It has been awhile since I wrote about the new music I’ve been discovering via a great app called Discovr. This fabulous little app allows you to type in any name ( and I mean *any* name) of a band or performer you like, and it will show you graphically a half-dozen other people you might like. It is flat-out awesome and the best way to find new music since the invention of the hipster.
Daughter Daughter (real name Elena Tonra of the UK) releases her new EP “The Wild Youth” Nov 21st.
The Big Sleep The Big Sleep is a Brooklyn band set to release their new disc “Nature Experiements Jan 31st on French Kiss Records, home to The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller among others.
Now in the world of dubstep, glitch and hip-hop, I’ve just stumbled across Face Melt Chicago:
Presented by Ground Lift Media, FACE MELT is a monthly event series which showcases envelope-pushing artists on a local, national, and international level. The 2011 programming schedule includes Live Bands, Live PA sets, DJs/Turntablists, & Touring Acts spanning genres like Dubstep, Glitch, Electronic, Hip-Hop, and Beat-related. And if that’s not enough, the resident roster boasts some of Chicago’s finest talents –Maker (Stonesthrow, Now-Again), Phaded (Dubfix), & DJ Intel (The Comeups, Platter Pirates). Hosted by ADaD (All Natural, Eulorhythmics).
Here’s one of my favorite mixes, from Zavala
Next up is a band called NO The immediately warm character of NO’s ‘Stay With Me’ might be firmly grounded in the level-headed rock music movement of the early 2000s (The National, The Walkmen), but through a seemingly effortless, elusive grandeur, it somehow transcends the limits it sets itself. A rough and weathered baritone binds on to a wealth of post-punk melodies, encasing a storyline coloured by personal interaction, with a man placed irrevocably at the centre. The song begins ‘I’m only human, I’m full of mistakes’, but from the turbulence which engulfs the latter half, a final chorus emerges with a mutinous defiance of human spirit and a dynamic rush of instrumentation. Their debut EP, Don’t Worry You’ll Be Here Forever, is to drop 11/11/11
So click here and it’ll kick you over to a lovely little spot where you can get a free download:
Stay With Me by NO
OK, I think that’s enough for tonight.
[This makes it how many nights of my ninety night blog challenge? Eighty-five? Well how about that...]
