Slow M@gic's Hipster-Chill. It's called fucken Triangle. OBVS.


This is it. My new favourite. It may even surpass Pur3 X as my favourite thing to listen to almost ever. I mean, just look at the fucken album cover. Those are on the fucken beach and they have SPACE shining through them! FUCK.
Gushy schoolgurl vernack aside...

This is a chill wet dream. It's upbeat as all hell while still maintaining that constant and disturbingly comfortable hazy lo-fi wonderfulness that I've come to love. Doef Doef that kills. <3 Hz.

I am in love with this album and I'm still only halfway through. Holy fucken shitballs. I want to cry.
Gush. Gush. Gush. I couldn't help it.

TAKE IT, BEFORE I SHOOT YOU IN THE FACE.

New H0t Ch1ps!!!!!

s

Hey y'all. Nu H0t Ch1ps has landed. I've always maintained that H0t Ch1p can heal all wounds... and then LCD can re-open them again. I truly believe this. Unfortunately their last release was a let down, for me. Let's hope this one can live up to the grandeur or tracks like Baby Said, Playboy, Boy From School, the obvious Over and Over, Made In The Dark, etc. I could go on. We all know how FUCKING SWEET this band is. Let's hope the album lives up.

I ain't listened to it yet. Will report back.

TAKE IT, BITCHES, LIKE A PUERTO RICAN SHEMALE.

greenisforturbo - Sat Down Beside Me feat. Tape Hiss and Sparkle

New Greenisforturbo single - Misdirected


Here it is, for your health!

$leigh Bells REIN IN TERROR

I really don't need to explain this one. I mean, I havent even listened to it yet. But if $sleigh Bells' first offering of Treats is anything to go by then:

YOU BEST TAKE IT

I've listened to it now.
ilham:  ok
 me:  and she sings a bit more
 ilham:  thats a bummer
 me:  it's a bit more genteel
 ilham:  i like the hardness
 me:  ME TOO
It's not as hip hop either
But, that said, it's still nice
it's just
Different
 Sent at 1:57 PM on Tuesday
 ilham:  okies
 Sent at 1:59 PM on Tuesday
 ilham:  sleigh bells file seems to be removed everywhere
 me:  I'm uploading a copy onto my personal mediafire for you
25%
 Sent at 2:01 PM on Tuesday
 ilham:  ah thanks pooface
then send me the link?
 me:  Of course, dummy! It
it's not like I'm going to with hold it from you
as some sort of bizarre
blackmail technique
Like... "SO ILHAM, it's Uploaded..."
"So... do you want it?? HUH?"
"What are you gonna give me for it??"
 I mean, Jesus. Get dancefloor slamming already. Here's a treat:





I$lands' New Offering.


Lissen. Because I've been a motherfucken pussy-ass motherfucker [classy, that] the great and godly goodness that is Cameron Lowry has been running the site of late. I thank him for that, I bow at the waist.
Thanks Cameron. Thameron.

Anyway, that brief and unsubtle distaste aside, LOOK, it's the new I$lands. Aren't you excited?

Well, not really, you may say. Yes, yes yes, Return To $ea was fucken marvellous in it's not-so-subtle Graceland Gloriousness. Wow. Yes. Then followed the overtly proggy and not so great In @rm's Way... or whatever it was called. Vap0urs followed, but we'd lost interest. Sorry Nick, we had. We just had. It happens.
What a fickle fucken world.
Well, lissen, this new one is here, and if the banter on sites is anything to go by, it is actually quite good and solid.
Give it a try. I've just started lissening to Track1 now.
TAKE IT NOW, BITCHES.

Yo Grapes - Human of the Week



Yo Grapes is back with another great track. As usual it's packed with quirky lyrics and bouncy electronic beats.



"My life is a mess, but I try to keep in pretty high spirits about it.
My mom's bolognaise is tasty, still it's not enough to make you stay"

Greenisforturbo - Dinosaur


I played bass guitar in greenisforturbo a few years
back. The band, very sadly and reluctantly, died after a brief spell of fun which played out

between Johannesburg and Pretoria.

Luckily for you the readers we managed to get our song into some microphones just in time.

Now presenting the second single off the upcoming album "Lunchbox for a dream".






