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Episodes
- Sunny Day Sets Fire - Stranger
(5mb)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:32:57 GMT
Stranger
By Sunny Day Sets Fire
Album: Summer Palace
Label: IAmSound Records
Genre: pop psych mixed-bag
Tags: mixed-bag, pop, psych
Download : MP3 AudioSunny Day Sets Fire is fairly happy, poppy stuff but with big dums smacking out something a bit more raw and frenetic. A nice mix. Then you get a bit further in and there are shades of psych, almost proggy, bits. But it feels naturally connected. Nice to see these Londoners shaking the influence-bag a bit. Check it out. Really good stuff.
- mr. Gnome - Rabbit (5mb)
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:17:01 GMT
Rabbit
By mr. Gnome
Album: Deliver This Creature
Label: El Marko
Genre: indie pysch
Tags: indie psych
Download : MP3 AudioMr. Gnome mixes it up in a soupy mix of Cat Power-esque moody/spooky vocals over indie pysch with occasional bursts of kinda-loudness and just a whiff of prog. A good mix I'd say.
- DMA-SC- Stars of the Night
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:18:39 GMT
Update to the Update!: Music Theft
So some drama related to this track: There's a fella by the name of Brandon Harrod who created a project call Laromlab. The label Mushpot Records picked him up and put some effort into promoting him. It was through such a promo company that I received info about this track. I dug it (very much in fact) and posted it here to Hellthy as Laromlab's "Nightdrive."
And I just recently saw that Brandom posted a comment on this post (see below). It wasn't very clear what he meant at first. I thought the track title was just mislabeled. A little more clicking and I see his "confession."
If the hoax isn't itself a hoax this is what happened: Brandon, a painter who was trying to make music unsuccessfully decided to take other people's songs and pass them off as his own. And it seems it was good, obscure stuff that got him some attention. But eventually he was found out.
So I looked up DMA-SC (Mathieu Stempell) who is the real creator behind this track - and I find he has some fantastic tracks. He is part of a collective known as the YM Rockerz. My original comment about the track was this: "Get your Legend of Zelda dance groove on yo." And, get this: there's a reason his tracks sound like Nintendo soundtracks: he does some professional work for Nintendo DS, Game Boy, cell phones and other digital bits. He should get all the credit coming to him for his dope work. My 2 cents: I think Mushpot Records should give DMA-SC a record deal.
It seems like Brandon, if you are reading this: you could have been a good, legit dj it seems - a compiler of tasty, little-exposed tunes made by other people. You had the good sense to focus on this track at least. I'm not sure if your posting a comment on Hellthy (and any other sites out there that posted this song) was done out of a need to try to do right by this situtaion or because of some legal obligation - or both - but I appreciate it. Though, it seems like it could have been much more clear. The effort I am putting into making this clear on this updated post: it seems like you could have taken at least half that effort to better explain and credit DMA-SC.
I am contacting DMA-SC, Mushpot Records and the promo company now... Will update here if warranted.
Updated Update:
Mushpot's official statement is posted here. Mushpot's Jenn de la Vega was good enough to respond.
"As of now, Brandon and Mushpot have settled. I believe he's in the process of trying to settle with the YM Rockerz individually. Not sure about what agreements they have made. I'm relieved that Mushpot was able to retain integrity and come out of this stressful ordeal without a lawsuit. During the week of the incident, Brandon, Bit Shifter and I worked together to post corrections and email as many of our media contacts as soon as we could. Thank you for helping us post accurate information, we really appreciate it."
You can imagine how shitty she must feel to have her creation, her label, associated with a case of thievery, all because of something beyond her control: someone taking advantage of her trust. Brandon signed a contract saying it was his music and it wasn't. What more can a small label do?
It seems to me that even a large, mega record label with their teams of lawyers and researchers can't know if an artist has taken obscure music, called it his own if he has decided not to tell you as much. Perhaps a Gracenote kind of search - the same one that knows how to name your songs when you put a cd into your computer - might help. It looks at a few bars of music and compares that to a database of music and tells you if it recognizes it. Though if the music isn't in the database then it doesn't help. Anyway, it seems this is just one area that can't help but be based on trust. And Brandon took advantage of his label's essential trust.
The thing about it though: even if you swindle a label into putting something out, once it's released there is a catch-22 for the liar: as it grows more successful then the chance grows that fans and other musicians will call you out (as in this case) - and if it is unsuccessful, well then, you've done no better than using your own crappy songs. It doesn't add up.
