Riding high on the ‘chill-wave‘ movement of this past year and late 2009 comes Toro Y Moi‘s latest offering – Causers of This.
How can I tell if I love you anymore? Nevermind, I know I do.
By Electronic Music Director | Published February 11th, 2010
Are you New age? Yes… We’re New Age.
By Music Director | Published February 8th, 201060 Watt Kid just released a new album called We Come From the Bright Side on Kosher Records. The verdict? A total Animal Collective rip-off. At first. And then it becomes some pure strange psych rock that gets you rolling and churning. They’ve gotten really close to perfecting the primal meets ethereal psych ideal. Oh,…
The newest music love interest!
By Music Director | Published February 4th, 2010This love interest goes by the name of Gigi – a project by Nick Krgovich of No Kids. This album is the perfect Spring-time album (there’s some sun, so there’s nothing wrong with some faux-spring songs). Think of the glories of 60s pop, including the great girl bands and coordinated opera gloves, plus the beauties…
You’re offensive
By Music Director | Published January 31st, 2010We love (a brand new “we love”): Dadfag. Yes, offensive. Yes, dirty dirty grimy thrashy and sexy. Dadfag’s newest record is called “Scenic Abuse” and was described as a mix of Sonic Youth, Lydia Lunch, and hardcore punk. Dear god I’m in love. Give it a listen here. Also, these guys are from San Francisco…
YAWN: not-so-boring tropical adventure
By Music Director | Published January 29th, 2010Okay, not quite a tropical adventure, per se, for there are no vines in this album but I swear I can hear monkeys hooting in the background. The album in question? Yawn‘s self-titled debut EP which sounds like a mix of Capybara, Animal Collective, and Vampire Weekend. Seriously. I think this album is the love-child…
Oh No Ono: girls and eggs!
By Music Director | Published January 27th, 2010Another new favorite at the station is Oh No Ono with their lovely Danish psych pop. (The song “Swim” is making me completely blissfully nuts–listen to it here!) Apparently the Danish love this band. I’ve only just heard of them, but their new album “Eggs” is fantastic and will hopefully continue to be in heavy…
“I no longer drink enough to think you’re witty”
By Music Director | Published January 23rd, 2010Such is realism. Right? No. Such is Realism, the brilliant new album from The Magnetic Fields. This is their NINTH album, following up from their Distortion album of 2008, which was… distorted. Follow that up with a nice shot of realism and I think you’re going somewhere good. The new album is an entirely acoustic…
Mail Call: Cars & Trains (and whistles and bells?)
By Music Director | Published January 20th, 2010Another update straight from the envelope to you! Yeah that’s right, this is getting to YOU before it’s even getting to our DJs (how’s that for exclusive?!). The album in waiting is “The Roots, The Leaves” by Cars & Trains. The album rides on my favorite musical goodies such as tape samples, banjos, children’s toys,…
This is one strange “Teen Dream”
By Music Director | Published January 17th, 2010Another new arrival at KZSC: The new Beach House record “Teen Dream” is out now on Sub Pop. Straight forward consensus? The best I’ve heard of them so far. Which is saying something. A lot of the lo-fi qualities from their previous two records are gone. Each song is a bit less shrouded in fog…
This just in at KZSC: BEST COAST
By Music Director | Published January 13th, 2010Your favorite station just received some much-anticipated tracks from Best Coast, the beachy lo-fi noise pop that I feel in love with back in October at CMJ. (remember?) Keep listening to your favorite shows to try to catch a glimpse of our new record. Until then, a video of her song “When I’m With You”!…