Captain Ahab - The Kingdom of Light

Typical LA dudes doing typical LA things.

drinking beers, water fights, cruising the city, enjoying Santa Monica and the boardwalk, exploding fist bumps, nun-chucking flying slabs of meat, seeing the stars from the Griffith Observatory and on the sidewalks of Hollywood, scarfing down In N' Out (animal style, duh), destroying fruit with katanas, drinking Windex and Mountain Dew, scarfing down Pink's, Mexican food, drinking piss, pissing on each other, used condom fights followed immediately by consumption, vomiting, water boarding each other (try it!), beating the shit out of each other, simulating sadistic sex crimes, power tool eroticism, parties that inevitably lead to orgies, and dying  incredibly bazaar, horrible deaths.

it's totes LA glam!


The Kingdom of Light from Captain Ahab on Vimeo.

HOLY OTHER - Feel Something

Very cool song and an even cooler video.

i mean, seriously.  fighter jets flying through clouds, mountains, and a coastline...fucking rad.

the song builds slowly, adding samples along the way.  the video follows, starting with a lone fighter doing soft aerial maneuvers, suddenly joined by a mean looking fighter that gives chase, matching trick for trick.  war machines never looked so pretty.

put this shit on full screen, highest quality, and enjoy the dog fighting ballet.

Balam Acab - Dream Out

Balam Acab makes some beautiful music.

hypnotic sampling with equally hypnotic homespun beats.  songs that deserve equally beautiful and hypnotic videos.

check out this very blissed out, fan-made video from vimeo. i offer "Dream Out" as a mere appetizer, check out other, less accessible tracks by Balam Acab ("Big Boy" and "Oh Why" to boot) when you're ready.  i mean, fuck man, Ellen Page likes him...

Dream Out - Balam Acab from Maiya on Vimeo.

Grimes - Oblivion

First off, what an awesome name.  Grimes.

Claire Boucher's range is ridiculous.  the layered harmonies and a bubbly, yet dreary beat make "Oblivion" a super catchy and addictive track.

don't be decieved by Boucher's gorgeous voice. the lyrics sound deceptively sweet, due thanks to Boucher's high octave vocals, but the dark and grimy (hah i know) electronic score reveal the true coldness of her words.

check out this dope video and see you on a dark night.


Grimes - Oblivion from Jose Molina on Vimeo.

Killorgiveup - Blind

Straight out of motherfucking Estonia (which actually has a pretty killer hip-hop underground), Killorgiveup brings you a swag filled, synth driven 808 nightmare.

the male and female vocal duo stay in perfect sync through out the track, a nice contrast to the spastic beat.

taste the iron curtain.

  

Sleep ∞ Over - Romantic Streams

Faded out VHS sound.  it's a familiar twist of senses, a bit of melancholy.

Sleep  Over exploits this memory, this feeling, and hits you in the face with a synthed out early 90's TV drama dreamscape.  get over the weirdness and embrace this ballad.

this song is driven by seductive hooks and a hypnotic melody fueled by Stefanie Franciotti's brutal vocals.  give it a listen.

   

gvcci hvcci - Perfect Touch

Ah yeah, you can't go wrong with the gvcc hvcc (pronounced gooch hooch).  gvcci hvcci and Cop Magnet, the dynamic duo of anemic witch hop rapping and thugged out production, strike again with another 1.5 minute hit straight to the dome.

the usual formula here: sick beat, highly indecipherable lyrics, and the parts that are decipherable are filled with sadistic and hedonistic sin.  this track features mutilation and butthole pleasures such as sticking a high heel into a person's asshole.  seriously, fucking crazy.  that's the perfect touch apparently.  she's a tiny white girl (i think) with the blood lust and sexual desire of Wayne Gacey, Jeffery Dahmer, and Blanch Devereaux (Golden Girls, yo).

it's this type of pageantry that sets gvcci hvcci aside from the likes of Nicki Minaj.

