Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Moving To Tumblr

Sorry I haven't been posting much. Honestly I've been listening to a bunch of music everybody already knows about so there's no need blab about it.

But I am moving this blog to Tumblr. Pop over and let me know what you think! Keep smiling people. 





Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Werk Out Music Festival

I just got back from Ohio. Lost Lingo got asked to play at the Werk Out Music Festival. The festival was in a very cool spot. It was at the edge of the Zane Shawnee Caverns on Reservation land. 3000+ people mobbed the woodland farm to see acts like The Werks, Kyle Hollingsworth, The New Mastersounds, Eoto and more.


We cooked the shit out of some ribs over a campfire and stayed up way too late every night. We brought our generator with us and set it up for some late night action @ the Grassroots California tent. We played on Friday and Saturday @ 3:30 am and then on the Main Stage on Sunday @ 11 am. The good music never stopped. 

But now I am home and have a much needed break. Since The Breaktone tour 3 weeks ago I have been traveling non-stop. We played the High Mountain Get Down and the Enchanted Circle Music festival after getting back from CO and then went straight to Ohio. We had a blast and as always made some good friends. 


Here's a cool video of the Werks made with some Go Pro footage:



One of my favorite acts of the weekend was a band called Eumatik
It's kinda like the New Deal with an injection of Eoto:


They raged a late night set and played until sunrise. 

This song SPACE ONION was going down so hard - The kind of shit that just listening to it makes you feel badass. Go Show them some love.

Na shledanou


Thursday, July 14, 2011

Party On Donner Reed

The Breaktone launched a campaign to raise money for a their first music video today. Their video includes a clip of the new single "Party On Donner Reed". The song is a story about greedy people who take advantage of others. Also Jarvis plays drums in a drum set forest.





Thursday, June 30, 2011

Of God and Science Interview

Last week, I got to interview some of the members from "Of God and Science" about their new record, Black Rabbit. The members that were present included Jeremy Fine (Bass), Mike Gonzales (Guitar) and Demarcus Sumter (Drums).

(Mike Gonzales)      (Demarcus Sumter)

(On Peas)
Demarcus: I don't eat that shit.
Jeremy: How can you not love peas dude?
D: I used to eat the shit out of em... If it's straight up in the stalk, I can do that.

So, Julian pretty much plays everything? 
J: Julian came into this band years ago and he brought a lot of color to our sound... He took our songs and said hey, how about some piano, how about some banjo, how about some pedal steel, and he sings like an angel you know what I mean? Where as Matt does all the song writing, Julian compliments all that song writing with a plethora of things that he can do musically.... Julian's the kind of guy that can pick up anything.

You said Matt writes all your songs, do you write the music together?
J: When it comes to song writing, Matt comes in and he has and idea in his head... He'll be like; here's the drum part, here's the bass part, here's some guitar parts, we all have our way of playing and so certain little things change and then the sound becomes bigger and sorta blossoms in a way from there.

You guys recorded Black Rabbit at Matt's place? Is that right? 
J: We call it endsinZ studio. Yeah, that's where all the tracking was done.

You guys mixed and mastered somewhere else?
J: We hired a guy from Austin, his name is Eric Wofford and he runs a studio called Cacophony Recorders and he works with some really kick-ass bands that we know and we love from the Austin scene. Julian just kinda called him up and said, 'hey man we'd love for you to do our record because we love the bands that you're doing, what's the deal?' And the guy was affordable, and the guy was communicative. That was more then we got from some other studios and everything was done through FTP.
Demarcus: I feel like the craziest thing about it is... the way that the album feels... is like some type of crazy country gone awry... When people hear it they're like, 'You guys like The Beatles and Pink Floyd a lot don't you?'
J: "We wear our influences on our sleeve, but doesn't every band? Every band you listen to sounds like somebody, you know what I mean?"
D: We have our own space and it's beautiful, it's beautiful space and he actually helped bring it out with the way he did the mastering.
J: When we sent the mixes out... I was expecting the mixes to comeback like a cleaner, sharper feel, with a lot of stereo space of what we already had... He took our sound and he manipulated it, he added effects, he made executive producer-like decisions and made it sound the way he wanted it to sound... and when he sent them back they were different songs. The first time I heard it, I was like man, there's sauce everywhere! It's beautiful. We sent him some pancakes and he sent them back with butter and syrup all over them.

