(via Cienfue)
Cienfue is a Panama artist who makes the perfect beach music for college-me who used to go somewhere warm for spring break.
From Bandcamp:
“‘Mounstro’ comes from collaborations between Rasta Lloyd, a prolific urban reggae producer in Panama, Makako and Cienfue. Cienfue’s fourth full-length studio album is a smoke-filled tour of eighties influences and tropical neon leisure rays.”
Cienfue:
(via Standover)
Singapore punk rock band Standover walks the line between punk rock and full-on metal. The sound is self-described “Japanese style skate-punk,” which, from listening to A new Chapter, sounds like punk music that’s as aggressive as possible without losing a sense of melody. If you’re a fan of Saves The Day and other heavier emo bands, you’ll love this band.
These songs are technically just demos, but they’re still fun to listen and, dare I say, skate to. Watch the video teaser here. Keep watch for a new full release hopefully soon.
Standover:
(via Pairs)
Pairs was a Shanghai noise-rock duo made up of drummer Xiao Zhong and guitarist F. They broke up two years ago, but, as Unite Asia points out, the duo will re-release its last album, ‘Maleika On Casley,’ on cassette via Indonesia’s Gerpfast Kolektif DIY label August 8th. One of the songs on the album is called “Smashing Pumpkins,” so you know it’s good. I just listened to the album again on Bandcamp and yes, it’s very good.
At first, “Blue Dress” might not seem like much – a muddled guitar attacks two power chords as the drummer pounds away and drowns out the vocals, which are always on the edge of audible. But then the chorus kicks in and it’s wonderful – all of a sudden I feel empowered with a sing-a-long chorus that belongs in a mosh pit. It’s one “whoa-whoa-whoa” away from being a great Japandroids song, and the world needs more songs like that.
Pairs:
(via Liz Phair – “Canary”)
Year: 1993
Album: Exile In Guyville
If the story is true that Exile In Guyville is a track-by-track response toExile on Main St., then is “Canary” Phair’s “Sweet Black Angel“? Is Phair singing from the perspective of Jagger’s chained slave who, in a sense, acts as a canary trained to only speak a few words and come when called? If so, Phair has taken out the Stone’s political message (no judges murder here) and focuses on the imaginary chains of learning and earning one’s name for love or something more romantic. Is it forced or voluntary? That’s left to the listener to decide. But if there’s no Stones comparison to make, you can just hear “Canary” as a beautiful piano ballad sung in Phair’s genuine melodic do-not-fuck-with-me utterance that indie musicians have been trying to replicate for over 20 years. She’s still one of the best to ever sing it.
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkPu3VBCISo)
Great album name, even better sound.
You Can’t Listen To Hardcore Punk Rock. You Have To Watch Hardcore Punk Rock.
You can’t listen to hardcore punk rock. Ok you can, but you’d be missing out. You need to watch hardcore punk, in the flesh, in a poorly lit LA club and be right in the middle of the sweaty mosh pit close enough to spit on the lead singer and for him or her to spit right back. You need Keith Morris to scream “I Just Want Some Skank” in one ear and Greg Hetson’s screaming electric guitar in the…
