Friday, March 27, 2009

Thursday, March 26, 2009

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Dartz! - This Is My Ship

Style: Indie Rock / Math Rock / Dance Punk

For Fans Of: Bloc Party, The Futureheads, Q and Not U.

To hear songs by Dartz! send an email to info@musync.com and we'll send you a link to three tracks.

Dealing in equal parts visceral punk, splintering math rock and kinetic pop, Dartz bring the noise. It's a fun, riotous listen with genuine heart and intriguing complexities. It's not often that words like "discordant" and "melodic" are thrown about in the same sentence, but the band's willingness to let loose with raucous dance-punk abandon while delving into more adventurous, angular soundscapes -- all without losing sight of each song's irresistible hook and propulsive beat -- makes for a cohesive and addictively explosive good time. Instantly captivating and undeniably enduring, This Is My Ship keeps an animated pace throughout its twelve exuberant tracks. Songs like "Prego Triangolos" and "St. Petersburg" give you an idea of which dynamic, spiky Q and Not U-esque school of indie rock these boys attend, but the handclaps and catchy hooks on cuts like "Once, Twice, Again!" remind us that, first and foremost, the band is here to make you move. Still, pigeonholing Dartz as anything other than an extremely intelligent, complex and exciting band would be doing them an injustice. Off-kilter riffs and catchy choruses rip a melodic groove into your brain while intersecting instrumental passages are compelling enough to keep the hipsters zigging and the punkers zagging. Make no mistake: This Is My Ship is a phenomenal release...one of the most memorable, enjoyable debuts in recent history.




















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Labels: Bloc Party, dance punk, Dartz, featured artists, indie rock, math rock, pre-cleared music, The Futureheads

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Nobody - And Everything Else...

Style: Hip Hop / Downtempo Jazz / Trip-Hop

For Fans Of: DJ Shadow, Prefuse 73, Kid Loco.

To hear songs by Nobody send an email to info@musync.com and we'll send you a link to three tracks.

Nobody does electronic hip-hop like Nobody does.

The DJ/producer also known as Elvin Estela rose from the underground hip-hop scene of the 1990s, only to become its chameleon. What came next was a stream of soulful jazz/funk/hip-hop, and sunny electronica. And in his third album, Nobody proves that he is just as good as ever.

"And Everything Else" really does live up to its name. Nobody explores the musical niches he had previously left untouched, such as alt-folk, Latin music and psychedelic rock. But he also pays homage to his hip-hop roots, for fans of his previous sounds.

Nobody's third album is a complete mixture of various styles which includes Latin rap, bass-heavy big-beats, sunny psychedelia, electronica, and even a sad, sweet acoustic solo at the end. Yes, none of the styles entirely fit together, but the catchy beats and odd electronic touches keep them linked.





















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Labels: DJ Shadow, downtempo jazz, featured artists, hip hop, Kid Loco, pre-cleared music, Prefuse 73, trip-hop

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Teddy Presberg - Blueprint Of Soul

Style: Acid Jazz / Psychedelic Jazz / Funk

For Fans Of: Medeski, Martin and Wood, John Scofield, Galactic.

To hear tracks by Teddy Presberg send an email to info@musync.com and we'll send you a link to three tracks.

This striking debut by Portland guitarist and composer Teddy Presberg is pure
improv-funk, inspired by the City of Roses and produced in a most unconventional way. Presberg’s Blueprint of Soul is organic – no artificial ingredients.

With a view of the gothic St. John’s Bridge outside his kitchen window in North Portland, Presberg transformed his dining room into a studio and created a musical impression of Portland. “All of the songs were written on the spot. All of the tracks and overdubs were done in one take only,” says Presberg.

In a world of overly perfected pop music, you don’t hear that sort of thing – even on the indie radio stations. “Music is a reaction,” muses Presberg, “so why not keep your reactions as pure and natural as they can be. I’m not knocking the idea of a ‘second-take,’ I just wanted to go with my first response.” Accordingly, Presberg directed the flow of music and his guest musicians to recreate the city of Portland in spontaneous groove-based improvisations. Listen to “Foster Fatty,” (named after Foster Road) and you’ll feel the movement of a big-legged neighbor taking her daily stroll. You will hear the hip, yet dark and slick sounds inspired from the Burnside Bridge on “Beneath the Burnside.” Even a passerby’s meth-amphetamine jaunt from the infamous 82nd Ave appears on “82nd Ave Strut.”

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Labels: acid jazz, funk, Galactic, John Scofield, Martin and Wood, Medeski, musync artists, pre-cleared, psychedelic jazz, Teddy Presberg

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