(Jeremy Fine)

What about your connection to Austin? Did any of you live out there?
J: I did, yeah, I lived there for two years.

Have you guys played out there?
J: Yeah, many times. We haven't played in this line-up. These guys have been on board for less than a year... Before then we went out there and we played SXSW, private parties and little side-festivals...We put together a Detach Records' Party which was a huge success. We had some kick-ass bands play...We've only done that one time because it was tremendously expensive... It's a beautiful city and the mentality there is prime for music and what we do. And everybody's willing to listen and that's cool.


What about Detach Records, You said you're all part owner?
J: When it comes to ownership... the ownership is kinda weird... It's a co-op label, where bands come in and they collectively kinda do their things but the Detach name and all that stuff is owned basically between me Matt and Julian and my brother Jason who lives in Austin, he's one of the founders of the label as well. And I should add Matt Dickens in there, who is the main guy from the Mindy set... Those are really the main contributors to the Detach Records thing... It's a co-op label, it's a collaborative thing, it's a community - it's a family...
D: Yeah, just making it basically... where if somebody needs something we all have each others back.
J: That's right. We share contacts, we share couches, we share everything...
D: Food and Booze.
J: We share a community... And it's not just music, it's artists as well. It's visual artists, it's animators, it's video editors, all kinds of different arts.
D: This whole thing is: between himself [Jeremy] working in television and us having so many friends that are in film... on top of meeting the most talented people who could ever touch a paint brush to a canvas - It's just that type of love.
J: Maybe someday we'll all make some money at it. If not, whatever.
D: Tshhh... I just want a Cheeseburger.

What is the Black Rabbit metaphor? 
J: The Black Rabbit is a concept that Matt came up with on his own, and I don't know where in his brain it comes from but every human on the planet has a black rabbit inside of him somewhere... It goes back to the whole 'are we born good or are we born evil?' But that's why on the cover of the album you have a black rabbit wearing a white rabbit's suit. We're all walking around this earth with a facade, a suit that maybe is different than what's inside our hearts. It's those people who can make the difference between what they are on the outside and what they are on the inside as close together as possible, those are genuine people. The video, at the end, where you see the black rabbits come in, they represent the darkness inside all of us that can sometimes take over. No matter what decision you make in life... You're giving up something else. It's like opportunity cost in the business world... Whatever you choose, you're choosing against something else, so, that's kinda the idea behind the Black Rabbit. No matter what decision you make in life: you choose to go to school, you choose to play rock and roll, you choose to do drugs, you choose to go to church, it doesn't matter. Whatever you choose, you're giving up something else.
D: Just do drugs in church.

Mike have you lived here (Albuquerque) for a while?
Mike: Yeah, born and raised, playing in random bands since high school.

What other groups have you been involved with?
M: Indoor Living, Paradigm, Good Company. Everywhere from pop-punk to hip-hop.



What kinda guitar do you play?
M: Two Mexican Strats.

You have some kind of electronic equipment on stage with you sometimes?
M: Yeah, a Midi Keyboard.

What kind of keyboard is it?
M: It's a Korg
R: What are you running?
J: We're running organs and pianos; it really depends on the song.
R: What program do you have on your laptop?
J: Logic


Are you guys road ready right now? 
J: Absolutely man.
R: What do you travel in?
J: In my van... It's a 1996 Chevy Imperial van... We have a trailer as well... If we go to Denver and back, we'll play video games in the van because we're going to Denver and back.
R: You have a TV in the van?
J: Yeah... It's not like we got like a 50 inch plasma or anything.


Thanks for reading and supporting this awesome band. Check out a show or buy their stuff.
Of God and Science Website
Detach Records Homepage

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Radiohead - Staircase

Cool new video off the new From the Basement sessions

featuring Clive Deamer on percussion 

Friday, May 27, 2011

Infinity Rooms

GANG GANG DANCE
Looking further into the Gang Gang Dance 4AD sessions I was interested to learn that the live video that can be seen here was made by creating real time cinematic effects. It is visually stunning. The environment that was created for this performance, that lasted an entire night, was inspired by works of Art called Infinity Rooms by Yayoi Kusam Yayoi Kusam is a Japanese crazy person who makes my brain larger. 




