Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Shoegazer Sunday: Echodrone’s “A Ghost and a Walkman”

Sunday, April 25th, 2021

Echodrone has a new album, Resurgence out. I bounced off the first tracks I heard off it, but this one I like:

Shoegazer Sunday: Hundredth’s “Down”

Sunday, April 11th, 2021

Hundredth was a hardcore band that turned to shoegaze with their album Rare. Here’s a track off it:

Music Video: Mr. Weebl’s “Unicorn”

Friday, April 9th, 2021

Today is evidently National Unicorn Day, so it gives me an excuse to post this:

I sort of wanted to post it for St. Patrick’s Day, but forgot…

Shoegazer Sunday: Whirr’s “Lean”

Sunday, April 4th, 2021

Whirr has been around a while and done some albums on Graveface records. Here’s “Lean” off their split EP with Nothing.

St. Patrick’s Day Music: Mr. Irish Bastard’s “I Hope They Sell Beer In Hell”

Wednesday, March 17th, 2021

For a rowdy St. Patrick’s Day drinking song, here’s everyone’s favorite German Celtic Punk band Mr. Irish Bastard with “I Hope They Sell Beer In Hell”:

Shoegazer Sunday: Kuuhaku Marinus Covers Slowdive’s “Machine Gun”

Sunday, February 28th, 2021

I have no idea who Kuuhaku Marinus is, though he seems to reside in Mexico and his ideogram (空白磨理成) seems to translate as “Blank Grid.”

Here’s a pleasant cover of Slowdive’s “Machine Gun”:

Shoegazer Sunday: Auburn Lull’s “CA1”

Sunday, February 21st, 2021

Been quite a while since I posted any Auburn Lull, so here’s a pretty, ambient piece called “CA1” off their Hiber EP:

Shoegazer Sunday: Bugjar’s “James Dean Deathcar”

Sunday, January 3rd, 2021

Bugjar hails from Boston, Massachusetts.

George Winston’s “The Holly and the Ivy”

Monday, December 21st, 2020

Today is the first official day of winter, so here’s “The Holly and the Ivy” from George Winston’s December, probably the best track off a classic Christmas album.

Halloween Horrors: The Apprehension Engine

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

Suppose you wanted to do the soundtrack for a horror film: What would you use to score it? Synthesizer? Computer?

Or how about commissioning a custom instrument to make eerie, unnerving sound?

Behold The Apprehension Engine!

The Witch is one of the films Mark Korven has scored, and I just noticed that it seems to have gotten pretty cheap as of late…