Here is Brandon's mea culpa message:
Dear anyone who liked Laromlab,
To start an apology letter off is one of the hardest things that I have ever had to do in my life. To start this apology letter off is even harder because I am letting down my peers, my family, my friends, and just about everyone I know. So I will get right to it: Laromlab as a music making project was a hoax, a complete fallacy, all of the music on the Laromlab "S/T" record on Mushpot was made by the collective known as the YM Rockers, more specifically Crazy Q and Dma-SC. I never once thought it was the right thing to do, and I never was happy with myself for stealing these hard working musicians music but I did and now I will be paying the consequences for it! Whether it be legal action, monetary payment, or humiliation, I am deserving of all three. To justify this would be a laughing matter but I would at least like to explain myself to get it off of my chest, because I am in fact a real person.
A couple of years back I was making electronic music that sounded very different and I hit a dry spell. There is no explanation for it but the music wasn’t very good anyway, and somewhere deep inside of my brain it told me that I should just grab these guys’ music and pawn it off as my own. The trouble started when people began to notice the "Laromlab music" and a record label was interested and everything got out of hand. All the while, I had this in the back of my head that I was going to get caught but never dreamed that it would get this much attention. And stealing their music was not done as a malicious act but rather a pathetic one.
I am a painter by teaching and I would not know what to do if all of a sudden I didn’t know how to make another painting that I liked ever again. That is what happened with my music! It took a lot of gall to do what I did and I take full blame. I pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes, including my wife (she had no clue), all of my friends, my tour partners, people that bought the CD, people that listened, everyone!!! But it also takes a lot of balls to come to everyone and say....I am a fake, none of this shit is mine. The people that made this music...are all amazing composers, seem to be nice people, and I could only hope to be as amazing at whatever I attempt in the future, but it wont be Laromlab.
There are some exceptions to this, not all of my music was stolen, and the people that I made those special tracks for will be notified and I will tell them that these songs are really done by me, but this most recent record is not created by me one bit. I am ready to deal with what I have to deal with now but I do not think that I will be able to deal with myself for doing this to people I care about. If I still have friends after this is over they will be the best friends of my life and I encourage anyone who is thinking of writing me off as a friend to please call me on the phone or email me and I will show you that somewhere inside of this lying shell of a music thief is still a good person and this is the first and last time lies will seep their way into my life, it has destroyed an credibility I have, any credibility I hoped to gain, and any that remains. I would like to end this rationally with all parties involved and I think we will be able to and I would also like to apologize by name to a few people that I have hurt the most.
Mainly Jenn De la Vega of Mushpot Records: you have done so much for what you thought was an amazing musician and I did nothing but lie to you, I am worthless at best and have already accepted full responsibility for our "working relationship" but if somehow inside of the amazing person you are there is room to continue a friendship I will consider myself the luckiest boy alive, I am sorry that in one fatal swoop I have tarnished one of the most amazing record labels to ever exist and I hope Mushpot can stand up after this and brush off the dust that was Laromlab and continue forward. If there is anything in the world I can do for you, Jenn, I think we all know I owe it to you.
The Ym Rockers: all of you make music so great that it makes unstable people, like myself, do insane stuff like want it to be theirs. I know it means nothing but you have the most respect I can give you and Crazy Q, Dma-SC, Dubmood, all the others you have boundless talent and that is enough to conquer things beyond my wildest dreams! Each and every one of you seem like great people and had we met in different circumstances I know that I would want to get to know you all individually. I am sorry for this injustice that I have brought before you and I hope we can settle this thing righteously and move on with our lives.
To my friends and family: once again I am sorry beyond explanation and I had a major lapse in judgment. It saddens me to know how many of you I have disappointed and if you find it in your heart to forgive me you will find the same old guy that you have always known. With this I say, the times were good (even if they were fabricated) and I hope to move on with my life and I hope that me and my wife can live a normal life without ridicule and embarrassment.
Over and out,
Brandon HarrodI hope Jenn and Mushpot won't be too discouraged by this episode and continue full-speed ahead with their efforts of getting great music into the ears of people who appreciate it. Check out their other (legit) artists. And I'm sure DMA-SC will continue to put out great tracks which hopefully will get more attention. Make sure you check out some other great tunes of his here.
- We Were The States - Up Your Sleeve (3mb)
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:13:12 GMT
Up Your Sleeve
By We Were The States
Album: Believe The Thieves
Label: Chicken Ranch Records
Genre: slop-rock
Tags: rock, sloppy
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItMurfreesboro, Tennessee act We Were States cheer along with you for the straight-ahead slop-rock. You know you got it.
