White Mystery "Rapid Overdrive" from Penelope Helen Gazin on Vimeo.
New stop-motion music video created by Penelope Gazin for the White Mystery song "Rapid Overdrive" off the People Power 7 Inch which is available HERE
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
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VIDEO: YACHT - LE GOUDRON
"Le Goudron is a revolutionary song which was originally recorded in 1969 by Brigitte Fontaine with The Art Ensemble of Chicago; YACHT has reinvented its naive-apocalyptic candor for a neon-soaked dance floor, our preferred autonomous zone." [via]
[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.28.2012
ARTIST / ALBUM / TRACK
- Jimi Hendrix / Are You Experienced? / Are You Experienced?
- Bailiff / Emptied Out / Red Balloon
- JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Everything Will Be Just Fine / Wane More
- Kraftwerk / Numbers / Computer World
- Kraftwerk / Computer World 2 / Computer World
- Charles Bradley / The Worlds Going Up In Flames / No Time For Dreaming
- Woods / Who Do You Think I Am? / Sun & Shade
- Bon Iver / For Emma / For Emma, Forever Ago
- Sam Roberts / I Feel You / Collider
- Bachelorette / Blanket / Bachelorette
- Junior Boys / Parallel Line / Begone De Care
- Billy Bragg & Wilco / California Stars / Mermaid Sessions
- Spoon / Stay Don't Go / Kill The Moonlight
- The Walkmen / Heaven / Heaven [Single]
- Jonny Rumble / Toe The Line / JR
- White Rabbits / Heavy Metal / Milk Famous
- The Donkeys / Gone Gone Gone / Living On The Other Side
- Lykee Li / Get Some / Wounded Rhymes
- Peaking Lights / Lo Hi / Lucifer
- Neon Indian / Hex Girlfriend [Twin Shadow Remix] / 12"
- Blur / Crazy Beat / Think Tank
- M83 / Steve McQueen / Midnight City
- Mazzy Star / Fade Into You / So Tonight That I Might See
- Lower Dens / Alphabet Song / Nootropics
Listen every Saturday on WLUW 88.7 FM in Chicago or Stream live at WLUW.ORG from 2-4PM CDT.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
[ALBUM REVIEW] MINIATURE TIGERS - MIA PHARAOH
Miniature Tigers released "MIA PHARAOH" at the end of March following their 2010's "Fortress". Unlike the previous album full of folky-pop tracks, their third attempt seems much more experimental featuring 80's synth throughout the most of the album as well as added disco beats to add a little more punch. The record opens with "Sex On The Regular" and "Female Doctor," both possessing R. Kelly lyrics that would make the perfect soundtrack for your next red bikini-wearing Phoebe Cates fantasy. Poppy choruses are prominent in almost every song, so get ready to have the "Easy As All That" chorus ("Baby, you make me crazy…") in your head for the next week. And not only did they stick to just pop choruses, "Pleasure Princess" even dives into a very Drake use of auto tuning. All the mixtures in genres create something entertaining yet slightly confusing. Luckily, some tracks such as "Hologram Girl" stay true the band's original sound. Looking forward to seeing which direction their next album will lead them.
