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Music before the storm
Feb. 12th, 2019 11:55 amWe're going to get sent home early today (it's Feb 12th as I type this; no promises on when it posts) and so meetings are being shuffled around. A couple things I need to do in-person will get postponed and that all means I have a little space to write about music. Buckle up and stay warm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5F-aj171QM
Bob Mould brings us the latest installment of his personal post-punk music odyssey. This has the expected Mould vocals and guitars and it's definitely punk-influenced. It's also somewhat autobiographical, as Mould has moved to Berlin and the song comes from his personal experiences of having trouble fitting in. It's also more gentle and pop-influenced than traditional punk. There are melodies and nobody screams or thrashes but at its core it's a song about social oppression and (not) being part of the larger culture. If that's not punk, I don't know what is.
https://soundcloud.com/dirtwire/the-whip-an-ten-nae-remix
Dirtwire just posted this "swamp crunk" remix of their track "The Whip". I love that concept, and this tune. It's got a good beat and the spare claps and whistled melodies are drawn out with echoes that invoke outdoor spaces without being creepy or too much like country-western for my tastes.
https://soundcloud.com/dirtwire/the-whip-an-ten-nae-remix
I usually post Sander van Doorn mixes, as I listen to his weekly podcast and posted setlists whenever they appear. I'm pretty sure I got this track from one of them but it's been a while so I've lost track. This "One Love" is a great mix of high-energy/high-BPM brackets around a really lovely guitar-led romantic track.
To close this out let's have some serious funky stuff from Stickybuds...
https://soundcloud.com/stickybuds/doyourthing
First up, a James Brown tribute mash with "a ton of samples" from The Godfather of Soul and elsewhere. Definite chair-dancing music and I particularly like how they use other musical styles (particularly reggae) to vary the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/stickybuds/ff18
And to take you home here's the Stickybuds Fractal Forest mix from the past year's Shambhala festival. In my fantasy universe where I have the money and time (and physical/mental resources) to do music festivals this one is always top of my list. I love the setlists that come from it; like this one they're deeply funk-infused and dance-encouraging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5F-aj171QM
Bob Mould brings us the latest installment of his personal post-punk music odyssey. This has the expected Mould vocals and guitars and it's definitely punk-influenced. It's also somewhat autobiographical, as Mould has moved to Berlin and the song comes from his personal experiences of having trouble fitting in. It's also more gentle and pop-influenced than traditional punk. There are melodies and nobody screams or thrashes but at its core it's a song about social oppression and (not) being part of the larger culture. If that's not punk, I don't know what is.
https://soundcloud.com/dirtwire/the-whip-an-ten-nae-remix
Dirtwire just posted this "swamp crunk" remix of their track "The Whip". I love that concept, and this tune. It's got a good beat and the spare claps and whistled melodies are drawn out with echoes that invoke outdoor spaces without being creepy or too much like country-western for my tastes.
https://soundcloud.com/dirtwire/the-whip-an-ten-nae-remix
I usually post Sander van Doorn mixes, as I listen to his weekly podcast and posted setlists whenever they appear. I'm pretty sure I got this track from one of them but it's been a while so I've lost track. This "One Love" is a great mix of high-energy/high-BPM brackets around a really lovely guitar-led romantic track.
To close this out let's have some serious funky stuff from Stickybuds...
https://soundcloud.com/stickybuds/doyourthing
First up, a James Brown tribute mash with "a ton of samples" from The Godfather of Soul and elsewhere. Definite chair-dancing music and I particularly like how they use other musical styles (particularly reggae) to vary the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/stickybuds/ff18
And to take you home here's the Stickybuds Fractal Forest mix from the past year's Shambhala festival. In my fantasy universe where I have the money and time (and physical/mental resources) to do music festivals this one is always top of my list. I love the setlists that come from it; like this one they're deeply funk-infused and dance-encouraging.