- Willie J - 44's (5mb)
Sat, 5 Apr 2008 10:18:14 GMT
44's
By Willie J
Label: Thrilla Time
Genre: smooth hop soul
Tags: hip hop, smooth, soul
Download : MP3 AudioThis is a smooth, soulful track. Check Atlanta's Willie J, aka Country Boi, out. He comes from the "I'm singing more than I'm rapping" school of Hip Hop - giving this track that leaned-back, smooth vibe. 44's is an ode to 'Lac cruising: "It ain't my self esteem that got me leaning, sitting low. It's the fresh leather seats and the engine when I G.O."
- Decomposure - Hour 9 (11mb)
Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:32:32 GMT
Hour 9
By Decomposure
Album: Vertical Lines A
Label: Blank Squirrel
Genre: electric squeeks and pop
Tags: electronic, loop, pop
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItAs promised, here's another Decomposure track: Hour 9. As you can hear this track can't easily be described as "Howard Jones sings Nine Inch Nails" as I did for the Hour 5 track. Listen and judge for yourself...
- This Is Ivy League - London Bridges (3mb)
Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:12:24 GMT
London Bridges
By This Is Ivy League
Album: This Is Ivy League
Label: Twenty-Seven Records
Genre: jolly retro-pop
Tags: jolly, pop, retro
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItThis Is Ivy League sounds a bit like a less morose, American Belle & Sebastian - with a jolly-but-no-too-jolly, retro-pop sound that seems to want more than anything to be on Wes Anderson's next soundtrack. While there's no shortage of bands celebrating their own feyness, This Is Ivy League pulls off their songs of burdenless delight with verve and panache. Carefree yes. Careless no.
- Decomposure - Hour 5 (7mb)
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:23:48 GMT
Hour 5
By Decomposure
Album: Vertical Lines A
Label: Blank Squirrel
Genre: electric squeeks and pop
Tags: electronic, loop, pop
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItThis short Decomposure track, Hour 5, conjures 90's Nine Inch Nails - but with a creator, Caleb Muelle, less dissatisfied with his life. Ha. I'd go so far as to say it manages to have a heallthy dollop of 80's pop optimism. Howard Jones sings Nine Inch Nails, anyone? Other tracks on this album aren't as NIN-influenced - though all retain some form of a 90's-ish electronic background and Muelle's noncombative, indie vocals as the constant. Will have to post some more in the near future. Good stuff.
- These Are Powers - Chipping Ice (4mb)
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:52:55 GMT
Chipping Ice
By These Are Powers
Album: Taro Tarot
Label: HOSS Records
Genre: art noise
Tags: art, noise
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItWhat could be more appropriate this Valentine's Day than to present to you one of Hellthy's more abrassive, chainsaw-smoke-spewing tracks? These Are Powers was founded by ex-Liars' Pat Noecker along with Anna Barie and joined by Brenmar's Bill Salas. This track Chipping Ice is from their Taro Tarot EP (HOSS Records) which is to be officially released April 8th (but you can get it from their label's site now: cd, vinyl or digital download.)
- HIJK - Paper Boat (4mb)
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:09:02 GMT
Paper Boat
By HIJK
Album: The Pen and the Letter
Genre: power loop pop
Tags: power loop pop
Download : MP3 AudioPower loop pop.
- Steve Smith - That Town (5mb)
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:35:44 GMT
That Town
By Steve Smith
Album: This Town
Label: G.A.S. Records
Genre: pop collage
Tags: collage, cut and paste, pop
Download : MP3 AudioHere's a solo project from Dirty Vegas front man Steve Smith (is that why the vocals are so high in the mix?) There are some cool noises in here and Steve gets down on percussion halfway in. If you’re in Miami you can see Smith DJ alongside turntable-isto Paul Oakenfold as part of the annual Winter Music Conference tomorrow (March 28th) at Club Mokai (235 23rd St, Miami Beach).
- 33Hz - Paris, Texas (Gentlemen Drivers Mix) (6mb)
Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:20:27 GMT
Paris, Texas (Gentlemen Drivers Mix)
By 33Hz
Album: Paris, Texas
Label: Dither Down
Genre: electronic boogaloo
Tags: boogaloo, electronic
Download : MP3 Audio33Hz is a synthy, sometimes trashy 80's-throw-back pop outfit.
This "Paris, Texas" collection is a little different. 33Hz twisted some arms and ended up with w/ guest lyricists: Houston's Devin the Dude and Paris' Teki Latex on one of their tracks.
33Hz must have liked the result enough to make an album out of this one track. They invited their producer-friends to make a handful of remixes. This is Gentlemen Drivers' go at it - who, for whatever reason, decided to delete 99% of the two featured lyricists.
