The Weekly Froth #45 (With Still Going, Breakbot, Irregular Disco Workers, more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

‘Work That Shit Party’ by Still Going

Here we go, here we go. Still Going gets it going (…) with this one, a release on their own label after previously being affiliated with DFA (if memory serves me correctly). It has all the makings of a track that’ll just kill it on the dancefloor. It’s got the pace, the beat, that real house vibe that makes you just want to work it on the floor like it’s the start of that era. Some tracks just have that tribal sense that you have to move your body, and this is a very good example of that, in my opinion. I don’t know why anyone would stop dancing when this comes in. There’s just something in the essence of this beat that works, and Still Going knows how to ride that for nine minutes without making it feel stale. And one way to make it not boring is to put some strong female vocals in after 3:30 or so, and she is saying that at least she is working it, so if you hadn’t been doing that already, that is the perfect time to join in. After the female vocals come the male vocals, which in good House tradition do not actually sing like the female vocals but rather instruct you that you really should be working it. There is a nice break in there as well, in which those female vocals return and get some space to belt it out. Naturally, after that, soon the sound and the beat come back, and it gives it one last go before, just prior to getting into double digits, it closes shop. Fabulous house track, great to dance to, one I would like to play for sure. … Continue Reading

Now Playing... 'Pyramids' by Frank Ocean

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The Weekly Froth #44 (Julio Bashmore, Evan Stalker, and J.C. Gavri)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘Troglodytes’ by Julio Bashmore

TUNE! That’s what this is. Bashmore does it again with this fabulous track, which I would happily fit into any set (well…). It’s got these fab, masculine talking vocals, which is very house.  I believe there is something like that male vocals have to talk and female (or feminine) vocals have to sing and that they are the ones that bring all the emotions to songs. Not only the vocals are great though, that sound is really catchy and not just that same old same old beat or anything. It is that mixture of the beat, the lighter instrumental sounds, and then those masculine vocals which make it work. And work it does. If you want a quick peak on what this song is all about, just listen from 4:00 to 4:30, which gives a good indication of the contrast that I like so much. First almost nothing but that talky voice speaking of a time where there was nothing but primal instincts (cavemen, troglodytes!), and then the beat comes along with that light sound which makes it shine. The combination that Bashmore finds is just a really nice one, it just fits his house vibe, which the Jimmy Castor version isn’t exactly. But as said, it just fits, Julio surely heard that right. … Continue Reading

Now Playing... 'Sleeping Ute' by Grizzly Bear

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Weekly Froth #43 (Max Essa, Matthew Dear, The Heels of Love, and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘I’m Dancin’ by Kotey Extra Band (Max Essa remix)

I love Max Essa, and this one slipped under the radar for me, but I happened to come across it, and it is pretty funkilicious as far as I’m concerned. It isn’t really disco funk though, that synthy sound that comes in about 40 seconds in gives it a certain city vibe me thinks. Essa does keep it rolling with the main sound, but it is not like this is one of those straight dancefloor cuts (perhaps more of someone dancing through the city even, if you’re brave enough to do that sort of thing). The vocals (Kyle Chandler’s work) come in at 2:50, and they fit that synth sound perfectly if you ask me. Just before the four minute mark Essa goes bass, and he can do that, just see his Jan Ken Po album he released this year. It really sounds like an entity this track, not one of those remixes that gets a beat slapped on it, but it just is a smooth ride that rolls along. Essa delivers again. … Continue Reading

Now Playing... 'Words in the Fire' by Patrick Watson

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Jamie Jones to release sophomore album

On the 25th of June Jamie Jones will be releasing his second album. Jones’s first album was called Don’t You Remember the Future, and this go around he’s given his album the name Tracks From the Crypt. It will be released through Crosstown Rebels and it will feature twelve tracks.

Walkmen to release new album in June

Veteran indie rock band The Walkmen have released their new album today, on the 5th of June. The album will be called Heaven and will feature Robin Pecknold of the Fleet Foxes. The release is in the hands of Fat Possum/Bella Union, and it will contain tracks called ‘We Can’t Be Beat’, ‘Heartbreaker’, and ‘Love is Luck’.

Weekly Froth #42 (Saint Petersburg Disco Spin Club, Matthew Dear, more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘Divine’ by Saint Petersburg Disco Spin Club & Eleonora (Vincenzo remix)

Vincenzo isn’t afraid to do some deep house, and this track lends itself perfectly for the Vincenzo treatment apparently. Good beat for the dancefloor, and what I assume is Eleonora sure has a nice set of vocals for this without having them too much on the fore. I like it when the vocals go from way out in the backgroud and then come towards you, which is capped by the beat coming in and taking you along for the ride again. Love the contrast in terms of where the sounds are coming from (way out back or more to the fore) and how he plays with the beat and the contrast in that. I assume that the fade out isn’t the actual end of the song (if it is, off with his head!), but these four minutes do give a nice indication of what one can expect on the dancefloor. Really nice house cut. … Continue Reading

Now Playing... 'Rise' by Antony & the Johnsons

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