From Sufjan Stevens covering Castanets to Shara Worden helping out DM Stith, Asthmatic Kitty acts love in-house collaborations. In this week's Drop, San Diego-based Rafter Roberts joins the party with a remix of AK labelmates Fol Chen's "No Wedding Cake."... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LXXIV: HEAR NEW FOL CHEN REMIXED BY RAFTER, WIN A GUITAR COURTESY OF FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS»
Posted on February 4, 2009 in , (0 comments)
Tags: Fol Chen | Rafter | Wild Beasts
The second installment of Guilt By Association comes out in February. In case you don't remember Vol. 1, the compilation featured contemporary indie bands covering so-called "guilty pleasures." Of course, the problem with these sorts of things is that the... CONTINUE READING TAKKA TAKKA COVER PHIL COLLINS »
Posted on November 20, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Frightened Rabbit | Jarvis Cocker | Kaki King | My Brightest Diamond | Phil Collins | Rafter | Takka Takka | The Forms
Rafter Roberts, aka San Diego-based Asthmatic Kitty carrot top Rafter, has been composing a "song a day" after the release of his second full-length Sex Death Cassette. "Fruit," one such catchy nugget of weird, appeared for the first time in... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP VOLUME XXIII: HEAR NEW RAFTER, WIN A PAIR OF VIP TICKETS TO LANGERADO»
Posted on February 6, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Langerado | Rafter