Sufjan Stevens- "The BQE"

"Back in October of 2007, Sufjan Stevens debuted The BQE—a visual and musical homage to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway—at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in downtown Brooklyn. Originally commissioned by BAM for the Next Wave Festival, the BQE featured three simultaneous film projections, a 35-piece band and orchestra, and live hula hoopers for a 3-night run." (asthmatic kitty)

I found out this morning that Sufjan is now bringing the BQE project to world via compact disc. The double-disc is set to be released on October 20th of this year. It is to include the dvd of the film, the original soundtrack, a 40-page booklet, and an image reel.

for more information, click here

FMA

I can't express enough how amazing the free music archive is. There's absolutely everything there, and it's all free! Not to mention it's very well-organized.

I've been looking for more old-time/historic recordings for a while, and of course I can count on the FMA to help me out with finding the greatest gems from the phonographic era. My oh my, I just might change the format of my radio show to "phonographic sounds" or something haha. This is far too amazing.

Please visit www.freemusicarchive.org

also, another cool site for music (and various other media) is www.archive.org

Toro Y Moi

My current musical fixation is the song "109" by Toro Y Moi.

In certain instances, it reminds me of Ariel Pink. I'll be adding this song to my list of summer jams.

That is all.

The Dead Weather

The Dead Weather's debut effort, Horehound, is excellent. I can't stop listening to it. That is all.

Stream it here.

Sin Fang Bous

Sin Fang Bous is the side project of Sindri, from the Icelandic band Seabear.

Combine the delicate nature of Seabear's music with some inter-woven electronic sounds, and you have something along the lines of Sin Fang Bous.



The visuals used in the above video are just wonderfully pleasant and charming...much like the music itself.

Neon Indian

It's not too late to find that summer jam.


*not official video.

"Deadbeat Summer" by Neon Indian.

Get It And Get Out

That Ghost has released a new ep entitled Get It and Get Out, which was self-released by Ryan and is limited to 100 copies.

In comparison to most of his repertoire, Ryan has taken a much noisier approach to these seven songs. I'd liken it to Ty Segall meets Link Wray, with a hint of The Seeds influence. It really is more of a noisy rock release. His previous releases have mostly featured mellow tracks (with a few danceable rock tracks here and there). With this ep, older rock and roll influences are much more evident.

When it comes to his vocals, I feel as though Ryan has expanded a bit. Before, you'd often hear lyrics being sung at a near whisper and there wouldn't be much venturing off. It seemed very safe (but still wonderful, nonetheless). The release of Young Fridays in 2008 saw a slight bit of "vocal venture", but now, hollers and higher pitches are being reached with more frequency.

So, in short, Get It and Get Out = a noisy, raw, old time rock release.

You can obtain your own copy by contacting Ryan Schmale at myspace.com/thatghost.