Gang Gang Dance is avant-garde, experimental, mostly electronic music. Here is the video for MindKilla, but don't forget to check out the live version from the 4ad sessions



THE GLITCH MOB

I'm getting excited to see the Glitch Mob Live. The group is made up of three seriously talented electronic producers.


This song has straight up been my anthem since I first heard it.
Listen to: 

COMMA


I discovered Comma's music because he is opening  for The Glitch Mob @ The Regency Ballroom. I was excited to find a tiny little smiley face at the bottom of his website so I made sure to tell him about it on Twitter. Listen to: Mezcal Hologram (Om Unit Remix)




Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Raptor Didn't Come

Rapture or not, The Future Holds a Beat. Virtual Boy is something to dig into, it will make you watch motion pictures of stories your brain wants to tell. But only if you want to get some electro all up in ya.

Listen to:


Virtual Boy
Symphony No. None

Label: Alpha Pup Records
Release Date: Feb-01-2011














If you already like Battles go freaking listen to 'Inchworm'. Freaking google it or groovehark it you wookie, and wait in the car if you fucking have to. or Buy it  


If you haven't heard 'Battles' watch: 

It was directed by CANADA: a production company made up of three filmmakers in Barcelona

You may know them from this:






P.S.




Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Lifeboat


Of God and Science has a music video for their song Turbulence, a song off of their latest release "Black Rabbit". I really liked the self-titled release and am excited to catch my first live show. Here are the lyrics to Turbulence: 

Hold onto your lifeboat brothers and sisters
The water is getting rough
Make sure you keep your hands inside the lines
Can't you see
It was meant to be
When the flash of the lives we're all supposed to lead collide
I need a friend, I need a friend now.
I need a friend, I need a friend now.
So get off your feet and strap into the capsule
The countdown's begun
It was meant to be
In the wake of the lives that we all know we leave behind
Hold onto your life boat, brothers and sisters
Hold onto your lifeboat
The water is getting rough
So make sure you keep your hands inside the lines
Can't you see
It was meant to be
It was meant for me
In the picture perfect world that we all leave behind.

Enjoy the beautiful New Mexico scenery. 




Sunday, April 3, 2011

My favorite thing about Modest Mouse is The Helio Sequence


I try not to post bands that get millions of plays or artists that are on major labels, but Sub Pop wont do nobody wrong. The Helio Sequence was formed in Oregon in '99. Benjamin Weikel, a past member of Modest Mouse and Brandon Summers comprise this duo. This song is just awesome:


Watch:

I read an interview in Tape Op Magazine with Brendan Benson from The Raconteurs. The same issue had a great interview with Jack White from the White Stripes/Deadweather/The Raconteurs. I had already decided that although Jack White has never tickled my ears I thought that The Raconteurs was his best collaboration. After reading the interviews I figured that the reason Jack White reached a new place must have been because of Brendan Benson. I thought I would stick with the theme of the post and say something about how my favorite part about Jack White is Brendan Benson but that turns out simply to be false, so...

Here is David Bazan from Pedro the Lion

Listen to:

Friday, April 1, 2011

Robot and a Girl

   Straight out the U.K. on a Friday, Saint Savior caught my attention with how purely emotional her songs are. I listened to Hurricanes and then went hunting for something just right. This song Fallen Trees has a good video. It is for those of us who appreciate experiencing art and learning something personal about the artist. I like the things about Saint Savior that I do about Cocorosie and Bjork. The majority of my recent listening has been inspired by harmonic ingenuity, synthesizers and lyrical brainwashing - This music is a welcomed escape.

Watch:

Fallen Trees  



    Martin Wheeler is an electronic music producer and self-proclaimed 'indie game designer'. I was thinking about how most musicians are conflicted people - Great music comes from prolific dichotomy. I really found some conversation happening today between the organic and the digital. Maybe martin could explain that to me in math.

