Stack №269: Mar 13, 2020

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Mar 13, 2020

Beachtape - Somewhere Better

Posted by 8 sites • On SoundCloud • Also on: Spotify

Discheria ElRocco 0.01 Follow “Pop angolare con chitarre che TORNIANO le melodie per questo quartetto di Brighton.” on Mar 11th, 2020 →

The most-posted track this week belongs to Brighton-based jangle-pop band Beachtape, taken from their new EP out next month on CRC Records. "Consider it a shoe-in on your next playlist if you love Pavement," says Consequence of Sound.

R.A.P. Ferreira - LEAVING HELL

Posted by 15 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Jazziz Follow “Jazz and hip-hop are dialects of the same language. Put them together, and their conversation is…” on Jan 27th →

Rory Ferreira (formerly milo) releases a new album via Ruby Yacht, the label he runs out of a record store in Maine. Per BrooklynVegan, Ferreira's verses "vary between the unconventional flow and tongue-twisting lyricism," with productions spanning "far-out psychedelia, real-deal jazz, and eerie atmospheric instrumentals."

Tanuki - Radiant Memories

Posted by 1 site • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Bandcamp Daily Follow “After dozens of releases, the Hong Kong label still remains the center of the future funk…” on Mar 4th, 2020 →

In a profile at Bandcamp Daily, the founder of Hong Kong's Neoncity Records details how he grew his label from a bedroom to what BC calls "the epicenter of future funk." As evidenced by celebratory tracks like this one from Tanuki, he says the collective focus is simply "releasing music that makes people happy."

Porridge Radio - Sweet

Posted by 20 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

BrooklynVegan Follow “These two collaborations with Piglet are from the Deluxe Edition of Porridge Radio‘s ‘Every Bad‘. Continue…” on Feb 19th →

Talk of UK post-punk outfit Porridge Radio has picked up with each single that emerges from their second album, out today on Secretly Canadian. Citing their "dreamy softness and scratchy noise," For The Rabbits says to "believe the hype, this lot are going to soar."

Minor Science - Blue Deal

Posted by 3 sites • On Bandcamp • Also on: Spotify

Fat Roland On Electronica Follow “17 – Minor Science – Second Language (AD 93) I love editing. I love manhandling a…” on Dec 29th, 2020 →

The debut LP from acclaimed producer Angus Finlayson, aka Minor Science, explores his interest in how our minds translate second languages, often modifying original meanings. He mirrors the dynamic with a fusion of off-kilter techno, electronica, modal jazz, and musique concrete. It's out on Whities (Leif, Avalon Emerson).

GOOD MIX

Crack Mix 237 – Minor Science

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British producer and DJ Minor Science delivers a Crack Mix "charged with fractious energy, forks in the road and what’s technically referred to as lose-your-shit moments."

GOOD READ

For Rolling Stone, Samantha Hissong and Ethan Millman look into the projected losses of the concert business from the coronavirus:

"With the live music business relying so heavily on attendees spending discretionary income on shows, a downturn will more heavily impact live music than industries offering essentials."

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