2.18.2010

///REBOITH\\\

I decided to log back into this blog and start it back up again. I'll mainly be using this as a news feed for Weed Diamond but I'll still be posting albums/mixes/whatever periodically. So, keep sending me your stuff so I can put it up here. FOR FREE!

Here's the tentative tour dates for the WEED DIAMOND/TAN DOLLAR/DASH JACKET MEGA WEST COAST TOUR:

JULY 07 - SAN DIEGO, CA
JULY 08 - LOS ANGELES, CA
JULY 09 - ISLA VISTA, CA
JULY 10 - **DAY OFF**
JULY 11 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
JULY 12 - SACRAMENTO, CA
JULY 13 - HUMBOLDT, CA
JULY 14 - PORTLAND, OR
JULY 15 - SEATTLE, WA
JULY 16 - OLYMPIA, WA
JULY 17 - PORTLAND, OR
JULY 18 - **DAY OFF**
JULY 19 - DAVIS, CA
JULY 20 - SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAND, CA
JULY 21 - SANTA CRUZ, CA
JULY 22 - SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
JULY 23 - LOS ANGELES, CA
JULY 24 - IRVINE, CA

If you have any suggestions as of where to play, hit us up. We only have a few venue ideas right now.

I'll post an album later tonight.

peace kiddies,

tim

10.19.2009

Neon Tongues - Big Kids

Big Kids

Now these are my kinda kids. This is just some good old god damned rock and roll. The ooh's and aah's these guys put out just break my heart, too. It's like you're staring your crush right in the face and you've never really said that much to her and now you're both at a party and kind of drunk and you feel like its your chance to say something and make a move but your friend calls your name from across the room and the opportunity is blown. I think if you're at this blog, you've gone through something like that. Well, think of Big Kids and Neon Tongues in general as your escape from those situations. Just stare that girl in the face and say "HOW DO YOU PAINT YOUR FUCKING BRAIN?!?!?!"

I Am The Dot

I Am The Dot

Zach Tipton, you bastard. Why'd you have to go and make this god damned beautiful little album? Don't you realize that every other musician you know is now going to become incredibly jealous of you? As if they weren't already. I remember seeing his other/old band open for Phil Elverum at the now defunct and oft-missed Brooks Center and being blown away by his (Zach's) presence. It's one of those rare feelings you get when you see or meet someone. Like, you know they're going to be famous? Or do something deserving of fame. Enter the IATD EP. This deserves it. And much more. Please, do yourself a favor and download this. You'll thank me. Or him. Yeah, thank him. I'm very proud to have Mr. Dot here as a fellow Denverite.

Wolf Tapes - Seven Seas AND Luna Luna

Seven Seas

The few readers I have may have noticed I say things like "slo-mo" a lot. Seven Seas by London's Wolf Tapes evokes a similar feeling. Except the complete opposite. Get it? The pulsing of "33" and "Seven Seas" makes me feel like I'm in that part in Koyaanisqatsi where the camera is inside the car and you can see all the street signs and stop lights go by like the warp speed in Star Wars. The next time you watch that movie, just mute that part and put Seven Seas on instead.

Luna Luna

Okay, okay. So Seven Seas is rad as fuck. But after I took the time out of my (not so) busy schedule to listen to Luna Luna, I was floored. Like, more floored than how I was by SS. I have a term that I like to use for this type of music and I think it's really appropriate: medicated dance. It kind of has that chopped and screwed sort of feeling, mixed with lo-fi thumps and blips. But there's MJ quality back beats hiding in there. And fortunately for us, we don't have to look to hard to find them.

8.11.2009

Thundercade - Free Radicalz!


Thundercade - Free Radicalz!

Click the free download thing at the top.

Also, from the aforementioned WEEDend. INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET. Reminds me of smoke machine rooms and super stares. Jesus, I love "Autosuggestion." Also, siiiiiiick remix by our friend alphabets included. REP IT.

8.10.2009

The Dunes Beaches - EP


The Dunes Beaches - EP

Just got this over the WEEDend. Heavy, drippy, dreamy guitar rock. Slo-mo running montage stuff. Kissin' girls and shit. Love it.

8.04.2009

Toro y Moi - Demo


Toro y Moi - Demo

Also, I've had a lot of people ask me where to get this demo. I don't know if he ever sold it. But if you want me to take it down, I will. But here it is. Check out his awesome cover of Master of None.

Can't Sing for Shit - I Actually Wrote 9 Songs. Rad!


Can't Sing for Shit - I Actually Wrote 9 Songs. Rad!

Globe-trottin' Lenore. This album was recorded entirely with Windows sound recorder and a computer mic. Incredibly impressive. These are some heart breaker tunes. Get a drink ready.

Snub Mix Vol. 1



Snubluck Mix Vol. 1


Up and coming Denver electronic musician Corey English, aka Snubluck, has sent me this wonderful, tripped out, funky mix filled with old-timey samples and brutal fuzzed out bass. Full track list below:

1. What is Sher-pla? - Snubluck
2. Flimsy - Snubluck
3. The Anthem - Onra Remix
4. Terrible Things - Snubluck
5. Fair Weather Friends - Daedelus Recut
6. Lords - Nosaj Thing Remix
7. Glitch Manifest - Snubluck
8. Peyote Dance Party - Snubluck
9. Polkadot Blues - Hudson Mohawke Remix

8.03.2009

Pictureplane - Slit Red Bird Throat


Pictureplane - Slit Red Bird Throat

Also, in celebration of Denver golden boy Pictureplane's new release tomorrow on Lovepump, I am posting a copy of one of his older (but still really great) albums. It's much more different than his newer, dance floor demolishing stuff, but it's definitely worth multiple listens. Congrats, Trav.