I’m on a quick vacation in Oregon right now so I didn’t want to try to post anything except for a couple of photos here and there ‘cause it’s so awesome out here. But tonight, Nick messaged me on here to tell me to check out his little brother Gary’s music. Gary plays bass in Total Babes, which is associated with Cloud Nothings, so obviously I might be into it. And I am. House Of A Thousand Horses is a collection of five fuzzy pop songs ranging from 1:16 to 2:51 in length. I’m not really sure how to describe most of the songs, but there’s the earworm guitar lines and overall feel-good feel. Gary’s vocals have some reverb, but they seem to float through the space in the tracks with lines like “Are you having a good time?” from “Mineola” and “We can play dress up on the weekends” from “Anything” and “Where are your friends tonight?” from “Nice To Meet You.” Plus, there are some shredding guitar solos/lines scattered in throughout. It’s really rad music in the same vein as Total Babes, and I’d assume it’s under the radar. Give it a listen by clicking through or clicking here.
Today — Sept. 18, 2012 — marks the release of Buddha Jabba Momma from Cleveland’s Chomp. This band is not a side project even though Joe Boyer and Jayson Gerycz play in Cloud Nothings and Chris plays in Total Babes. Chomp is a collection of Joe’s songs and they are some sweet pop punk jams. Click here to order the record from Exit Stencil or click through to stream it at the Chomp bandcamp.
Joe Boyer is one of my favorite musicians out there right now, through his work as a guitarist in Cloud Nothings and Total Babes, in addition to countless other Cleveland projects. “Mind Rape” is a track from Chomp, an indie pop/rock project masterminded by Boyer. This track is a rocker from the start with quite an edge, perfect to imagine a bunch of kids jumping around in a dark basement to. Basically, it’s awesome. Boyer’s vocals fluctuate between snobby and genuine, pulling the listener throughout a tour de force. Also, the song is called “Mind Rape.”
Chomp’s BUDDHA JABBA MOMMA is due out eventually Sept. 18 on Exit Stencil Recordings. It’s streaming here on SoundCloud.
White Fence — “Do You Know Ida Know” — Family Perfume Vol. 1 Real Estate — “Younger Than Yesterday” — Days Alex Bleeker — “Getting By” — These Days 7” Big Troubles — “You’ll Be Laughing” — Romantic Comedy Dream Soda — “That Silly Thing” — Mope Hour
Twerps — “Bring Me Down” — Twerps Cloud Nothings — “Wasted Days” — Attack on Memory teen suicide — “‘hi’” — DC snuff film total babes — “be so true” — swimming through sunlight Abadabad — “Park Slope (I’m Sorry)” — Makeout Beach
Lean Horse Marathon — “RefRain” — Up On Bomber Mountain Atlas Sound — “Walkabout” — Live at St. Cecilia’s RCC 06/17/11 Youth Lagoon — “July” — The Year of Hibernation elvis depressedly — “crazier with you” — disgraceland Pavement — “Fillmore Jive” — Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Coma Cinema — “Her Vore” — Stoned Alone Grouper — “Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping” — Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill ricky eat acid — “it rained for so long that my house floated away and i drowned” — seeing little ghosts everywhere ricky eat acid — “being underwater and everything being quiet and still” — seeing little ghosts everywhere The Widest Smiling Faces — “I used to have sad eyes” — Me and My Ribcage
Modest Mouse — “Bankrupt on Selling” — Lonesome Crowded West Future Islands — “Inch of Dust” — In Evening Air Gem Club — “I Heard the Party” — Breakers Polar Bear Club — “Convinced I’m Wrong” — Sometimes Things Just Disappear Nada Surf — “Neither Heaven nor Space” — Let Go
Perfume Genius — “Hood” — Put Your Back N 2 It LCD Soundsystem — “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” — Sound of Silver Andrew Cedermark — “Your Dream is Killing Me” — Moon Deluxe Evens — “Around The Corner” — Evens Does It Offend You, Yeah? — “Dawn of the Dead” — You Have Know Idea What You Are Getting Yourself Into
1. Real Estate - Days 2. Cloud Nothings - Cloud Nothings 3. Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation 4. Big Troubles - Romantic Comedy 5. Julian Lynch - Terra
6. The Babies - The Babies 7. La Big Vic - Actually 8. Yuck - Yuck 9. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life 10. Wye Oak - Civilian
11. total babes - swimming through sunlight 12. Vivian Girls - Share The Joy 13. Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts 14. Wild Flag - Wild Flag 15. Iceage - New Brigade
16. Washed Out - Within and Without 17. Woods - Sun and Shade 18. Coma Cinema - Blue Suicide 19. Twerps - Twerps 20. Family Portrait - Family Portrait
21. Sea Patterns - Kid Pop (demo) 22. Parentz - Big 23. Craft Spells - Idle Labor 24. The Drums - Portamento 25. La Sera - La Sera
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