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DOWNLOAD: Billygoat - Dioscuri II
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Hey kids, do you like Philip Glass? Oh Shannon, you must be joking, right? You're such a kidder. Oh you and your silly rhetorical questions, as if we don't know one of the most brilliant composers of our time. A level of innovation and skill so unparalleled, that when I tell you Portland's Billygoat immediately calls Glass to mind, please let that speak the volumes it's intended. Composing songs that bring the band's own stop-motion animation to life (projected on the wall behind them while they play), "Dioscuri II" is a prime example of this, progressive and sweetly chilling, rambling in a dreamlike manner without losing its footing. It is music made for performance that possesses the ability to stand on its own (or while viewed online), and what a rare treat when a duo excels equally—masterfully—at both their mediums. Currently on tour and receiving the rave reviews they deserve, catch Billygoat before they blow up—'cause they're gonna.
DOWNLOAD: Teengirl Fantasy - Portofino
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dublab’s In The Loop vinyl series is a recent import to Anticon, and the fifth incarnation stays true to the mission of genre-bending progressive tunes and dope cover art. Sides “Future” and “Roots” include The Ruby Suns, White Rainbow, and Teengirl Fantasy’s “Portofino,” which is what we’re floating in now. The white noise and future phone arpeggio commence in a tweaked-out, lazy river ride. We’re into it! It probably induces arrhythmia in 10% of listeners, but doctor says we’ve got the ventricles of an ox half our age, so we’re gonna keep on blasting.
Previously:
Teengirl Fantasy - Now That's What I Call Volume 2
Teengirl Fantasy - Floor to Floor
Teengirl Fantasy's RCRD LBL Page
DOWNLOAD: ISIS - 20 Minutes/40 Years
ISIS is an L.A. drone-metal band whose fifth studio album, Wavering Radiant, marks this year’s surrender to the inevitable crescendo of transcendent noise. “20 Minutes/40 Years” is nothing less than the prototype for stretched-out, dissonant guitar ballads. It’s a slow head-bang, a black riff on an atmospheric landscape. Made for peeling out of your driveway to dump that succubus who you were gonna take to Amsterdam but now she kissed that guy at Kendall’s party so you invoke ISIS to rain sonic darkness upon us all. God, she was the one.
Sounds like: Tool, Explosions in the Sky, Sleeping in Gethsemane
VIDEO: Mystery Jets feat. Laura Marling - Young Love
Prog pop warriors and Dim Mak signees Mystery Jets have released a video for their new single, "Young Love", which features the lovely and talented Ms. Laura Marling on guest vocals. Thank god: we've been waiting for new MJ material for what feels like quite some time now, so we're stoked to see the guys back on track and releasing some choice tunes. The video is fun and candy-colored as well, so check it out above...
SHOW: Apes & Androids and Spank Rock DJs at Hiro Ballroom
Awesome show alert: RCRD LBL artists Apes & Androids are playing a free show at Hiro Ballroom on Thursday, and if their past performances are anything to go by (including a sold-out Mercury Lounge performance last month), it will be a night to remember. Apes & Androids’ futuristic pop operas are definitely going to translate well in a crazy party vibe (as Cheeky Bastard at Hiro always is), so make sure to RSVP at www.gbh.tv so you don’t have to pay. Guest DJs include Devlin and Darko from Spank Rock (another RCRD LBL fave) as well as xxxchange. Check out the flyer after the jump.
Download: Apes & Androids - Creepy Girls
Stream: Spank Rock - Bangers and Cash
