Sunday, March 18, 2007

CLOROX GIRLS - BOYS/GIRLS


Artist / Band: CLOROX GIRLS
Song (MP3): BOYS/GIRLS
Album: SXSW 2007 Showcasing Artists
File Under: Punk / Pop
Label: BYO

Info: couple of years ago Thurston Moore and Byron Coley quipped that Clorox Girls “are harder to ignore than a trouser full of antlers.” But why....
Imagine Buddy Holly living in 1979 Los Angeles, taking a whole lot of speed... throw him a surfboard on the beach, then painfully relocate him to rainy Portland, Oregon; home to bands like Wipers, Styphnoids, Poison Idea, Dead Moon, Exploding Hearts, Observers, Hunches, Nice Boys..... and those relentless Clorox Girls.
A much anticipated third full length album has finally been recorded, engineered by boy genious Pat Kearns (Exploding Hearts) in Portland, Oregon. In spring of ´06, Clorox Girls played 47 shows in 45 days in Europe, and immediately afterwards toured the westcoast, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina for a total of roughly 200 shows in the US and abroad for ´06. This year of our lord 2007 takes the fellas back on tour across the globe with a brand new LP J´aime Les Filles.
What you have in Clorox Girls is a band that plays late 70s style punk, from a time when punk was influenced by the likes of Chuck Berry, Ritchie Valens, and Howlin Wolf. Couple this with early 80’s Los Angeles, you know, Gears, Germs, Dickies, and you have an idea of where these boys are coming from.
The bands’ origins go back to Oakland, CA, 2003, when the fellas were living in a dingy warehouse full of crust punks. They wanted to start a band that was real poppy, kind of like the first Red Cross EP, the polar opposite of the obnoxious crust that the dreadlocked frowners were always blaring. One to two minute unstoppable fucked up pop songs. Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Stop. Or maybe Intro Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus Stop. Clorox began to play frequently around the Bay Area before employing a “blitzkrieg tour strategy” that took them on the road. Portland´s Jonny Cat Records released their 4-song 7” debut that immediately sold out. The single was repressed, and the band embarked on its first US tour in the fall of 2003. On this tour, SmartGuy Records saw CG´s play, and over burritos agreed to release their first two LPs which were thusly recorded at Seattle´s Egg Studios with Kurt Bloch (Fastbacks) who engineered the “killer” 12-song self titled debut in the winter of´03, and the band´s second album, This Dimension in the winter of´04. The initial vinyl pressing of the first album sold out in two weeks so what was left to do but press up more copies and lots and lots of touring, and even a WFMU radio session where they shared the air with Belgian punk legends The Kids.
And 2007! A new lineup and a new LP! On the 14 tracks that comprise J´aime Les Filles, Clorox Girls show their addiction to French pop, referencing Jacques Du Tronc in the album title, covering pop star Lio´s 70´s hit ¨Le Banana Split,¨ and tinges of Francophile inspiration can be noticed if listened carefully (Les Calamites, Starshooter, Plastic Bertrand). Also some piano a la Dickies, some Beach Boys backing vocals... maybe even a bit of influence from (gasp) the Knack jabbing a ¨fuck you¨ to the punks? Ye Ye meets 70´s LA punk meets Buddy Holly?...Just grab your surfboard and go with it. J´aime Les Filles is available on CD and LP April 17th 2007 on BYO Records.

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MIDNIGHT MOVIES - CORAL DEN


Artist / Band: MIDNIGHT MOVIES
Song (MP3): CORAL DEN
Album: Lion the Girl
File Under: Psychedelic / Pop / Indie

Label: New Line RecordsInfo: idnight Movies would have you believe that Los Angeles isn’t just Andy Warhol’s garishly two-dimensional Marilyns—shallow, neon, and soulless. Nor would they equate the city to the hip-hop murals of Keith Haring, or some graffitied gangsta’s paradise, all bling bling and big pimpin’. The LA that surfaces in the music of Midnight Movies is a hazy, mysterious thing—warm, eerie nights, and ghosts of great actors haunting a would-be desert town. The music itself is the landscape’s appropriately ghastly space-rock soundtrack, reminiscent of outfits like Yo La Tengo and Stereolab, and fronted by Nico sound-alike Angeleno Gena Oliver, the band’s drummer and principal songwriter.
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RA RA RIOT - EACH YEAR


Artist / Band: RA RA RIOT
Song (MP3): EACH YEAR
Album: Ra Ra Riot
File Under: Rock / Indie

Info: Ra Ra Riot is an amorphous blob (read as: band) that consists of six highly dedicated individuals, each bringing her/his own experiences as both people and musicians to the metaphorical table. We feel strongly about moving people physically and mentally as a means of affecting positive micro/macrocosmic change. Formed and currently based in Syracuse, NY, Ra Ra Riot spends its time shaking the hands of foreign dignitaries, practicing, playing shows, eating pizza, and going about the business of everyday life. We have only existed since January 2006 C.E., an infant in that sense, but already have developed significantly as people and musicians. We look forward to seeing how the sound morphs as we hit adolescence and the subsequent teen years.
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THE SHINS - KNOW YOUR ONION!


