The Streets Are Whispering!!

The Red Sea Station are a three piece out of New York. There music is well crafted and the vocals as dream poppy as they come (like that could ever be a bad thing). They have about 5 hours of music 40 songs recorded in 6 countries set to be released. Check out the 4 songs they have on myspace. http://www.myspace.com/redseastation

TRS 80

Let the robots take over. TRS 80 should be hired out to do the soundtrack for every sweet science fiction movie that has a battle scene in it ever. Even old movies like Star Wars should be overdubbed with their dark android chorus genius! "Mystery Crash" came out in 06 but it is still dancing in my ears!! The Chicago based trio has a new album scheduled to come out in November 07 called "The New You" be sure to check it out!

Electronicon!!!

I have always been a fan of alternative electronic music. Me and my brother grew up listening to weird Christian electro artists such as Joy Electric, Norway, and House of Wires. About 4 years ago a friend of mine sent me a disc with a song by M83 on it, my mouth dropped open and my cartoon eyes lept out of their sockets. I was listening to "In Church" off of Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts while working at a packaging warehouse in Arkansas and blacked out from how overwhelmed the track made me feel. Well Anthony Gonzalez has blessed us again with his newest incarnation "Digital Shades." M83 feels like a stab at neo-romanticism. Visions of green fields and all encompassing goodness hit me with every track. I would say that he is the greatest artist of our age hands down. Go buy all of his music if you aren't all ready freaking out about it as much as I am and get ready for the next M83 full length early in 2008

Andorra!!!

I have been waiting for this album all my life. Like all Caribou albums Andorra has its' own style to it, but leaves enough of the past to give you a pleasent feeling of nostalgia. You can feel the warmth of the sun in pyschedelic instrumentation and dream pop vocals. Daniel Snaith has done it again. I find myself revering in the layers samples. If you listen closely each note is tweaked, pitch shifted, or modulated (giving it personality). This fanatical attention to detail and originality is what makes Andorra amazing!

M.Craven

This local Detroit resident creates artwork that should be intergrated into the cloud worlds in Mario as well as children's wallpaper all over the world. His "Heaps" have to be one of the most visually pleasing things to stare at since computer downloading bars were invented. He is having a show Sept. 7th at the Ambassador Coffee House down in Cass Corridor.
http://www.myspace.com/mcraven

Silent Land Time Machine

This one man band out of Austin reminds me alot of the slower songs M83 has done but with a more organic feel to it. It is inspiring to hear a level of intricacy and artistry that has normally been restricted to artists with the money and space to record this type of ambience. Jon plays enough instruments to make Bach himself start drooling like a hungry pitbull with a steak dangled in front of his face. Check out his stuff online. http://www.myspace.com/silentlandtimemachine

Magic Magic!

This band from Boston has been driving me crazy in the best way possible for months now. They are so worth checking out. http://www.myspace.com/magicmagicband