18th January 2011

Audio with 4 notes

Lizard Kisses, “Sleep Talkin’”
Sleeping In

This record was a nice treat, especially after slogging through a ton of emails that have backed up in my inbox over the past few months, many of which sounded exactly the same. Lizard Kisses is a band from Brooklyn, NY (aren’t they all?), and (in particular contrast to a lot of what I’ve been hearing lately) they sound like they’re actually playing their instruments! Their EP Sleeping In is full of character and expressiveness.

When I think about how the Minutemen proved how regular people could do music that was still interesting and truthful, this is the kind of thing that makes me glad they did that. Keep it up, guys.

You can buy a physical copy of the CD here, in all its material uniqueness. Check out their Bandcamp here, or the Tumblr at this location.

Tagged: wuss rockSleeping InLizard KissesSleep TalkinBrooklynMinutemen

17th June 2010

Audio

Shai Erlichman - Mornings When
Season of Increasing Light

A couple of weeks back, I did a write-up for the Whitehaus Family Record Family Record. Shai Erlichman had one of the standout cuts on the compilation, “Brains for Blood,” a heavily distorted piece of drone, which you can also hear on MySpace. He’s also recently put out an EP called Season of Increasing Light, a different kind of piece, still in the lo-fi fuzz style of things, but this time more relaxed. It’s tuneful and soothing, and I’m hoping it’ll calm my nerves later, when it’s time for sleep. The town put in a traffic counter right outside my fucking window, and now every time a car goes by, it sounds like someone throwing a basketball against the house. But how can you maintain irritability when this kind of vibration’s backing you up?

Tagged: econowuss rock