Ariel Pink - Are You Gonna Look After My Boys?

Tickley Feather - Fancy Walking

Animal Collective - Grass

Man Man
This would be an obvious choice. I guess I'm more than a little obsessed with their live shows and their new album ain't too bad, either. The only band that can pull off wearing all white, war-paint, and sequined headbands.

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Man Man - Harpoon Fever (Queequeg's Playhouse) [MP3] [Insound]

Spank Rock
I can never get enough of this Philly bro's downright naaasty rhymes and bumpin' beats. Yeah yeah I know, we are all soooo over Justice's "D.A.N.C.E.", but everything is better with a little Spank, no?
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Benny Blanco mix Feat. Spank Rock and Mos Def - D.A.N.C.E. [MP3]

The YMD
Sometimes I just can't handle all of the lo-fi goodness spewing from these two MC's mouf's. Totally in your face, totally name-droppin' every 'burb in Philly.
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The YMD - New Direction [MP3] [Insound]

Pattern Is Movement
These two Philly gents have potentially put out my favorite record of 2008. Inspired by a set of antique photos, each track explodes with theatrical vocals, show tunes-esque piano, and polyrhythmic walls of sound.
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Pattern Is Movement - Bird [MP3] [Insound]

Tickley Feather
This Philly lady's lo-fi, FM Lite sound is crazy-awesome. Her vocals are slightly spooky, but the synth is oh-so-sweet.
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Tickley Feather - Natural, Natural [MP3] [Insound]

And who could forget about Enon? We didn't, see our Asian Mind Explosion playlist.

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textranho. antes me mandabas cartitas: ya no.

esa vez que soñaste que soñabas que te llevaban no sé cuántos pájaros planeando entre las caprichosas espirales del viento dibujadas como líneas delgadísimas que selevaban hasta mirar las nubes boquiabiertas disolviéndosentre rostros que te decían cosas que no deberías jamás olvidar, asuntos que necesitaban aterrizar en ese suelo que habías abandonado, te tapaste los oídos y cerraste tus ojitos y dejaste que los pájaros de ojos titilantes te llevaran volando, debajo desespacio en el domo despiadado que titilaba con la intensidad de un misterio esperando más allá del velo gris, ésta es la música que olvidasten el huerto donde los asuntos que necesitaban solución se quedaron sin solución, y los misterios que debían ser encarados fueron encarados, y así sucedió : vimos un rayo pero jamás escuchamos su estallido.

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Here's a tiny snack-sized review of all the things I've watched and listened to lately--all in four words or less.

Recently watched films:
Iron Man (2008 )
Will spawn lackluster sequels

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008 )
Two words: Emo Harold

Sunshine (2007)
Naked monster ruins everything

Recent music:

Martina Topley Bird - The Blue God (2008 )
Not interesting without Tricky

Zeigeist - The Jade (2008 )
Cheesy Swedes love electronics

Tickley Feather - Tickley Feather (2008 )
Innovation through cheap production

The first time I heard Philadelphia's Tickley Feather (or, Annie Sachs), I was seeing her open for Animal Collective in St. Louis this past September. I was really intrigued by the simplicity of her set and her overall ability to present experimental yet catchy tunes. Her self-titled debut album off of the Paw Tracks label perfectly translates what her live sound is composed of. Looping samples, keyboards, and drum machines piece together perfectly in combination with TF's raw emotion expressed through her vocals. With 20 tracks--the vast majority under the 3:00 mark--Tickley Feather's album is like a fucking charming, whimsical storybook or something. It makes me wonder if she deliberately crafted the perfect album to echo amazingly through my apartment. Her sound is out there, in the most beautiful way possible. Eerie nursery rhyme melodies and toy synths soar on tracks like "Nothing 2 B Sad About" and "Night Train". There are times when I'm listening to her album that all of a sudden, a phat lo-fi beat blasts through my ears (see "Tonight Is The Night"), and my mind jumps to Madonna circa 1988 had she taken lots of acid instead of club drugs. Touted as the "Next Ariel Pink", it seems that she indeed shares a lot in common with her Paw Tracks label-mate (who I am obsessed with, by the way) in terms of lo-fi production and tons of reverb in her vocals. Interpret that as you will, but I know this album is going to be a favorite of mine for quite a while.

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Tickley Feather - Tonight Is The Night [MP3] [Insound]

Il est bien possible que la popularité d'Annie Sachs augmente considérablement dans les mois à venir. Plus connue sous le nom de Tickley Feather, cette jeune artiste de Philadelphie a déjà tourné avec Animal Collective et Panda Bear (membre d'Animal Collective), avant de signer récemment sur leur (excellent) label, Paw Tracks, pour la parution de son premier album le 28 Avril prochain. Et même si sa discographie ne se compose pour le moment que d'un split avec Serpants of Wisdom et d'un split avec Bermuda Triangle, soit six titres en tout, plus une poignée de morceaux du prochain album disséminés ici et là, on peut déjà se faire une idée de la musique - et du talent - de cette artiste: très lo-fi, avec un chant volontairement saturé et réfléchi par de l'écho, des mélodies simples, accompagnées par une boîte à rythme hypnotique et electronica. Les mélodies, bien que simples et parfois désuettes (sur The Revolution nottament), sont bien souvent magnifiques, à ce titre Natural Natural mais surtout The Python sont probablement les deux meilleures chansons que Tickley Feather ait publiées à ce jour: mélodies vocales splendides (surtout sur le deuxième), répétées inlassablement pendant 2 minutes, accompagnées par des sonorités indéfinissables, programmation électronique impeccable, et surtout une forte atmosphère très mélancolique palpable. Et si Tonight Is The Nite, extrait de l'album à venir, montre des sonorités plus joyeuses et presque festives, la touche lo-fi de l'ensemble permet de conserver toujours une touche mélancolique, voire nostalgique par moments.

Tickley Feather - Tickley Feather (Paw Tracks, 28 Avril 2008)

1. "I've Got Magic Inside My Bones Somewhere"
2. Ooooo
3. Buttshot
4. The Python
5. Fancy Walking
6. "There's This Magic Spell Right Inside Your Bones"
7. Noisey Dingle
8. Nothing 2 B Sad About
9. Le Daylight
10. 1978 Fast / Xylophone / Leaking Roof
11. Night Chant
12. Keyboards Is Drunk
13. Sorry Party
14. Night Train
15. Rain Bucket
16. Tonight Is The Nite
17. Lookout What's Next
18. Convention
19. "The Bone Hits It With A Drumstick And Then Your Skin Has A Switch"
20. "I'm Magic"/Bathtime

Ecouter:

Tickley Feather - The Python
Tickley Feather - Natural Natural
Tickley Feather - Tonight Is The Nite