VIDEO GAME (CORPSE PARTY: BLOOD COVERED)
Screeching violins mixed with ambient sounds. Ominous soundtrack to a creepy story line.
Home of a little music side project. Don't be shy and leave comments.
28.10.14
Andrei Krylov - 'Bessarabia Gypsy Dance'
TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN MUSIC
Acoustic guitar with increasing tempos.
The wonders of the seven-string Russian guitar.
Warm Soda - 'This Changes Everything'
GARAGE ROCK
Acoustic guitar riffs, heavy bass, and telephone vocals. Short and sweet.
Sergio Mendes + Brasil 66 - 'Mas Que Nada'
BOSSA NOVA
"In stereo!" Loving the snapping and sweet accents on the voices. Great piano. Interesting stereo mixing, right?
22.10.14
Post Modern Team - 'I Just Wanna Make Love To You'
ELECTROCLASH POP
Dance track with funky guitars.
I also recommend an early indie pop rock track, Heartbreak.
From Japan - the country, not a record label.
21.10.14
White Reaper - 'Cool'
GARAGE PUNK ROCK
Dash of surf rock. Simple song with heavy guitars, claps, and - it's just cool.
From White Reaper (2014).
ARMS - 'Comfort'
POP ROCK
A popping snare and an acoustic guitar beneath cycling electric guitars. Interesting crystal-like synth sounds near the break.
From EP2 (2013) by Paper Garden Records.
TEENS - 'Die With You'
GARAGE SURF ROCK
Clear, crisp guitars with fierce vocals. Track 2, "O'Lay", leads to this song perfectly.
Whole album is just great.
From TEENS (2011).
Terry Malts - 'Don't'
PUNK ROCK
Furious guitars with verb-y solos and vocals. Profound progressions.
Don't go away.
From Insides EP (2014) by Slumberland Records.
24.9.14
Glass Pear - 'Summer'
ANTHEMIC POP ROCK
Lyrics spawn pleasant imagery. The violins add a refreshing layer to the meditative song.
From Glass Pear (2012)
The Peach Kings - 'Mojo Thunder'
INDIE ROCK
Sexy track that will make you sway. The guitar distortion complements the breathy vocals to create the right groove.
"Fever in my veins. Fever in my veins."
From Mojo Thunder EP (2014)
2.9.14
Paul Desmond - 'O Gato'
BOSSA NOVA
Great sax and great guitar. The hats get a bit too metallic and high at some point. The whole album is recommended, really.
No Disco - 'Unnamed Track' #6
COLD WAVE ELECTRONIC
Gloomy synths with quick tempos. Vocals croon haunting, heartbreaking lyrics. Could be better mixed, but I can see how the current mixing job may fit the overall mood of the song.
"You don't love me. No; not at all. You don't answer when I call. You are hollow when I'm there. I am shallow beyond repair."
SAINT MOTEL - 'My Type'
ALTERNATIVE POP ROCK
Exciting music with a great sax+trumpet intro. Flirtatious lyrics with great dance elements. The whole EP maintains this excitement.
"I can't help myself but stare...I'm a man who's got very specific taste."
From My Type EP (2014) by Parlophone.
Y LUV - 'Jacques Cousteau'
ALTERNATIVE INDIE ROCK
Bass line beauty with squealing guitars. Raspy yet clear vocals demanding more from life. Quite liberating.
27.8.14
(Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon) - Power Glove - 'Power Core'
VIDEO GAME (FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON)
Deep low ends and high synths. Steady beating bass line with shrill synths.
Total Control - 'Paranoid Video'
ELECTRONIC ROCK POP
Synthy dance music with an overlapping voice of lyrics.
Part Time - 'Cassie (Won't You Be My Doll)'
NU WAVE POP ROCK
Lo-fi retro-synth chords pulsing with reverb guitars and snare snaps. Heavy 80's vibe.
I also recommend "I Wanna Take You Out."
From What Would You Say? by Mexican Summer.
26.8.14
The Bixby Knolls - 'Tomorrow Never Comes'
GARAGE ROCK POWER POP
Fuzzy guitars and a jumping snare with a solid bass. And lyrics strung together like pearls of honesty.
"Got me hiding from the sun..."
From Tomorrow Never Comes (2014) by El Camino Media.
(Magic In The Moonlight) - Bix Beiderbecke - 'Big Boy'
FILM (MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT)
Woody Allen's "Magic In The Moonlight" has a wonderfully supervised soundtrack. While "You Do Something To Me" composed by Cole Porter but performed by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra functioned as the main theme to the film, "Big Boy" really made driving scenes memorable and fun.
Simply listening to the tooting trumpet and bouncing bright piano reminds me of the sunny scenes of the characters driving top-down by the South France seas. Now THAT is coasting.
12.8.14
BUDDY BANTER - 'INSANE'
GARAGE ROCK
The intro pounds low ends into your head until you are released by airy hats and steady crunching guitars. Enter phasey guitar.
"When ever I am all alone
I always seem to drift away
I wish I had a time machine..."
From Paradise Thrillz (2013).
