DOWNLOAD: Pit Er Pat - Evacuation Days + STREAM: The Good Morning Song (Lucky Dragons Remix)
You can rely on any reunion between US indie rock and nu-jazz to make for akward listening. It sometimes seems the two are miles apart - indie-rock, with its decades-old codes and rituals, on the one hand; and song-based improv, with its own internal battle between form and formlessness, on the other. Pit Er Pat are a trio who seem to have a knack of finding these disparate components some common ground - last year's High Time full-length, released through Thrill Jockey, cast tracks like "Cairo Shuffle" and "Evacuation Days" out into the ether at the edge of familiar experience, carefully combining Middle-Eastern slank with abstracted punk-funk percussion to build something new and very much their own. Preparing for a May tour of the UK, Pit Er Pat have sought out oddball compadres Lucky Dragons to remix "The Good Morning Song" for a limited edition remix 12", also featuring contributions from Brenmar of These Are Powers and High Places' Rob Barber, appearing on the record in his guise as The Urxed.
Sounds Like: Dirty Projectors, High Places, Gang Gang Dance
Pit Er Pat - The Good Morning Song (Lucky Dragons Remix)
Previously:
HECUBA - Sir (Lucky Dragons Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Dirty Projectors- No More
This summer marks a curious union between our Brooklyn frenetic favorites The Dirty Projectors and Vancouver-based No Kids- as they set out on a short tour together. What they have in common? A backbone of avante-garde orchestral experimentation. The shrill of violin. The patter of a xylophone. A cello here. A piano there.
And yet they're both exquisitely unique. "No More" by the Dirty Projectors is strewn together with quivering violin, guitars, the hush of other instruments and a chorus of conflicting sound. Meanwhile, No Kids is another sort of curious amalgam, eclectic musical assemblies- with an distinctive R & B melody. Check it out below.
Download: Dirty Projectors - No More
DOWNLOAD: Hanne Hukkelberg- A Cheater's Armoury
The voice of an ingénue. Gives you tingles. Like when you first heard Feist or Sia or Emily Haines. Or Ella Fitzgerald. Etta James. Joan Baez. Or Judy Garland singing to the sky in Kansas. Though each unique, they all elevate you to some cloud nine where you breath quieter, let your shoulders slump, and all thoughts dissipate. It’s probably something Freud called lullabies-from-the-womb syndrome or something. We don’t know and we don't care. All we know is the Norwegian songstress Hanne Hukkelberg’s got it. Along with a cheeky jazzy style that giggles and whispers in your ear. And quirky instrumental accompaniments like typewriters, kitchen utensils, a cat purring. And she wears wierd hats. How demure. How divine.
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