June 2012
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Lewis and his Blog June 2012 Mix
June was a great month for me personally and an equally good one in terms of new music being released. Check out ten of my favorite tracks that I blogged about this month below. You can stream the whole mix at the embedded 8tracks link immediately below, and read a blurb about each track after the jump. To listen to and read about all my previous Monthly Mixes, click HERE or click the...
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Left of the Dial Radio Playlist - 6/29/12
Thanks as always for tuning in to Left of the Dial last night on WNHU. Last night’s broadcast included a lot of new tracks, a number of which will appear on my June 2012 mix. That mix will be up later today on the blog to stream via 8tracks. If you missed the show last night, you can stream the playlist on Spotify at the embedded link below. Unfortunately, a lot of the tracks aren’t...
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robsongirl-deactivated20121111 asked: if it wasn't for your love of it i never would have picked up that midi record today :')
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Now Playing: Jens Lekman - "Waiting For Kirsten" →
It’s been very difficult to listen to anything but Jens Lekman this past week. This song is about stalking Kirsten Dunst in Gothenburg, Sweden during the filming of Melancholia. I think I’m in love. Tune in to Left of the Dial on WNHU now.
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Now Playing: Tilly and the Wall - "Love Riot" →
This new Tilly and the Wall single is hot fire. Tune in to Left of the Dial on WNHU now.
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Now Playing: Donovan Wolfington - "Spencer Green" →
I see big things ahead for this New Orleans-based noise/punk band. Tune in to Left of the Dial on WNHU now.
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Now Playing: Ty Segall Band - "I Bought My Eyes" →
I expected more from this record as a whole, but this track from Ty Segall Band is still a formidable garage rock banger. Tune in to Left of the Dial on WNHU now.
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Left of the Dial Radio Show on WNHU: 6-8 PM EST →
Tune in now!
Click the link above to tune in to my radio show Left of the Dial live on WNHU here in West Haven CT. Tonight’s show will feature a wide range of new tracks by artists including The Human Fly, Donovan Wolfington, WHY? and many more. I’m very excited for this show, and I would be honored if some of you guys tuned in tonight.
Feel free to leave any and all requests (as...
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WatchStream/Download: Literature - ARAB SPRING (2012)
This little album dropped on Square of Opposition Records on the very first day of 2012, but I slept on it until the beginning of the summer. Thankfully, it seems that I discovered it just in time. This is an album that won’t make much sense in the cold months of winter or autumn, but on these hot summer days, it hits that sweet spot just...
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WatchVideo: Aesop Rock - “ZZZ Top” (Official Music Video)
El-P affiliate and all around hip-hop badass Aesop Rock has a new album on the way called Skelethon, out July 10th on Rhymesayers. We’ve previously heard “Zero Dark Thirty”, and now Aes has debuted another album track called “ZZZ Top” in the form of new music video.
Although it features new Aesop...
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“So, I can’t help but ask, why are Japandroids singing songs that glorify—even...”
– Nick Murray for the Voice (via emilywhereverimayfindher)
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WatchStream/Download: The Human Fly - Everything Feels Bad All At Once (2012)
The Human Fly is Robert Mathis, a Harrisonburg, Virginia-based musician who hails from Connecticut. Or is he? What is The Human Fly, exactly? The first thing that Mathis sings on his new record Everything Feels Bad All At Once is “I don’t feel quite like myself,” but who is “himself?” Although...
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Anonymous asked: Hey man, are you seeing Japandroids at all this summer? I just got back from their show and it was fucking amazing.
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Needle Drop Recap - 6/25/12
Check out some posts I wrote for The Needle Drop yesterday:
Chelsea Wolfe - “Flatlands” (Glassroom Sessions)
Drums Of Death - “Waves City”
Candlemass - “Dancing In The Temple Of The Mad Queen Bee”
There should also be a Jon Spencer Blues Explosion track that I wrote about up pretty soon.
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Anonymous asked: Hi Chris. I'm looking to buy a new pair of headphones... do you have any recommendations?
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antichr0matic replied to your post: Apologies for not posting on this blog much in the past few days.
expecting a 7/10 on Believe
Everything gets a 7/10
wounded-kite replied to your post: Apologies for not posting on this blog much in the past few days.
What the fuck, I’m older than you.
I get that reaction more often than I’d like to admit.
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Apologies for not posting on this blog much in the...
In between playing shows nearly every night last week, turning 17, and going to my cousin’s wedding party yesterday, I’ve been pretty busy with other things. Don’t worry though — I’m working with Anthony Fantano again tomorrow and I have another written album review on the way in the next couple days as well. It might be “controversial.”
Anyway, like I...
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WatchDonovan Wolfington - “Spencer Green”
The colorfully-named Donovan Wolfington is a five piece punk group based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Although not particularly known for its punk scene, New Orleans has been a harbinger of musical progress for as long as anyone can remember, so it should be no surprise that this great new band hails from there.
The group debuted with a four...
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voiceofwind asked: i'm not 100% sure what it is bbbuuuttt it may be a new 60 Watt Kid track. they were also the source of the fake "leak" for Avey Tare's Down There a few years back!
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Animal Collective - “Moonjock”
So, this appears to be a new song from Animal Collective off their new album Centipede Hz. I have to say, I was a little wary about this album after I heard that it was being billed as a return to the band’s experimental roots, but this track is erasing my apprehensions and fears about it rather thoroughly. I was floored one listen...
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WatchStream/Download: The Helveticas - I’m Alright If You’re Alright (2012)
After a long, arduous recording process, the Hartford, CT group The Helveticas have finally released their debut full length album I’m Alright If You’re Alright. I’ve been keeping tabs on The Helveticas for some time now, and I even had them come on my radio show last year to perform an acoustic...
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// ]]]]>]]>thismachinekillscapitalists replied to your post: DIIV - Oshin (2012)
I completely agree with this review. While I did enjoy a few of the tracks on here, the album as a whole felt uninspired and placid as a whole. These guys are the equivalent to starting a grunge band in 2000.
Exactly.
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Anonymous asked: could you recommend some music blogs that you use to fuel your reviews, or just any new one's that you've been into recently?
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DIIV - Oshin (2012)
DIIV is a Brooklyn indie rock band. They used to be called “Dive” before they changed their name. Their new album is called Oshin, pronounced like “Ocean.” The frontman, Zachary Cole Smith, has a swoopy haircut and wears oversized clothes onstage. He also plays guitar in Beach Fossils.
I’ve said this before in reference to other bands, but if you’re anything...
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WatchStream: DIIV - Oshin (2012)
Brooklyn’s DIIV is the latest blissed out, 80’s worshipping indie pop band to approach the end of the online buzz cycle. After dropping some catchy singles and undergoing a name change (I guess spelling “dive” regularly is too mainstream ha ha ah ha ah), the band is set to release their debut full length Oshin on June 26th. In anticipation of...
