justice, this album is incredible! If any of the above artists make the parts of your body move rapidly, then most of the below will likely do the same. Feel free to post videos of yourself moving in strange innovative ways.
Alan Braxe - Most Wanted
Alan Braxe - In Love With You
Alan Braxe - Music Sounds Better With You
Alan Braxe - At Night
Alan Braxe - Paladium
Working For A Nuclear Free City
Here is a hypnotic video made by Vimeo member Andrew Books scored to the song "Asleep at the Wheel" by Working For A Nuclear Free City. These guys have created an album dubbed by Stylus Magazine as a "flawless lucid-dream trip through a thousand fantastical influences." That is a very accurate statement indeed. Their 2007 US release, 'Businessmen & Ghosts', is a double album made up of their UK-only self-titled debut album and followup Rocket EP (with the exception of one track).
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Working For A Nuclear Free C1ty - Dead Fingers Talking
Working For A Nuclear Free C1ty - All American Taste
Working For A Nuclear Free C1ty - Ov3r
Their followup, Jojo Burger Tempest, is set to be released this year. Judging by its title and without having heard a single track, I am thinking it is a must-buy.
Tuesday
Starfucker
Say hello to Starfucker. Their newest album Jupiter is a homage to their home planet. They deliver a unique funky style, incorporating vibalicious electronic synths and sounds from their habitat into spacey jams like "Boy Toy" and "Biggie Smalls." The video below is for the hit "Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second" from their 2008 self-titled first album. It is a musical documentary of their journey from the misty unpredictable atmosphere of Jupiter to the more stable and developed Earth. To confuse the people of Earth and exhibit their omnipotence and connection to the star/pyramid worshippers of Ancient Egypt, they changed their name in the fall of 2009 to PYRAMID, then to Pyramidd, and are now once again Starfucker. Listen at your own risk of becoming brainwashed.
Starfucker - German Love
Starfucker - Medicine
Starfucker - Biggie Smalls
Starfucker - Boy Toy
Starfucker - Pop Song
