Palehound - Kitchens 7"

Palehound aren't stopping anytime soon. Here's a look at their new 7 inch "Kitchens" on Exploding In Sound Records, reviewed by Nicole Barnhart.

slander - device b/w flood

Everyone's favorite female fronted high energy band is back with a new single, device b/w flood! Slander pack even more punch in these two new songs!

Sub Verso - Humble Moons 7"

Sub Verso are from New Haven and Chicago, respectively. They have a new 7 inch out and it's well worth your ears time!

SINGLE: Cold Feet - Anna

In the mist of neo-disco irony and reverb-saturated chicness, Cold Feet's "Anna" dares to embrace bubble gum pop music... and that is not a bad thing. Cold feet, while embracing cheeky pop elements, still manage to pull off a cascade of wonderful sounds. Sounds which drips down and in your ears--filling your body with a cheerful warmth--letting you lose track of your troubles and a bad day. Keep it up, hope to hear more from Cold Feet.

2 Ton Bug bring you to THRILLSVILLE

2 Ton Bug stay true to form with their new 2-tracker "THRILLSVILLE" which just came out on the 4th of July via their Bandcamp.

New SPACE ORPHANS 7" - Shoegazy Giuseppi and Ricky Ritardo

Space Orphans have a new 7 inch coming your way, so ready your turntable for some new waxy goodness!

VIDEO: The Field Recordings - (Caught Up in All the) Interludes

The Field Recording boys are at it again. This time with a fun video. The band, at the moment just a duo, rock out in a creepy attic and hang around in a weird looking empty house. The video is well produced with lots of quick cuts, smoke machines, and confetti! Check it out!

Oh, and they are looking for a bassist/keyboard player.

Two Humans: Single and Single (single!)

Two Humans hail from Wethersfield, CT and they are ready to make your summer more beautiful! With their new digital single "Single and Single" they bring you two new songs to fill your ears with joy!

Coax Rhino - High Beams

"High Beams" is Coax Rhino's new single. The song reminds one of Enon--the video is... well... just watch it and you'll see. But the song is a neat disco/rock hybrid. With a high energy post-rock crescendo towards the end. Check these guys out



Highbeams by Coax Rhino

Ghost of Chance - Krunk Juice

Ghost of Chance are at it again! Here's a new single from their upcoming album "Be My Void" called "Krunk Juice". Get this track, put on some good headphones and do it up!

Speedy Ortiz - "Taylor Swift" b/w "Swm Fan"

From the ashes of old bands comes new ones. When the members of Speedy Ortiz's other bands split up (the sadly missed: Quilty, Graph and Ovlov) members of these bands got together to explore their tastes in a new setting: SPEEDY ORTIZ.

The Fake Babies – Don’t Hold Your Breath

The Fake Babies, with their late era Modest Mouse/Walkmen-esque vocals, processed drum machines, and haunting synths, create an interesting, artful, and noisy electronic song. The 4-piece, based out of New Haven, Conn., has just begun working on a new LP. Keep your eyes peeled for more stuff by these guys.

Fake Babies - Dont Hold Your Breath by CTINDIE

The Mountain Movers are a classic modernity!

The warm tape hiss forewarns of the the abrupt and awesome sonic blast of the first track of The Mountain Movers new 45RPM single. "I Watch The Sea" cracks open like an egg and instantly attracts with its melange of classic and current rock swagger. I hear everything from The Stones to Sonic Youth in this song. It's bursting with attitude and from what I understand is a current live favorite (and rightly so!). This song has several false endings so keep on it, as I am sure this could easily turn into a much longer song live. Up next is the prettiest song on this 45, "World What World" charms us with a lean 1:26 of sweet waxy pop. I think this song stands out as the most accessible one, and thankfully we are able to post/stream it HERE.

Side B has slow chugger "I've Been To Space". While noticably more discordant than the other side, this song is nonetheless as engaging and remarkable. The environment is airy and menacing and eventually unfolds into a squealing feedback outro. I noticed it seems like this 7 " is like day and night on the opposing sides, which I think is pretty neat. The vibes of the music on the first side are certainly more conventionally melodic, and side B is dark and creepy, as well as slightly dissonant.

I am a huge fan of vinyl and this 45 brought back the sensations of my first few K records singles. There is a certain warm excitement that comes from dropping the needle on a short piece of wax from an artist you know is making music not only out of love for creation, but also out of love for the medium they chose. The Mountain Movers take the old, and they make it new!

I did a brief email interview with Rick of The Mountain Movers:

This 45 is very classic! Classic sounding and designed. Is this going to be a single series like the old days? How many singles do you have planned?

This single, "Sea/World/Space", is the first of 3 planned 45rpm 7 inch singles. We will release the next two in the new year. It is a mini-series, in that sense. We are currently working on the next one. Each single will have the same Car Crash Avoiders label sleeve with die-cut center, but there will be design variations on the actual label on the record. Been having a lot of love for the ol' 7" single lately. The format, the label sleeve, the artifact itself...it is really quite special. We were very inspired, visually, by the singles of 60s and 70s. But, of course, Dan Greene has his distinct artistic style that he puts on everything we do, which I think is very unique. It's our twisted homage to that style.

Have you found working with tape to vinyl has met your expectations?

Yes. Tape is the best! All of our releases have been recorded onto tape, with the exception of our debut CD (and picture disc 7" single, recorded during those same sessions). We love records and think there is something truly unique about the format. Tape is warm and organic, fussy and temperamental, just like us. Give us tape...2 inch 16-track reel-to-reel, 4-track cassette tape home recorder...we'll take it any day over digital recording. We love tape hiss. We always include a digital copy with our full length LP releases as we understand folks like to have it for their on-the-go devices (car stereo, mp3 player, etc) but really we are putting out music we love on the formats we love: vinyl and tape.

What is your favorite 45?

This question is near impossible to answer! Personally speaking, prior to this last summer, I would have probably picked a Peruvian cumbia 45 as they sound amazing and look totally awesome with their record label sleeves and interesting label artwork. But right now my most beloved 45 is one that I picked up in Morocco. I don't know who it is and I can't tell if the writing I can read (the few words that are not written in the Arabic alphabet) is the name of the songs, or the singer. "El Farka Chaabia" is the best guess I can make as to the name of the artist. But it is absolutely beautiful, inside and out. I can tell you it is on Koutoubiaphone, the premier Moroccan label of the early 70s, which is when this single dates back to. And while this particular Koutoubiaphone single has a picture sleeve with stunning front and back cover images, their generic label sleeve of the time is very awesome too.

Thanks for the compliment, we are feeling very accomplished with this one! It's nice to have a new release that reflect the current line-up, which we are enjoying tremendously.

And thanks for taking the time to ask some questions!
Cheers
-Rick

Well, there you have it. Go enjoy this and the future 45 singles from this CT powerhouse!


The Mountain Movers - World What World by CTINDIE