Mind The Journey EP

Mind The Journey is Spencer Sabo of Madison CT. He makes super weird synthy psychedelic pop music. On his eponymous EP he explores some pretty thick territory and the results are both confounding and joyous.

SPLNSHNTS - BlownCaseLoad

Ready for something new? Something you can't really describe easily? Filthybroke MJC and Parlay Droner team up to become the indomitable SPLNSHNTS and deliver delicious thunder to your ears!

Comets - Fire The Wake Up Call LP

The Gentle Police? Werewolf Stunts? No, it's Comets! Tynan Cooney and Cal McNamara make for a perfect duo on Comets debut LP "Fire The Wake Up Call"

HATESTICK - Molly Rub Me Raw​/​Disko 1900 7"

CT veterans Hatestick are back with a pair of gothic glitch groove tracks set to get your sad ass shaking!

Fake Babies talk "Summer Bodies" EP, The Future and Their Show @ Lipgloss Crisis on 9/6!

Fake Babies "Summer Bodies" is spinning all over the state, getting parties started and keeping bodies moving! I had the chance to ask the boys of Fake Babies some questions about their plans for future releases and shows, as well as a look inside their creative process. See the interview below!

Fake Babies - Summer Bodies EP

Dirty Soul pioneers Fake Babies have done it again. A new EP to get you moist and limber all night long. This one is jam packed with sweaty hot beats and enough gorgeous melody to get any party started and continue perpetually.

KINGS - "WE ARE" Video

Kings are working on some new music, and to start teasing us about it here is an amazingly awesome video for "We Are". The video is by Sarah Lasley who intends on making a video for every song from a new song cycle that John Panos is working on, which will probably end up as an LP. This is a video you don't want to miss! Beneath the video are links to the soundcloud for the song "We Are" and its possible 7" bside "You Don't Have To (Txt Me)"

KINGS "We Are" from sarah lasley on Vimeo.

Fake Babies EP

Fake Babies are back with an eponymous EP filled with dance tunes to rock your body and soothe your soul! This EP expands upon the promise of their 2011 debut LP "We Started Blues" with 4 new awesome tracks guaranteed to keep any party going!

Brett Gleason/Jonathan Sibrava/Tenshi/Luke and Seth @ The Space 7/29

Brooklyn based electro rock pianist Brett Gleason will be performing at The Space as part of their "Summer Singer/Songwriter Series" so get down to Hamden to get your ears filled with his musical goodness!

Color Plus - Cerulean Dream

Are you ready to be submersed into a sea of electronic sound? The Fairfield artist, Color Plus, is the captain of this voyage. Prepare yourself a glass of the finest whiskey and enjoy the ride. Color Plus’s beat tape, “cerulean dream” is not one to be missed.

Color Plus - My Three Suns by CTINDIE

ANAMANAGUCHI with MATH THE BAND and 2 TON BUG @ Lilly's Pad

ASTERISK CONCERTS PRESENTS:

ANAMANAGUCHI
Anamanaguchi is a four-piece group from New York City that combines guitars with the thick, electronic tones of a Nintendo Entertainment System. With driving, dynamic and melodic tracks, they focus on creating sounds that seem bigger than their hardware. A member of the artist collective 8bitpeoples, Peter Berkman has been creating chiptune music since 2003. They have since toured across the country and briefly in the UK and Ireland. Their debut, ‘Power Supply’ EP, was released in 2006 as a free download through 8bitpeoples and has since received over 50,000 downloads.


MATH THE BAND
Math the Band is a electro-punk spazz duo from Providence, RI. They use a combination of old video game systems, analog synthesizers and energy drinks to make the fastest, loudest, most party-est music they can imagine. They've only cracked their head open on stage ONCE


2 TON BUG
I am going to let their facebook bio explain "WE CAME UP THROUGH THE MUD AND STRAIGHT TO YOUR HEARTS". I think that about does it!


This all takes place tomorrow, December 2nd at The Lily Pad (Upstairs at Toad's Place)
300 York St, New Haven
8PM / $10

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!!

