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Laurel Halo
Quarantine
Laurel Halo's new album is coming out on Hyperdub. Yeah. That cover. What is happening today, visions of internet throwdowns, Star Wars cosplaying, and now this this cover, which looks like something designed by a 14 year old heavily into anime and deviantart. Arggh. Bad Vibes has to step away from the computer and go outside for a walk, ladies and gentleman. Stream the new album after the jump.
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The Surreal Internet Throw Down of Brad Laner and Pitchfork
I'm not going to bash Pitchfork. H8 it when blogs are like 'WE ARE HERE TO TAKE DOWN PITCHFORK', that's like trying to take down Walmart, or some evil corporation, its impossible. Bad Vibes is all about the jamz, talking with cool artists we dig, and laying down mixes. You know 'good times on the reg'. Usually we avoid Pitchfork, its nothing personal, you see, I just go into TL;DR mode with that site. But yesterday I was on Brad's facebook page where he tagged a review with 'Not so much a review as it is a tale of one man's brave journey from despising Medicine ( we were boring, not British ) to still not caring for Medicine very much ( it doesn't "gel" ever, but almost. Note to self: don't forget gel next time). Gripping !' It gets far worse my friends.
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Soft Moon v John Foxx and the Maths
Evidence
Huh. You gotta know the Soft Moon is going places. Why? He's able to track down Ultravox member John Foxx for a 'v' 7" coming out on Captured Tracks. I mean, this is the authentic shit. 4Realz. Hit it up after the jump.
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The New Animal Collective Influence...?
When asked about the influence on the new Animal Collective album, Dave Portner responded: The Cantina Band from the Star Wars bar scene? [laughs] It was really important for us to do something that sounded a little bit rawer, more excitable. Higher energy. To me, Merriweather has this more mellow atmosphere; the pace and tempos on this one are a lot quicker. We just wanted to do a lot of jammers, and not a lot of ambient, spacey stuff. It was nice to take a break from that. Please god no cosplaying...
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J Dilla
Dillatroit
Really not sure what's happening with this one. Think, its a Dilla Tribute by Detroit artists who are using Dilla-like moves and samples. Still unsure. Coming out on Moodymann's label, via J Dilla's mother, if that helps, probably one of the more confusing things I've read on the internets and I've dug into Mitt Romney's speeches and stuff. Listen to it after the jump.
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Animal Collective
Centipede HZ
Avey Tare's retro horror fix has come full circle with this pretty awesome Cronenberg-like 'trailer' for new album Centipede HZ. I think if you stare at it long enough, David Hess will come and knock at your door or something.
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Georgia's Bad Vibes Mix (ivegotbadvibes0031)
The internets is pretty 2-D, sometimes. Sure, you'll read about stuff like 'surround sound' and bad memes of EPIC--4LIF, being thrown about to 'describe' music, but with Georgia - man, their music describes you, hard to put into words, but its very much all about the 'Georgia' experience, whether its the videos, or the recently released album, they kinda wear you, you don't wear Georgia. Rvng Intl describes their debut as 'the moment where the scene starts to melt' and hey, that sums it up. The mix? It's a two hour trip into Georgia's head. Not sure if you'll be the same afterwards. Hit up the mix and check out tracklisting after the jump.
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Co La remixes Cloud Nothings' Cut You
This kinda 'feels' like the soundtrack when I have to go too the store and cross my ghetto parking lot, where, at any given time I'll encounter Felliniesque bearded ladies, women with rainbow eyeshadow, and an old bro who dresses up like William Faulkner and sings Summertime in a low baritone voice. It's o La remix, and of course its going to be ace - Download here. Download the Co La's Exclusive Bad Vibes Mix
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Oneohtrix Point Never
I Only Have Eyes For You
Been a hectic week for Bad Vibes. By the end of it, I was emotionally spent, almost unable to light a cigarette and reflect on the past events, but hey - now that it seems to be chilling out somewhat, and I can get into this Oneohtrix Point Never cover. Seems like he's kinda morphing into a one man Pink Floyd, or something -- kinda going for the 'chill wave' high score with this seven minute epic cover of 'I Only Have Eyes For You'.
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Animal Collective
Honeycomb
#missedusomuchanimalcollective I can't even pretend to be critical of Animal Collective, it would be like dissing on your internets BFF or something. A/C have brought out some more honeyed and disneyfied psychedelia for everyone to ingest via 7s. Which you can preorder. (And yes, I am one of those sad A/C fanboys ...)
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Blues Control Bad Vibes Mix (ivegotbadvibes 0030)
Gotta say, the signing of Blues Control to Drag City was nothing less than inspired. Entering into a Blues Control record is kinda like entering into a whole new universe, where Blues Control define the rules until they become indefinable, but all still built on a heavy groove that let's you feel as if you are floating through alternative earth movies. It's still all about the groove on their new record Valley Tangents, and what a damn fine, weird groove it is. Hit the mix tape up after the jump.
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