Mastodon

I haven't been able to stop listening to Mastodon since discovering them a few days ago. They remind me of Voivod at their peak, plus the more experimental aspects of Rush and Metallica, all mixed up with a huge grinning helping of psychadelic.

Mastodon's music is not simple or 'easy' to listen to, due to all the odd-timed rhythms and harmonies meandering in all *sorts* of strange directions - and that's precisely what I love about their music, which is technical, virtuoso and waaay trippy ;)

Mastodon have a new album due for release on the 24th of June 2014 entitled, 'Once more around the Sun'. Certainly worth looking out for. 'Dry Bone Valley' is from their previous album, 'The Hunter'.

Mastodon - Dry Bone Valley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4vMvJcP4TA

Klartraum — Diving Dancer

Some electronic vibes … does this even belong here. Does it belong anywhere?

Archive - Axiom

This video matches the song so completely - repeating, evolving structures that grow, dissipate, taking the listener/viewer along on a trip that encapsulates both chaos and harmony.

Archive - Axiom

Sea Wolf

Music consists of structures - harmonies, melodies, rhythms that we inbibe as we listen to it. We internalise the structures; they imprint on our souls, and this is what lets us reproduce the sounds - tap a rhythm, hum a melody. This is true of all music.

This is why, what excited me about the new Sea Wolf album was not just the novelty of listening to a new album by a great band, but also - the anticipation of the new person I would become while hearing it.

The new album is called 'Song Spells, No. 1: Cedarsmoke'.

Sea Wolf - Visions

The Black Keys

The Black Keys new album 'Turn Blue' is wonderfully psychadelic and experimental. The first single is 'Fever':

The Black Keys - Fever

"Heart," by Kid Karate

One of the greatest experiences a music fan can have is when you catch a killer warmup band you knew nothing about. I had that experience Thursday night when I went to a show headlined by Breton, a London four-piece, here in Boston. Breton were disappointing—as a live act they just couldn’t match the lush production of their newest album—but their warmup band made the evening more than worthwhile. I speak of Kid Karate, a two-piece out of Dublin, fronted by one of the most talented and purely charismatic young frontmen I’ve ever seen. His name is Kevin Breen. Remember the name. (By the way, they have one EP, which came out last summer. Their first full-length album is coming out in July.)

Kid Karate - “Heart” (Live at The Sayers Club) from RPB STUDIO on Vimeo.

Two Gallants - Winter's Youth

Two Gallants - Winter's Youth

Two Gallants - Winter's Youth (acoustic version)

in the winter of your youth
with a string tied 'round your tooth
your momma slammed the door
she's gone forever more

from the corners of your mouth
as the truth came wandering out
you long for something else
your life upon the shelf

out upon the open road
you learned to say goodbye
such a lovely day to die
all these things I've seen
within your two blue eyes

in the silence of this town
There's the truth came wandering 'round
your neighbor slams the door
don't wanna hear no more

out upon the open road
you learned to say goodbye
such a lovely day to die
all these things I've seen
within your two blue eyes

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Coming Down

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have a new album out: 'Only Run'. The first single is 'Coming Down', and features Matt Berninger from The National:

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Coming Down (feat Matt Berninger)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOSqwvvUpY0