What’s equal parts 70′s psychedelia, 90′s pop and futuremusic? Jagwar Ma‘s latest single, “The Throw” does backflips around the band’s sizable reputation, smashing expectations, breaking hearts, melting minds and undoubtedly ruining a lot of good speakers. Okay, deep breath:
Song of the year contenders don’t come around so forcefully so often, but “The Throw” is another beastly level entirely. At seven minutes, it’s about as epic as a song can get (think the sonic summation of The Odyssey, Fantasia, and Western expansion combined, in song form). It twists and morphs fully about three times through the aforementioned time periods, touching on a variety of sounds and styles while retaining an otherworldliness that unites the whole thing. Now the hunt’s on to find a more impressively scaled, fully realized song than “The Throw” in 2013. GO!
You’ve heard “Wait” and “Nostalgia”, now here’s another 1/4th of the EP puzzle from Lazyeyes. Just like the other two, it’s melancholia-tinged, navel-gazing nostalgia-pop at its finest. Swoon:
Luke Donovan (Spectral Park) is set to release his debut LP on none other than Mexican Summer. I fell in love with L’Appel du Vide” over a year ago — I’m a fan of blistering, chaotic, lo-fi garage pop — so naturally I’m first to line up for the sound of something new with “Ornaments”. If you like yourself some insane, ground down psychedelia with a British lilt, ahem:
Today Grizzly Bear unleashed a brilliantly shot, stereoscopic new video for “Gun-Shy”, from last year’s Shields LP. The video sees the band undergo a series of bodily extractions, and it can be uncomfortable at times for the squeamish among us. Grizzly Bear always astounds with their videos, and this one by Kris Moyes is no exception.
