lo-fi
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On Times New Viking’s latest album, Dancer Equired, the band steps out from behind the veil of lo-fi, and comes together with an actual studio recording. Of course, the clarity that brings to this album is only relative. It’s definitely easier to parse the instruments on this album,
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MP3 Since their debut full-length dropped, I’ve considered Ganglians to be one of the most interesting groups to take pop to a psychedelic, messy, and lo-fi level. There’s an atmosphere around their music similar to that of Woods, but I find their songs to be what really keeps
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John Maus is a singer-songwriter and the latest signee to Ribbon Music. He’s laid down two tracks from his forthcoming album, We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves. One is above and one is right here. In regards to “Believer,” I’m believing, I’m believing! This track
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Video from the lo-fi solo project of Mat Cothran, Coma Cinema. He’s just released his third album, which is titled after this track. The guy releases all of his albums for free as well, so no complains about that.
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Stream / Download: WALSH- Karaoke I was late to the party when it came to WALSH’s first EP in ’10, and I’m late again to enjoy his latest release, too. Am I surprised? No. But one of my kind ‘Drops turned me on to this, so I have to
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New video from the lo-fi pop outfit Headless Horseman. This fantastic sequence was shot by the good people at Wooden Lens, Ben Razavi and Nate Baston. It’s actually the 2nd of what will be three videos for this one song. Here is the first. Check these guys out on
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Since my review of that Craft Spells album, I’ve been having a hankering for lo-fi, self-recorded rock and pop. So, let’s introduce the Brooklyn band Ex-Cops. Though “Broken Chinese Chairs” is pretty fun and breezy, the mood of this band can get pretty dark, too. Word ’round the
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Spirit Spine is the home-recorded journey through the outsider sounds of psychedelia, kraut rock, ambient music, minimalism, and dream pop. The sounds on “Ocean of Sand” sort of remind me of Parts & Labor’s previous album Receivers, but this project’s influences run much deeper than that–just look
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On their latest EP, Beach Fossils are shooting for stronger songs and better production. They even bring on the help of Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum to bring one of the tracks to life. In my opinion, it’s improved the band’s sound greatly. Is this EP for you?
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New York’s Beach Fossils are readying a new EP via Captured Tracks titled What A Pleasure. The first track to drop from it, “Out In the Way,” actually features Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum. Nice! Listen for some lo-fi production, jangly guitars, and dreamy vocals. What A Pleasure comes
