Psychedelic

I've chosen psychedelic as today's topic because I've recently discovered Of Montreal, a rock band ironically from Georgia. Their song 'Gronlandic Edit' is extremely trippy, in music and art, and takes more of a 60s approach, fitting in seamlessly with the psychedelic scene. Gronlandic Edit pays tribute to The Beatles's Yellow Submarine movie, which if you haven't seen it already, you're missing out. Here's a small clip. Take a trip back to this era with a modern twist to some old news:)
Gronlandic Edit- Of Montreal
Yellow Submarine- The Beatles (movie clip)

Yellow Submarine

Gronlandic Edit

Muse's New Album

Muse has taken a little break from their music career, but are coming back in full swing with their new album Drones, to be released June 8, 2015. Muse is an English rock band formed in 1994. Some of their greatest hits include Madness, Supermassive Black Hole (featured on Twilight), and Thoughts of a Dying Atheist. Personally, their best album was Absolution released in 2001. The cool thing about this band is they offer complex piano riffs like a recital instead of a modern rock band. Their music does not follow the standard verse-chorus-bridge using 3-5 chords...They are all over the place with strong vocals and finely written guitar and piano parts. In their 2cd Law, they began relying more on an electronic sound. I'm interested in what they come up with in the new album....
Check out Muse's newest song, Psycho.

Hot Sugar

Following the smooth trance- pseudo electronic sound of MACINTOSH PLUS, Hot Sugar is a unique artist with trippy loops and unorthodox music videos, Such as Your Nails Look So Pretty. His music can put you into another world, and though he has no lyrics, his song titles are odd, such as  The Girl Who Stole My Tomagachi. His entire album of Seductive Nightmares is moody, electronic, and otherworld-like. I recommend 2:40-3:00....
Your Nails Look So Pretty
Seductive Nightmares

vaporwave

This is only a song, but vaporwave is a popular genre that's a half joke/all online. Vaporwave is categorized by aesthetic and nostalgia, usually with bad photoshop edits of water, classic sculptures, and random languages.  The music is a sampling of multiple tracks, loops, and from multiple genres. this song by Macintosh Plus, from the album Floral Shoppe, is a sample of Diana Ross's It's Your Move, slowed and edited. To some it may be elevator music, but to others it may be a very chilled, relaxed, trippy song from a very different, obscured type of genre that exists only via the internet.

MACINTOSH PLUS - リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー
It's Your Move- Diana Ross

Youtube Covers

This post is a little different because I want to pay homage to good song covers. It takes a lot of practice to try and recreate a song, because there's so much room for error. Everyone's style sounds different, and especially with vocals, listeners are looking for an exact rendition of their favorite song, and are usually disappointed if the cover isn't identical. Anyways, fishelmar does covers of The Doors, Nirvana, and The Beatles. He plays piano, guitar, bass, drums, and sings vocals. It is insane how much he can sound like Jim Morrison and re create grunge sound of Kurt Cobain.
Love Me Two Times- The Doors
I Will- The Beatles. Listen to the original version and this one at the same time. Completely identical.
Dumb Nirvana

The Strokes

If you're into the garage rock sound, you should check out The Strokes. They're kind of old news, and their last album, Comedown Machine,was released back in 2013, but every song they have delivers. This band went from garage rock, electronic, and back to their roots in indie rock. Lead singer Julian Casablancas has also branched out into a solo career. The Strokes will be playing at The Shaky Knees and Big Guava Festival this year.

classic Strokes: Last night

from the album Angles: Life Is Simple In The Moonlight

from the album Comedown Machine: Tap Out

Going Local

This past Friday, a local band played at Creep Records in Philadelphia. They are Aspiga,  a punk/alternative band that has recently released a new album, What Happened To You? You can find them on Spotify, and also at local gigs around the northeast area.

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