Perfect Touch by Gvcci Hvcci

Artist Profile - Matthew Miracle

Matthew Miracle, or Matt Howard if you prefer his Christian name, is a buddy of mine/DJ/producer from Murderopolis, Minnesota.  He's been helping me out with my own music and his shit's getting pretty nice, so i wanted to highlight his talents.  i axed him a few questions via facebook, he answered them, and i posted them (adding in fake dialogue to make it sound less post physical).

shitilike: the classic cliched opening question, when did you first get into electronic music?

Matthew: I got into electronic music when I was probably 12 years old, when Napster first was taking off. I really liked the Chemical Brothers. Their track "Star Guitar" had a huge influence on me, and still does. Then later discovered Daft Punk's Discovery album.. nuff said.


shitilike: yeah man, Star Guitar was pretty dope.  how long have you been working on your music?

Matthew: I've been DJing since I was 16.. so 7 years roughly. I've been producing for 4 years now.


shitilike: i'm super jelly of your experience.  i reckon you've compiled some hardware over the years.  what are you using to make your shit?

Matthew: I use some pretty ghetto equipment. A really shitty numark mixer..numark TT1625 turntables (suck), an MPC2000, and just recently started producing tracks with Ableton (LOVE)! I use my friends Serato as much as I can.. hope to upgrade as soon as I can afford it!


shitilike: Ableton is key.  i've been creeping on your soundcloud for a bit now.  really digging your tracks, especially the new one, The Good Message (see below), how'd you put that shiz together?

Matthew: I used Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" which is a classic 80's hip-hop track. I had recently picked up the Freescha album "What Comes Inside You" and some of the tracks had a nice hip-hop feel to them. My favorite one: "Come Good" had the same bpm as "The Message", so I just found an acapella and put it together in ableton (restructuring them a little bit). 


shitilike: i like it.  is there anything you've been working on, anything i can expect to hear soon?


Matthew: What's next is a Wiz Khalifa mashup which is almost done! It's going to be fucking awesome... hipster creampie! I'm also working on a Rich Boy "Throw Some D's" mashup. Finally for mashups I've got Pink Floyd in mind, going to be SUPER crunk. Got a few hip-hop projects in the works too, a band I'm starting with a friend, and my own personal endeavors.


shitilike: excited.  especially for Throw Some D's.  i fucking love that trash.  you've got a lot of projects in the works, you get any chances to do some live shit?

Matthew: I perform at a local lounge called The Tea Garden! It's a super legit spot, love the people that work there and come in there. Super supportive and have helped me grow as a DJ. I also rock house parties, which I love because you can go way crazier getting fucked up with your friends in the basement!


My goals for Minneapolis is to begin DJing at the Triple Double which is a dance night every Tuesday at the Triple Rock Social Club.. it's a really great venue with insanely good drink specials! I also want to begin spinning at Too Much Love at Minneapolis's First Avenue venue (where Prince got started)! After that, touring is my dream. Someday New York, LA, Europe, Japan... festivals too!


shitilike: getting fucked up with your friends in the basement whilst spinning is fucking righteous. good luck to you Matt! and keep making and sharing your bomb ass music.   


check out Matthew Miracle's newest track:



The Good Message by Matthew Miracle

along with his soundcloud page:
Latest tracks by Matthew Miracle

HOLY OTHER - We Over

A super glitched out video to a super glitched out and beautiful song.

based out of Manchester, HOLY OTHER is producing some next level shit for TRI▼ANGLE records (home of Balam Acab and oOoOO).  his tracks are spacey, filled with lots of reverb and bass, which he manipulates perfectly to create music that gives off a genuine and sometimes ominous emotional vibe.


check out this video made for his track, We Over.  a heavy bass line accompanied by chopped up vocal samples, and a nice subtle snare make for a lovely three and a half minutes.

