Showing posts with label Psychic Ills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psychic Ills. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
The U & U's 116 Best Songs of 2016 | Set 1 of 5: 116-100
Let the year in review posts commence!
Guidelines: After one pass through all of this year's shows I had a playlist of almost 300 songs. Then started paring it down. I limited artists to max of 2 total songs from the same album on the list. Covers are included. Lead singles to be included on 2017 albums were not included. I tried to exclude songs that were previously released on an older album. It's an arbitrary list. I've already spent too much time explaining... let alone compiling. Enjoy!
116 : Nick Waterhouse : Katchi (feat. Leon Bridges) : Never Twice (2016)
115 : Matthew E. White : Cool Out (Featuring Natalie Prass) (2016)
Labels:
Alex Bleeker,
Daniel Wilson,
Devon Welsh,
Dirty Banks,
Drug Pizza,
Feral Ohms,
Forth Wanderers,
J & L Defer,
Majical Cloudz,
Matthew E White,
Nick Waterhouse,
Pfarmers,
Psychic Ills,
Space Mountain,
Wise Blood
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
The U & U Show 455 | Viet Cong + PC = Preoccupations
Preoccupations (FKA Viet
Cong) : Anxiety
Preoccupations (2016) | BandCamp
The Mystery Lights : Melt
The Mystery Lights (2016) | BandCamp
Labels:
Angry Angles,
Car Seat Headrest,
Casket Girls,
Dinosaur Jr.,
GØGGS,
Margaret Glaspy,
MOONFACE,
Mutual Benefit,
Mystery Lights,
Preoccupations,
Psychic Ills,
Ryley Walker,
Stephen Malkmus,
Viet Cong,
Weaves,
Whitney
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
The U & U Show 453 | Wolf Parade Miss No Beats
Moonface & Siinai : Them
Call Themselves Old Punks
My Best Human Face (2016) | Official Site
Wolf Parade : Floating
World
Labels:
Blowout,
Car Seat Headrest,
Casket Girls,
Courtship Ritual,
Devon Welsh,
Happyness,
Japanese Breakfast,
LUH,
MOONFACE,
Okkervil River,
Psychic Ills,
Sioux Falls,
Steve Gunn,
Tobacco,
Wolf Parade
Saturday, May 21, 2016
The U & U Show 452 | LUH's Debut Finally Arrives
Thursday, May 5, 2016
The U & U Show 451 | Nonagon Infinity Looping Infinitely
King Gizzard & The
Lizard Wizard : Robot Stop
Nonagon Infinity (2016) | BandCamp
The Mystery Lights : Follow
Me Home
The Mystery Lights (2016) | BandCamp
Labels:
Charles Bradley,
Daniel Wilson,
Fletcher C Johnson,
Har Mar Superstar,
Kevin Morby,
Kills,
King Gizzard,
King Khan,
Mystery Lights,
Parcels,
Perfume Genius,
Psychic Ills,
Swanning,
Twin Peaks,
Wise Blood
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The U & U Show 308! SXSW 2013 Preview #3!
Nick Cave : Jubilee Street : Push
Away The Sky (2013)
-
15th
studio album
-
Most
recent was 2008’s ‘Dig, Lazarus! Dig!!!’ and then his two Grinderman albums.
-
Like
a few artists out there, like Lou Reed and Tom Waits, he has a huge cult
following and a unique/distinct sound.
-
SXSW
2013
Psychic Ills : Might Take A While :
One Track Mind (2013)
-
4th
full length, Hazed Dream was out in 2011, but numerous other EP and single
releases.
-
Trippy
garage psych rock.
Dreamend : Magnesium Light : So I Ate
Myself, Bite By Bite (2010)
-
5th
album. 6th was a continuation of this album and was out in 2012.
-
A
side project from a member of the off-the-charts-out-there psychedelic band
Black Moth Super Rainbow.
-
Chicago
band.
-
Lush,
layered, experimental folk.
-
SXSW
2013
Vandaveer : Pretty Polly : Oh,
Willie, Please (2013)
-
4th
full length.
-
Lead
single off new album of murder ballads.
-
DC
based folk musician.
Cold War Kids : Miracle Mile : Dear
Miss Lonely Hearts (2013)
-
4th
full length
-
Debut
full length album out in 2006
-
3
EPs prior to debut release.
-
Seem
to be a love 'em or hate 'em band, that I love.
-
SXSW
2013
WU LYF : Cave Song : Go Tell Fire To
the Mountain (2011)
-
Lone
album. One of the best on 2011.
-
‘World
Unite Lucifer Youth Foundation’ or ‘Love You Forever’
-
Sound
like Wilderness or Explosions in the Sky with lyrics.
-
Cinematic
pulses and swells of powerful spacey guitars.
-
Just
got found out they broke up in November 2012.
-
RIYL:
Explosions in the Sky, Wilderness or Lord Dog Bird
Holy Esque : Tear (2012)
-
Single
released for free via Soundcloud.
-
One
EP out and they've hinted at another release at the end of March.
-
The
fall somewhere between amped up Frightened Rabbit and WU LYF
-
Another
one of the bands I am most excited to see at SXSW 2013.
Dragons Of Zynth : Anna Mae :
Coronation Thieves (2007)
-
Debut
album
-
Fronted
by twins from Cleveland.
-
Album
produced by TVOTR's David Sitek.
-
Also
worked on Dave Sitek's project Maximum Balloon.
-
2nd
album due out in 2013
-
One
of the bands topping my must see list at SXSW 2013
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay
Down : Move : We The Common (2013)
-
4th
album. Also one collab album with Mirah called Thao & Mirah.
-
if
you are unfamiliar with Thao you need to correctly that quickly
-
If
she ever were to propose to me, I would say yes.
