Fresh Track: Gat3way “You’re Mine”
For the third year running, a handful of Indianapolis emcees took part in a marathon recording session, hosted by J. Brookinz and Heavy Gun, entitled Gateway. This year’s Gat3way album will drop via the interwebs on April 20th. Yesterday, the crew debuted the album’s first single. Listen to “You’re Mine”, featuring a who’s who of Naptown’s underground hip-hop scene (J. Brookinz, Dorsh, Freddie Bunz, Grey Granite, Oreo Jones, C-Rayz Walz, Saint Recon) unleashing powerful lyrics atop an addictive backbeat and wailing guitar riff. Enjoy the track, and look for the Gat3way release via Heavy Gun on 4/20.
Written by Rob Peoni
Video: Bryan Scary “Ballroom Kid” (Live at BreakThru Radio)
Brooklyn-based psychedelic pop musician Bryan Scary will release his third LP Daffy’s Elixir on NYC’s Paper Garden Records on April 24th. The album is a veritable mind-fuck that spans genres, breaks rules and tests its listeners unlike any release in recent memory. Those may sound like knocks, but I actually dig this release. The playful, operatic approach is theatrical and flamboyant in ways that immediately call to mind Queen’s most ambitious material. I played the hell out of Queen’s Greatest Hits as a kid, so Daffy’s Elixir serves as the welcome return of a forgotten friend. A video from Scary’s recent performance at BreakThru Radio is featured below. Scary is backed by a sizable cast of characters that his bold sound demands. Watch their performance of “Ballroom Kid” here:
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Written by Rob Peoni
Fresh Track: Dive “How Long Have You Known?”
In January we featured Beach Fossils guitarist Zachary Cole Smith’s side project Dive with a video of their Newtown Sessions. Following a slew of 7” releases throughout late 2011 and the early part of this year that included initial hit “Sometime” along with “Human” and “Geist”, we finally were treated to their debut album details late last week along with another single, “How Long Have You Known?” which you can listen to below.
My affinity for Dive’s work grows with each song I hear and I can honestly say that this is the number one album I am looking forward to in 2012. With the jangly guitars and hazed out vocals, each and every song they create has a unique vibe to it that allows the listener to get truly lost in the sound. The album is entitled Oshin and will be released via Captured Tracks on 6-26-12. Below is the tracklist.
1. (Druun)
2. Past Lives
3. Human
4. Air Conditioning
5. How Long Have You Known?
6. Wait
7. Earthboy
8. (Druun pt. ii)
9. Follow
10. Sometime
11. Oshin (Subsume)
12. Doused
13. Home
Written by Greg Dahman
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