White Ring - Faded/BMF Remix

White Ring was one of the first witch house acts i ever listened to and i put them by the way side whilst discovering other sounds.  i under-appreciate them.

they are fucking amazing.

after finding and listening to so many synth/drum machine artists, coming back to White Ring with a new ear makes me truly understand just how fuckin' trill this two piece group is.

i have no idea what the fuck the singer is saying, but it doesn't matter.  it's all gravy when it's matched with some of the most hellish thug production i've ever heard.  count these tracks as evidence.

in Faded, we've got thick kick/snare/clap driven by haunting melodic synths. swag swag swag.

WHITE RING - Faded by flight_2039

swag so fucking dirty, White Ring finally did the proper thing.  channeling their dirty south backbone, they made an entire remix album filled with chopped and screwed hip hop tracks, including an epic remix of Rick Ross' BMF.  bump. this. shit.

Modern Witch - Black Curtains

Modern Witch is a visual/music act based in Amsterdam.

the group has shifted over time, at one point they were as large as 4 artists.  Mario Zoots and Kristy Fenton are the rock-steady regulars.  they're currently together in Amsterdam, playing gigs and plugging away at a new single.

they've graced LA a few times with contributions at the now closed Show Cave (RIP), including a legendary, euphoric dance inducing performance of In Your Eyes.

in Black Curtains, Fenton seems to be experimenting with some vocal manipulation a-la Crsytal Castles (parts very reminiscent to Crimewave) and TEARIST.  it sounds great, and the pair seem to be hitting a great stride together, creating more complex and well put together music.

 

Black Curtains by Modern Witch

GuMMy†Be▲R! - I'm Never Wrong

An oldie but a goody by Oakland producer GuMMy†Be▲R!

"I'm Never Wrong" is a cut from his first album, Inauspicious so the sound quality is pretty poor but it does not stop me from bumping it every time i put on my headphones.

the beat and melody have a similar dark ass vibe to GURL the inaudible rantings of some Rasta guy is replaced by a warped and slow rap flow complete with a sick hook.  the track's so super hard, the warped chipmunk sounding vocals still sound fuckin' ganster as hell.

11. GuMMy†Be▲R!: I'm Never Wrong by Right Hear

Teeel - Marx On My Heart

This song oozes 1980's romance and the video appropriately matches the sentiment.  chalk filled with some of the most iconic 1980's love scenes, this song/video doesn't disappoint those obsessed with neon colored Wayfarers and tacky yet bold fashion statements.

only complaint, where's Say Anything?  that's like THE 1980's romance film.  where's John Cusack, period?

props to anyone who can name every single movie in this video.

Pictureplane - Black Nails

At the surface, a lot of Pictureplane's music sounds like 1990's dance floor bangers a la Night at the Roxbury but that's part of the allure of his music.  blend that super colorful and loud 90's aesthetic with nightmare dark overtones, modern cynicism, and Travis Egedy's hushed voice, and you get Pictureplane's new album: Thee Physical.

i've been waiting for this thing to drop for mooooooonths (out as of July 19th) and i shit myself when Altered Zones streamed the whole thing for free 10 days early.  the album is amazing, impossible not to dance to it, and he manages to do something i have not yet seen in the world of gravewave/witch house/fuck you music.

he has shit to say.

he talks about things that are very relevant to the modern era of virtual narcissism.  as social/virtual media expands, people are becoming more connected and disconnected at the same time.  the physical world dwindles and the desire for physical touch and face to face emotion weakens.

we are all post physical.

so bang this shit and dance with some people.

Black Nails by PICTUREPLANE

Com Truise - Futureworld

So in the future, when Skynet finally becomes self aware, Terminators will take over the planet.  eventually they will develop crude emotions along with the ability and desire to dance to sounds.

a dance floor with 1,000 terminators, composed completely and solely of T-101's and T-1000's (because Terminator 3 and 4 were total fucking bullshit).  some will have the organic human tissue camouflage, others will be in pure titanium skeletal form, all will be dancing.  there will be lots of unprotected roboSex fueled by mounds of roboCaine as the Terminators go through their own version of the 1980's.

