08/20/2008
New Music From Parenthetical Girls - "A Song For Ellie Greenwich"
Portland's Parenthetical Girls are a curious group of experimenteers. Their music swings from the more perverse branch on the indie-pop tree. To put it more tangibly, if you like music that makes you or others around you feel slightly uncomforta ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/20/2008 10:57 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Experimental | Permalink
08/18/2008
Stream New Music From Squarepusher: "Delta V"
In October, genre-defying IDM pioneer and multi-instrumentalist Squarepusher, aka Tom Jenkinson will release his new album Just a Souvenir courtesy of Warp Records. Unfortunately, there isn't much more info than that. Oh except for a sweet slice ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/18/2008 10:48 AM EST in Electronic, Experimental | Permalink
08/12/2008
New Music From Members of Radiohead and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Woodpecker Soundtrack
Composer, and Philly native, James Lavino has teamed up with Radiohead's Colin Greenwood and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah brothers Lee and Tyler Sargent to score a quirky film about bird watching called Woodpecker (based on the synopsis, it sounds l ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/12/2008 2:43 PM EST in Experimental, Folk, Movie Music | Permalink
08/07/2008
Best Contest Ever: Win a Theremin Prize Pack!!!
This is awesome! Our friends at Unusual Times, purveyors of all things unusual and the some mighty tasty gin, are giving one lucky winner a full Moog™ Etherwave® Theremin exploration kit just for signing up! The prize pack includes: (1) St ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/07/2008 9:51 PM EST in Electronic, Experimental, Contest | Permalink
Stream The New High Places Album In Its Entirety
We at the Walrus are big fans of Brooklyn's lucid, electronic duo The High Places and we couldn't be more excited about their debut album, due out in September. So, naturally it came as a delightful surprise to us when we stumbled upon the new ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 08/07/2008 9:48 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Electronic, Experimental | Permalink
07/31/2008
Watch the New Trailer for The Flaming Lips' Christmas on Mars
Well, it's about goddamn time dudes! The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has been talking up his pet project, the sci-fi, low-budget film Christmas on Mars, since who knows when. Finally, an official release date has been announced and a trail ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/31/2008 6:53 AM EST in Experimental, WTF?, Indie-Rock, Video, News | Permalink
07/25/2008
Remix of the Week: Goldfrapp - "Little Bird" (Animal Collective Remix)
The music on Animal Collective's remix for the Goldfrapp tune "Little Bird" could be thought of as a modern-day, minimalist electronic version of a Syd Barrett composition, with the addition of angelic vocals and a thick texture. The song's ambi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/25/2008 8:29 AM EST in Electronic, Experimental, Remix | Permalink
07/16/2008
Is The New Mercury Rev Single "Sense on Fire" a Sign of Weirder, More Hard-Edged Things to Come?
Once upon a time, Mercury Rev were a band that were constant evolving musically. Their music began as highly psychedelic, avant-garde prog-rock (see landmark albums like Yourself is Steam, Boces and See You On the Other Side). Each album was pro ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/16/2008 8:09 AM EST in Experimental, Neo-Psychedelic, Indie-Rock | Permalink
06/19/2008
Rodd Keith's Little Rug Bug
In the late 60's Mildred Shankland wrote a poem called "Little Rug Bug" about a cute little baby scuttling about on the floor. With bigger dreams for her poem, she sent her words to song-poem master Rodd Keith. He, in turn, sat down in front of ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/19/2008 3:37 PM EST in 60's Pop, Experimental | Permalink
06/18/2008
I'm A Little Weenie Looking For A Bun
Talk about a bizarre subtext to a children's song. Dick "Two Ton" Baker sounds like Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpier Old Men with his sad song about being a poor, unwanted hot dog. Pickle and onion, hot dog!
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