Artist / Band: THE SHINS
Song (MP3): KNOW YOUR ONION!
Album: Oh, Inverted World
File Under: Indie
Label: Sub Pop

Info: The Shin's debut full-length, 2001's Oh, Inverted World, was a stunner; resoundingly well-received and landing itself on numerous year-end best-of-lists. MOJO placed it at ..14 of the year and commented, "This quartet from Albuquerque, New Mexico captured our hearts this summer with their pristine pop perfection." And, Seattle's The Stranger went even further with, "...a referential, brilliant record which had better blow up, or the world has forgotten what pop music is all about." As far as we're concerned it did blow up - seems there's still some hope for the world and its conception of pop music. Since that first record, singer/songwriter/guitarist James Mercer and drummer Jesse Sandoval moved from Albuquerque to Portland, OR and bassist Neal Langford was replaced with Dave Hernandez (ex-Scared Of Chaka), who played bass on the stand-out track from the first record, "New Slang." Chutes Too Narrow, their heavily anticipated follow-up, was recorded in James' basement home studio, with later mixing assistance from Phil Ek (Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, David Cross, Les Savy Fav, etc.). And, with 10 songs, clocking in at just over 30 minutes, the new record is a brief yet entirely scintillating glimpse at chiming, reflective and perfectly skewed pop innovation.
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Friday, March 16, 2007

playlist musichall 17 march


RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)

PRODUCED BY KOMUNIKATORI



DJ Quest & Odissi - Red Square (Cyberfunk)
Dj Killer - Acid (Original Mix) (Functional)
Future Funk Squad - De-Mystified' (KickflipRemix) (CDR / Default promo)
Subsource - This Town (Hook N Sling Remix) (CDR / Spinout promo)
Bassbin Twins - Dogs (Meat Katie Remix) (CDR / never to be released)
Eon - Texas Flex (Kraktronik)
Napt Feat Skibadee - Get Back (Sub Frequency Funk)Aqua Ski - I Wish Bootie (white)
Neztic - Sonidero (Ben & Lex Remix) (Breakin Even)
K Swing And Beber - This Is The Sound (Original) (Marine Parade)
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Sunday, March 11, 2007

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 11 MARCH


RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)

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EMILY GROGAN - LOST AT SEA


ARTIST / BAND: EMILY GROGAN
SONG (MP3): LOST AT SEA
ALBUM: At Sea
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Rock / Pop
LABEL: One Way Productions

INFO: Emily's first instrument was piano. Classical was her focus with a brief stint at Berklee studying jazz. While being a cook at the punk rock club The Rat, she was turned on to electric guitar, (her main instrument now) and hasn’t put it down since. Other instruments she’s played/performed with, include saxophone, bass guitar, drums and harmonica. Bands she’s played in- Boston Bands: Emily Grogan (vocals/guitar/keyboard/harmonica Red Chord (Alto Saxophone/Guitar/backup vocals), Heidi Saperstein (Bass Guitar), Angeline (Guitar/ vocals/ harmonica), Inky Spoon, Thumb Cramp, and Mr. Butch Experience (Guitar)- NYC Bands: Black Madonna, Screaming Venus (drums). As a Vocalist: Besides fronting her own band-Emily shares vocal duties in her new side project Angeline. She’s also done studio vocal work for : Andrea Gillis, Natalie Flannagan, Josh Lederman and Los Diablos, and the The Dirty Truckers. As Songwriter: . Her song No Hitch was in the Sony Pictures movie Jawbreaker. She co-wrote a song for vocal powerhouse Andrea Gillis for her new CD. Emily’s new side project Angeline, has her sharing writing duties with Linda Viens. All the songs/music on her self released 1st CD False-o-meter and her new CD Io, a One Way Productions release, are written by Emily. She is signed to One Way Productions. Her new 13 song CD, titled "iO" is scheduled for a late May, 2005 release. "Io" was produced and written by Emily, engineered and mixed by Darron Burke at Makeshift Studios. It contains some great local musicians: Scott Dakota, Andrea Gaudette, Scott Murawski, Josh Hagar, Mark Bowden, Shawn McLaughlin, Dave Grogan, Tom Halter and Julie Avallone. Emily also has a new side project, Angeline, with Linda Viens and Asa Brebner. Website http://www.onewayproductions.com/ Discography in Store Release Date for "iO": May 27, 2005