Com Truise will be the soundtrack.

filled with futuristic computer synth melodies and 80's style hip hop drum beats, it's the perfect accompaniment to roboDebauchery.



  

Futureworld (WIP) by Com Truise

Class Actress - Keep You

I saw Class Actress (along with Chain Gang of 1974 and Washed Out) at the Echoplex last night.  it was an amazing show and basically a massive dance party.  the euphoric atmosphere and grooves lingered in my head and kept me dancing on my bike (lots of head nodding and jumps) the entire ride home.

the highlight of the night was definitely Washed Out. the air became electric as soon as they walked out and people started dancing upon hearing the first note being played.  Class Actress though, was a great surprise.

vocalist, Elizabeth Harper is sexy as hell and an amazing performer.  her voice is a perfect compliment to Mark Richardon's 1980's inspired production.

check out the track Keep You. it was definitely the best song in their set last night and it was the first thing in my head this morning. 

Keep You by Class Actress

Araabmuzik - Let It Go

Dang.

he make's this shit look easy/fucking cartoonish.  it's unreal and polished. real quick, check out this video of Araabmuzik freestyling.

like, he's just pressing buttons, but with an intense, incredibly intuitive and FAST accuracy.  HE MAKES SICK FUCKING BEATS.  the MPC is like an extension of his body, he's part man part machine.

now, check out his track "Let it Go".  along with a sick and layered beat, a soft dreamlike vocal is added, making it into a track that feels whole. it's oh so nice.

GuMMy†Be▲R! - GURL

GuMMy†Be▲R! is a witch house/witch hop (whatever the fuck you wanna call it) producer out of Oakland who just signed to Disaro.  he's got an EP dropping soon called Time.

this shit is grimy.    

the track's got pounding bass, snares, and snaps mixed with a funeral synth and string melody, all accompanied by random ass indecipherable rantings from some Rasta.  it sounds like something Satan would play whilst taking bong rips and loading a gun.

needless to say, it's amazing and you should listen to it.

GURL by GuMMy†Be▲R!

Happy Fiscal New Year! My Favorite Tracks of the 2011 Fiscal Year

So one of the ways that I've come to realize that I'm a total work drone is the fact that the fiscal new year has become more significant to me than the calendar new year.  July 1st marks the new fiscal year (at the company that i work for).

these are my favorite tracks that got me through the fiscal year (released July 2010-July 2011).  they aren't in any  particular order, because ranking the tracks you love is fucking stupid as hell.

(some of them will be linked to videos or soundclouds or some shit, others i've covered in previous entries. the rest find yourself, you lazy fuck. you can google anything).

1. Salem – King Night (alright, possibly the coolest song i've ever seen/heard live.  as soon as the drum machine kicks in, you're flooded with light and smoke)

2. Salem – Trapdoor (my anthem for the year and what got me through the tougher parts of it.  nah, i ain't tryin' to look back, nah nah)

3. Salem – Stay Away (Remix of Charli XCX)

4. Salem – Try it On (Remix of Interpol)

5. Salem – Outsydanite

6. Gatekeeper – Serpent

7. White Ring – We Rot (such a sick beatttttttttttt)  

8. White Ring – IxC999

9. Cults – You Know What I Mean

10. Gvcci Hvcci – Queen of Darkness

11. Gvcci Hvcci – Superlow

12. Gvcci Hvcci – Cut the Rope

13. Vivian Girls – Heard You Say

14. John Maus – Believer

15. Purity Ring – Lofticries

16. Purity Ring – Ungirthed

17. La Sera – Never Come Around

18. Games – Planet Party

19. Girl Unit – Wut

20. Girls – Thee Oh So Protective One (oh little girl you just don't know)

21. Why? – Good Friday (ok, this one came out back in 08, but it was totally major for me back in Jewly)

22. The Weeknd – The Morning

23. The Weeknd – The Party and the After Party

24. Panda Bear – Slow Motion

25. Panda Bear – Tomboy

26. Warpaint – Elephants (stumbled onto this band (literally) at FYF. became obsessed. check out the video, it's mesmerizing)

