There’s a massive, rich weight residing in the beat of Summer, the below streamed track from Ireland’s MOTHS. It’s the kind of weight that makes a rope snap on a tire swing or the compression mechanism fail on an office chair. You guessed it, I’m talking about fat person weight. Not chubby person, we’re talking the lumbering obesity of a lifelong glutton here. On top of said weighty bass is a wet stringed melody. Look at me writing all pretty about this thing. Keen to hear your thoughts. Granted it could benefit from a little bit more build over the course of the track but I’m still vibing this pretty hard.
MOTHS – Summer
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The one man-band that is Tim Fitz is producing some pretty beautiful songs. When you download his Infinite Space EP (and you will, because it’s the always pleasing combination of awesome and free) you’ll quickly realise that Tim Fitz doesn’t stick to one single style or genre. The guy can play more instruments than I can name and I can name heaps of instruments. He’s a 20-something year old Sydneysider and he’s getting stronger with every release. I’d give you a track from his earlier EP but it doesn’t hold a candle to his most recent. Enjoy.
Tim Fitz – Disposable Youth
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This is the new home of Sound Doctrine blog. Hopefully the change is a positive one. I didn’t bring this up before hand because I thought people might object but the design, hosting, domain name etc has cost me a total of about 900 dollars so if both of my readers could pitch in $450 that should cover it.
Here is a list of the new stuff you should know:
• The site looks really good now so when you are looking at it, you should remember that it looks really good. Jez Milledge is the dude to thank for that. So many small tweaks fixed. Sarah Adamson did the graphics. These are good people.
• You now have the option of clicking the Facebook ‘like’ button (bottom left of every post). This won’t automatically come up on your facebook wall unless you ask it to.
• You can also click the Tweet buttom (same place). I don’t really know what that does. Something something on Twitter or something.
• You can, as always, still follow on Facebook by heading here or on Twitter by heading here.
• There is a link up the top to go to the Sound Doctrine shop. It’s sort of a shop but it’s also sort of just a series of links that take you to real shops.
• I haven’t transferred every post over from the old SD yet so anything older than August is not here. I’ll do that soon, using science.
• Let me know if you spot anything not working and I’ll get on it.
What happens when an 11 year old African American girl collides with a middle-aged, bearded Irishman? Nope, not criminal charges, the answer is James Vincent McMorrow covering Willow Smith’s Whip My Hair. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry as I listen to this but either way, it’s an interesting artefact showing where two very different streams of music are at in 2011.
James Vincent McMorrow – Whip My Hair
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It’s been a few weeks since Daytrotter put out a session that I was particularly interested in. ‘Have they dropped the ball?’ I thought. ‘Have they no longer the pulling power to attract big artists?’, but they’re back (in my goodbooks) with a session from Two Door Cinema Club. It’s EXACTLY what you’d expect it to sound like. Unlike Tallest Man and Local Natives who both had crazy innovative sessions, TDCC are content just to strip it back to acoustic and leave the arrangement as it’s always been. Still, worth a listen. They’re the same catchy, cool songs we already love.
Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn (Daytrotter Session)
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Download the whole session here. Also, just for kicks, here’s this:
Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn (Jupiter Remix)
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