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JULIE DOIRON - NO MORE


ARTIST / BAND: JULIE DOIRON
SONG (MP3): NO MORE
ALBUM: Woke Myself Up
FILE UNDER: Folk Rock / Comedy / Indie
LABEL: JAGJAGUWAR

INFO: Julie Doiron is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage.
Doiron started playing guitar (later switching to bass) in Eric's Trip at age 18, having joined the band under the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip. Shortly before the band's break-up in 1996, she released a solo album under the name Broken Girl, which followed two previous 7" EPs under that name. All of her subsequent material, however, has been released under her own name.

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KISS KISS - MACHINES


ARTIST / BAND: KISS KISS
SONG (MP3): MACHINES
ALBUM: Reality Vs. The Optimist
FILE UNDER: Indie / Experimental / Progressive
LABEL: http://eyeballrecords.com

INFO: What distinguishes Kiss Kiss, a 5-piece orchestral rock ensemble, from its contemporaries is a unique synthesis of influences, resulting in moody music that hangs and dissolves on shrewd, artful songwriting. Blending analog synths, violin, distorted guitar and ambient sounds with tight arrangements and male/female vocals, it’s as though Kiss Kiss channeled the fragments of its musical predecessors, and reassembled them. Known for its unpredictable, high-energy live performances, Kiss Kiss routinely leads audiences into manic, affected states of high emotion. Coupled with a relentless tour schedule, the band has, in just three years, amassed a fiercely devoted, nationwide fanbase. Kiss Kiss is a rock-pop outfit, which turns that genre gracefully, but without compromise, on its head. Its aspiration? To breathe a new word into the lexicon of rock.
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FIELD MUSIC - GIVE IT LOSE IT TAKE IT


ARTIST / BAND: FIELD MUSIC
SONG (MP3): GIVE IT LOSE IT TAKE IT
ALBUM: Tones of Town
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Folk / Psychedelic
LABEL: Memphis Industries

INFO: Field Music (songwriting brothers Peter and David Brewis plus keyboard manipulator Andrew Moore) covered a lot of ground in 2006. The trio from Sunderland, England, have performed in Berlin, in Milan and Barcelona, toured France with Architecture in Helsinki and the UK twice on their lonesome, including Reading and Leeds Festival appearances, and the US where they were one of the surprise hits of SXSW. They also found time to invent a dance craze (according to English tabloid newspaper The News of the World), etch one side of a 7" with a list of things you really shouldn't do but probably have, release a cash-in-b-sides album which gave a brief and inaccurate history of a slew of pre-Field Music experiments. In addition the band also found time to record their second album proper.

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RICHARD SWIFT - KISSES FOR THE MISSES


ARTIST / BAND: RICHARD SWIFT
SONG (MP3): KISSES FOR THE MISSES
ALBUM: Dressed Up For The Letdown
FILE UNDER: Indie Pop
LABEL: SECRETLY CANADIAN

INFO: Richard Swift is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and short film maker. From late teens to yearly twenties Swift found himself providing for his family by doing an assortment of jobs... as a KFC cook, a carpenter, and at one point performing at large Fundamental Christian gatherings, such as Promise Keepers (the only highlight for Swift being that he got to sing "Amazing Grace" with the legendary Smokey Robinson). The experience left Swift with a bad taste in his mouth, and he moved on and began focusing on supporting himself and family by recording his own music as Richard Swift instead of the many pseudonyms he was hiding behind. He started honing his skills as keyboardist in the band, Starflyer 59 and in his own ambient-electronic outfit, Instruments of Science and Technology. Swift and his live band, The Sons of National Freedom, have earned a cult following through frequent touring in the US and Europe, alongside My Morning Jacket,Two Gallants and The Walkmen. His big break came at a performance at the 2006 South by Southwest festival. Swift's influences span Bob Dylan to early seventies dub acts including the Congos and Lee Perry, whilst his latest material has drawn comparisons to Burt Bacharach, Van Dyke Park, Paul McCartney , Rufus Wainwright and Elliott Smith amongst othe
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DAPPLED CITIES - FIRE FIRE FIRE


ARTIST / BAND: DAPPLED CITIES
SONG (MP3): FIRE FIRE FIRE
ALBUM: Grand dance
FILE UNDER: Tropical / Happy Hardcre / Neo-soul
LABEL: Dangerbird Records.

