Tuesday, November 18, 2008
she - Chiptek (2008) [EP] [FREE MUSIC]
Bitpop / Electronica / Retro
Fans of the Gameboy-fueled sounds of she’s debut Pioneer will eat up the similarly constructed Chiptek, “layered with filters and mixed with sounds from sega, nintendo and msx and the familiar sweeping sounds of she.”
she - Coloris (2008) [FREE MUSIC]
Electronica / Dance / Funk
Swedish electronic artist and bitpop revivalist Pjat Lain emerges from a slew of slower output and plants a foot into the modern dance club scene with the funkified Coloris.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Adebisi Shank - This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank (2008)
Hard Rock / Bitpop / Experimental
Two-handed tapping, spastic bitpop bleeps and blops, octave pedaled guitar and incredibly tight playing: when their powers combine, the result is the refreshingly spry rock ‘n’ roll of Adebisi Shank. Not Captain Planet, as you may have guessed.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Starfucker - Starfucker (2008)
Synth Pop / Bitpop / Indie
The unfortunately named Starfucker play splendid, yummy synth-pop that comes out like Pinback with Nintendo controllers in place of guitars.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
she - Pioneer (2006) [FREE MUSIC]
Hard Reset
Nebula
Yeah2 Beats
Pioneer
Dusk
Session
Streets
Twilight
There’s something about modern electronica… or rather, there’s just nothing to it. It’s always that same damn tired 808 pounding like a robot’s heartbeat as it bores its way inside the ear canal. Emphasis on bore. If you aren’t strung out on heavy drugs, it’s unlistenable.
As it is with video gaming, “modern” music [...]