See you there

Anamanaguchi - 1 - Blackout City by edflores1

D. GOOKIN - SPIRAL STYLE

I am not sure when it began or why. In the late 80s and early 90s, which is my remembered youth, I recall coming to the assumption that as technology grew fidelity and quality would grow with it. Over time this assumption was challenged on many fronts with the "art vs. commercial" war of the past 30 years. Automation and machines gave us Kraftwerk but they also gave us Dee-Lite. "Laptop music" ranges from the most predictable disco to the most impromptu experimental drone noise. There is truly no way to accurately measure how technology has affected the many ways we experience and participate in life.
This becomes especially interesting when you see how people use their computers to make music that harnesses the power and fidelity we were "promised" with technologies growth, as well as the less polished, even intrusive sounds that we always seem to gravitate toward. Perhaps it's another constant struggle, this time between our need to achieve "perfection" and our ultimate desire to conquer/destroy it.
D. Gookin is a man who makes musical creations operating out of new haven. For years he has been busting out seriously energetic live shows. His bio says he is a drummer and vocalist, and that the remaining sounds of his band are "lovingly crafted backing tracks".
His newest set of recordings, Spiral Style, was released September 23rd via Moodgadget and EXPLODES into your ears with infectiously sugary electro pop.
Combining 8bit sounds with glossier synth samples, the listener is caught between decades of technology all while celebrating the pulsing thump of the natural pop music we all share instinctively. The drums are expertly played and programmed, and while auto-tune is definitely a cliche in terms of music fashion, the use of it in these enjoyably cliched pop songs feels fitting.
Opener "Way 2 Grow" makes no mistakes about its sound, coming right into being with an intense musical optimism that carries all the way to the closing number "Stealing Sunchips", with no breaks to relax.
I got a chance to ask D. Gookin's Mike Birnbaum a few questions about his music and tastes recently via email, here's what he had to say:

So, what's the big idea with you anyway?
No big deal. I'm just this screwy dude.

How has your perspective on music changed growing up in an increasingly technological world?
My perspective has continuously changed for the better as technology has progressed. As the internet and music making tools have together become easier to maneuver and more uniform, music for me has become de-mystified in a good way. It all makes it easier to have big ideas on a small scale and vice versa. Before having your own solo act vision seemed like a way too personal endeavor for lots of people to care about. But now this kind of "putting out your personalized vibes and doing you" mentality is fully embraced. Whats the most fun and immediate about making music and being creative in general has become what matters the most.

You seem to make infectious pop while simultaneously mocking it, who's side are you on?
My intention has never been to mock pop music. A giant realization for me though at some point was that music I didn't have a choice to listen to ruled my mind and emotions the same as, if not more so, than music I sought out on my own. I'd say also in the scheme of pop music my stuff is too weird to truly be pop. I think my music ends up being laced with poppy feels sounds and melodies because I want my music to come from a really raw and exciting place. And for me that place is usually some kind of overindulgent sugary wasteland.

What is your opinion of "atom and his package"?
Ya know, you asking me this promptly reminded me that it is my duty to finally check that out. My first listen impressions - I am not really a "clever one man act" enthusiast and him laying on the pseudo nerd core vibes is a turn off but some that "worms going into holes posi synth sound meets some big chords" going on in some of those tracks is awesome! Can't hate on that!
What is your dream gig?
Try this one out - Tobacco, Paramore, Millionaires, Super Cat, Andrew W.K., New Boyz, Unicorn Kid, Lady Gaga only performing 'eh eh' and.......Incubus. Secret show too. Ahahah you asked!

Which of your influences would surprise your fans/friends the most?
KELLEY CLARKSON! & as of recent Shwayze & Cisco :)

How do you harness inspiration for songs?
Occasionally I'll go after the "I'm gonna make a song in this style" mentality but mostly looping things that contain vibes I enjoy, trying to hear a melody in it, and staring at something like a recycling symbol or certain girls' facebook photos........YOOOO JUST KIDDING

Learn more about D. Gookin at his website: www.dgookin.com
Also check out his Facebook Page and Bandcamp

Way 2 Grow by DGOOKIN

Deluxe - Plastic Glass (Single)

Deluxe is on the cutting edge of the 1980's vibe! If 2011 is truly the year of retro, then these fine gentleman are striking while the iron is hot. Employing the use of technologies old and new, Deluxe adorns their songs with lush instrumentation. Drum machines, synths and guitar all intermingle on the Plastic Glass single. The short story on Deluxe: Started in 2009 by Jayson Munro (The Striders, Ghost of Chance) and Dave Brook, this project was largely an idea until 2011 with the recording of several new songs. Jayson and Dave wield software like experts, as they do analogue instruments (guitar, bass, analogue synth). While no shows are currently lined up, they are working on their debut release and are hopeful to play shows in support of it. Whether you like synthy, anachronistic pop music or not; the passion embedded in the songs is undeniable. These are people who are here to create music.

Jayson Munro has a long history of writing songs, and he remains true to form with these songs. Solid, natural progressions with the icing of 80's styling make this initial single an obvious portent of what's to come. We wait patiently for Deluxe to fill our ears with a smattering of tongue-in-cheek serious music!

Download the "Plastic Glass" single by Deluxe today and join the future/past!

Keep your eyes peeled for "Color by Deluxe" coming this fall/winter
Plastic Glass Single by 00Deluxe00

Keep your eyes peeled for "Color by Deluxe" coming this fall/winter
Deluxe - plastic glass by 00Deluxe00