MUSIC: Health

Now here's an album that is very mood-specific, at least for me. HEALTH, hailing from LA, have garnered some recent press and interest for their attacking ambient constructions. I've listened to the album, and while very consistent (no real misses), my favorite track comes near the end. "Glitter Pills" is all pulsing slaps and longing chants, and I love it for that. Just a fantastic song.

::: HEALTH - Glitter Pills

Their new album is on sale over at Insound.

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Tags: mp3, music, health, los angeles, electronica, drone

MUSIC: Glass Candy

Last Thursday I was at The Fillmore in SF to catch Panther (always awesome) open for Architecture in Helsinki (who were great), but what I didn't know was that I'd walk away with a new musical obsession. Glass Candy (Ida No and Johnny Jewel) hit me square in the face with death/disco/electronica; their show sounded amazing, their stage presence looked perfect. They've got 4 songs for free download over at their myspace page, here are the first two.

::: Glass Candy - Beautific (f/ 2007 Beatbox Tour CD)
::: Glass Candy - Digital Versicolor (f/ 2007 Beatbox Tour CD)

There is an absolute wealth of free downloads from previous Tour CDR's, sold-out 7-inch releases, and demos over at Glass Candy's official website. It's an absolute joy to see the songs take on new lives, following the growth and progression of a band. This website provided me with all kinds of excitement (I love the presentation and free distribution). Here are a couple sample tracks from an old tour CDR.

::: Glass Candy - Nite Nurses (f/ 2005 Tour CDR)
::: Glass Candy - Sugar & Whitebread (f/ 2005 Tour CDR)

As a thank you to the band for providing all those free tracks, you should buy a 7" single or CD, they've got a fantastic back catalog available. They've also got a new 12" out on Italians Do It Better, which you can pick up here. I would also suggest catching up with them on their current tour, which hits up most of the western states soon.

Nov 6 (Los Angeles @ The Troubador)
Nov 7 (Los Angeles @ The Troubador)
Nov 9 (Tucson @ Realto Theatre)
Nov 10 (Santa Fe @ The Moon)
Nov 12 (Norman @ Opolis)
Nov 13 (Denton @ Hailey's)
Nov 14 (Austin @ Emo's)
Nov 15 (New Orleans @ Republic)
Nov 17 (Houston @ The Backroom)
Nov 23 (Los Angeles @ Weekend Warriors)
Nov 24 (San Francisco @ Frisco Disco)
Nov 29 (Seattle @ Chop Suey)
Nov 30 (Portland @ Rotture)
Dec 7 (Miami @ Art Basel)

The most recent list will be up on their myspace page.

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Tags: mp3, music, glass candy, portland, panther, tour, electronica, death disco

REVISIT: Ladybird

Another artist that I've received emails about of late is Ladybird. I posted on her a while back and I'm still into her tracks. She was kind enough to provide un-reduced bit rate files (as opposed to the myspace ones I had earlier), so I thought you might be interested in them as well. If you haven't heard her stuff before, you should definitely check these out. It's the bastard love child of CSS and a robot.

::: Ladybird - Transmitive Carriers
::: Ladybird - C Unseen Sea
::: Ladybird - Cold Switch

When these tracks load on my computer, it says they're from an album called Lovers Give Better Head, but I can't seem to find much on that. We can only wish that a whole album existed.

[Ladybird on myspace.]
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[This photo comes from Ladybird's myspace page, and it's a photo of a polaroid which fits with the current aesthetic around here.]

Tags: ladybird, mp3, music, electronica, laptop, awesome