-
SXSW
2013
Jake Bugg : Lightning Bolt : Jake
Bugg (2012)
-
Debut
full length. Also one EP.
-
Very
talented 18yr old UK folk singer songwriter.
-
Huge
Dylan sound at times.
-
SXSW
2013
Frank Turner : Peggy Sang The Blues :
England Keep My Bones (2011)
-
4th
album. 5th on it's way out in April of 2013.
-
UK
folk/punk songwriter.
-
Originally
in the post-punk band Million Young, now mainly does more acoustic folk
leaning music.
-
Reminds
me a bit of the Counting Crows and the Hold Steady.
-
SXSW
2013
Drive-By Truckers : Ronnie & Neil
: Southern Rock Opera (2001)
-
3rd
album of 9.
-
First
album with Jason Isbell
-
Masters
of the southern garage/bar room rock.
-
Jason
Isbell is playing SXSW 2013
Hollis Brown : Spoonful (Featuring
John McCauley) : Nothing & The Famous No One (2012)
-
Track
released prior to the release of their debut EP
-
Features
John McCauley of Deer Tick, Middle Brother & Diamond Rugs.
-
Download
the EP for free on their Official site.
-
Hollis
Brown & John McCauley are both playing SXSW 2103
David Wax Museum : A Dog in the Fight
: Knock Knock Get Up (2012)
-
4th
album
-
Folk/americana
rock duo.
-
SXSW
2013
Country Mice : Your Black Crow : Hour
of the Wolf (2013)
-
2nd
full length
-
Debut
album was 2011's Twister
-
Folk
rock outfit that formerly went by We Are Country Mice.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Unknown & Unheard Show 290!
Menomena : Plumage : Moms (2012)
- 5th full length
- This is the best track on the album.
- One of the most innovative bands going. Even after Brent Knopf left to form Ramona Falls.
Divine Fits : Baby Get Worse : A Thing Called the Divine Fits (2012)
- The long awaited collaborative album from Spoon's Britt Daniel and Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs' Dan Boeckner.
- This album is powered by the Boeckner led tracks but this cover is pretty hard to deny as the album's highlight.
- Rowland S. Howard was the guitarist in the Boys Next Door, Nick Cave's first band, and Cave covered it brilliantly himself for them.
A.C. Newman : Not Talking : Shut Down the Streets (2012)
- Latest solo release from the New Pornographers' frontman.
- The New Porno's released their fourth album, Together, in 2010.
- One of the brightest, good-mood-evoking voices in the indie rock world.
Natural Child : Derek's Blues : Hard In Heaven (2012)
- 2nd full length.
- Big fun and loose, vintage 1970's classic rock sound here. Think Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- Debut, 1971, was on more than a few best of '11 lists.
Tony Castles : One Tone Man : Sharon Stone EP (2012)
- 2nd EP. Out 10/23/12
- Debut EP, No Service was out in 2010
- Download for free at RCRDLBL!
- Brooklyn band that I feel are going to be massively successful once they get some more music rolling out.
MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine
Slam Donahue : C'mon C'mon : Hemlock Tea EP (2012)
- Forthcoming 2nd EP
- One of the catchier songs I've come across in quite a while
Withered Hand : Heart Heart : Heart Heart EP (2012)
- Latest EP of 3.
- 2011 debut full length, Good News, was one of my favorite releases of the year.
- Neil Young-heavy sound.
- His best song and unfortunately very profane. The FCC would not appreciate it if I didn’t edit… or maybe they would because it would result in them getting more cash for no good reason!
- Favorite new (to me) band!
Dusted : Property Lines : Total Dust (2012)
- Debut full length
- Collaborative band from a member of Holy Fuck and Final Fantasy.
- Big Neil Young folk sound.
Goodnight, Texas : Jesse Got Trapped In a Coal Mine : A Long Life of Living (2012)
- Forthcoming debut album
- Great slightly more country brand of folk.
Raymond Byron & the White Freighter : You'll Never Surf Again : Little Death Shaker (2012)
- Debut full length from this new project from Ray Raposa, of the Castenets.
- Out on Asthmatic Kitty Records… Sufjan's label.
- Rootsy, easy folk.
- RIYL The Tallest Man on Earth
Tame Impala : Elephant : Lonerism (2012)
- 2nd album
- Australian classic psych outfit.
- Members also responsible for the excellent band POND.
The UFO Club : Chapel In My Mind : The UFO Club/Night Beats 10" (2012)
- Split 10" with Night Beats
- Also one LP from collaboration between The Black Angels and Night Beats.
- Great dark psych rock… not a surprise considering the band's family tree.
Psychic Ills : Take Me With You : Zoned b/w Take Me With You (2012)
- Latest split single with Moon Duo.
- 3rd full length, Hazed Dream was out in 2011, but numerous other EP and single releases.
- Trippy garage psych rock.
The xx : Chained : Coexist (2012)
- 2nd album. Debut was a massive indie hit.
FIDLAR : Cheap Beer : FIDLAR (2012)
- Latest single. 2 EPs out as well.
- Rough garage rick with a bit of surf rock.
- So glad to see these guys getting a bit of publicity.
- FIDLAR = Fuck It Dude Life’s A Risk.
- SXSW 2012
Why? : Jonathon's Hope : Mumps, Etc. (2012)
- 4th album
- An incredibly unique blend of Alt hip hop, spoken word and alt indie rock.
- Some of their rock-heavy songs bring forth some of the most interesting combinations of sounds.
- This is one of their best to date.
Labels:
AC Newman,
Divine Fits,
Dusted,
Fidlar,
Goodnight Texas,
Menomena,
Natural Child,
Psychic Ills,
Raymond Byron,
Slam Donahue,
Tame Impala,
The XX,
Tony Castles,
UFO Club,
Why?,
Withered Hand
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