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[cavedwellermusic]

Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol – Big Dumb Riffs (2024)

Tom Hanno of Tom's Reviews looks at the aptly named Big Dumb Riffs, the upcoming album from Austin based self described Doom Wop kings Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, out March 22nd.

Austin, Texas is home to one of the coolest bands out there, a unit known collectively as Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol. These three musicians, Leo Lydon (lead vocals, 8-string guitar), Sean St. Germain (drums, gang vocals), and Aaron Metzdorf (bass, gang vocals) have created a must hear record, and if you keep reading then you’ll find out exactly why I think that.

Read Tom's full review and listen to the singles released so far at the link below:

[bornto-raisehell]

My music taste has 2 sides

[scary-ivy]

You don't like Grease? Rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong? Shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom? Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop? Dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da doo-bee doo? Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedyShoo-be doo-wop she-bop? Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na yippity dip de doom? Rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong? Shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom? Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop? Dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da doo-bee doo? Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy Shoo-be doo-wop she-bop? Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na yippity dip de doom? Wop ba-ba lu-mop and wop bam boom????

[blingblandart]

we're for each other like wop baba lumop a wap bam boom

just like my brother is shanananana yippidity dip de doom

chang chang changitty chang shebop

we'll always be together

[ID: Digital drawing of the Starblaster crew, standing in a line facing their viewer with their arms around each other. They are all wearing red jackets with gold trim and IPRE patches on the front. From left to right: Merle is laughing and has his arm around Magnus’s waist. Magnus also grins, eyes shut, and raises one arm. The other is around Taako and Lup. Taako grins and glances left. Lup has one arm around Taako and one around barry. Lup and Barry smile at each other. Davenport stands between them and has one hand on Barry. Barry’s other arm is interlocked with Lucretia’s. Lucretia is holding a book and quill and smiling. /ID]

[ravenmold]

WIP GAME

Hello! I was tagged very kindly by my friends @auofgoldandfantasies @42donotpanic and @inkforhumanhands

rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips

Okay so, I was originally gonna limit this to mattfoggy for obvious reasons (and also because there's enough of them as is) but then I thought.... where's the fun in that? So, behold, a list of wips - some years old, some barely more than a paragraph and a dream - from a mixed bag of fandoms taken straight from my poor laptop's AO3 file.

You get bonus points if you recognise the song lyrics 😂 if you include the song or reference in the hypothetical ask you'll send me, I'll add a lil doodle to my answer. I say this very seriously because I love when people listen to the same music as me 😂

eyes closed against the threat of death

all unquiet things

the future's out to get you

send me sweetly to my doom

Agent Matt (Moochy prompt 78)

on a toujours un truc à faire

semper in fide (always in faith or always loyal)

your gentle winding mind

Retired, Extremely Dangerous

Murphy's fourth law or something (Pom prompt 1)

Well, as I live and breathe

(SPACE PIRATES) those who stare at stars

just don't call me yours

Gravity's Pull

my domestic fix it

Brave au

Atlantis au

baby, bring me home to bed

sound the keening bell

Let's not be friends (stupid)

cuddled up with a heart condemned

Up For Air

mini ideas dumping ground

the trap I set for you

"Ta petite blonde sexy"

you couldn't lose if you tried

i like the way you

drew lotr travelfic convo + ideas

there's no way around it

HOMOPHOBIC MATT

look at me when you walk by (just enough to make me cry)

idk man ....... Pirate au

first of all, these look fake

Pretend

I hate it when that happens

doo wop au boii

Knock

Bagman's Gambit au

idk what to call this (yes that is its name)

taylor swift

To Be Your Home

Until You Break, Until You Yield

Time Loop

baby matt idea

read my mind, but say you didn't

it's always lose-lose

I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

This feels weirdly personal lmao because there is .... So much of me inside these. I really love a song lyric huh??? 😅 I'm just not gonna think about it. None of them are on the internet because I don't post wips. Most of them probably never will be, but they were fun to dream about in their time. I also have a few wips/ideas not mentioned. Otherwise I'd be here all day and you'd be scrolling to high hell, and I don't want to be directly responsible for someone going to hell. I mean I'm not known for being succinct (case in point) but whatever.

