Reading Rainbow - Must Be Dreaming

I know nothing about this band, but am definitely interested in finding out more.

Bad Robot Mystery Teaser

I'm reminded of the first time I saw the teaser for Cloverfield, Super 8 and that weird Neil Blomkamp thing from a few years ago (and now that Elysium is out, just WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!?).

Color me intrigued. Very, very intrigued.

New Polica

New Polica and it is nothing like what I would have expected. Well, maybe that's not entirely true. That dark, shadowy vibe that is often a result of lead singer Channy Leaneagh's haunting vocals and those starry-eyed keyboards is still there, but there's an almost frenetic energy I wasn't expecting that gives the track a very subtle 80's element. And the bass guitar - as a bass player first and foremost these days I'm always a sucker for great bass playing and this song has it tenfold.

Again, thanks to Brooklyn Vegan for posting this.

In Solitude

The thing that initially caught my eye when I read about In Solitude on Brooklyn Vegan for the first time this afternoon (here) is the word Solitude - whenever I see it in a musical context I always think immediately of one of my favorite Black Sabbath songs, track seven on the band's classic third album Master of Reality. Anyway, I followed the link, hit play on the above widget and my ears perked up. "Sounds a bit like Ghost" I thought. Then I read the article and saw that the Vegan mentions that, "The band, which may or may not contain members of Ghost BC..."

Whoah.

Follow the link back to read more, but it looks like Metal Blade is releasing a long-player from In Solitude on 10/01 and there are tour dates.

Cat Party

Wow. This morning at about 5:30 I was driving the 405 in the waning mists of darkness slowly unraveled their grasp on Los Angeles and Kid Sister on KXLU played a song by Cat Party. As soon as I arrived at work I looked them up and have pretty much fallen in love with them. There is an old school indie element, but it's been slightly anthropomorphized by a fuzzy, haunting wash, like walking through a familiar alley under the influence of some unfamiliar hallucinogen. Beautiful. Beautiful and a little unnerving.

Just a little.

Follow the widget back to their bandcamp and the album (which is fantastic start to finish) is a paltry $8. Now that's good eatin'!

FDP: Federal Bureau of Physics

image courtesy of digitalspy.com

Although Vertigo's new title was released as Collider for the first run of the first issue, legal reasons now dictate its title has been changed - for the better I believe - to FDP: Federal Bureau of Physics. Read about it here on Joup!

A Message from Hannibal Chau

I enjoyed this quite a bit, as I did the film.