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Tiny Vipers - "Another Day's Sun"
For the Halloween edition of the Drop, we contacted autumnal Pacific Northwest Stereo-fave, and jack-o-lantern-of-all-trades Jesy Fortino, aka Tiny Vipers, whose Sub Pop debut Hands Across The Void remains one of the most affecting, goose-pimpling albums of the year. Fortino first gave us "They Might Follow You," which she recorded three years ago in her apartment. "I used to think people could read my mind a little," she explains. "Even if I wasn't around people they could still be watching me and listening to my thoughts. I mean, it wasn't a literal belief. It was subtle." You can nab that doubled, radio-phasing nugget at her ViperSpace and elsewhere, though, so she dug deeper into her bag of tricks and passed along the attached "Another Day's Sun," a hushed, keyboard-lined duet produced and recorded "probably five months ago maybe longer" by Loving Thunder's Colin Roper. It casts chilly sustain and crystalline swirls against minimal, melancholy guitar and Fortino's shivery introspection. She explains:
I keep journals. Sometimes I pick up a journal from a year or two ago and the pages are typically full of crap that doesn't matter anymore; lists of things I need to get done, trivial situations that upset me, things I'm worried about. But if I think back, in my mind, to the time period those entries were written, I come to images and feelings that those entries do not depict ... You never know what you'll take from the present ... Some people say that we each have a purpose in life that is often hidden from us.
Premature Evaluation: Beach House - Teen Dream
When we meditated on Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally's gorgeous sophomore album Devotion we had the following to say: [Y]ou can't fall back on Mazzy Star or Galaxie 500 references because they've pushed themselves into their own, unique solar system.... (more)
New Jonathan Boulet Video - "A Community Service Announcement"
This dude's the latest signing to Australia's Modular label, landing with a tidy package of promotional offerings: a catchy, moistly breezy indie-pop debut single that couldn't be better titled for a meet-the-artist track; a subtly arresting/marginally tricked-out video; and a... (more)
New El Guincho - "Antillas (XXXchange Remix)"
When we first heard onetime BTW Pablo Díaz-Reixa, aka El Guincho, we were drawn in by "Antillas," a song we described as "a five-minute bundle of clattering loops and sunny harmonies." It was from the self-released Alegranza!, before he'd signed... (more)
Muse To Headline Coachella 2010?
According to Consequence Of Sound, a previously reliable source pins Muse to the coming year's desert fest headlining slot. Glenn Beck just bought a ticket. The dates are April 16-18. Oh and these Coachella headliner rumors? Needs more Pavement.... (more)
Parents Just Don't Understand Horrorcore
From hardcore to heavy metal to gangsta rap, local TV news teams have long warned parents about the terrifying new sounds rotting teenage brains. This week it's San Fran's KPIX on the horrorcore scene. Not all juggalos are murderers, dad!... (more)
