Barn Owl

Really digging these guys. Droney guitar jams, some electric, some acoustic. Long haired weirdos from San Francisco. They are on Thrill Jockey. Fans of Six Organs of Admittance, etc., should check them out post haste. Their shit is pretty available on mediafire tip and Spotify.

Just to be clear... I'm NOT talking about these guys, FYI.

d-nice

Normal Bias Time Machine

This gorgeous dinosaur miraculously popped up in my wife's glove compartment a few weeks back. I'd written it off years ago, though it is always in the back of my head when I am MP3 trolling for eighties stuff. It was complied by my dear friend Jefferson, the first person I knew with an accent (excluding my father) and the first person I knew who purchased music based on reading N.M.E. as opposed to CREEM. College, natch, and by the mid 80's he had finished and was in Pilsen while I was still slacking in Bloomington. The man has always had a way with the bins, and being in the big city busted it wide open.

First exposure to JAMC, Screaming Jay (back in vogue that year courtesy of Jim Jarmusch), and I think even The Fall for chrissakes, if you don't realize the importance of all that than you shouldn't be reading a music blog. Lots of great tracks from long lost bands, a few things haven't aged that well but over all really listenable. It makes you think that a bunch of what you're getting a unicorn over at Pitchfork was invented by British people in 1986.

For your consideration I have lovingly recreated it here as a mp3 mix complete with fab tape scan artwork. If interested send me your proper email and I will shoot you a few zip files, divided as side A and B of course.

Diplo "Chasing the Dragon"

Before he became a world renown DJ and CEO of a hot shit label as well as “a curator amongst the worldʼs most cutting edge DJs, producers, and musical movements” (his words from Mad Decent website), I got hip to Diplo via the Turntablelab.com website that put out his earliest 7"s... now long gone, sold on eBay to fund my record buying habit.

I haven’t been as into him lately (don’t really check out Mad Decent podcasts anymore, I skipped out on Major Lazer). However, I just came across this on my e-travels… he put out a dj mix more in the vein of his AEIOU 2 mix, lots of psych and garage and no Baile Funk or Bastardized DanceHall in sight. In the words of TurntableLab: “No tropical bass, dubstep, dancehall, or beats here - just straight up rare psych rock for days! Diplo goes deep with all manner of fuzzed-out, freaky psychedelic sounds that are much different from what you're used to him playing these days - and it sounds AWESOME.” Some obscure, some not so much, with flare and flavor thrown in to mix it up. Worth downloading fo sho. And here it is.

If you haven’t listened in a while, or missed him altogether, here are some other top shelf releases from the man:

-First full length "Florida" is still a top notch banger that has really aged well.

-The DJ Shadow Mega Mix he put out as a promo for, uh, The Private Press, I believe? So good… he mixes DJ Shadow tracks with the source material, plus blends of Shadow beats with crunk rappers, etc. Great disc.

-The “Piracy Funds Terrorism” mix tape that basically broke MIA onto the scene, a little played out by now but truly impressive disc and a good listen.

-I actually like his “Live in Montreal” disc a lot, good jams, blends TV on the Radio with Outkast, shit like that. Plus a long “grime” section that’s good crash course on the genre.

If you need any of that holla at me and i'll yousendit it to you. File this under thoughts on an old classic.

dc

Boy & Bear: Moonfire

This is in heavy rotation in Spotify for me. The chorus of this track reminds me of Seals & Crofts! The band calls themselves indie-folk with choral harmonies. Check it out!

Balam Acab

I really dig him, big fan. His "See Birds" EP was one of the best things I've gotten hip to in the last 12 months...

He has a new one coming out shortly, "Wander/Wonder", which I'm pretty stoked about. I was trolling the internet looking for a leaked copy and found this B-side off the "See Birds" single... "Heavy Lifting Things", its pretty killer. Enjoy.

dc

Spotify Invites

I have a few if anyone wants one. Email me directly at clarkstarr@gmail.com (first come first served).

John Cage Meets Sun Ra

Found this on Mediafire.

Pretty bugged out, as you may imagine. This is like a $100 record, so even if it is not the most awesome LP in the world, it's still noteworthy and nice to check it out for free.

dc

Free Download of that New Jay Z - Kanye Joint!

Just kidding, I just wanted to see if the Web Sheriff is out and about.

Dear Web Sheriff, keep up the good work.

Sincerely,

The WWALT Blog Community Brotherhood