Friday, September 30, 2011

The Whitest Boy Alive


The Whitest Boy Alive are an indie pop band based in Berlin. I love this album. I can listen to it the whole way through; for the most part, on most days. I got into them because of the skate video "Jereme Rogers' Neighborhood," which features three tracks from this album. Their sound creates a feeling of nostalgia in my case, reminiscing of European lounge music. The sound is simple, tasteful, and groovy; and the lyrics are great too.

Dreams


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Bear in Heaven



I got to know about bear in heaven from a pro spotlight video that transworld, adidas, and lucas puig put together recently. The song featured in the video was "Lovesick Teenagers," the song caught my attention from the beginning and is till stuck in head. The album featuring the song is "Beast Rest Forth Mouth." Their sound reminds me of bands like animal collective. The album is pretty cohesive yet varied in its sounds and tempos; a couple of songs have samba inspired percussion, and others have pretty a drony tempo, but the feeling is pretty hazy and mellow the whole way through. I would say that this album grows on you, but "Lovesick Teenagers" is an instant hit, and worth getting the album for.

Beast Rest Forth Mouth

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Caribou



Caribou is an electronic/experimental Canadian act, I got turned on to it because "Odessa", the first track on this album was featured in a video Adidas Skateboarding recently put of a Greek tour with a tight line up of skaters (check the vid below). The album, although i have not listened to it too much seems pretty tasteful, varied, and cohesive. Odessa is still my favorite track, and worth getting the album for.

Swim

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Nite Jewel





Ramona Goinzales' masterpice. She recorded this album using 8-tracks and analog keyboards, giving the sound a dark and hazy 80's feeling.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Beach Fossils


Self titled album by New York band , Beach Fossils, their sound is pretty retro, spacey, and surf rock like. I got into them because they have some catchy tracks featured on the new Habitat Skateboards video "Origins". The album is pretty consistent, a little too much if you ask me, but the opening track, "Daydream" was enough for me to check out this album.

Beach Fossils

Panda Bear


Panda Bear is the founding member of Animal Collective, This Panda Bear release is great, "Slow Motion" is an amazing song and it is the only one i really listen to off this two song ep. The sound is spacey and hip hopish, but over everything tasteful.

Tomboy