Listen to:


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Sleepy Natives

The great music I have never heard is sneaking out of France, Canada, and Sweden. Sweden is the third
largest planet in the European Union and keeps orbiting some musical nucleus of Nordic do-what-you-want.  KolmÃ¥rden - It is a forest. A magical forest Volta - Karma Trees:
Listen to:
Kolmården
Words Just Won't Do



Ashley Best
Recorded an album called 'So Colourful' at The University Of Huddersfield & The Broadway Studios, Norton. I think you'll like it if you are into James Blake and Sufjan Stevens having a primordial sticky child. 
Listen to:
Broken Sleep
Satellites




Hey Ra Ra Riot.


Listen to :

Boy

Friday, March 4, 2011

I think that she must think that I'm Retarded


Freelance Whales:
An indie/folk/electropop group from Queens
formed in 2008


Listen to:

The Dodos:

the song that won me over:

And check out this great 
cover of 'Fools':

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Sometimes all I can think about is...


Remixing The Breaktone as an experiment.

Thanks to all the people out there dedicating some of their time to come to this blog. You've probably realized that I don't really write reviews and I don't post everyday. Two things I'm liking a lot about it this environment for expression. I also post things here that I create and or am inspired by.

I was just experimenting with the keyboard line and came up with this:

I posted a band called the Mercury Program in Feb. I decided to remix "Delicate Answer". Enjoy.
Check out:


Thanks for listening,


If you know and like The Breaktone, you'll probably like The Secret Band as well:

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Eubot and Friends

Rand Larzeny's first release.

Listen to and Download:

Rand Larzeny on SoundCloud

or BandCamp for Lossless:
http://randlarzeny.bandcamp.com/




The art for RL by K-Vill.
http://k-vill.blogspot.com/

 A band that Kevin recommended:


Papadosio:
Eclectic and feel good Jamtronica.


"A Digital Monster
With an Analog Soul"
Listen to: All I Knew





The Mercury Program:

Everything is about the universe. Tiny particles swirling and giant particles standing still. Heaven rounds up all the lies that we believed and throws them in the fire.

Listen to:
Sultans of El Sur

Delicate Answer




"When you walk in the room I follow you round
Like a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a dog, I'm a lapdog
I'm your lapdog, yeah"
-Thom Yorke

Sunday, January 30, 2011

In search of synth leads

I was just recently made aware of Keston and Westdal.
I was turned on by some tracks off of "One Day to Save  All Life". The chill, simple, glitchy electronics and long pedals in the bass grabbed my attention the same way that a lot of minimalist electronic stuff has been lately. Only I was surprised by the funk that pours out when the bass player pulls out all the stops. Put up with the droneyness of some of their music and you'll get rocked by unexpected moments of sly melodies and sensible breaks. Oh yeah and my favorite part, they have the creamiest synth leads.

Youtube:
Sad Flower



One Day to Save All Life is available on iTunes
CD released on Mar 25, 2008

Check out their blog for insights from 2005: KESTWEST






EDIT: Check out John Keston's solo work Ostraka - Precambrian Resonance
and if you're into dissecting the forensics of acousticfood go here Audio Cookbook - John Keston  


Naturally through discovering Keston and Westdal I was reminded of my long time friend and mentor Brandon Draper. Brandon Draper is an multi-talented
Drummer/Musician/Composer based out of Kansas City. I decided to look up some of his new music and was delighted to find this:

Listen to:



Brandon is uber talented and involved in so much good music. Look up Organic Proof and Quixotic. 

a tout a l'heure 


Saturday, January 22, 2011

True North



Jenny Invert is a feel good feel weird pop band from Albuquerque. I heard a rumor that they are moving to Seattle though so keep an eye out for them in that area.


Listen to:


Name your price on Bandcamp






Inspired Flight one of my favorite multi-collaborative projects I have heard in a while. You will hear tracks featuring Eligh and Scarub but the hip hop pops up like a sneaky after thought amidst long moments of minimalistic and chill electronic indie rock songs.

Listen to:




Take a break from the music and check out K-Vills blog. He's a painter, artist and sometimes thinks he's a creature from the sea. Check it out. 


















These guys were supposed to by side by each with Jenny invert but meh. Break it up and see what pours out. 


Listen to:


Have a good time out there people. 

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Lectro Loven in the Oven

You don't want my sympathy 
You won't Pay me the money that you owe me
I put my wheels to the pavement and count my chips
and place em in the chair where my old man sits

A new Zenova mashup:


Zenova is the king of chill
Listen to:



Willam 
Listen to: