Jackson Scott

North Carolina singer/guitarist Jackson Scott is pulling a lot of comparisons to such indie-rock wunderkinds as Built To Spill and Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, and while those comparisons are pretty dead on, there's also a Dinosaur Jr meets dreamy-bedroom-pop thing going on.  Take a listen to "Together Forever" from the forthcoming "Melbourne" LP, out later this month on Fat Possum.

Snakehips

Here's a smooth, soulful, summer night R&B jam from Snakehips featuring George Maple.  I don't know anything about these folks, but this "On & On" jam just steams.  Listen below and grab the 12" single here.

Cosmonauts

California's Cosmonauts craft garage/surf jams for the beach going set.  Take a listen to the smooth "Shaker" below from the band's forthcoming "Persona Non Grata" LP out next month on Burger Records.  It sounds like something that would play during slow motion video footage of surfers.  Perfect summertime listening.

Circulation of Light

Circulation of Light's "Acheiropoieta" is an odd and hypnotic mix of chanting, clinking pianos, drone, chimes, and throb and click of assorted other instruments.  It's like new wave druid music, if that new wave druid music were made in Wisconsin by a dude named Nathaniel Ritter.  Grab the album here and listen to "The Death Desire" below.

Fryars

So, it's 1:30 in the morning here, and the baby's asleep, so i should totally be doing the same...but yet i'm up, scouring the web for injections of pop.  Fryars is the electro-dance project of London's Ben Garrett.  Take a listen to the throbbing, swirling, swaggering "Cool Like Me" below, and think of it as your late night come down.  Dig on those synthetic strings and Astralwerks beats.  Get the single from 679.

Found Vinyl: Poser - Town Man

I'm not a huge fan of the warm island jams, but i just couldn't pass up this calypso gem after finding it in a used book store.  There's not a whole lot of print or info to be found about Sylvester Lockhart, heretofore to be known as Poser.  He began his singing career in 1970 in Trinidad, eventually recording his "Town Man" LP for B's Records Inc.  That's pretty much all i can find on the man.  The music is a bit generic, the kind of jams you'd hear at some sort of "exotic" restaurant, night club, or hotel, but he does it well.  Take a listen to the title track.



And here's "Kaya Grass."



And finally, here's the album's last song "Advice," which is my favorite.


I have to add that my favorite thing about this record is that there is an advertisement for a West Indian American restaurant in Brooklyn on the back of the album cover.   The joint was (is?) called B's, i guess meaning that the restaurant and the record label were both owned by the same dude.  Get your art out any way you can.

(All the above youtube tracks are occasionally interrupted by some "don't-pirate-this-music type interference.  My apologies.)

Melt Yourself Down

In an almost violent mix of African rhythms, calypso beats, free-form jazz, space funk, and acid house flashes, British freak-out act Melt Yourself Down craft the kind of music you'd expect at some kind of drug-fueled rave filled with sketchy characters, all of whom are much cooler than you.  Listen to the brain melting "Fix My Life" below and look for the group's self-titled album on The Leaf Label.

FUZZ

After a string of singles, Ty Segall's crunchy, blues stomping, stoner-garage-psych band side project FUZZ will be releasing their self-titled debut full-length LP in October on In The Red.  Listen to "Loose Sutres" below (courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan).  Oh yeah.

Ariel Pink and Jorge Elbrecht

Sonic trash excavator Ariel Pink often makes some of his most easily engaging work when when collaborating with others as evidenced by the wonderful "Hang on to Life," a limited 7" release with Jorge Elbrecht on Mexican Summer.  Listen below.

Ras G and The Afrikan Space Program

Honestly, i don't know the first thing about LA producer Ras G, or his Afrikan Space Program, but considering new album "Back on the Planet" is on Brainfeeder (Flying Lotus's record label), and the space-funk album art, and the fact that trippy and tribal track "All Is Well..." would sound awesome with MF Doom on top of it, i'm calling it a winner.  Listen to that jam below and look for the album in August.