Neon Indian - Sleep Paralysist (Video)

Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork

Their new album just leaked!! Their sound is kind of hard to describe. Their first album "Trees, Swallows, Houses" was a big ol' ball of math rock turned to 11, yeah that sounded stupid but the leak of this album has put me into such a fever of excitement I honestly have no idea what I'm writing. Their new stuff has certainly turned that down a bit, but it's still far from the standard.

DOWNLOAD. THIS. ALBUM

Here's one of their new songs

and one of their older ones

yeah they've changed quite a lot

DON'T READ THAT BOTTOM BIT

Perch Patchwork

Mock Orange - Nines & Sixes

That guy looks really ill, hope he's made enough money to get some treatment.

Mock Orange is one of those bands that fills me with joy and also deep regret. While this album is amazing and makes me love them, the success has clearly gone to their heads, and they've gone from being one of the best emo/math rock bands to being at best an acceptable Modest Mouse clone. This theme of great bands who put out an amazing first album then become terrible is going to be a common one here. Because I am extremely bitter.

Nines & Sixes was, as I said, the first album released by these guys, in 1998 to be precise. It quickly gained them popularity, mainly due to the expert blending of odd time signature based musicianship with good old fashioned emo sensibilities. Then they went and made some other ones WHATEVER.

Nines & Sixes

Count Your Lucky Stars Record Sampler

Track List:
Into It. Over It._Orlando, Fl
Joie De Vivre_Salt
Boris Smile_Aurora
Football, Etc_Fightin’ Phoenix
Empire! Empire!_Rally The Troops!
Perfect Future_From Me To You
Castevet_I Know What A Lion Is
The Reptilian_So What Are My Torso Options
Annabel_Castles In The Air
Joie De Vivre_That’s The Hot Part
Sirdidymous_Macho Man Randy Savage
Boris Smile_Tut Tut
I Am The Branch_Fight
Driving On City Sidewalks_Farewell To Knowing It All
Empire! Empire!_IDK, My BFF Jill

Count Your Lucky Stars is a little record label with a lot of heart, based out of two tiny towns in Michigan! We have some amazing artists that we need the whole world to hear!

TrY / CYLS / MySpace

Braid - Frame & Canvas

I felt like I was getting a bit too caught up in the chillwave craze, so for now I'll stick to posting things that ARE NOT chillwave. Just to be different

Braid are an awesome mid 90's emo band, these guys basically helped define the genre of emo, and yes I know, it doesn't sound like your shitty My Chemical Romance, but that's because the whole word was absolutely ruined in the early 2000's and has resulted in me being forced to call these bands "mid 90's emo" and therefore sound like a dick.

There's something about this band that sounds kind of smug, but I quite like that.

Frame & Canvas

Teen Daze - Shine On You Crazy Whitecap (Video)

Teen Daze - Shine On You Crazy White Cap

right click, save as is your friend!

Toro Y Moi

Coming in on the tail end of the whole chillwave thing that exploded during the Summer of 2009, Toro Y Moi is probably one of the most talented musicians making this kind of music right now. He's basically made every type of music imaginable, from acoustic folk to, well, to this. Here is a nice video of him recording one of his songs fully in around 3 hours. PLAYING EVERY INSTRUMENT HIMSELF

TORO Y MOI "YOU HID" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Like jazzy chillwave, there is no better combination. As you can see this bro knows his stuff. Also he makes some killer tracks. NOW, without further ado, let us proceed!

Causers Of This

Blessa (Fuzzier Version)