Label: Chemikal Underground
Artist: King’s Daughters & Sons
Genre: Alternative
The ghost stories, murder ballads, and grimoires on the new
full-length album If Then Not When by Louisville, KY's
King's Daughters & Sons are haunting, spare and at times explosively unsettling; part William Faulkner, part Led Zeppelin. Given
the musical pedigree at play here, it should come as no surprise that every
note, drum beat and vocal has been employed with an economy few bands have the
sense to muster. The album itself, clocking in at over 51 minutes despite
there being only eight tracks, shows that King's Daughters & Sons are quite
happy for the aforementioned ghost stories, murder ballads and grimoires to
unfold at their own pace. The album's axis, in more ways than one, is the
eight-minute-plus, fourth track, "The Anniversary": a rich cast of characters
weave their way through a tale of love, treachery and murder while the music
eddies, tumbles and roars in sympathy with the narrator. It's a phenomenal
track, explaining the reference to Faulkner in their press release's opening
salvo and clearly demonstrating that this is not your average album.
Label: Moodgadget Records
Album: No Body EP
Artist: Beacon
Genre: Electronic, R&B, Ambient
Beacon is Thomas Mullarney III and Jacob Gossett. Their No
Body EP explores a combination of deep
south bass music and ambient pop melodies, with R&B tinged vocals that
accompany warm arpeggiated synthesizers. The EP's atmosphere and narrative
recall brooding spirituality in the wake of first love and the allure of the
paranormal in teenage romance. Jacob and Thomas’s extensive work in the video
production and set building worlds has given them the techniques to produce
their own unique vision for the release of No Body; a cheap prom set where real and imaginary moments
continually conjure up feelings of love, lust and all things in between.
Label: Coco Machete Records
Album: Remix Your Face Showdown
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electro House
Here are the three winners of the Coco Machete 'Remix Your
Face' Showdown from late spring 2011. The label offered up all the remix parts
to three different classic Coco Machete releases setting them free for anyone
to take a shot. There was one winner picked for each track based on quality and
his or her own fan participation on Facebook...it can't get any more real than
that. These are the ones to watch: Naeleck & Oddity are a production due
based in both France and Japan, Sebastian Love hails from Italy, and D' Secret
SVC, Coco Machete mainstay came in with a funk break remix of "In Da Club" that
is undeniable....Just keep on watchin’!