By Natalie Burris; April 18, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.21.2012
ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM
- Keep Shelly In Athens / In Love With Dusk / In Love With Dusk
- Beastie Boys / Intergalactic [AKA Another Dimension] / Hello Nasty Instrumentals
- Innergaze / Mutual Dreaming / Mutual Dreaming
- In Deep / Last Night A Dj Saved My Life / After Dark V/A
- John Maus / No Title (Molly) / Digital Single
- Iggy Pop / The Passenger / Nude and Rude
- Chrisma / C-Rock / Chinese Restaurant
- Sympathy Nervous / Polaroid
- LCD Soundsystem / Yeah Yeah Yeah (Crass Version) / 7 Inch
- Yeah Yeah Yeah's / Heads Will Roll / Its Blitz
- Nicolas Jaar / Space Is Only Noise / Remix Vol 1
- Lower Dens / Brains / Noontropics
- Peaking Lights / Marshmallow Yellow [Ital Remix] / Remix
- Wooden Shijips / For So Long / Holy Mountain
- Suicide / Easy Rider / Suicide
- White Mystery / People Power / 7 Inch
- Sydney Barnes / The Ember Song / 7 Inch
- The Late Great Fitzcarraldos / Hanging Upside Down / The Late Great Fitzcarraldos
- California Wives / Tokyo / Digital Single
- James Blake / Wilhelm Scream / James Blake
- The Cure / Close To Me / Greatest Hits
- The Holiday Crowd / Never Speak Of It Again / Over The Bluffs
- Farah / Law Of Life / After Dark V/A
Friday, April 20, 2012
[ALBUM REVIEW] NITE JEWEL - ONE SECOND OF LOVE
“I’m a broke record, you have heard this before” is how Nite Jewel, aka, Ramona Gonzalez starts off her latest album. Yes, heavy 80’s synthesizers are back with a vengeance, and the resurgence of minimal wave has made itself known throughout many a used record store in North America. She’s not the only artist taking this approach, but let me tell you folks, she does it extremely well. If Madonna and Lady Gaga went through a gothic phase and had an obsession with analogue synthesizers, I imagine their music would sound something like this. On “One Second of Love”, Ramona hits arpeggio and never looks back, while quipping ‘One second of love, one second of love!’ throughout the song. “Mind and Eyes” is another poppy gem reminiscent of Hall ‘n Oates. Her voice soars beautifully on this record quite often, but she also manages to throw in little slide guitar licks, which keeps the songs grounded and poignant. This is the Siouxsie Sioux come back record you’ve always pined for. Strap on your Doc Martens, paint those nails black, and throw on this record before you hit the club.
By Randy Nieto; April 20, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.14.2012
- Kraftwerk / The Robots / The Man Machine
- Glass Candy / Beatific / Beat Box
- Ford and Lopatain / Joey Rogers / Channel Pressure
- Disappears / Replicate / Pre Language
- New Order / Dreams Never End / Movement
- OMD / She's Leaving / Architecture and Morality
- Tears for Fears / Everybody Wants to Rule the World / Songs from the Big Chair
- Lykke Li / Little Bit / Youth Novels
- John Talbot / Families [feat. Glasser] / Families EP
- The Radio Dept. / Heaven's on Fire / Clinging to a Scheme
- Saint Etienne / Spring / Best of Saint Etienne
- Peter Gabirel / Big Time / So
- Sheila E. / The Glamorous Life / The Glamorous Life
- Toto / Hold the Line / Toto
- Talk Talk / It's My Life / It's My Life
- Warrant / Mr. Rainmaker / Cherry Pie
- Peter Bjorn and John / Tomorrow Has to Wait / Gimme Some
- The Smiths / Ask / Louder than Bombs
- Chromatics / Back from the Grave / Kill for Love
- Simply Red / Fairground / Life
- The Shins / Simple Song / Simple Song Single
- U2 / I Will Follow / Boy
- Jai Paul / Jasmine / Demo
- David Bowie / Heroes / Heroes
- Nite Jewel / One Second Of Love / One Second Of Love
- Twin Shadow / Tyrant Destroyed / Forget
- The Weeknd / What You Need / House Of Baloons
- Wu Lyf / Dirt / Go Tell Fire To The Mountain
- Blane Fonda / Massive Parties / Foolish Croon
- Eric Copeland / Wao Taor Condos / Waco Taco Combo
Listen every Saturday on WLUW 88.7 FM in Chicago or Stream live at WLUW.ORG
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 04.07.2012
ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM- Wilco / Art Of Almost [Alt] / Speak Into The Rose
- Willis Earl Beal / Monotomy / Accousmatic
- The Walkmen / Heaven Teaser (clip) / Heaven
- Neon Indian / I Should Have Taken Acid With You / Psychic Chasimis
- Chromatics / In The City / After Dark
- Keep Shelly In Athens / In Love With The Dusk / In Love With Dusk
- Mirage / Lady Operator / After Dark
- The Late Great Fitzcaralldos / My Temptation / Single
- Indeep / Last Night A DJ Saved My Life [Mirage Remix] / After Dark
- Mike & The Censations / What My Last Girl Put Me Through [Nico's Bluewave Edits] / 12"
- Glass Candy / Rolling Down The Hills / After Dark (Demo)
- Ruth / Poloroid Roman Photo / Cold Wave + Minimal Electronics