Thank you for the tags, I really enjoyed going through my fics again lmao some of them surprised me. I have one (1) cherik fic in all of these, and I was actually so surprised to find it again and see that it has 2118 words 😂

Who will I tag??? Erm I'm trying to go for people who i haven't seen tagged in these yet, so if this is your second time .... Well, I'm not sorry did you see that three people tagged me??? Yeah. Suck it up 😂

@zekeyboy @foggynelsonsblog @missmoochy @amazing-spiderling and whoever feels like joining us!

[behindthewox]

What's the latest news in the WoXiverse?

The biggest piece of news is probably that two of the English WoP servers are merging into one. The UK server will be merged into the EU server, with all accounts automatically transferred. It shouldn't come as a huge surprise to anyone that having 3 servers in the same language might not be the best idea, especially not as the number of users overall is decreasing and both the UK and EU server has struggled in the last year. It makes sense to combine them into one, right?

But merging two sites is tricky, and what's even trickier is merging two communities. You can do everything right and it will still be a mess with losses and conflicts that need to be solved, not to mention the practical aspects. So far, there seems to be plenty that could've been done better.

WoP UK isn't the only site that is closing (although it's technically just moving). World of Middle Earth is facing their final days as well, and they might not be the only ones. Other smaller sites are also under pressure to magically increase their numbers or they'll be closed down too, which basically means that they will put in the work and do everything in their power and it still won't be enough so the site will close either way. Increasing user numbers and activity is a long-term project that requires resources and investments, and without the resources and investments you're doomed to fail. I've been there, it sucks and it only makes people give up on WoX as a whole.

Meanwhile, the number of mugwumps is decreasing too. Is that a problem? Maybe, I don't know. But it might be, seeing as mugwumps have a lot of responsibility and as unpaid volunteers they only have so much time and energy to spend on it. Most of them have their own site leader jobs to tend to as well, and then there's IRL commitments to consider. If they are stretched too thin and are unable to provide the time and attention their site leaders need, it could become a problem.

All in all, we're about to lose a lot of valuable people across WoX, and with them we will lose their experience, dedication, skills and knowledge. Some will be easily replaced but many won't, and at some point the whole structure will collapse in on itself. We're probably halfway there already.

[leathurmessiah]

doom wop

[cherrylng]

Great Guitarists 100 - Roger McGuinn, Tony Iommi, David Gilmour, Frank Zappa, Jerry Garcia, and Ron Asheton [CROSSBEAT (November 2009)]

Roger McGuinn The Byrds' rock arrangement of Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man" became a big hit in 1965, setting off a folk-rock craze. The striking 'jingle jangle' sound of his Rickenbacker electric 12-string guitar became synonymous with folk-rock, and was adopted in the 1980s by Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Johnny Marr of The Smiths, and is still followed to this day. McGuinn, who came from the folk world, picked up the electric 12-string after seeing George Harrison play it in the film "A Hard Day's Night", but his originality lies in the fact that he adopted the fingering of the banjo's fretting technique to create a unique arpeggio technique. He also played solos inspired by Coltrane's modal jazz and Ravi Shankar's sitar technique on hits such as "Eight Miles High" in 1966. -Tadashi Igarashi

Representative albums "Mr. Tambourine Man" (1965, photo) The Byrds "(Untitled)" (1970)

Tony Iommi The Rolling Stones' TV special "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" (1968) shows a young Iommi as a member of Jethro Tull's band. At this point, he was a mediocre player according to the Blues' standards. However, on Black Sabbath's first album, "Black Sabbath", recorded at the end of 1969, he developed a style of ultra-heavy repetition of single-note phrases. The groundwork for this was probably the technique exhibited by R&B-rooted psychedelic bands such as Iron Butterfly and Vanilla Fudge in their longer songs. The band's thoroughly Satanic band image, which was thoroughly developed by releasing the album on Friday the 13th, had a strong impact on the scene, combined with heavy but ear-catching riffs. The drop tuning introduced later, in which the band dropped three and a half notes from the regular tuning, had a decisive influence on later grunge and doom metal. -Masatoshi Arano

