Free Albums!
It’s become clear that I’m not going to get very much more blogging done until I get back to Atlanta and have had some time to rest up, so consider it summer break around here at Ohmpark. To tide you over until then, here is collection of great records that the artists are giving away for free or by donation that you have absolutely no reason not add to your collection. Click on the album to download:
Adron (Atlanta/Brooklyn) : Burdwurld
Mice In Cars (Atlanta) : 53 Bicycles and a Dead Man
Nomen Novum (Atlanta) : Room For Rent
Russian Spy Camera (Athens) : Mutiny In The Kitchen With Knives
Prussia (Detroit) : Blessed Be, Yours Truly In Spirit & Soul
Slushco (Atlanta) : Sometime Tonight
Lee Harvey Oswald (Atlanta) : Lee Harvey Oswald
- Posted by Davy Minor on July 22, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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What The Hell Am I Listening to?!?
Ok, this episode of “What The Hell” is gonna be large on tunes. There seems to be so many worthwhile albums dropping right now, it is hard to keep up. A great problem to have. Here are the many bands I’m crushing on right now like a little music slut:
Russian Spy Camera (Athens, Ga)
I know Ichuda already did a review of this album, but I’ve really gotten into this one hard, so I’m going to continue to hype it. Let me stress that you can download their entire album for free from their website. If you like good music, you will be wronging yourself if you do not go pick that up.
Download Mutiny In The Kitchen With Knives here!!!
The Raveonettes (Copenhagen, Denmark)
One major trend from bands this year is albums produced with heavy distortion a la The Jesus And Mary Chain. Bands like The Magnetic Fields and Times New Viking are great examples. So far, though, I think The Raveonettes‘ new album Lust Lust Lust is my favourite to employ those sorts of techniques.
The Ruby Suns (Auckland, New Zealand)
The other popular trend in music this year is the Animal Collective influence. I’m surprised it took this long for AC to become so influential to new artists, but it was certainly inevitable. While The Dodos and El Guincho are fine acts, something about them feels like they are stealing the Collective‘s sound a little too much. Sort of like when I listen to Black Mountain or The Sword and their absorption of the ’70s sounds. Sure they are fun and enjoyable to listen to, but I could never get totally obsessed with someone who is bascially copy-catting someone else. But, The Ruby Suns‘ new album, Sea Lion, seems to me to be the perfect blend of AC love and originality. They will be at The Drunken Unicorn Monday night.
Hot Chip (London, UK)
The new Hot Chip joint didn’t seem to get its fair fill of the Internet hype, but I’ve really been enjoying it. There are certainly some songs that are better than others, but the many great ones are really incredible. If you like dance music with a soul like I do, check this one:
Destroyer (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Mostly because of Daniel Bejar’s vocal style, Destroyer seems to be an act that you either love or can’t really get into. Being on the love side of it myself, I’ll make my plea to those who listened to it and thought “This sounds just like the last album”. On the surface, sure, but if you dig into it, you’ll find a much more epic experience and I think this may be his best yet. Destroyer will be in Atlanta later this month.
Shooting Rockets (From The Deck Of Night’s Ape)
- Posted by Davy Minor on April 9, 2008 at 6:28 pm
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Record Review: Russian Spy Camera – Mutiny In The Kitchen With Knives
Russian Spy Camera has recently posted their new record, Mutiny In The Kitchen With Knives, for free. It is a quirky collection of classic rock influences as well as some more contemporary shout-outs. The opener is an epic, Television – inspired jam that stands out as the most indulgent and longest track on the record. As the record progresses, more straightforward tracks like “Cryptology” wear out the Bowie and Clash worship through some great piano work and Strummer-esque vocal noodling. Electronics-tinged tracks like “Hotels” takes a stab at some groove-inspired rock that Muse began to touch on their latest record; an audible hip hop influence. “Cults” further professes the band’s love for Muse as synth arpeggios layer over a riff that sounds like it came off the Stills’ first record. The record even tackles a few acoustic ballads, like “The Obsolete Man” and the album closer, “Pickpockets” (presumably shooting for a Weezer – Butterfly type vibe). The pace is consistently fresh. Mutiny In The Kitchen With Knives changes gears confidently, quickly, and to great effect, with tunes that are impressively broad in scope and yet retain the tightness of a pop rock record.
This month has witnessed not only established giants Nine Inch Nails release a free record, but also local Athens band, Russian Spy Camera. Seeing brave moves like this from both the upper and lower tiers of the music business is exciting and speaks to the rapidly changing state of the industry; hopefully the trend will continue. It seems that the Nine Inch Nails endeavor was quite the success, so we can probably expect so (check out the behavior of The Raconteurs and even The Smashing Pumpkins). Russian Spy Camera have adopted a simpler pricing scheme (‘pay us if you want to’).
The record is available at their website: http://www.russianspycamera.com/
- Posted by Eric Guenther on March 21, 2008 at 5:39 pm
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