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.

Moderat II - Milk

MODERAT - milk from joppippoj on Vimeo.

So far this is my favorite track off the new Moderat record. I tracks like this, where I literally discorporate and fade into the trance of the music. Entire new record is amazing, but like I said, I keep coming back to this one for the moment.

Also, this is a fan-made video and I really like the visuals. They very much accentuate the tone of the music.

Cold Showers - BC

One of those awesome moments where I flipped on the radio in the car and went all the way to the left of the dial, to KXLU and the Part Time Punks show was on. This song specifically. I'd never heard this or anything about/by Cold Showers before. Immediately fell in love with this track. Some Sisters of Mercy/Cure undertones, a little Pixies maybe... old and new at the same time, or in other words I guess, timeless.