Representative albums "Black Sabbath" (photo from 1970), Black Sabbath "Master of Reality" (1971)

David Gilmour David Gilmour was a member of Pink Floyd, one of the UK's leading progressive bands, from the late 60s to the 70s, when synthesisers and other instruments were not yet as advanced as they are today, and was a renowned guitarist who created a fantastic and majestic sound world with his effective guitar sound. He is not known for his tricky fast playing, but his lyrical, elegant, and melodic melodies are his speciality. His tape echoed the sound of the time, and the spacey sound created by his excellent slide guitar (pedal steel) had a great influence on later psychedelic, space rock and acoustic bands. Although not well known, he is also an outstanding blues guitarist, and can be heard on Paul Rodgers' solo works, and his talent as a composer should also be more highly regarded. -Yoshihiro Hoshina

Representative albums "Meddle" (1971, photo) Pink Floyd "The Dark Side of the Moon" (1973)

Frank Zappa Frank Zappa is an amazing man with a diverse background, doing all sorts of things from doo-wop to classical music, but if you want to get a taste of his guitar playing, which is a relentless chain of emotions and sparks, I'd first recommend "Shut Up and Play Guitar!", which shows his guitarist side like a fool. Then there's the delicious "One Size Fits All", where the guitar flutters amidst an exquisite and intoxicating synthesis of sounds, and it's clear that this is a man who thinks about the whole forest with his guitar. His sublime musical philosophy has also influenced many people, including John Frusciante. His large band is known for the many talented people who played in it, and among the guitarists he trained are Lowell George (Little Feat), Steve Vai, his son Dweezil Zappa, Mike Keneally White and many others. -Eisuke Sato

Representative albums "One Size Fits All" (1974, photo), Frank Zappa "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" (1981)

Jerry Garcia Leader of the original jam band, the Grateful Dead, formed in San Francisco in 1965, the Dead were a psychedelic rock act that specialised in long improvisations that expressed a sense of tripping. Deadheads were intoxicated by Garcia's long solos on songs such as 'Dark Star', in which his sparkling-toned guitar weaves in and out of his signature triplets. A banjo player with a passion for bluegrass and folk music before the Dead formed, Garcia's experience with other stringed instruments - he tried his hand at pedal steel in the early '70s when the Dead became more country-rock oriented - and his love of the instrument, from Chuck Berry to Django Reinhardt (Legend has it that he bought up all the Django records available in San Francisco), and his interest in a wide range of music was concentrated in his guitar playing. He died in 1995 at the age of 53. -Igarashi Tadashi

Representative albums "Live Dead" (1969, photo) Grateful Dead "Hundred Year Hall" (1995)

Ron Asheton Ron Asheton, who played in Iggy Pop's Stooges, is a guitarist who should be recognised for his influence on later generations. From the Sex Pistols and the Damned to Sonic Youth, this is the source of the rock underground. From their formation in 1967 to their break-up in 1974, they left behind only three albums. He turned to bass on their third album, "Raw Power", in 1973, so he only made two albums as a guitarist. However, these two albums are strong. Iggy Pop and the Stooges' debut album, "The Stooges", in 1969, created the prototype for punk guitar, with simple riffs repeated on songs such as "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and "No Fun". The band's second album, Fun House, was released in 1970. The band reunited in 2003, but he died suddenly in January 2009. He did not live long after all. -Hiroshi Hirose

Representative albums "The Stooges" (1969, photo) Iggy Pop & the Stooges "Fun House" (1970)

Pictures: Stevie Ray Vaughan (left) and Duane Allman (right)

