May 2012
10 posts
ULTIMATE EARS PRESENTS… TASHASKI MIYAKI
Short and sweet - we’ll let the music speak for itself. Mysterious California-based duo Tashaski Miyaki creates foggy dream pop for the ages.
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April 2012
8 posts
March 2012
9 posts
ULTIMATE EARS PRESENTS… DIRTY BEACHES
Dirty Beaches is the sound of waves against a picturesque and putrid shore, the silent rumble of a Chevy as it speeds by in slow motion. Sparse but condensed, relentlessly edging forward: this is music for locomotive travel, for racing your weary motorcycle through neon archways and into dusky tunnels. The man behind Dirty Beaches is Alex Zhang Hungtai;...
ULTIMATE EARS PRESENTS… ANAMANAGUCHI
The birth of Anamanaguchi must have taken place in the middle of mankind’s greatest sugar high. We’re betting that there were loads and loads of pure cane sugar, swallowed in liquid, cubed, granulated or processed form, in copious amounts. It was Jolt soda, cake, ice cream, candy and everything else in between. It was on the sunniest of days...
February 2012
11 posts
THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS
Digging deep into the roots of American music, The California Honeydrops embrace the traditions of Blues, Gospel, Second Line New Orleans Jazz, and early R&B. With stellar performances of traditional material as well as their own innovative music, The California Honeydrops offer an irresistible sound that blends the energy and intimacy of a street performance,...
January 2012
10 posts
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WHALES AND WOLVES
This is a debut album from an amazing group of musicians.
Nyiko Beguin and Ethan McBrien were both born on the first day of November in the same hospital in New Hampshire. They have been creating smooth acoustic riffs with soft laid harmonies ever since. If you want to get literal, Whales and Wolves truly began in the beautiful New Hampshire summer of 2007. Since then,...
December 2011
10 posts