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Music: Music go Music

vanshnookenraggen — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:26:55 +0000

Music Go Music, like M83′s Saturdays=Youth, has a nostalgic sound but one that is fresh and modern. Their LastFM page puts them around the sounds of mid-1970s ABBA and ELO, which is accurate, but in a more core way; the DNA of these bands live on but have evolved and progressed. There is something about harmonious pop and dreamy vocals that gets me every time. It’s why I will never hate the movie Xanadu. Music aside, would you check out that art? Warm in the Shadows is their new track and it is a wonderfully crafted epic space dream.

Music go Music – Warm in the Shadows

Music go Music – Light of Love

Music go Music Myspace

Music: Grouper

vanshnookenraggen — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:00:16 +0000

If you check out my Last.fm widget down to the side there you will see some of the albums I’ve been loving on within the last few months. The one without a cover is this album, Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill.

Man do I love me some dream-pop. It doesn’t get much dreamier than Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill by Portland’s Grouper (Liz Harris). DDD fits the genre title well as this entire album feels like the soundtrack to a dream; you don’t always know what is going on and you forget what happened when it ends but you are left with the feeling that you just experienced something magical.

Music aside that cover creeps me out, but in a good way.

Grouper – Heavy Water / I’d Rather Be Sleeping

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Music: Moscow Olympics, School of Seven Bells

vanshnookenraggen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:28:01 +0000

Another one of my passions is music. One of the first things I do every morning is sift through a multitude of music blogs and webzines. Living in a city with such an amazing music scene, one where so many bands come through, I am always finding out about new bands and music. I often take pictures at the shows I go to, though I have tended to not take pictures at the shows that I really want to experience because of how the camera makes you step back from what is going on (this is something I need to change). So now I’m going to start writing about new bands or new songs I’ve discovered and publishing shots from the shows I go to to promote the music I love and shine some light on these artists that fill my life with so much joy.

Wow, that was a long winded and sappy way to announce that I’m adding music to my blog. Screw it. First up is an indie pop band from Indonesia, Moscow Olympics, and then it’s the School of Seven Bells who are now on tour with M83 (I already have my tickets for that show).

Moscow Olympics – Still

School of Seven Bells – Connjur