Babes - 'Isn't It Love'
POP ROCK
Melancholic sound to the end-of-summer melancholy. The track includes sweet vocals accompanied by a soft acoustic guitar. A lazy guitar, keys, and drums sneak in...eventually.
From Babes (2014) by Harvest Records.
DEAD FE†US - 'Give Up'
WITCH HOUSE
Mewling and pulsating synths with buzzing drops. Drift into a trance with this witch house track.
29.7.14
(Mad Men) - David Carbonara - 'Lipstick'
TELEVISION DRAMA (MAD MEN)
Smoky jazz that doesn't heat up to a boil. This original Mad Men track composed by David Carbonara shifts its solos from one instrument to another often between dramatic pauses.
Carbonara's compositions don't all fall under the jazz genre. Here is another favorite track that changed the mood of the show - as if ridiculing the mess of the characters' lives.
26.7.14
Froth - 'General Education'
GARAGE DREAM ROCK
Twangy guitars and organ-like synths. City dreamscapes.
From Patterns (2013).
iamamiwhoami - 'hunting for pearls'
ELECTRONIC
A relaxing track with piping vocals. iamamiwhoami apparently creates great videos.
The video perfectly captures the relaxing vibe. Or vice versa...?
JD Samson & MEN - 'Making Art'
ELECTRONIC DEEP HOUSE INDIE POP ROCK
Sweet synthesizers and great electronic house drops paired with vocals. Great dance track.
"...the truth is right on our fingertips..."
From Making Art (2013).
Kera and the Lesbians - 'Gypsy Song'
BIPOLAR FOLK GARAGE ROCK
What is a gypsy song without a tambourine? Besides great percussion that adds space to the track, the guitars mesh together to cooperate the formation of an alternative genre rhythm.
The introduction will take you to another place where the gypsies roam.
From Year 23 (2014).
Shannon and the Clams - 'Troublemaker'
SURF MOD ROCK
A full, heavy voice expressing tense sentences. Back vocals give the track an airy sense of space. Great surfy drums with quickly arpeggiated clean guitar chords. Track has a 50's vibe.
Shake, shake your head and jump up and down.
By Burger Records. 2011.
Corners - 'Pressure'
NEO-SURF PUNK ROCK
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"Feel the pressure" from the chronic hyper riffing of the guitars on top of the running drums.
The music video not only has great cinematography, but adds a layer of meaning to the lyrics. And who doesn't like watching people skate downhill.
By Mono Records
26.6.14
25.6.14
Elis Regina - 'Aguas De Marco'
BOSSA NOVA
Cool, rhythmic vocals supported by percussion, guitar, piano. Strings chime in as well.
From Elis (1972)
Grouplove - 'Shark Attack'
POP NOISE
Happy, quirky music. Hip-hop and synthpop mixed together in the chorus.
From Spreading Rumors (2013) by Atlantic Records
24.6.14
Daniel Roure - 'Les Baleines Bleues'
JAZZ
Clean guitar solos with suave vocals.
From Le temps d'un jazz (2008) by Azur Jazz Club
De Lux - 'Make Space'
ELECTROCLASH, POST-DISCO POP
Funk all around.
From Voyage (2014) by Innovative Leisure
11.6.14
Woods - 'Feather Man'
PSYCH-FOLK ROCK
A slowish song with acoustic guitars. Beautifully delayed vocals.
From With Light and With Love (2014)
The Black Beacon Sound - 'Acid Eyes'
ECLECTIC INDIE POP ROCK
"Find me waiting by the sea." Surf rock sound perfect for the summer.
4.6.14
Psychic Rites - 'Alone at Night'
NEON DOOM DISCO, ELECTRO WITCH POP
"I just get so cold when I'm alone at night..." confess the whispering vocals. Buzzing synths vibrate beneath pop synths and creeping guitars in this track.
Just this week PsyRi released a music video to their new track "Singularity." View the gore below.
Leather - 'Next Day'
DREAM PUNK ROCK
Bright, crunchy guitars with a dark yearning voice. A band from Japan.
From demo tape #1 (2014)
Bandcamp
Hot Club Sandwich - 'Stompin' at Kaos'
GYPSY JAZZ
Violin and guitar conversation that is reminiscent of the Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli style. Rapid "la pompe" strumming.
The second track includes velvety vocals. There is also similar guitar/violin call and response format.
From Green Room (2007).
Hot Club Sandwich Website
2.6.14
Midlake - 'The Old And The Young'
LO-FI ROCK
"...a life made of wallow and pain..." This track rides the bass as its foundation. Layers of echo-y synths surround the well decayed vocals. The track slowly thickens with an acoustic guitar and more synths.
From Antiphon (2013)
Midlake Website
21.5.14
STRFKR - 'Golden Light'
INDIE POP ROCK GAZE
Very chill synths with a heavy bass track. Inevitable grooving.
From Miracle Mile (2013)
Credits to @flouridechriss
Bandcamp
Heather Rigdon - 'Young & Naive'
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ
Warm vocals to sorrowful lyrics. Hashtag sensual.