INFO: Fun exuberant indie-pop, that's weird enough to be interesting and familiar enough to be indelibly catchy" - Rolling Stone ****

With a name like Dappled Cities, it was always going to be a bit different. But we just didn't know it yet. We thought we were doing what every band did; Just play loud. We even thought our name was normal. Early on we were described variably as a "cross between Pavement, The Flaming Lips and an episode of Sesame Street," and "some kind of weird shit that just rocks."

Fair enough. Dappled Cities are preparing to unleash their 'Granddance' album upon an unsuspecting world. Recorded and mixed in Los Angeles & Nashville with a premier league production team of Jim Fairchild (of Grandaddy fame), Peter Walker and Jacquire King (Modest Mouse, Tom Waits, Kings Of Leon).
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!!! - MUST BE THE MOON


ARTIST / BAND: !!!
SONG (MP3): MUST BE THE MOON
ALBUM: Myth Takes
FILE UNDER: Healing & EasyListening / Electroacoustic / Progrsv House
LABEL: Warp Records

INFO: ! ! ! is pronounced as any three repetitive sounds. Common interpretations are chkchkchk, powpowpow, uhuhuh: unlimited possibilities.
The new album "Myth Takes" is FINISHED and will be released on 5th March 2007. Whew. Click here to see a list of places to buy.
Very likely we'll be playing your city/town/treehouse at least once next year...see the dates above.

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APOSTLE OF HUSTLE - MY SWORD HANDS ANGER


ARTIST / BAND: APOSTLE OF HUSTLE
SONG (MP3): MY SWORD HANDS ANGER
ALBUM: The National Anthem of Nowhere
FILE UNDER: Indie / Tropical / Folk Rock
LABEL: Arts&Crafts

INFO: Apostle of Hustle is one of those amazing live bands that I feel just doesn't capture the whole deal when they record. The live show features amazing rhythms derived from flamenco tap dancing on a big amplified piece of wood. I'm hoping that hasn't changed.I've seen Andrew Whiteman with Broken Social Scene a couple times, once they were great and once they were terrible, but Whiteman is always consistantly good. His Cuban origin was evident in the music - a latin feel prevails throughout. I don't know how prevalent it is in this song, not as much. So I don't know if the rest of the album is like this or not - I like it, but it's just, again, not like his live show. I haven't heard it all yet though, so I'm passing no judgements.
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WRECKAGE OF THE MODERN CITY - RESTLESS


ARTIST / BAND: WRECKAGE OF THE MODERN CITY
SONG (MP3): RESTLESS
ALBUM: singularity
FILE UNDER: Progressive / Rock / Electronica
LABEL: neotone-records.com

INFO: Formed at the dawn of the new millenium, WRECKAGE OF THE MODERN CITY'S signature kaleidoscopic sound combines complex rhythms, surreal lyrics, progressive modern rock and experimental electronic sounds to create a unique fusion of the best elements of late 20th-century and early 21st-century music."
(5 STARS)"
artsceneiowa.com
music-tech.net
"...as unpredictable as music can get... suggestive music made to enjoy!"
melodic.net
"[Singularity] traverses a variety of genres and emotions with the greatest of ease thanks to WOTMC's complex, yet uncluttered musical interplay ("Hurt," "Systematic"), Lemon's lucid, stream of consciousness lyrics ("Inside," "Mindtrap") and [Ancell's] tasteful use of sound effects ("Piece," "Tigerbone")... one of the most polished albums created by a Des Moines band in recent memory.Des Moines' Cityview
"...accessibility and style coexist harmoniously with an artful and inventive approach, drawing your attention to the methodology without eclipsing the substance."Cincinnati's CityBeat

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WINTERSLEEP - JAWS OF LIFE


ARTIST / BAND: WINTERSLEEP
SONG (MP3): JAWS OF LIFE
ALBUM: Untitled
FILE UNDER: Indie / French pop
LABEL: Labwork Music

INFO: Wintersleep’s Untitled has drawn comparisons to Radiohead, Mogwai, Hayden & Low and is just one of the reasons they've sold over 20,000 records in Canada and have been voted “Best Band” in Halifax three years running. At the close of 2006, Wintersleep had just wrapped up what would be their third tour across Canada in a year. And it ain’t over yet! On March 6th 2007, the band will see both of their releases untitled and self-titled hit record stores in the USofA... look for them on tour in the US throughout 2007!!!
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THE ACORN - SPRING THAW


