Eat up.
Wilhelm and the Dancing Animals - The Forests Have no Name (2011)
Wilhelm and the Dancing Animals play mostly acoustic music that incorporates indie folk and
The band is a boy/girl due of Guille and Helen who, by hearing their accents and seeing the language on their Bandcamp, are Spanish or from a Spanish speaking country. I'm not exactly sure, however. Maybe that's not even Spanish.
Wilhelm's 2011 EP release, The Forests Have No Name, comes with three tracks; Twice Alone, Wake Up (not an Arcade Fire cover but definitely reminds me of Where The Wild Things Are) and TEN, GO!. They are easy to get through and Guille has a very unique voice that kind of sounds like the spanish version of Françios Virot.
The Octopus Project - Identification Parade (2002)
The premiere album of The Octopus Project, Identification Parade, doesn't seem to get discussed too much around music circles it seems. So I checked it out and made an amazing discovery in the track Porno Disaster! If I was a rapper I would rap over Porno Disaster! That's how awesomely dope that track is!
You better check it out. Since porno might be uncomfortable to search for in Youtube (who are we kidding, there's no porn on Youtube anymore) I took the liberty of searching it for you:
Identification Parade is probably the most scattered work of The Octopus Project with no song really matching the others and everyone could go off on their own and start something else... like some kind of eight armed project... holy moly would you look at that. Too bad this album had nine songs!
I would not necessarily recommend this release to anyone who wanted to get in to The Octopus Project. That job is for One Ten Thousand Million, Hello Avalanche and The House of Apples & Eyeballs with Black Moth Super Rainbow. But there is still tons of amazing works of electronic and instrumental experimentation. It just doesn't had that pop that those other albums feature. And by pop... I mean pop music. Don't believe me? Go listen to Rorol (track two of identification Parade and later rereleased on the 2009 EP, Golden Beds) with Truck (from Hello Avalanche) and you will definitely see a diference in direction. Not that any of these directions are right or wrong. Hah, or left.
Tokyo Cigar - Felt 3.0 (A Tribute to Nancy Sinatra) (2010)
Here's a pretty sweet mashup album for you this week. It's a combination of Felt A.K.A. Slug (of Atmosphere) & MURS (an acronym for Making Underground Raw Shit, for real. No lie) and their album Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez with Nancy Sinatra (Frank Sinatra's daughter who also made music, for real. No lie) and a whole array of her work. The original was also produced by Aesop Rock
The contrast is solid and yes! there is Bang Bang. Don't worry. Track 7, "deathmurdermayhem". The only thing that is offsetting about the mashup production is how Tokyo Cigar (the productor of this mix) jacked the vocals up on Nancy so they are bit more high-pitched than what they should be. It does work really well on the first track, I must admit.
I figured that this would be appropriate with all the hype of Lana Del Rey and her common comparisons to the original Icon of Cool.
Speedy Ortiz - The Death of Speedy Ortiz (2011)
Speedy Ortiz on this release is just Sadie recording some super tunes at summer camp but she is now accompanied by two gentlemen. I don't know how gentle they are though.
Be sure to check out the video of them on BTR here for a better understanding of what this band is all about! Grass is Green posted it on their Facebook, so I gave it look. I will be checking back on Speedy Ortiz for any further releases!
(Editors note: I got a chance to see Speedy Ortiz with Grass is Green and a few others at a house show and Sadie was actually accompanied by three gentlemen (bass, guitar and drums)... I still don't know how gentle they are though)
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