Eleven Years Since Their Debut, Team Me is Still Something in the Making

Sometimes I lose hope in the nostalgia I have for bands of my youth. I’ve left my 20s, and school feels so long ago—especially, somehow, college. Life is so different, in ways that I should have predicted but would never have been able to see at the time. Could I have known that this twee Norwegian band would still light up my soul eleven years … Continue reading Eleven Years Since Their Debut, Team Me is Still Something in the Making

Melodic and Ambient, Gathering the Light Reflects Life

Nature is a strong influence. All around us, regardless of the specific environment, we are experiencing our surroundings; life creates its own music in genres that the industry would call ambient, or naturalist. Field recordings, also occasionally affectionately called “found sounds,” offer a sense of hyper-reality that, paired with the music itself, paints a vivid story of the listener’s choosing. Motohiro Nakashima achieves all this … Continue reading Melodic and Ambient, Gathering the Light Reflects Life

Ghost Car – “Selfish, Spoiled”

London’s Ghost Car are preparing for an album release in October, and it’s shaping up to be a fun, punk caper. Their latest video, for “Selfish, Spoiled” is a hysterically gaudy satire. In fact, the more I watched it, the more sick I felt. I love the eat-the-rich philosophy, but honestly, if we let them ingest as many toxic and inedible things as in this … Continue reading Ghost Car – “Selfish, Spoiled”

Fate for Breakfast by Art Garfunkel

Columbia Records, 1979 A1. In a Little While (I’ll Be on my Way)A2. Since I Don’t Have YouA3. And I KnowA4. Sail on a RainbowA5. Miss You NightsB1. Finally Found a ReasonB2. Beyond the TearsB3. Oh How HappyB4. When Someone Doesn’t Want YouB5. Take Me Away Gotta say, this was a fun find in Amoeba’s dollar bin many years ago. It is marked for Demonstration: … Continue reading Fate for Breakfast by Art Garfunkel

Slobo & Khabs – “To Turn Into Water”

I find comfort in these chords. “To Turn Into Water” has gorgeous sounds including the soft, sweet guitar melody and the exquisite falsetto moment in the bridge. Production whirs past vocals seemingly going the wrong direction, but they’re actually still intelligible…what a dreamy song. Slobo & Khabs | YouTubeOIM Records | Bandcamp Continue reading Slobo & Khabs – “To Turn Into Water”