Top 10 guitarists by genre: blues rock In the 1960s, British youth developed blues-based guitar playing as the main expression of rock. Clapton was a prime example of this, but he was also followed by (4/ Peter Green) and (5/ Mick Taylor) in the Bluesbreakers, who went on to work with Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones respectively. The first guitar hero in the USA was (6/ Mike Bloomfield), who was in The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and famously played with Dylan. The 'million-dollar guitarist' who signed a contract with (6/ Mike Bloomfield) for the highest amount of money at the time (1968) was Texas-born (7/ Johnny Winter). (8/ Roy Buchanan), active since the 50s and a master teacher of Robbie Robertson and others, became widely known after a 1971 TV documentary on 'The World's Best Unknown Guitarists'. (9/ Rory Gallagher) was also the first Irish rocker to work internationally. (2/ Duane Allman) of the Allman Brothers Band was a master of the slide guitar and made a major contribution to the band's success and to Clapton's Derek & The Dominos 'Layla'. The young slide guitar prodigy (3/ Derek Trucks) is the mainstay of the current Allmans and the second coming of (2/ Duane Allman), who is also active in his own band. He was the driving force behind the unexpected blues revival of the 80s, when (1/ Stevie Ray Vaughan) appeared on the scene, blowing people's minds with his powerful playing. Most of the guitarists who emerged from the 1990s onwards were influenced by him. The 'Hendrix of Pedal Steel' (10/ Robert Randolph) is one such example. -Tadashi Igarashi

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Duane Allman

Derek Trucks

Peter Green

Mick Taylor

Mike Bloomfield

Johnny Winter

Roy Buchanan

Rory Gallagher

Robert Randolph

Translator's Note: There was a typo error on Tony Iommi's name as can be seen on the magazine page itself.

[airadam]

Episode 173 : ...after all this rain.

"...kick rocks or kick rhymes..."

- Jean Grae

The seasons are most definitely changing on this side, and the heavens have been pretty open the last couple of weeks while I've been putting the show together. Unfortunately during that time, we lost a couple of respected DJs and producers, DJ Mark the 45 King and Groove Damoast, both of whom are included in this month's mix. May they rest well.  The selections for this month span a time period of almost fifty years, from a 1975 funk classic to a brand new release from one of Manchester's finest, making stops in the 80s and the independent Hip-Hop wax era of the 90s - something for all the heads!

Don't forget - you can always get an up-to-date list of my next few upcoming streams and gigs @ events.airadam.com!

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Playlist/Notes

DJ Muggs, Roc Marciano, Meyhem Lauren, and Rome Streetz : 67 Keys

Two MCs I've seen live recently with another (Rome Streetz) I would have seen if it wasn't for work's on-call schedule, talking pure drug business over some thriller film-type production courtesy of DJ Muggs, who has constructed an amazing second act post the Cypress Hill classics that everyone knows him for. Everyone gets busy on the mic on this new single, with Meyhem killing that last verse.

David Cutter Music : Upstart

UK beat action here with this London beatmaker cooking up a quintessential boom-bap type of beat with a little of that DJ Premier flavour and heaviness - I might need to blend this with some M.O.P! Get this on the recently-released "Follow Dreams" LP.

MF DOOM : Lickupon

I went back to the "Viktor Vaughn Vaudeville Villain" LP after being gifted an amazing alternate cover for display recently, and this was a standout on my first listen in a while. The producers (Heat Sensor) work the same sample as Biggie's "Warning" but with all sorts of other stuff going on, and DOOM just goes nuts from beginning to end. Bars upon bars with no hook, purely the sounds of someone who loved to flip words every which way.

Doo Wop ft. Raekwon : Castle To Castle

You've got to be brave to hop on a track with the crime-rhyming slang master Raekwon if MCing isn't your full-time gig, but Doo Wop (one of Biggie's favourite DJs) gives a good account of himself here as well as holding down the production! A classic jazz sample is the basis for this track from "The State vs Doo Wop" which is also available on a 12" if you need the clean version and instrumental.

