Bolachas’ favorites Ganglians have finally put out their sophomore effort Still Living, which you can stream on its entirety on Spinner’s website. You can also watch them perform a stripped-down version of a song from the new record, “That’s What I Want”, for the Terroreyes sessions.
Ganglians “That’s What I Want” from TERROREYES.TV on Vimeo.
Dreamers of the Ghetto are the latest signees to one of my favorite labels ever: Temporary Residence Limited, home of – hard to pick a couple of bands from such an extensive, quantity and quality-wise roster – bands like Mono, Explosions in the Sky or The Black Heart Procession. The family rock band from Bloomington, Indiana (three of the four members of the band are related) will release their debut LP, Enemy/Lover, next October 4th. The PR article has words like “Spiritualized” on the same phrase where “U2” and “Depeche Mode” is written. I guess they’re talking about the good parts of both bands. You can already download and listen to the dream-rocker album closer, “Tether”, on the widget below.
Dreamers of the Ghetto – Tether by INDIGENOUSPromotions
Also, they’ve been handpicked to open for both Flaming Lips and Superchunk at the Hopscotch Music Festival on September 10th. There, there, now you know – for sure – they’re good.
“Cursed” is the latest release by The Rutabega – the moniker of South Bend, Indiana’s Joshua Wayne Hensley – a mini-album composed of songs previously available on a now sold-out CDR release back in 2005, written through some tough, dark times. Listen and download (name your price) below.
Seriously, can’t Lefse Records do no wrong? Every email I receive from them contains a gold nugget. This time, the valuable mineral embedded in HTML is called “The Wrong Things”, the first song to be extracted from The Morning Clouds’ debut EP, Wasted Youth Blues, out October 11th. Expect ethereal guitar lines and vocals appearing to be washed away by a sea of great, great songwriting. I want the other five songs so bad right now.
MP3: The Morning Clouds, “The Wrong Things”
Wasted Youth Blues tracklist:
01 A Walk Home
02 The Wrong Things
03 Untitled
04 Trails of Light
05 Wasted Youth Blues
06 Ends
If you’ve always been into hip-hop, you may be surprised to learn there’s an entire subgenre you’re probably not aware of. Nerdcore is largely self-descriptive; hip-hop, but made by nerds, for nerds. Lyrics about hacking and final bosses, and beats that range from traditional to 8-bit-inspired.
One of the leaders of this gang of merry nerds is MC Frontalot, arguably the most well-produced and successful, and also by far the most generous, because he gives the vast majority of his music away for free on his website. Why? Because he wants people to enjoy it, and he’s happy to host not only two formats (mp3 and AAC), but also provides you with the lyrics so you can take a look at the genius of his rhyming style.
Nerdcore is something enjoyable to listen to whether you’re walking to work or you’re sat playing partypoker with a game of Pong running on a HDTV in the background (you old-skool gamer, you). He reflects on the world around him – on technology, politics, data theft, and often collaborates with other artists in addition to appearing at the geek haven, the Penny Arcade Expo, also known as PAX Prime and PAX East (for those not on the West coast of the USA, where PAX Prime is held).
It’s a genre that will likely see little attention on MTV or VH1, if any at all, although we suspect that’s mainly due to the lack of lyrics about guns, girls and bling. A shame, as it brings an element of radical intelligence to the genre, and it’s unlikely that you’ll see such a smart group of lyricists outside of hip-hop’s hall of fame. So check him out, and go be nerdcore.
