The Moment of Nightfall

I first heard Japanese band The Moment of Nightfall late last year on their collaborative effort with Bay Area artist Tony Jay.  Yesterday, the band dropped their new album "Memories Disappear in Echoes" on Paisley Shirt Records.  The whole thing plays like a dream, elements of psych folk, bedroom pop, and some lo-fi electronic bits swirling in an ethereal haze.  Listen to "December Wind (Complete Version)" below and snag the cassette here.

Flowertown

The wonderful San Francisco lo-fi psych folk act Flowertown is back with new music at the end of the month with the upcoming "Tourist Language" LP.  The duo have fast become one of my favorite artists over the last couple years, their fuzzy hum being the perfect sound to soothe my very being.  Check out "The Ring" below and pre-order the new album here from Paisley Shirt Records.

Present Electric

One more bit of music from the Bay -Area today before i head back to the salt mines.  Present Electric make a mix of lo-fi garage rock and post punk that's just off-kilter enough to turn the world askew.  Listen to "Imogene Coca" below and download the album here (the cassette is sold out) from Paisley Shirt Records.

Flowertown

San Francisco lo-fi troubadours Flowertown have a new album heading our way later this summer.  Check out the lovely duet hiss and fuzz of "Beachwalkers" below and then pre-order the "Half Yesterday" cassette here from Paisley Shirt Records or the 12" here from Mt. St. Mtn.

Flowertown

Woke up to discover some wonderful and fuzzy indie pop this morning from San Francisco duo Flowertown.  The band makes hazy, dreampop-tinged, lo-fi pop with a jangle here and some reverb there that feels like its simultaneously pulling from sounds of the '60s, the '90s, and from a decade ago.  Check out "Time Trials," the title track from their new album below, and snag a copy of the record here from Paisley Shirt.

Tony Jay

Tony Jay is a not a person.  Tony Jay is a band...a Bay Area band to be exact that makes beautifully fuzzy and lo-fi jangle pop.  Check out the video for "Castle of Dreams" below, a song that feels like a fading, loved photograph.  Then download the "A Wave in the Dark" album here from Paisley Shirt Records (cassette is sold out).