27. Wavves – Baseball Cards (time...takes it's toll.  where do i go? i don't know)

28. Best Coast – Our Deal

29. Com Truise – Polyhurt

30. Pregnancy Pact – 777 (ft. Thieves)

31. Teams – Based Love

32. Mater Suspiria Vision – Holy Beast of Bethlehem

33. Silver Strain – Sadicos Infernal (rivals Salem when it comes to drum machine work)

34. Washed Out – Feel it All Around

35. Cold Cave – Youth and Lust

36. Destroyer – Kaputt

37. Wild Nothing – Bored Games

38. Wild Nothing - Chinatown (we're not happy till we're running away)

39. Glasser – Mirrorage

40. HEALTH – DISCO2 (whole fucking album)

41. oOoOO – Burnout Eyes

42. Radiohead – Lotus Flower

43. Tearist – Headless

44. Tearist – End Flux

45. Tearist – Civilization

46. Twin Shadow – Slow (i don't wanna...be...believe in...love)

47. Twin Shadow – Castles in the Snow

48. †‡† (Ritualz) – Ghetto Ass Witch (ft. Gvcci Hvcci)

49. Crystal Castles – Empathy

50. Crystal Castles – Baptism

51. Lapalux – Kelly Brook

52. Lapalux – There Are Monsters In This Bed

53. Teams vs Star Slinger – Punch Drunk Love

54. Pictureplane – Post Physical (i can feel your mind. you can feel my mind too. we are all post physical)

Teams VS Star Slinger - Punch Drunk Love

Two amazing and emerging producers team up on Mexican Summer to bring forth a siiiiiiiiiick (sic6sic6sic6) collaboration album, Say Please.

check out Punch Drunk Love.  it's a perfect blend of two different skill sets coming together to create something exquisite.  you can hear it in the track: Team's spacey chopped up sampling (for another example: read my post on Teams - Based Love) of Barbara Mason's vocals from the song "Yes, I'm Ready" mixed with Star Slinger's superior drum machine composition.  it's a two headed dragon that fucking spits fire into your ears.

Lapalux - Kelly Brook

what a mind fuck, seriously. i don't even know what to call this.

about every 30 seconds, you feel like you know where the song is going and then it turns into something completely different.  to many, it may just sound like noise, but give it a few listens.  there's a lot of beauty in this mess.

check out this track and video from Essex (UK) producer Lapalux.  at least appreciate the first 1:30 of the video, it's dope as hell man.  

Teams - Based Love

Yes, it's another post about an artist from Disaro.  it's not my fault that he signs so many amazing musicians.  i don't know shit about Teams except that he or she or they make great dance music.

i missed a chance to see Teams at Show Cave because my friends were being bitches and didn't want to venture from Silver Lake to Eagle Rock (also missed Reporter, god damn it).  i get my next shot on July 2nd at the Magic Stick (Detroit) when i'm visiting the Musky Mitten. 

check out this sick track and video.  Based Love has a great blend of both space and breaks, which creates a nice push and pull effect.  you just want the track to take off, and it does, but only in certain moments and bursts, making it even more satisfying to listen to.

       

Cults - You Know What I Mean

In the last two days, i have listened to this song around 60 times. i'm listening to it as i write this.

Cults is composed of singer Madeline Follin and singer/guitarist/synths/percussionist Brian Oblivion.  the music is very well crafted and they've got a great 60's bubble-gum pop sound.  