ARTIST / BAND: THE ACORN
SONG (MP3): SPRING THAW
ALBUM: Tin Fist
FILE UNDER: Indie / Folk Rock / Grindcore
LABEL: Paper Bag Records

INFO: Spawned in the fertile swampland of Canada’s national capital, The Acorn has been creating experimental folk and music since early 2004. The project was initially the brain/lovechild of Rolf Klausener, who composed a series of gorgeous electro-acoustic folk tunes under the name. However, when his interest in bedroom electronics waned, Klausener decided to surround himself with a group of short to medium-sized musicians: Jeffrey, Howie and Jeff, who Voltron-like turned The Acorn into a full band concern. In July 2004, they released a lush, mostly instrumental tribute to the idyllic and vowel-heavy Outaouais region, called The Pink Ghosts. And in the fall of 2005, they released the Blankets! EP, a more melodically focused effort, which garnered them glowing praise from dozens of music blogs, the CBC, Exclaim! Magazine, as well as a top 50 spot on Canada’s National Campus charts.


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CALLA - BRONSON


ARTIST / BAND: Calla
SONG (MP3): Bronson
ALBUM: Strength In Numbers
FILE UNDER: Rock
INFO: Calla was formed in New York City in 1997 by Aurelio Valle (guitar, vocals), Sean Donovan (bass, keyboards, programming), and Wayne B. Magruder (percussion, programming), adding Peter Gannon in 2003 and Sean Donovan departing in 2004. However, the band's origins can be traced to Texas in 1993, where Valle, Magruder and Gannon began performing together in the Denton band, The Factory Press. The Factory Press relocated to New York in 1995, recording The Smoky Ends of a Burnt out Day with producers Kid Congo Powers and Matt Verta-Ray. The group split in 1997 and the album was not released until early 1998, by which time Valle and Magruder were pursuing new musical ventures. Most notably, Magruder worked with Bowery Electric and Windsor for the Derby. A four-track demo was completed in 1998, generating interest from the Brussels label Sub Rosa, which released the band's first album to critical acclaim in 1999. Calla's self-titled debut prised apart traditional song structures and reconfigured the components into subtly apocalyptic, cinematic pieces, at times evoking electronically processed Ennio Morricone soundscapes. Calla subsequently made the transition to performance, a process that gave Valle, Magruder, and Donovan their first taste of playing together outside a studio environment. Playing live had a significant impact on the band's sound and direction. Having been excited by the debut album, Michael Gira was particularly impressed by the way Calla's music had been changed by live performance and signed the group to his label, Young God Records.
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THE FATELS - SUNNI CHER


ARTIST / BAND: THE FATELS
SONG (MP3): SUNNI CHER
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Indie / Punk
LABEL: Unsigned

INFO: Fatels are a London three piece and can be found gigging and touting their chainsaw punk pop around London's prime alternative venues including support slots with the likes of Babyshambles, The Suffrajets, The Paddingtons, The Bishops, Little Man Tate, White Rose Movement, not to mention a storming set in Summer 06 at Lovebox Festival playing alongside The Holloways and Blondelle. A plethora of gigs has propelled Fatels firmly into the indie spotlight. Regular gig haunts include Barfly, Waterats, Nambucca, Rhythm Factory, The Spreadeagle (until it lost its license), La Fleche Dor in Paris to name a few.
Fresh from Ignition Studios in Holloway, new recording Tough Luck Kid is a slice of pure three minute punk pop perfection! The track won the band the Virgin Radio Extreme unsigned band Face Off for a record breaking FIVE weeks in a row! Marsha at XFM also picked up on the track for her notorious web pod casts.
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THE SAMMIES - FALLING OUT


ARTIST / BAND: THE SAMMIES
SONG (MP3): FALLING OUT
ALBUM: The Sammies
FILE UNDER: Indie / Alternative / Rock
LABEL: Morisen Records

INFO: The Sammies probably weren't even alive for post-punk, let alone punk, but what does that matter? On this energetic and infectious album track, they sound like Bloc Party or the Futureheads reincarnated as a Midwestern bar band. Drummer Donnie Yale makes his hi-hat sound ready for a fight, Gymmy Thunderbird's bass steps up disco-style to the chorus, and Murphy Upshaw's guitar is a rowdy pit of jostling elbows. Sounding a little like Mike Ness and a little like Paul Westerberg, vocalist Frank Backgammon foregoes darkly existential angst in favor of light hook-up despair, frankly admitting, "I wanna screw you tonight! I wanna be your best friend!" while the band puts the moves on that hot pop-hook chorus. "Falling Out" is just one cheeseball pick-up line away from getting into your ears' pants.

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