Other remixers include Architecture in Helsinki, Max Pask, In Flagranti, Curtis Vodka, Victor Rice and DJ Raze.
- Hot Seconds - Individual (6mb)
Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:07:37 GMT
Individual
By Hot Seconds
Genre: fuzzed-out, uk-esque, bounce
Tags: bounce, fuzzed-out, uk-esque
Download : MP3 AudioCheck out a friend's band: fuzzed-out, uk-esque, bounce. One Hot Second spent time with 80's, 90's grinding electro outfit Front 242. But there's no confusing the two bands.
Hot Seconds is a project with a strong dedication to pop craft and a less confrontational stance than that earlier band. But perhaps, if one was searching to find connections: there's a bit of a shared mentality of production-invention love and disdain for a motionless audience. Dig that fuzzed-out bass.
For New Yorkers come out with me and see them tomorrow eve (Friday, Feb 8, 2008). They are playing with ex-Morphine saxophonist Dana Colley's new band A.K.A.C.O.D.
Club Midway @ Friday, February 8th @ 11pm
25 Avenue B, NYC
(bet. 2nd and 3rd streets)
Map - Boo and Boo Too - David Turns A Mystic (5mb)
Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:56:24 GMT
David Turns A Mystic
By Boo and Boo Too
Album: Boo and Boo Too EP
Label: Ironpaw Records
Genre: Noise pop
Tags: nosiey, pop
Download : MP3 AudioAnd here's some noise pop for you from Boo and Boo Too.
- Die! Die! Die! - A.T.T.I.T.U.D (3mb)
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:02:41 GMT
A.T.T.I.T.U.D
By Die! Die! Die!
Album: Promises Promises
Label: S.A.F. Records
Genre: noisey bass-in-your-face rock
Tags: bassy, rock
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItNew Zealanders Die! Die! Die! trim the guitar some and make noisey, bass-in-your-face, drums-in-your-basal-ganglia (yeah, I Googled it), rockin' music. (The guitar is rawkus too on this album. It's just usually tucked away in the mix... Not a bad thing.) Listen to that bass. Dope.
Die! Die! Die!'s previous Albini-recorded album got them some attention and had them touring with Slint, Wolfmother and others. "Promises Promises" is their latest American-recorded album which they recorded in The Walkmen's Marcata studio in update NY. Nice and raw - which Marcata is known to help get on tape. In fact, I hear at Marcata the headphones musicians use when recording will disintigrate in your hands - from all the rockin' going on (or, more realistically, from all the drunken, neglectfull, careless abuse).
More songs coming. Release date of this album is February 5, 2008. Go get it. I recommend it. Get it.
- Bridges and Powerlines - Uncalibrated (4mb)
Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:41:53 GMT
Uncalibrated
By Bridges and Powerlines
Album: Ghost Types
Label: Citybird Records
Genre: indie synth pop
Tags: indie, pop, synth
Download : MP3 AudioBridges and Powerlines make some synthy / guitar indie pop. Their album Ghost Types drops April 22nd. Enjoy.
- Reed KD - Even If I (4mb)
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:42:02 GMT
Even If I
By Reed KD
Album: The Ashes Bloom
Label: Dirty Laundry Records
Genre: songwriter pop
Tags: elliot smith, songwriter
Download : MP3 AudioThe Reed KD I heard on MySpace sounds more of a traditionally collegiate bluegrass-tinged, singer/songwriter pop w/ occasional electronic blips - than the tracks I'm showing here.
These tracks: does Reed KD borrow Elliot Smith's whispering vocals and melodic approach and strumming pop production and happy/morose attitude and...? Seems that way to me. But that's ok I guess. Especially if you are an Elliot Smith fan and suspect that the labels have finally stopped unearthing posthumus songs from the dearly departed.
Is that unfair to Reed KD? I hope not. I like this music despite the fact that it doesn't seem exceptionally unique. But let's be real, singer/songwriters usually aren't the types who care to re-invent the wheel eh? That's usually not their trump card. Differentiating flair never seem to be as important to its practicioners or its fans as whether listeners do or do not connect with the singer - whether they can successfully be intimate without being weepy. Reed KD does well if you look at it this way.
Thankfully there's the mp3 right here so you can listen and judge for yourself. There is another good one that I'd like to post soon as well...