Little Brother ft. Rhymefest and Supastition : Do It To Death

A personal headphone favourite I could have sworn I'd already played on the podcast, but which somehow missed the selection for the last fourteen-plus years! All four MCs kill it, but my favourite is absolutely Phonte on the opening verse, with his "American Pie" reference never failing to make me smile! Focus... is on production and those drums are absolutely smacking here, making this track a highlight of "...And Justus For All".

Marley Marl : Hip-Hop History #4

Short and sweet, with a chunky and bouncing beat from the godfather of sampling as we know it today, and no rhymes - just a few words about his own history in Hip-Hop. Find this one on the 2000 "Hip Hop Dictionary" release, which I thought might be a big hard to find but is actually available digitally.

Kev Brown & Dre King : Black Champions

Tough, tough instrumental that I've had on repeat this month, taken from the seven-track "King Kev" project from these two musical masters. Dre King is, amongst other things, a sample pack producer who provides top-shelf instrumental pieces for producers to sample, and his work is used to great effect once Kev Brown gets it into his MPC. No hi-hits on this, just the kick and snare smashing through the whole beat, giving you little spaces where just the bass and keys play before the drums kick you in the head again!

Pharoahe Monch ft. Jean Grae and Royce Da 5' 9" : Assassins

An appropriately named track from the "W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)" album, with all three MCs fitting perfectly into the roles of Hip-Hop assassins (check the full version to get the intro), since none of them have ever encountered a beat they couldn't kill. M-Phazes is on the beat, and it's appropriately loud and dramatic - not something that blends into a mix naturally, because so many things don't sound quite like this.

[DJ Premier] Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher : Headlines (Instrumental)

I was surprised to find I hadn't played the vocal version of this Griselda track before, but DJ Premier's instrumental provides a nice bridge here between a track with no outro and one with too little drum intro - coming in hard with the aggressive stabs before transitioning into string-led production.

Redman : Bricks Standup

A short freestyle-ish expedition from Redman's "Ill At Will Mixtape Vol.1", which sees one of the all-time greats killing it over the instrumental for Jay-Z's "What More Can I Say?". That instrumental was produced by Brooklyn duo The Buchanans, who somehow cooked this up as one of their first creations and got it placed on "The Black Album" - talk about coming in hot!

Peanut Butter Wolf ft. Rasco and DJ Q-Bert : Run The Line

Taking it back to some late 90s underground Hip-Hop that brings back memories of the tail end of my time at university in Manchester, and especially the time when turntablism was starting to break out of the preserve of only the absolutely most in-the-know to the wider Hip-Hop world and beyond. Q-Bert obliterates it on the scratch as he does literally every single time, with all kinds of flaring action that might as well have come from outer space to many of us! Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf is on production of course on this track from his debut solo LP release "My Vinyl Weighs A Ton", and the all-California lineup is completed by Rasco on the mic. Cleveland-born, but as one of the Cali Agents...he counts.

Tyler Daley : These Cards

One half of Children of Zeus and a certified triple threat, Tyler shows off his singing, rhyming (in case you forgot), and production skills on this bumping new single. And he's 100% correct...he's done alright, to say the least.

The 45 King : Meganizm

While The 45 King is best known for his 80s productions, he was also the producer of tracks like Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life" and "Stan" for Eminem as well as a number of far more underground collections of beats, like 2006's "Grooves For A Quiet Storm" from which this track is drawn. A chilled head-nodder with a straightforward and clean drum track on top of some summery keys and bass, this fits just as well at a BBQ as on a mixtape!

SoulChef, Steph Pockets, and DJ Groove Damoast : When It Comes To This

RIP Groove Damoast, who passed away this month. I didn't know the full extent  of his work, only knowing his name as a DJ on Twitch, but he was a well-regarded DJ and producer out of Philadelphia who is deeply missed by many. Having heard this 2021 single on one of the many tribute shows, I decided I wanted to share it here. New Zealand's SoulChef is on production, Groove Damoast is the man on the turntables cutting it up with precision, and his Philadelphia compatriot Steph Pockets controls the mic from start to end. Quality Hip-Hop.

