Rock Measures: 2014

10/28/14

Warm Soda - 'This Changes Everything'

GARAGE ROCK

Acoustic guitar riffs, heavy bass, and telephone vocals. Short and sweet.

10/22/14

Post Modern Team - 'I Just Wanna Make Love To You'

ELECTROCLASH POP

Dance track with funky guitars.

I also recommend an early indie pop rock track, Heartbreak.

From Japan - the country, not a record label.

10/21/14

GARAGE PUNK ROCK

Dash of surf rock. Simple song with heavy guitars, claps, and - it's just cool.

From White Reaper (2014).

POP ROCK

A popping snare and an acoustic guitar beneath cycling electric guitars. Interesting crystal-like synth sounds near the break.

From EP2 (2013) by Paper Garden Records.

GARAGE SURF ROCK

Clear, crisp guitars with fierce vocals. Track 2, "O'Lay", leads to this song perfectly.

Whole album is just great.

From TEENS (2011).

PUNK ROCK

Furious guitars with verb-y solos and vocals. Profound progressions.

Don't go away.

From Insides EP (2014) by Slumberland Records.

9/24/14

ANTHEMIC POP ROCK

Lyrics spawn pleasant imagery. The violins add a refreshing layer to the meditative song.

From Glass Pear (2012)

9/2/14

ALTERNATIVE POP ROCK

Exciting music with a great sax+trumpet intro. Flirtatious lyrics with great dance elements. The whole EP maintains this excitement.

"I can't help myself but stare...I'm a man who's got very specific taste."

From My Type EP (2014) by Parlophone.

Y LUV - 'Jacques Cousteau'

ALTERNATIVE INDIE ROCK

Bass line beauty with squealing guitars. Raspy yet clear vocals demanding more from life. Quite liberating.

8/27/14

Part Time - 'Cassie (Won't You Be My Doll)'

NU WAVE POP ROCK

Lo-fi retro-synth chords pulsing with reverb guitars and snare snaps. Heavy 80's vibe.

I also recommend "I Wanna Take You Out."

From What Would You Say? by Mexican Summer.

8/26/14

The Bixby Knolls - 'Tomorrow Never Comes'

GARAGE ROCK POWER POP

Fuzzy guitars and a jumping snare with a solid bass. And lyrics strung together like pearls of honesty.

"Got me hiding from the sun..."

From Tomorrow Never Comes (2014) by El Camino Media.

8/12/14

BUDDY BANTER - 'INSANE'

GARAGE ROCK

The intro pounds low ends into your head until you are released by airy hats and steady crunching guitars. Enter phasey guitar.

"When ever I am all alone
I always seem to drift away
I wish I had a time machine..."

From Paradise Thrillz (2013).

Babes - 'Isn't It Love'

POP ROCK

Melancholic sound to the end-of-summer melancholy. The track includes sweet vocals accompanied by a soft acoustic guitar. A lazy guitar, keys, and drums sneak in...eventually.

From Babes (2014) by Harvest Records.

7/26/14

Froth - 'General Education'

GARAGE DREAM ROCK

Twangy guitars and organ-like synths. City dreamscapes.

From Patterns (2013).

JD Samson & MEN - 'Making Art'

ELECTRONIC DEEP HOUSE INDIE POP ROCK

Sweet synthesizers and great electronic house drops paired with vocals. Great dance track.

"...the truth is right on our fingertips..."

From Making Art (2013).

Kera and the Lesbians - 'Gypsy Song'

BIPOLAR FOLK GARAGE ROCK

What is a gypsy song without a tambourine? Besides great percussion that adds space to the track, the guitars mesh together to cooperate the formation of an alternative genre rhythm.

The introduction will take you to another place where the gypsies roam.

From Year 23 (2014).

Shannon and the Clams - 'Troublemaker'

SURF MOD ROCK

A full, heavy voice expressing tense sentences. Back vocals give the track an airy sense of space. Great surfy drums with quickly arpeggiated clean guitar chords. Track has a 50's vibe.

Shake, shake your head and jump up and down.

By Burger Records. 2011.

Corners - 'Pressure'

NEO-SURF PUNK ROCK

"Feel the pressure" from the chronic hyper riffing of the guitars on top of the running drums.

The music video not only has great cinematography, but adds a layer of meaning to the lyrics. And who doesn't like watching people skate downhill.

By Mono Records

6/26/14

Criminal Hygiene - 'Bye Bye'

GARAGE PUNK ROCK

"Forget what you said."

From Withdrawn EP (2014)

6/25/14

Grouplove - 'Shark Attack'

POP NOISE

Happy, quirky music. Hip-hop and synthpop mixed together in the chorus.

From Spreading Rumors (2013) by Atlantic Records

6/24/14

De Lux - 'Make Space'

ELECTROCLASH, POST-DISCO POP

Funk all around.

From Voyage (2014) by Innovative Leisure

6/11/14

Woods - 'Feather Man'

PSYCH-FOLK ROCK

A slowish song with acoustic guitars. Beautifully delayed vocals.

From With Light and With Love (2014)

L.A. Witch - 'Get Lost'

GARAGE PSYCH PUNK ROCK

"Save me from myself." Hypnotizing guitars with loads of crunch.

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The Black Beacon Sound - "Acid Eyes"

ECLECTIC INDIE POP ROCK

"Find me waiting by the sea." Surf rock sound perfect for the summer.

6/4/14

Psychic Rites - 'Alone at Night'

NEON DOOM DISCO, ELECTRO WITCH POP

"I just get so cold when I'm alone at night..." confess the whispering vocals. Buzzing synths vibrate beneath pop synths and creeping guitars in this track.

Just this week PsyRi released a music video to their new track "Singularity." View the gore below.

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Leather - 'Next Day'

DREAM PUNK ROCK

Bright, crunchy guitars with a dark yearning voice. A band from Japan.

From demo tape #1 (2014)

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6/2/14

Midlake - 'The Old And The Young'

LO-FI ROCK

"...a life made of wallow and pain..." This track rides the bass as its foundation. Layers of echo-y synths surround the well decayed vocals. The track slowly thickens with an acoustic guitar and more synths.

From Antiphon (2013)

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5/21/14

STRFKR - 'Golden Light'

INDIE POP ROCK GAZE

Very chill synths with a heavy bass track. Inevitable grooving.

From Miracle Mile (2013)
Credits to @flouridechriss

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5/19/14

Orval Carlos Sibelius - 'Asteroids'

PSYCHEDELIC INDIE POP ROCK

Super Forma (2013)

Surf-rock sounds with psychedelic elements. There is reverb everywhere.

From Super Forma (2013).

5/17/14

of Montreal - 'Belle Glade Missionaries'

INDIE ROCK, POP PSYCHEDELIC

A 60's vibe. Twangy guitars with happy tambourines on top of organ chords. An explorative album put together in three weeks.

From the album Lousy with Sylvianbriar (2013)

Hugh Cornwell - 'Totem and Taboo'

POP ROCK

A full voice well-matched with crunchy guitars and outspoken lyrics. #FunSong

From the album Totem & Taboo (2012)

Penicillin Baby - 'Thought It Couldn't Be This Way'

GARAGE ROCK

Great Nashville music. Interesting guitar phasing sounds that sweep from one end to the other that gives the track a spacey effect. Lots of reverb on the vocals~ Heavy chord progression of melancholy at 2:35.

From the album " Not Getting Any Younger 7"

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