Off The Air

A few nights ago I fell asleep while watching adult swim. And in the midst of my shallow tv induced dream, I awoke to pure psychedelica. A perfect marriage of music and visuals delighted my sleepy eyes... Off The Air.

I invite you to watch this series and preferably on some equally mind altering substance.  

Dan Deacon- America

Dan Deacon is an american electronic music composer born and raised in the suburban Long Island, New York community of West Babylon. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 2004 and formed an arts and music collective called Wham City.

Deacon is known for his extremely interactive live shows. When playing solo he performs on the floor level of the venue with musical devices and all completely surrounded by the audience.

America is his thirteenth album that will be released on August 27, 2012 on the label Domino. Below is track two and three from the album "True Thrush" and "Lots".

Sonic Nostalgia - CAN

CAN was an experimental rock band from Cologne, Germany that was started in 1968 and lasted until 1979. Thought to be one of the first bands to be labeled as "Krautrock", Can's sound consisted of spontaneous minimalistic psychedelic jams that put there audience in a trance.

DJ-Kicks - Digitalism

If your familiar with DJ-Kicks then your'e familiar with some of the most eccentric mixes done by some of the most popular music artists of the world. Then you'd also be familiar with mixes done by artists such as Four Tet, Hot Chip, Erlende Oye, Photek, Tiga, Nightmares on Wax, and many others.

Digitalisms Jens Moelle and Ismail Tüfekçi, get there chance to add their bands name to the DJ-Kicks roster with this 23 track mix of their own. Here is the new video for the DJ-Kicks exclusive track “Falling”.

Grizzley Bear - "Shields"

Grizzly Bear is a four piece indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY. They have a new album that will be out Sept. 18th 2012 called "Shields" on Warp Records. This will be their fourth studio album. The song "Sleeping Ute", a ten song track list, and 2012 tour dates were released on June 5th. Below is the new single  Sleeping Ute.

Grizzly Bear 2012 Tour Dates

9/16 – Knoxville, Tenn. | Tennessee Theater
9/17 – Atlanta, Ga. | Tabernacle
9/18 – Nashville, Tenn. | Ryman Auditorium
9/20 – Washington, D.C. | 9:30 Club
9/21 – Washington, D.C. | 9:30 Club
9/22 – Boston, Mass. | Orpheum Theater
9/23 – Montreal, Canada | Olympia
9/24 – New York, N.Y. | Radio City Music Hall
9/26 – Toronto, Canada | Massey Hall
9/28 – Cincinnati, Ohio | MidPoint Music Festival
9/29 – Champaign, Ill. | Pygmalion Music Festival
9/30 – Chicago, Ill. | Riviera Theater
10/1 – Minneapolis, Minn. | First Avenue
10/4 – Portland, Ore. | Keller Auditorium
10/5 – Seattle, Wash. | Paramount Theatre
10/6 – Vancouver, Canada | Commodore Ballroom
10/7 – Vancouver, Canada | Commodore Ballroom
10/9 – Oakland, Calif. | Fox Theater
10/10 – Los Angeles, Calif. | Greek Theater

Tame Impala - Lonerism

Tame Impala is a four piece psych-rock band from Pert, Australia. They are about to release their third studio album "Lonerism" that's scheduled to be released on October 9th on the Modular label. First they released a video trailer for the album, and recently released a teaser song called "Apocalypse Dream" along with a track listing.

Lonerism:

1. Be Above It
2. Endors Toi
3. Apocalypse Dreams
4. Mind Mischief
5. Music to Walk Home By
6. Why Won't They Talk to Me?
7. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
8. Keep on Lying
9. Elephant
10. She Just Won't Believe Me
11. Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
12. Sun's Coming Up

Joey Bada$$ - 1999 (Mixtape)

 

Every decade or so musical greatness decides to dig its way out of the mountains of pop trash thats been piling and piling up due to corporate americas need to make a quick buck. The moment greatness is noticed it tends to shine brightly and provide a new yet familiar pathway to inspiration. Brooklyn based rapper Joey Badass and his crew The Progressive Era are making that light. At the young age of seventeen this rappers flow is reminiscent of the golden age of hip hop legends that came before him. My prediction is that the Progressive Era crew is gonna turn hip hop back on its feet.

Here is the new mixtape "1999". It features production from MF Doom, Statik Selektah, J. Dilla and others.