Dynamic Syncopation ft. Mass Influence : 2 Tha Left

Early 2000s pick here that I encountered on the Ninja Tune "Xen Cuts" compilation, but was also on the 2002 "In The Red" LP by the combo of producers Loop Professor and Jonny Cuba. As much as this breezy, acoustic guitar-laced track could have been a great instrumental, they stepped it up by drafting in Mass Influence, an underground crew of MCs out of Atlanta who sound very different to what would come to most people's mind when they think of Atlanta Hip-Hop! Apparently some people know this from an advert for Adult Swim segment of Cartoon Network, so it's interesting to know that stuff like Ninja Tune had that kind of reach within the generation who are not making the decisions :) 

Fred & The New JB's : (It's Not The Express) It's the J.B.'s Monaurail, Pt. 1

(Not my apostrophe placement, by the way!) I had a bit of a play with the cue points feature on Serato to extend this live-drummed intro a little bit, just because those hi-hats are so fire. A classic funk workout from Fred Wesley and the rest of James Brown's famous band of that era (from the "James Brown's Funky People" LP), and one that has been sampled on at least three tracks I can think of - I don't know if the sample was cleared on my favourite usage, so I won't mention it here even though you might have heard me play it in the past...

EPMD : Let The Funk Flow

I'll be real - this is far from my favourite of the tracks on EPMD's classic debut "Strictly Business", but I couldn't pass up the chance to blend into it off the back of the original sample! Listening to the cuts on this makes me smile, performed by the group's original DJ K La Boss (who is still working today under the name Dj4our5ive) in his early years.

[Rashad Smith and Sean "Puffy" Combs] The Notorious B.I.G. : One More Chance (Hip-Hop Instrumental)

In a then-contemporary example of the new school calling back to their Hip-Hop inspirations, Rashad Smith and Puffy essentially lifted the monster Marley Marl beat for Craig G's "Droppin' Science (Remix)" for this drastic remix of a track that was already a remix...ok, stay with me on this. The original "One More Chance" was on "Ready To Die" and was pretty raw on the X-rated rhymes, and was then essentially re-recorded with Faith Evans on the hook with a bit of a bow tie on the production, sampling DeBarge's "Stay With Me" for radio appeal. However, the winner for many of us was taking the lyrics from this version and putting them alongside the undeniable break that Marley used seven years before!

Latee : This Cut's Got Flavor

Closing with a DJ Mark the 45 King production, a real classic for heads of a certain age that you don't hear often enough nowadays! This 1987 single has an absolutely monster drum track highlighted by those heavy kicks, and the slowed-down guitar riff is a perfect era-appropriate backing. Latee only had a few releases under his own banner, along with a decent number of guest appearances, but these to me will always be the rhymes that come to mind whenever this Flavor Unit MC is mentioned. This track just makes me want to put on a Dapper Dan suit and drive an AMG Benz somewhere. To my desk job, I suppose 😁

Please remember to support the artists you like! The purpose of putting the podcast out and providing the full tracklist is to try and give some light, so do use the songs on each episode as a starting point to search out more material. If you have Spotify in your country it's a great way to explore, but otherwise there's always Youtube and the like. Seeing your favourite artists live is the best way to put money in their pockets, and buy the vinyl/CDs/downloads of the stuff you like the most!

Check out this episode!

[groovesnjams]

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..................number37 ....................of50

“Edge of the Edge” by Panda Bear & Sonic Boom

DV:

A bouncy song about the slow apocalypse we’re living through, “Edge of the Edge” is the rare Animal Collective-adjacent song that I brought to the Grooves N Jams table. It wormed its way into my heart on the strength of that doo-wop vocal layered through the song, which I only later discovered halfway comes from “Denise” by Randy and the Rainbows. I can’t discount the power of that sample: I grew up listening almost exclusively to Oldies radio and that song was a fixture. I haven’t heard it in probably two decades, didn’t recognize this pitched-down snippet, but knew it as soon as I saw the title. “Edge of the Edge” pairs that high “oooh ooooh” with a bass “dum dum dum dum” of its own, and that’s where it clicks, in that contrast and combination, old and new united to commemorate our impending doom.

