Now Listen Here
When I heard Crooks & Lovers, their first album, back in 2010, it was love at first listen.
Now Mount Kimbie are back again, once more teaming up with the big-voiced Alfred E. Neuman that is King Krule for this track, 'Blue Train Lines', from their new album Love What Survives.
There's little not to like about the optimistic and exotic sounds weaved together here by Mark Barrott
The SoundCloud page describes it as "70’s Afro Soul with a modern twist" and that sounds about right.
Unfortunately, this here is just snippets :(
Some of the earlier stuff by Ulrika Spacek was featured on this very blog.
Their new album, Modern English Decoration, shows them enjoying some of the same fuzzy, shoegaze sounds of those earlier tracks.
They remind me a bit of Hookworms , which I intend to be very high praise indeed.
I love getting lost in the rhythmic jungles created by Natural Magic, and there's even a little cosmic vibe on this latest track from the Portland duo, called 'Dude Can Dance'.
Check out their Soundcloud page for more jams, or see more of their stuff elsewhere in this blog.
Another quality release from Four Tet, with a lovely deep house beat to lift your spirits.
An earlier release from Nashville band Bully was featured on this blog.
On this latest track they pull off the same mix of abrasive punk tinged with poppy cuteness that defines their sound.
Some groovy, washed-out, driving guitar here (don't call it psych!) from London-based trio Desert Mountain Tribe.
Check out Dom Gourlay's interview with them for DrownedinSound.
I featured the first couple of EPs released by Homeboy Sandman and Aesop Rock under the moniker of Lice and I will do so a third time.
Behold!
Some grinding electronica here from Porter Ricks on this track called 'Anguilla Electrica'.
Nice stuff.
This one comes from Denmark, more specifically, from Dj Central & Erika Casier, part of the Aarhus-based collective called Regelbau
One of the tracks from that group, under the monikers Hi Mount and C.K, was featured earlier on this blog, and you can read more about that scene over here.