- Faunts - M4 (Part 1) (11mb)
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:24:39 GMT
M4 (Part 1)
By Faunts
Album: M4 EP
Label: Friendly Fire Recordings
Genre: electronic moody environmental indie hum
Tags: cinematic, electronic, environmental, indie, moody, shoegaze
Download : MP3 Audio
Canadian Steven Batke's effected guitar is just as processed and swirlingly hypnotic as his bro Tim's and comrade Joel's keys. This is background music that isn't comfortable staying in the background. Sharp. - Hooray For Earth - Warm Out (3mb)
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:48:16 GMT
Warm Out
By Hooray For Earth
Album: Cellphone (EP)
Label: Dopamine Records
Genre: fuzzed pop rock
Tags: fuzzed, pop, rock
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItA great tune that grows on you. Give it a few listens. And the video is great too. I hope to get that up here soon too.
- Hope Again (Feat. Mykah9 and Taiwankid) (4mb)
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:37:42 GMT
Hope Again (Feat. Mykah9 and Taiwankid)
By Mochipet
Album: Microphonepet
Label: Daly City Records
Genre: candy-flavored dub
Tags: candy, dub, sugary
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItHere's another candy-flavored track from Mochipet that sounds like hip hop rhyming to your Nintendo's soundtrack.
- Wooden Shjips - We Ask You To Ride (5mb)
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:33:55 GMT
We Ask You To Ride
By Wooden Shjips
Album: Wooden Shjips
Label: Holy Mountain
Genre: Psych
Tags: psych
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy It
Some Pysch for you. - Singer Marina Leaves Bonde Do Role (3mb)
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:35:41 GMT
James Bonde
By Bonde Do Role
Album: With Lasers
Label: Domino Records
Genre: kickarse brazillian distorto party music
Tags: brazil, good
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItIf this is true this sucks. Bonde Do Role are one of my recent favorites.
On their label, Domino Record's, website:
"Following the departure of Marina, it is with great regret that Bonde Do Role have had to cancel their Australian tour.
The band will no longer be continuing with the same format, and remaining members Pedro and Gorky are currently working hard to recruit another person.
Bonde Do Role have had an incredible year and have been through some unforgettable experiences together, and still remain friends. Gorky says: 'we really are so sorry for canceling the shows and to disappoint our fans. We're gonna try to make it up to everyone as soon as we can.'"
So get the album With Lasers as it seems there won't be more albums to come with this line up. In honor of this I'm replaying this Bonde song that I had previously published this past May.
- Raveonettes - Aly Walk With Me (7mb)
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:40:19 GMT
Aly Walk With Me
By Raveonettes
Album: Lust Lust Lust
Label: Vice Records
Genre: indie
Tags: indie
Download : MP3 Audio
Danish popsters The Raveonettes move to the Vice Records label with "Lust Lust Lust" releasing in the US February 19, '08. Check this monotone, thumping, fuzzed track. Equal parts soothingly cajoling and abrasively arrogant. - Iron and Wine - Innocent Bones (4mb)
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:19:36 GMT
Innocent Bones
By Iron and Wine
Album: The Shepherd's Dog
Label: SubPop
Genre: whisper pop
Tags: indie, pop
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItOn Iron and Wine's just released "The Shepherd's Dog" a slightly more studio-playground feel is present. It's not just a strumming acoustic guitar - yet Sam Beam's familiar, cooing whisper of a voice is still there. And like most indie softies the words seem to be delivered in a purposefully, even lovingly, obscured way. Were you first experience the TONE before the content. With repeat visits the story opens up a little perhaps... Or maybe that's just how I hear ALL music? Ha. Buy cd/vinyl/mp3s here.
- Peel - In The City (3mb)
Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:31:34 GMT
In The City
By Peel
Album: Peel
Label: Peek-A-Boo Records
Genre: indie pop rock
Tags: indie, pop, rock
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy It
Another track from Austin's Peel. - Caspian - Further In (3mb)
Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:50:22 GMT
Further In
By Caspian
Album: You Are The Conductor
Label: Dopamine Records
Genre: instrumental
Tags: instrumental
Download : MP3 Audio
Buy ItThe bassist in my band just introduced me to these guys. Great indie, loud/soft instrumental band from Massachusetts. This track is from an older album 2005's You Are The Conductor. Their latest efforts sound even better. Here's their full catalog with some lower res mp3s to test out. Check out The Four Trees. And listen to more on their MySpace page. It's dope...amine. (Yeah, dumb play on words: their label is Dopamine Records - which seems to be pushing out more good stuff. Stay tuned to hear and see more here on Hellthy...)
And for you folks in the NYC area see them at the Luna Lounge in Williamsburg, Brooklyn tonight with Junius and Constants. 8pm. Tickets here.