You Know What I Mean is my favorite song from Cults.  the bass, guitar, and percussion (complete with nice echoed finger snaps) are super chill and bring to mind old school slow dance jams.  Follin's sugary voice is a perfect juxtaposition.  how can a voice so sweet, go so well with such mellow music and forlorn lyrics?  i dunno, but it fucking does.      

give it a listen, cuz i am afraid of the light yeah, you know what i mean.

Cults - You Know What I Mean by cultscultscults

Pictureplane - Real is a Feeling

Pictureplane is a project by Denver's Travis Egedy.  I first heard about him through HEALTH's second remix album, Disco2 (great album, also the way I found SALEM).

Real is a Feeling dropped about a month ago and i've been playing it daily since.  it's pretty accessible, this being realized by the fact that my coworkers are able to stand it when i drive the company van (most of them don't have an ear for the shit i like).  it's really dancy with a great beat, heavy on the drum machine.  the song starts with a fade-in, but it quickly builds to all guns blazing within seconds.

it doesn't let up.

check out the video for the track cuz real is a feeling, and we're feeling so real.

video: http://www.vimeo.com/23620233

 

Pregnancy Pact - 777 feat. THIEVES

i automatically love Pregnancy Pact because they were the opening act (2nd: Raw Moans | 3rd: Nike7Up) for White Ring at Show Cave.  it was one of the best shows i've been to all year. right behind the Light Asylum, Gatekeeper, and SALEM show at the echoplex (i mean, come on).

Pregnancy Pact is an LA witch house act consisting of two girls, Kat and Maggie (according to facebook).  most their tracks sound a bit green but they were a lot of fun to see live.

this track is fucking ridiculous.

the beat is pretty much perfect and the warped vocals and guitar provide a nice ambiance.  i've got a thing for these kinds of songs.  the ones that are melancholy but pretty, backed by a head nodding beat.  what's not to fucking love? and if you don't love it, then...that's too bad.

777 feat. THIEVES by PREGNANCY PACT

o F F - Be Around U

Totally haunting song coming from German (or French based in Germany? fuck, I dunno) artist o F F.  o F F is on Disaro records (where else would he be?) and just dropped an EP called S E C R E T.  he's got a great sound, witch house production and warped R & B vocals provided by himself.

very simple yet heavy and haunting melody combined with computer pitched vocals. the result is a very pretty but melancholy sound that's very addictive.  the song's got like 4 lines of lyrics total: "i know you can't. give me what i want. but i want to be around you. i want to be around you. it hurts to be around you."

his singing is a perfect compliment to the melody, comprised of a simple piano part, what sounds like a howling digital wind, and an echoed out snare that gets booming toward the end of the song.  turn off the lights, close your eyes, and give it a listen.  and if you don't, then fuck it. you're probably too busy choking down a shit sandwich.

check out the song on o F F's soundcloud:     BE AROUND U by o F F

Glass Candy - Feeling Without Touching

There's a lot of labels in the music world. i get shit all the time because i listen to witch house music (most overused joke - intentionally miscalling it witch craft music), but recently, i found multiple bands described as "Italo Disco." Glass Candy is one of these bands.

sidebar: the other band is the Chromatics, who i listened to like fucking crazy back in my junior year of college.

Glass Candy is pretty strange. be it the erratic and often times uncomfortable dancing of Ida No, or the impossible to describe production work from Johnny Jewel. it works though, at least for me. and if it doesn't work for you, then i hope you figure out how awful Coldplay is by the time you're 25.

check out this video for their track "Feeling Without Touching": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Myo0QjwE0

MOTHS - Heart

This is a really romantic song with an equally romantic video.  wish i had my own airplane so that i can impress beautiful girls driving classic cars in the desert.  beat's pretty simple and clean and there's something heartbreaking about it.  it makes me want to call all of my ex-girlfriends, one by one, and figure out why shit didn't work out.  hope you like it, and if not, then you're probably going to die alone.

video (Heart) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4mQw0x1_lI

Geneva Jacuzzi - Do I Sad?

