Teen Suicide

If you're looking to get that lo-fi itch scratched, look no further than the upcoming final record of Teen Suicide, "It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot," out next month on Run For Cover.  I'm kind of pissed that these guys are calling it quits, seeing as i've only just now discovered them.  Anyway, dig on the video to the Robert Pollard indebted "Alex" below and preorder the album here.

SXSW 2016 in Pictures

I didn't get to see everything i would have liked to this year, but that's par for the course with this crazy thing we call SXSW, and for some reason, these pictures are out of order.  Hmm.  Anyway, my favs for the week were Feels, Gwenno, and PWR BTTM.  I also set up a Spotify account for the sole purpose of seeing Car Seat Headrest and Hinds...and for getting some free beer.  I'm pathetic and predictable, but at least i had fun.  Here's a bunch of pics...

Porches

Hinds

Day Wave

Car Seat Headrest

PMS and The Mood Swings

Peaches

New Madrid

Marlon Williams

Soul Asylum

Bombino

Ash, eating icecream and kicking out the jams.

Feels

Surfbort

Whitney

Wall

All Dogs

PWR BTTM

Frankie Cosmos

Palm

Dilly Dally

Vaadat Charigim

Gwenno

Girls Names

Pillar Point

Cullen Omori

Gwenno (again)

PWR BTTM (again)

Methyl Ethel

I'm gonna try to do this again next year, but i sure am getting old and tired.

Mark Pritchard with Thom Yorke

Producer Mark Pritchard has an album coming out in May on Warp called "Under the Sun."  The record is set to feature some guest appearances from Bibio, Beans, and Linda Perhacs.  And Thom Yorke provides vocals for the beautiful and devastating "Beautiful People," which you can listen to below.

Daily Bowie - 1984

"1984," your Daily Bowie...

Daily Bowie - Slow Burn

"Slow Burn," from 2002's "Heathen" LP, your Daily Bowie...

The Murlocs

There's something awesome bubbling up down in Australia, a wave of garage and psych rock bands essentially taking the torch from the bay area and running with it.  The Murlocs are just one of the latest, and their "Young Blindness" LP is a jangly, chugging wonder.  Listen to album opener "Happy Face" below and get the digital album here.

Daily Bowie - The Prettiest Star (single version)

A handful of Bowie tunes actually have different versions when appearing on singles rather than albums.  "The Prettiest Star" from 1973's "Aladdin Sane" has a much more lullaby quality to it when compared to the album version, and it's the version i've always been more drawn to.  Listen below, your Daily Bowie.

Daily Bowie - God Bless the Girl

I'm not sure why, but it always seems that Japanese editions of albums are loaded with bonus tracks not available on the US release.  It's certainly true of Bowie's 2013 album "The Next Day," and the Japanese-only bonus track "God Bless the Girl."  Listen below.  It's as good as (if not better than) anything else on that album.  Your Daily Bowie.

Meatbodies

With so much music surrounding me this week, i completely forgot about the new Meatbodies 7".  "Valley Girl" finds the LA garage rockers grooving on surf riff to wonderful effect.  Listen below and get the record from Famous Class.

Japanese Breakfast

Philadelphia's Japanese Breakfast make the kind of jangly and dreamy pop music you'd listen to on a lazy Sunday afternoon, pre-dinner drinks and a haze in the air.  The band's "Psychopomp" LP comes out in April on Yellow K Records, but you should definitely listen to the lush and airy "The Woman that Loves You" below.