Deaf Country

Somewhere out there between spacey bedroom mixes and electropop music there is Deaf Country. It is the project of this dude Grant from Boston---Electro bit sounds and water delays, the vocals and drums and synths all blend together in a really nice way----He has a really cool remix of Broken Social Scene's "Anthems for a 17 Year-Old Girl on his myspace page definitely worth checking out. If you liked Oh Fortuna or Magic Man this may be for you.


Deaf Country - The Sound Is The Sound

Grant describes Deaf Country with...


".. if autotune takes the soul out of a song, then that's what i want. i'm grant, aka deaf country. the name came to me in a dream, i think. i'm really good at grilling food. my interests include frost, echoey stairwells, and gold. i make all this music to have fun in my room. thank you all all all "

Deaf Country's video for "To Have and Have Not"





myspace/deafcountry
download/deafcountry

Farms

Farms is the project of two guys named Ben and Andy from Wisconsin. We met them at Total Bummer, really awesome guys. On their myspace they are described in this way:

One member of FARMS has a fully functional synthesizer in his head and holds his mouth a little open like a third ear. One member of FARMS is a fucking 'showboat' who works drums like a middle schooler trying to show an older girl his 'passion' or how good he is at making out. One is a pleasant, video game psychic and one applies corporeal metaphors to like everything, and then smiles. FARMS is a Wisconsin band, because sometimes there is nothing else to do here/there than take drugs and go into woods or drive on interstates. They play in a basement with a coal chute and a bat. They are part of Δ collective.


They've just released a video for their song "We Gotta Box Of White Tape Snakes" and they are in the process of booking a month long east coast tour in June.




myspace/farms

Emily Reo

Lofi recordings drowned in a hall of reverb, Emily Reo is an uprising female pop musician following in the footsteps of Beach House and similar acts. Her songs take interesting spins on guitar, keyboard, drum set ups and most have some sort of haunting feel to them. She has played with Truman Peyote, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and more of theFMLY crew, she played Total Bummer with Levek and other notable mid-Florida acts, and she's setting up a tour in the upcoming months. From the recordings to booking her own shows to making the artwork to her own releases, she seems to have a very DIY approach to it all. If you're into the wonderful tunes by our friend Michelle Blades, this may be for you.



--Performing "Metal On Your Skin"--
Not the best cinematography but gives you a feel for her live performances (with Dark Sea of Awareness helping her perform). This was at Total Bummer, if you look hard enough you can see us in the crowd.



as described from a user on last.fm--"emily reo is an experimental/noise pop musician from orlando, florida. her songwriting reflects the ethereal rhythmic pop sound of beach house with haunting echoey melodies a la kria brekkan and julianna barwick, as well as the lo-fi recording sound of tickley feather, julian lynch and best coast. the culmination of her influences and compositional technique creates a sound that is uniquely dark, distant and intriguingly catchy."




Emily Reo is playing with Dark Sea of Awareness, Technobox, and Hear Hums May 14th at Will's Pub in Orlando. If you're around I highly recommend it.


Emily Reo - Metal On Your Skin
Emily Reo - Wtch Mtn (from her upcoming cassette)

Diamond Man live on WMNF Artful Dodgins

Diamond Man recently played live on WMNF Artful Dodgins in Tampa FL. Between songs they were interviewed; they tell of how they all came together and explain their creative process including where and how they create their sounds. The sound is not exactly mixed how Diamond Man intends, but the recording is still pretty great. We got to see them for the second time last Saturday and they put on such a great show. They are currently playing songs from an upcoming release titled "Diamond Man Travels" which will include songs from out-of-print "Into The Gulf" as well as some new ones.


http://www.mediafire.com/?fz0jtvrynjk

myspace/diamondman

download/intothegulf

perpetual means.

Ralph Giunta just released perpetual means., a visual meditative piece using a camera, guitar, and singing bowls. It was a collobrative effort between Giunta and his friend Natasha. --A retreat to that safe place inside yourself.

On Ralph Giunta's myspace there are some improv/free form recordings, including collaborations with Eamon Ford. He says more up-to-date tracks will be coming soon.

Ralph is also an amazing photography and has a lot of his work on flickr, highly recommended that you check it out.

myspace/ralphgiunta

flickr/ihatewetsocks

Dirty Laundry Presents: Surfer Blood

Dirty Laundry released a video which is sort of like a behind-the-scenes to Surfer Blood. It's the story of meeting, getting a tour van, Kanine Records, and more. The cinematography is quite horrible try not to let it distract you from JP's spiel.

myspace/surferblood

Remember Sumsun??

Preston Landis made a live video for the song Winston by Sumsun. This was in Gainesville, part of Total Bummer festival.

We filmed Sumsun too.....

Winston, as well as the song posted below Listen are songs from Sumsun's upcoming release Lake Life, due April 2010, really really soon.

Sumsun - Listen