So when i went to go see John Maus at the echo last night, i didn't really have any expectations of anything else.  granted, i was wasted by the time i got to the echo (at one point laying down alone on one of the tables in the patio) and all i was focusing on was claiming my territory in front of the stage and not moving until John Maus was on the stage sweating on me.

when Holy Shit was finished, i sat on the edge of the stage, just left of center, and waited.  a problem arose when my glass of Jim Beam became empty and i had to make a plan to get a refill.  i figured i could get one really quick toward the beginning of the next act and get my spot back in time for Maus.

but then Geneva Jacuzzi came on stage with a mic stand and a small synthesizer, dressed like a mushroom induced hallucination of Jafar (from Aladdin).  needless to say when she hit a button on her synth and started dancing and singing to a dream/nightmare like beat, i became totally fixated.  amazing performance, right up with Maus.

i hear a lot of comparisons to Ariel Pink, some even saying that she is basically the female Ariel Pink.  this however, sells her short.  granted Pink is a genius, but he can't fucking dance (evidence).  Geneva Jacuzzi dances really well (evidence).  Jacuzzi is a bit more pop-like to boot, really danceable and catchy.  so yes they both share the 1970's/80's cassette tape reject aesthetic, but they offer two different sounds, man.  check out this awesome fucking track, "Do I Sad?"

Track (Do I Sad?): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKUD3cLkajA

§ - A Blue Rose (Twin Peaks) / Mater Suspiria Vision - (These are the last 7 days in the life of) Laura Palmer

I find the strange connection between witch house music and Twin Peaks to be amazing.  Phantasma Disques, a CD-R/art collection created by one of the members of the mysterious European witch house trance/drone act Mater Suspiria Vision (kind of like, a label within a label), developed an entire album (A Witch House and OKKVLT Guide to Twin Peaks) of witch house artists' tributes to Twin Peaks.  Mater Suspiria Vision and § (Silver Strain), created these gems.  the trance/drone sound is typical of acts associated with the European witch house scene and the videos pay homage to one of the greatest and most bizarre TV shows of all time.  loads of great footage and editing from both seasons, as well as the film.  it does an amazing job profiling the key characters of the show and stays true to the Twin Peaks post modern ethos: the owls are not what they seem.  and if you don't think so, then i hope that Leo beats you mercilessly with a sock filled with bars of househould soap.  

Video (§): http://www.vimeo.com/21785003?ab

Video (Mater Suspiria Vision): http://www.vimeo.com/20757981?ab

John Maus - Believer

It's nice to finally see a video that actually captures the romanticism and beauty in John Maus' music.  John Maus is in fact, a believer.  he believes in love and freedom and life.  the bass line, the synths, his voice, all plead: Love Is Real (last album).  don't Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (next album).  and if you do, then i hope that you get hit by a car, but not enough to kill or seriously hurt you, but like, just enough to wake you the fuck up.

Video (Believer): http://www.vimeo.com/22707960?ab

Tearist - Headless

Tearist is an intense fucking band, man.  i missed two opportunities to see them before I finally did a bit ago at the Echo.  they're a band that honestly, just sounds so much better live than on album.  like, it just doesn't do it for me, i have to see them live (or watch as many live performances on YouTube as possible).  Kittles (singer) is fucking crazy.  no doubt about it.  i mean, when you play percussion by beating the shit out of pieces of metal, that says something.  it says, you're fucking crazy.  at one point at the Echo, she started beating the shit out of one of the walls with a pipe.  needless to say, i fell in love and bought another jim beam.  oh and they're blowing up (i think?)  check out an article on them in the laweekly and listen to their music.

Article: http://www.laweekly.com/2011-04-28/music/tearist-the-real-thing/

Video (Headless): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjDX6VuY33M&feature=related

     

Nike7UP - A World of My Own/If You Go Away

Nike7UP is the Girl Talk of witch house music.  well, Girl Talk if he like, did nothing but pot and zanax all the time.  Nike7UP mixes the shit that you inevitably heard sometime in your life with that beautiful nightmare you've blocked out forever.  seeing him live is best equated as thus: apocalyptic 1980's coked out dirty south rave in which you are left with blown out ears and eyes fucking dried out like raisins.  this though, is a trip.  one in which you are completely drowned in bass.  and if you don't think so, then you can go put a plastic bag over your head.  