MG:

On ominous undercurrent runs through the whole of Reset, and I feel like most critics aren’t sure what to make of it, preferring instead to focus on Panda Bear and Sonic Boom’s mutual love of interpolation and crate digging, the sheer heft of the album���s reference points. Avoid at your own peril because the context of fear, addiction, ambiguity, and collapse is what makes a song like “Edge of the Edge” so thrilling, but also, especially, so intriguing. Is this a song about alcoholism? Is it about social media? Does it matter? The mechanism of addiction is the same and our culture is similarly dismissive and critical of addicts no matter their drug. “Edge of the Edge” isn’t exactly sympathetic -- in fact, the way it combines its weighty subject matter with chipper production that layers handclaps and dial-up modems beneath Panda Bear’s erstwhile naive, boyish vocals verges on creepy. It’s an unsettling, often jarring listen that begs the question: what is going on here? What is this all about? The two men look haggard and off kilter in all their promo shots while all the music videos are rote psychedelia. Are they aliens? Are they horsemen? Sorry to raise so many questions and answer none of them but in a year that started with Panda Bear rejected by the calm app and ended with him featured on a Nosaj Thing album, “Edge of the Edge” was the most disconcerting and undeniable of all his output.

[brainsquirm]

want some music recs?

here you go!

albums you should totally go listen to right now:

Igor - Tyler The Creator / Hip-Hop, Funk, R&B MM...FOOD - MF DOOM / Alternative Hip-Hop Hellbilly Deluxe - Rob Zombie / Industrial Metal The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest / Jazz rap Truth And Soul - Fishbone / Funk Rock, Ska Plastic Beach - Gorillaz / Pop, Trip Hop, Funk A Dense Swarm of Ancient Stars - I Monster / Electronic, Pop Eye To The Ear - Cosmo Sheldrake / Experimental, Electronic Stay Sick! - The Cramps / Psychobilly California - Mr. Bungle / Experimental Pop, Noise, Doo-Wop Dauntless Manifesto - cupcakKe / Hip-Hop, Pop, Rock Leviathan - Mastodon / Prog Metal, Sludge Metal The Fury of the Aquabats! - The Aquabats! / Ska, Surf Rock (Metalocalypse fans listen to the Dethalbums you won't regret it)

some music genres i think are neat: metal and it's very many variants, rock, punk, psychobilly, new wave, hip-hop, n probably some other stuff i cant think of rn. i forgorrrrr. also a big fan of movie and game soundtracks too. thumbs up emoji

[xsister-serpent]

queen you can't just mention your music taste and not drop some recs! help a fellow spooky girl out, please? <3

@thekillingmoonmoon oohhhh hell yeah!! Okay here’s some of my recommendations if you wanna dive deeper into darker music

Metal:

Cradle of Filth - Symphonic Black Metal - Album: Damnation and A Day, Midian, Cruelty and the Beast

Candlemass- Doom Metal- album: Epics Doomicus Metallicus

Spectral Wound- Black Metal- album: A diabolical Thrist

Darkwave:

The Desire - album: Violator (Deep Vocals insanely good beats)

Grizz- Frightening and blissful (single they have more songs but this one is sooo good 🖤🖤)

Dark - ANYTHING BY THEM THEY ARE SOO GOOOD

If you’re feeling adventurous I recommend the dark Doo-Wop band : Twin Temple !!

Enjoy the list 🖤🖤

[theam-cjsw]

The AM: May 6, 2024

It's a bit of a jumbled episode, sure, but this week's AM still has plenty worth tuning into. New-to-the-show musicians include Michel Moulinie, Discodor, and Unessential Oils, alongside AM favourites from Teen Daze to Juana Molina to Kraftwerk.

Wander from ambient electronics to Brazilian pop to doom-wop to oddball jazz. Does it all connect? No, but you can still trust in the ride.