From Young & Naive (2007)
19.5.14
(The Grand Budapest Hotel) Alexandre Desplat - 'The New Lobby Boy'
FILM (THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL)
Flamenco guitar tremolos mixed with brushes on snares. The Slavic flavors found in Desplat's music helped make Wes Anderson's European country Zubrowka believable.
I also recommend "Night Train To Nebelsbad."
Orval Carlos Sibelius - 'Asteroids'
PSYCHEDELIC INDIE POP ROCK
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Surf-rock sounds with psychedelic elements. There is reverb everywhere.
From Super Forma (2013).
17.5.14
of Montreal - 'Belle Glade Missionaries'
INDIE ROCK, POP PSYCHEDELIC
A 60's vibe. Twangy guitars with happy tambourines on top of organ chords. An explorative album put together in three weeks.
From the album Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013)
Hugh Cornwell - 'Totem and Taboo'
POP ROCK
A full voice well-matched with crunchy guitars and outspoken lyrics. #FunSong
From the album Totem & Taboo (2012)
Penicillin Baby - 'Thought It Couldn't Be This Way'
GARAGE ROCK
Great Nashville music. Interesting guitar phasing sounds that sweep from one end to the other that give the track a spacey effect. Lots of reverb on the vocals~
Listen for the heavy chord progression of melancholy at 2:35.
From the album " Not Getting Any Younger 7"
Bandcamp
14.5.14
Cardoso, Jorge - 'Milonga'
CLASSICAL GUITAR
Old recording, but I think it fits the song nicely. Look at Cardoso's deep concentration. Or simply sway back and forth.
31.3.14
30.3.14
The Octopus Project - 'Sharpteeth'
POP ROCK, EXPERIMENTAL
In a pool of sounds. Including those from the Theremin.
Also recommended "Mmkit" track for some kick*ss instrumental action.
From Fever Forms (2013)
JJAMZ - 'Cleverly Disguised'
INDIE ROCK
"Cus even the good ones they lie..." Super upbeat song. Sweet voices. Band name pronounced "juh-jamz."
From Suicide Pact (2012)
24.3.14
21.3.14
Bad Books - 'Forest Whitaker'
INDIE ROCK
From II (2012). Has a pop tone to it as well. Apparently a "second collaboration between singer/songwriter Kevin Devine and Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra."
SKATERS - 'Deadbolt'
INDIE ROCK, PUNK
From their album Manhattan (2014)
I also recommend from the same album => Miss Teen Massachusetts
11.3.14
Akira Yamaoka - 'Devil's Laughter' ( from Silent Hill: Shattered Memories)
VIDEO GAME
Akira Yamaoka combines ambient, sound effects, and hip-hop in many of his Silent Hill tracks. This is one of his more frightening tracks from Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.
I've also included a link to Akira Yamaoka – Angel's Scream.
The Time and Space Machine - 'Children of the Sun'
ELECTROCLASH, PSYCH-SCAPE
Freakbeats and twang guitars from Richard Norris.
7.3.14
Mick Gordon - 'Sabrewulf Theme' (from Killer Instinct)
VIDEO GAME
From Killer Instinct (2013), composer Mick Gordon successfully uses strings in "Sabrewulf Theme" to heighten suspense. The percussion panning completes this track. The track scratching is intentional.
26.2.14
The Bots - Desperate (live session)
ALTERNATIVE ROCK
23.2.14
Brothers Martin - Behaviour Explains
INDIE ROCK, INDIETRONICA, ELECTROCLASH
2006. Tooth & Nail Records .
Abreu, Zequinha de - Tico Tico No Fuba
INSTRUMENTAL, SAMBA
Written in 1917 by Zequinha de Abreu. Main instrument used in the above recording is guitar.
From Wikipedia, first recorded in 1931 by the Orquestra Colbaz.
Rachminov, Sergei - Piano Concerto No.2 C minor Op.18
CLASSICAL, ROMANTIC
Written 1900-1901. All three movements are included in this video.
Sheet Music HERE
22.2.14
Joe Hisaishi - Journey (Dreamy Flight) from The Wind Rises
FILM SOUNDTRACK
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Joe Hisaishi composes for Hayao Miyazaki's films for the last time in The Wind Rises since it is Miyazaki's supposedly last film.
The mandolin is wonderful and reminiscent of Nino Rota's composing. The song really kicks up at 1:50 with the added percussion and tuba. Loving what the tuba low frequencies do to the piece.
I also suggest "Journey (Wind of Italia)" for some more of that liveliness.
Ah, yes. And the film was marvelous.
14.2.14
Sarasate, Pablo de - Spanish Dances No.1 + No.2, op. 21 ("Malaguena" + "Habanera")
CLASSICAL, ROMANTIC
Violin + Piano pieces by a violinist composer (1844-1908). Sarasate's other famous piece is "Zigeunerweisen."
7.2.14
2.2.14
(Hellraiser) Christopher Young - "Resurrection"
FILM - HELLRAISER (1987)
Hellraiser (1987) has a hair-raising soundtrack by Christopher Young who has also written scores for other horror movies like The Grudge (2004) and Fly II (1989).
It's very 80's sounding but its use of sound effects put it ahead of its time.
"Seduction and Pursuit" , used as the song for the box, is another favorite from this film.
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