The Phenomenal Handclap Band - Form & Control


The Phenomenal Handclap Band feels and sounds like a super group from the 60's playing songs written in the future. They manage to combine everything that is good into one sound that fits so well together, taking any part away would cause some sort of groovy apocalypse.

It has been 3 years or so since the debut, self-titled album but finally, their second studio album is here!



Yesterday's Pupil


Yesterday's Pupil has been hiding in the shadow of Bittereinder for a while now, so it's about time that we got something new from the beast that is Yesterday's Pupil.

"Hi, my name is Peach and Yesterday’s Pupil
is my solo project.
I am about to release my second full-length album.
Unlike my first album I am going to release this
album for free in sequential parts.
Part 1: Singularity will be released on 1 November
2011 and all following parts will be released in
approximately two-month intervals.
Each individual part will consist of two brand new
original tracks accompanied by an
artwork for each track as well as the lyrics
and artist notes."


Free downloads of Part 1 and Part 2 are available now at the official YP website. Each part comes as a zip file containing 2 high quality MP3's, beautiful artwork by Louis Minnaar, the song lyrics and artist notes. The music itself is top notch. Expect a whole bunch of dirty synth, energetic beats and that typical YP swagger you've come to love.


I was intrigued by the approach so I asked Peach a few questions:

Sad Birthdays: Does the new collection of YP songs have a collective name?
Yesterday's Pupil: Yes, I am looking at two options, but once I decide I will stick to one and announce it.

SB: Why did you decide to release the songs two at a time instead of the usual album release?
YP: Because it is a free release. I liked the idea of a little series that people could follow instead of giving them everything all at once. Besides people won't be able to handle it all in one go, they will OD.

SB: Has your involvement with Bittereinder changed the way you approach YP?
YP: It has in the sense that I have learned how to work faster. I don't know how working with Bittereinder can really affect YP musically but the experience is in there somewhere.

SB: The production on the new songs is world class. How do you manage this when so many South African musicians struggle to get a good sound out of their recordings?
YP: Thank you! I have been doing production for almost 10 years and I have worked on variety of different projects and genres, I think that it is a combination of those experiences and my own trial and error.
I have learned a lot from my production mistakes. I will never be done learning so I try learn something new everyday, and I do, I am Yesterday's Pupil.

SB: The collaboration with Tumi once again worked out really well. If you could collaborate with any musician worldwide, who would you choose?
YP: Thom Yorke from Radiohead.

SB: Do you have any plans to tour?
YP: Yes I do, there are a bunch of dates pencilled already.

SB: Any inspirational words for the kids out there?
YP: Don't try follow any scene or trend. Be yourself, nothing original sounded cool at first. Be patient but work your ass off!




Beach Party EP

I've really been enjoying the first release by self-professed Beachwave rockers Beach Party. While music genres are useful when trying to describe a bands sound I find them to be quite useless at the same time. In this case, after ruling out the chances that the Beachwave genre is related to the beach wave hairstyle I've concluded that Beachwave = A wave of Beach Party. Fair enough.

Much like their chosen genre, the bands aesthetic and music is littered with sense of fun and lightheartedness. I'll explain with an excerpt of their biography, "Beach Party are a popular South African band best known for their hit 'Girls' as well as for co-creating the music genre of heavy metal."


The production on the EP is solid, which when combined with some great upbeat tracks, makes it pleasant on the ear. To attest to this, I listened to it 3 times while writing this and didn't get bored. I'm genuinely excited to hear what Beach Party can offer when it comes to a full length album.




White Denim D

D is the fourth studio album by Garage Rock band White Denim.

If you like guitars, harmonies and good melodies, TAKE IT

They love petroleum products...
and know how to have fun with them!

Oh Owen!


OH OWEN!


What, you don't believe me?
OK, LOOK:

 

Stroked


I don't really need to say how awesome this has the potential to be.
It's pretty hit and miss, as most tribute albums are, but, who cares.
Can you believe it's been ten years since this release?
Can you remember how important this album was?
Can you?

Read this: http://stereogum.com/767531/stroked-tribute-to-is-this-it/mp3s/

Then download THIS.

My favourites are the Peter, Bjorn & John cover of Is This It; Owen Pallet's amazing string construction of Hard To Explain & Real Estate's rendition of Barely Legal.

New @tlas S0und.



Coxy's new album is out. It's called P@rallax. Enjoy it. I'm pretty certain it's good.

TAKE IT
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