- The Soft Moon / Repetition / Total Decay
- Plane / Gods Ants / I See Love In The Future
- Vacationer / Trip / Gone
- Vampire Weekend / Kids / Vampire Weekend
- Deux / Le Colouir / Performance
- The Who / Blue Red & Gray / Who By Numbers
- The 2 Bears / The Birds and The Bees / Be Strong
- Farah / Dancing Girls (Suite 304 Demo) / After Dark
- Shit Robot / Answering Machine / From The Cradle To The Rave
- Tim Mais / A Fim De Voltar / Disco CLub
- Portishead / Carry On / We Carry On
- Serge Gainsbourg / Dub Locataires / Aux Armes Et Cætera (Dub Style)
- Tame Impala / Desire Be Desire B Gone / Innerspeaker
Thursday, April 5, 2012
[ALBUM REVIEW] CHROMATICS - KILL FOR LOVE
The very first thing you hear when you put on a Chromatics record (regardless if it’s an mp3 or not) is the crackle of vinyl, which pretty much fits in perfectly with the band’s aesthetic. On the new album “Kill for Love”, the Chromatics have not strayed far from their 70’s disco trance pop roots. Although the opening cover of Neil Young’s Into the Black didn’t really transfer quite well to their neo-disco sound, the rest of the record sounds like a true Chromatics album. If you don’t really know what that means, it sort of like being transplanted back to a local disco in the late 70’s where the DJ accidentally slowed down the record player from 45 to a 33 RPM because he took too many Quaaludes and couldn’t tell what speed it should be. A persistent bass line and echo-y drums are prominent through the record, and manage to sound melodic without too much drone. Keyboards still play a big role, but the band does a good job of mixing live instruments without relying too much on the synthesized sounds. Keep in mind, this IS a mellow record. But it, truly is, the best kind of mellow.
By Randy Nieto; April 5, 2012
VIDEO: WILLIS EARL BEAL - MONOTONY
Here’s the cool video for Monotony, a track from anti-folk/soul-man Willis Earl Beal’s debut album Acousmatic Sorcery. The album is available via Hot Charity Recording HERE
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
[ALBUM REVIEW] RAMBOS - ROCK AND ROLL MONSTERS
If a band could be an amusement park, they would be Rambos. It is pretty evident from the very beginning of the opening track “Terrorize”, where the ride takes off with barely enough time for you to put on your seat belt, that Rambos is going to take you on every single ride in the goddamn park. They have all the fun of a punk band without the any of the angst. Straight up: this is a band for people who love rock and roll. There isn’t a single track on this record that doesn’t have a catchy lyric that pervades throughout the entire song. The vocals are often backed by a female harmony, which adds a light and almost group feel to the pounding drums and high energy guitar changes. Let me put it this way, I’ve actually had the chance to see Rambo’s live, and I was bummed when my friend from out of town couldn’t make it. If you like to dance around your apartment to rock music, pick up this record.
By Randy Nieto; April 4, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
VIDEO: DRESS - DARK ALLI [FT. PEN BADGLEY]
Dress, an electro-band from "Morocco"... At least that's what the press release says. Here is a single with vocals from Penn Badgley and artwork by Leanne Macomber of Neon Indian. Hopefully more info to come on this mysterious band soon... DWLD the single HERE for FREE the EP HERE
Monday, April 2, 2012
[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 03.31.2012
- Shabazz Palaces / An Echo Erom The Hosts That Profess Infinitum / Black Up
- Pulp / This is Hardcore / This Is Hardcore
- The Horrors / Changing The Rain / Skying
- Desire / Under Your Spell / Drive OST
- Solar Bears / Cub [Remix Keep Shelly In Athens] / Campus Martius EP
- Moon Furies - Survival - Not Earth
- Walk the Moon - Next in Line - Anna Sun
- Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone - Permanent Record
- Yeasayer - One - Odd Blood
- Moon Furies - Skyy - Not Earth
- Talking Heads - New Feeling - 77
- Hess is More - Creation Keeps the Devil Away - Creation Keeps the...
- Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. - Demon Days
- Moon Furies - NYC Girls - Not Earth
- Crystal Castles - Vanished - Crystal Castles
- College - A Real Hero - Drive OST
- Chromeo - Fancy Footwork - Fancy Footwork
- Moon Furies - Way Down - Mercury
- Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye - Carnavas
- The Postal Service - Sleeping In - Give Up
- Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon - Donnie Darko OST
- John Maus / No Title (Molly) /Digital Single
- My Bloody Valentine / I Only Said / Loveless
- Smiths / Nowhere Fast / Meat Is Murder
- Sonic Youth / Disappearer / Goo
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