Listen at CJSW, or stream with the embeds below.

Hour One:

It's Monday Morning Lee Hazelwood • The LHI Years

beauty respectfulchild • 更新 re​:​new

Lente Course Michel Moulinie • Chrysalide

Arpeggiare Steve Hauschildt • Where All Is Fled

Resonant World Nick Schofield • Ambient Ensemble

Flatland Buildings and Food • Echo the Field

Cluster B Soft Operator • Cluster B EP

Kilika Teen Daze • Themes for a New Earth

AndWillContinuteToGrow lokey • Eternal Bloom

appa wú wéi Liila • Soundness Of Mind

Hour Two:

The Arboretum David Boulter • St Ann's

Motorbike Journey Roman Angelos • Tropical Nites

Orange DISCODOR • DISCODOR EP 2

Orb Glass Beams • Mahal EP

Pushing Rocks El Michels Affair • Boy Kills World (Songs From The Original Motion Picture)

Banana Joyce • Visions of Dawn

Carnavalzinho Joyce • Visions of Dawn

Lugar Lau Ro • Cabana

Vive Solo Juana Molina • Un dia

The Fix Jon McKiel • Hex

Nic at the Museum Unessential Oils • Unessential Oils

Hour Three:

Through the Mosaic Tommy Guerrero • Amber of Memory

Cakewalk The Garrys • Single

Grimalkin Ghost Power • Ghost Power

A Man’s Wisdom Gives Him Patience Ray Barbee • In Full View

Divine Cadence No False Suns • Jubilee Me

Ohm Sweet Ohm Kraftwerk • Radio-Activity

Préparatifs dans la Salle de Rédaction Monroeville Music Center • Le Progress

Hiccups Amy Aileen Wood • The Heartening

No. 20 (Once Raw: The Aging G) Dun-Dun Band • Pita Parka Pt. 1 — Xam Egdub

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The Garrys Return with "Cakewalk" – A Brooding Dive into Nostalgia and Nuance

After a notable hiatus since their 2021 release, "Get Thee To A Nunnery," The Garrys are back, this time as a quartet, with their newest single, "Cakewalk." The addition of brother Matthew Maier on guitar not only augments their lineup but enriches their sound, weaving a complex tapestry of harmonies and guitar riffs that hold true to the band’s unique "doom-wop" essence. "Cakewalk" is more than just a musical piece; it is an auditory journey back in time, laced with the warmth of a VHS tape's analogue hum. The track masterfully blends the syncopated beats of surf rock with the shadowy depths of tremolo-infused guitars, creating a soundscape that feels both familiar and intriguingly foreign. It's as if David Lynch directed a school dance, blending eerie nostalgia with a sense of dark whimsy. Lyrically, "Cakewalk" treads into introspective territories, exploring themes of ignored wisdom, existential angst, and the stoic acceptance of life's indifference. It’s a significant thematic deepening for the band, suggesting a matured perspective since their last outing. This lyrical depth, combined with the collective songwriting effort, marks a pivotal growth in The Garrys' artistic journey. The accompanying music video, directed by Carey Shaw, mirrors the song’s thematic and stylistic elements perfectly. Shaw’s choice to utilize aesthetics inspired by vintage footage of the 1988 Miss Saskatoon beauty pageant adds layers of soft-focus romance mixed with an almost surreal quality, akin to a local TV channel's variety show from the mid-80s. It’s an effective visual representation of the song's underlying themes and stylistic callbacks. With "Cakewalk," The Garrys not only remind us of their capability to craft hauntingly beautiful music but also their skill in creating multi-layered artistic expressions that resonate on multiple sensory levels. As they embark on their UK tour, including performances at FOCUS Wales, fans old and new can anticipate a compelling showcase of their evolution and a deep dive into the melancholic pools of their sonic and lyrical landscapes. This track is a bold, introspective, and utterly captivating return for the Canadian quartet. We will share “Cakewalk” with you soon but for now check out “Ambrosia Salad” below:   Read the full article