A World of My Own: http://soundcloud.com/newazriel/nike7up-a-world-of-my-own 

So Real: http://soundcloud.com/roboteens/so-real-nike7up-belong-to 

Johan Franzen's Grit

I reckon that Johan Franzen is the toughest motherfucker in the world.  Johan Franzen is 6'3, 220lb. and he was dropped fuckin' sideways, face first into the boards.  HE GOT FUCKED UP, 23 stitches IN HIS FACE.  This surly fuckin' Swede comes back, like at the end of the 2nd period, and plays his fucking guts out.  Oh, and when he comes back into the game, the coach is yelling at him to put on a visor or some shit, and Franzen just like, shakes his head (stupid? yes) and goes back into the game (epic? fuck yes).  and if you don't think so, then go challenge Franzen to a fist fight in the Joe Louis parking lot.  

this is what he fucking looked like when he came back into the game:

video of collision:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVlunmF9bVc

The Weeknd - Glass Table Girls

The Weeknd has been making some of the best and most original R&B music in the last year.  coming out of Toronto (T'Ronto), Abel Tesfaye's sounds like R-Kelly would sound like if he took a break from peeing on 14-year-old girls (fucking awful, dude) and concentrated on making good music.  a beautiful, soulful voice matched with original, gorgeous production.  the beats seem to have some Burial/drag influence which is refreshing to hear in R&B music.  perhaps witch house music is making an influence in the mainstream genres?  i dunno, and honestly i don't really fucking care, i just like it. and if you don't, then you should chill with half a bottle of bourbon and a handgun and see what happens.  

check out this sick fan-made youtube video that utilizes a scene (a perfect one to match the music) from the pride of Detroit, Robocop:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBSXG0MqzHg

GVCCI HVCCI - Queen of Darkness/Crack the Whip (Cut the Rope)

There's something magical about (what sounds like) a 100lb. white girl rapping with the same amount of grandeur and swag as any ex-convict/drug dealer/pimp/gangster turned rapper.  for serious though, gvcci hvcci is plain fun and addicting, catchy music.  the depraved shit she spits + the confidence she does it with + synth drenched drum machine beats.  fucking epic.  music that i would be happy to hear as i'm being strangled to death whilst climaxing (:47 seconds into Queen of Darkness). and if you wouldn't, then overdose on cough syrup.

http://soundcloud.com/gvcci-hvcci/queen-of-darkness

http://soundcloud.com/gvcci-hvcci/crack-the-whip-cut-the-rope

Purity Ring - Lofticries

I'm obsessed with this song.  the beat combined with the singer's voice, it's too much. 1:43 in, holy shitttttttt.  if you like it, you should check out Purity Ring - Ungirthed.  if you don't, fuck off, i don't care.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tuKkeQDSek

Charli XCX - Stay Away (SALEM Rmx)

This is pretty as fuck, man.  i've heard people say it's dark.  i mean, yeah, it's dark.  but it's still fucking pretty.  beat's sick as hell too.  try this - focus on the percussion and put the synths in the background.  that's what you gotta do with a lot of SALEM's shit.  it's amazing stuff though, man.  way ahead in their game.  hope you like it.  if not, fuck off, go huff some glue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LZxH_0TFFw&playnext=1&list=PL95E29D8C5637570A

Com Truise - Tripyra

This was the song that came on my ipod as i finally finished setting up this fucking blog.  it's short and sweet and i figure it's a good start to this shit.  Com Truise is sick as shit, makes some dope beats with some drag synths.  i hope you like it, if not then fuck off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5yweLkL4ug