Old Man River Vs. Katalyst. (click the pic above) This idea had me interested from the begining and im putting it here for you to check out. Its a mixtape...i guess...or maybe a collaboration...kinda...but well worth a spin! (or a wheel click* as it seems to be these days!) There isnt a tracklisting anywhere that i can find, so you're on your own figuring out what bits are from what song and which sample belongs to 'whoever's work! Its fun! Props to whothehell.net for pointing my browser to this one. What a find!
And speaking of Katalyst..Space Invadas (click link to the right) is a new project from him and Steve Spacek but it stands as a totally different thing alltogether from what you would normally associate with these guys. (and you would be forgiven if you dont know who either of them are) This is being branded as 'Soul-Fi' which means urban-soul-beats and licks. Whateverrrrr! Its groovy (it has groove so i can stay that!) and its fresh. There's a full length coming out early 2010 (whenever that is) and this offereing is something or a pre-cursor to the highly anticipated album. Next sync im putting this on my ipod...seriuzly. Mad stuff!
Arrows (click pic on left) are a band from Brissy who play *eeem.....0h!* no hang on a minute...indie post rock with melody and feeling. Yeh that's better. Cos emo is a trashy term, a throw away tag, a damaging label which will inevetibly limit audiences ability to fully apreciate music for being frickin bad-ass and epic. That's what this is. Hobbeldehoy Records is the genius indie label up in QLD who decided top put all their releases up on Gimmesound.com for you to listen or just outright download for free. Studies show that music sharing helps artists as far as profile and explosure as concerned. No one makes money selling CD's anymore anyway. Get onto this stuff and go to a show and buy a shirt!! RIYL: Explosions in the Sky, Middle East, Decoder Ring, Sunny Day Realestate and stuff like that.
