Epitonic Newsletter: Vol. 4, No. 31 'Brand Spankin' New'
08/29/02
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This week's newsletter is short and very sweet. We simply want to present
to you a dozen brand spankin' new mp3s, which you should absolutely
be listening to instead of the (mostly) mindless garbage that will
be celebrated tonight at Radio City Music Hall on MTV's Music Video
Awards. Think of this week's playlist as a roll of Lifesavers with
a dozen different exotic and exciting flavors. From Need New Body's
incantatory post-prog to D+'s rural indie rock to the Zephyrs'
delicate shoegazing take on Gram Parsons to Fresh Moods' Balearic
downtempo to Codebase's ethereal techno to Radio Mundial's soulful
Latin funk, this week's batch of tunes offers an awful lot to chew on.
Keep your eyes peeled for our next scintillating e-missive, which
will be a classic edition of the Epitonic New Music Newsletter,
featuring some seminal bands we bet you never expected to find on
Epitonic.
"Tittiepop"
by
Need New Body
Philly's Need New Body offers exciting and bizarre stew of sounds and ideas unlike pretty much anything else going on today. Featuring former members of Bent Leg Fatima, the group sounds like Beefheart by way of '70s Germany.
"Drano In Your Veins"
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The Styrenes
The Styrenes have been making f*cked-up records since 1971. If you've never had the pleasure of hearing them, imagine Pere Ubu backing Syd Barrett and check it out.
"Who Can Deny How Delicious It Tastes?"
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The Paper Chase
The audio equivalent of exploratory surgery gone wrong, The Paper Chase share their disturbing world of dark avant-garde experiments, using prog as the clamp and post-punk as the scalpel.
"Is This It?"
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Polara
Ed Ackerson and company have been producing polished space pop since 1994. My Bloody Valentine has always influenced Polara, but that's never a bad thing.
"Sea Change"
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Bedroom Heroes
San Diego quartet Bedroom Heroes aims to create a tangible experience of melancholy with reverb-soaked guitars, burbling rhythms, and vocals that just ache and ache and ache.
"Mistake"
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D+
This wry and quirky Pacific Northwest trio delivers shambling indie pop with a rural, folky flavor. Featuring Beat Happening's Bret Lundsford, Microphones' Phil Elvrum, and singer-songwriter Karl Blau.
"Obeyessekere"
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The Zephyrs
This Edinburgh-based brothers duo combines the hypnotic bliss of dream pop and the floating beauty of country-rock in an almost shockingly lovely, graceful, and intimate style.
"Al Debalu"
by
Mus
Spanish duo Mus creates gently shifting ambient soundscapes that sound like the lullabies of the new millennium.
"Parasol"
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Fresh Moods
Peter Haubfleisch's delicate downtempo is best listened to while enjoying the sunrise on a deserted Mediterranean beach. His velvety chords, poignant vocals, and subtle moving beats are purpose built for Balearic boom boxes.
"Weak Latte Symphony"
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Bovine Life
Find out what happens when an award-winning filmmaker delves into the world of abstract electronic music. These songs evoke the feeling of standing around all day in a field eating grass and having your teats squeezed.
"Seek And Destroy"
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Codebase
From his Seattle studio, Tom Butcher (sometimes with collaborator Mike Perkowitz) makes spiky, ethereal techno and crisp Detroit electro for Orbitrecords, Seatech, and Swayzak's 240 Volts.
"Pura Vida"
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Radio Mundial
Radio Mundial's eclectic blend of Latin rhythms, dub basslines, and funk rock guitar is enhanced by Alexi Delano's soulful studio touch. With influences ranging from samba to rumba to rock, Radio Mundial is a New York band on the rise.
