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still warm: Future Nostalgia for sale, by Hiva Oa

The first half-minute, indeed the first ten seconds set the terms. This whitewashed chorus is the sound of inner dissonance, nothing really to do with the external world of instruments or processing. This...

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Stream: The Neighborhood – “I’m Sorry”

I stumbled across the band The Neighborhood this morning to great pleasure. The band is a Los Angeles based quintet that mixes together a perfect blend of soul, indie rock and hip-hop. Their debut EP,...

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name your price: The Rigged Orchestra, by Temi I Idei

One of our most frequently-revisited songs from 2009 is "02," track #6 from the fydhws release Impresii. The artist behind fydhws identifies himself only as "R" and the song truly is a six-minute continent,...

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free download: Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

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The Only Way To Kill You by Greylag

Just making sure everyone is on the same page today: Greylag’s debut EP The Only Way To Kill You has officially dropped. And as promised last March, I’ve put together some thoughts to...

When synth-and-drums sounds progressive and retro, that means we're all old.

l_49f9998f1ce049f88e346ed1c1f78eebThe day has come, geezers. There is no better time, either: Florida real estate is dirt cheap and GPS will make sure we can find our dirt-cheap homes after a long day at the bingo hall.

Wait. What’s that? You don’t accept the premise? Neither did we, until Timespan, by Majeure:

Don’t like how your future panned out? Join the crowd. Luckily Majeure (aka A.E. Paterra of Zombi) has crafted a way-back machine to take us to a time when the future was all flying cars, alien cohabitation and power laces. Armed [with] countless vintage synthesizers and Paterra’s hallmark drumming heroics, Timespan is equal parts science fiction and sinister disco, and all parts awesome. Three side-long epics, available only on deluxe double LP with a brilliant laser etching and a download code for those of you without portable record players.

Download “Teleforce” for free at Temporary Residence, linked above, or stream that track and two others at his Myspace page.

The verdict? You all know this column prefers the Strat to the synth, but the song is the thing. And the music is entrancing. Go give it a whirl.

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