By Musicrev1ew.wordpress.com
Gli Sprightly Moans sono una band interessante non si può dire altrimenti.
Voglio però anticipare che non si tratta di una band per tutti, le ispirazioni sono molto varie, ma soprattutto la produzione è davvero molto particolare.
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By Mister Growl of Mistergrowl.blogspot.com.
Sprightly Moans play music for beer drinking, high-fiving, and billiard disputes, capturing the raucous spirit of a bar at last call, with rhythms that roll with tumbleweed abandon and riffs that can punch holes through sheet metal.
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By Chris Romans of Heartheindie.com.
Sprightly Moans, the musical outlet of duo Dave Wirth and Jeff Olson, is a strange rock act with it’s sight on deconstructing the philosophical underpinnings of music, as well as the common economic structure found within the music industry. Demos II, an aptly titled mini-album of sorts, showcases 3 tracks from this band with a brief but definitive run time of about 12 minutes. At times through my multiple listens through this music it can be difficult to really pin it down. From the opening minutes, the influence from garage punk and metal bands was obvious, but this is also something more than just that.
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Demos II is the second of four releases that Sprightly Moans will be doing in 2013. We’ve only made about 30 (beautiful origami, black felt card-stock with white ink) copies of Demos II, so if you’d like to get one of these collector’s edition releases, you’ll have to act quickly. How?
You can always try to contact us directly. No guarantees! Sorry! But, if you were to jump on our newsletter, we will give priority to you for all future releases like this.
Demos I is the first of four releases that Sprightly Moans will be doing in 2013. Each “release” we do will be special edition, meaning that each copy will be individually numbered and signed by us. Each will include three songs and rest assured that each disk is perfectly silver.
These releases are free for the taking, but you need to reserve them ahead of time because they go quickly. The best way to assure yourself a copy is by jumping on the Sprightly Moans mailing list.
If you imagined a cross-breeding of Jimi Hendrix, The White Stripes, and Lightning Bolt, then you’ll be in the ballpark of what the Sprightly Moans do. Sprightlymoans.com houses a small, but growing, collection of visual interests and a rapidly expanding library of guitar tablatures.
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Syrup came from a simple idea: record a lot of ambient, textural piano and slow it down. This roughly twenty five minute song was slowed down by 75%, and is now available for your phase-out-and-stare-at-a-wall-for-an-hour pleasure.
Cover art is a derivative of A failure in fly-paper by Friedrich Graetz.
Imagine you are having the most incredible night of dreams. In one, you are whistling a tune on top of a thundercloud. In another, you are speeding far beyond the speed of light in your brand new intergalactic hovercraft. Imagine yourself waking up with nothing but a vague feeling that you had an extraordinary night of sleep, filled with monsters, incredible kung-fu, and life-enlarging tales to tell your grandchildren (if they would only listen).
The long awaited follow up the The Sidekick’s first record has finally arrived. This time around, expect 36 action packed, kung-fu laden, sleepy time minutes of music worthy of either making you gesticulate wildly in the comfort of your own home or brave enough to shout obscenities at potential muggers.
ease does it is the second song off of the new Sidekick record, Get Up and SCREAM! (in the middle of the night). This album will be released on August 31st, 2012.
i like fairy tales is the sixth song off of the new Sidekick record, Get Up and SCREAM! (in the middle of the night).
You are about to be enlightened about The Sidekick. Here’s a portrait courtesy of the Austin Museum of Digital Art:
Who’s inside the costume? Who’s behind the mask? And why is he dancing around like your little brother jacked up on too much soda pop? Nobody knows who The Sidekick is; he prefers to remain anonymous, an enigma. Austin, Texas is his home base - that’s all we know for certain. His music could either be the soundtrack to an 8-bit video game or they could be playing on a boom box in a home video of people smoking crack.
The Sidekick’s music is the soundtrack to your favorite 8-bit video game, built from dreams, humor, and a pixel smashing vitality. His EM Records debut album, “SAGA!…the story of a boy and his computer,” is an aural reminder of a time when Super Mario ruled the screen, electronic music was the sound your Nintendo made.
It would seem that the Sidekick had made some good friends with the Daily Texan after one of his many performances at the AMODA:
…technot musician and superhero wannabe The Sidekick danced maniacally onstage with such infectious energy the audience couldn’t help but smile. Nothing of The Sidekick is known except that he calls Austin home, loves to dance and captures listeners with his latest album, “Saga!… the story of a boy and his computer.” Saga is a journey into the world of a 12-year-old boy who loves 8-bit video games. At the end of the performance, The Sidekick waved goodbye to the audience, packed up his equipment and left the club. Leaving audiences to wonder in his wake, just who is the man behind the mask and the melodies.
Halie Pratt
Now comes time for le Sidekick’s second album release, just a mere seven years later. Bear with me, The Sidekick expressed his wish to explain his absence:
Hello there adoring fans and public! I BETCHA you peepioples feel REAL safe out there knowing a 12 YEAR OLD vigilante makes the streets safe from BAD monsters and evil villains. BUT ALAS, i cannot cover all the ground. I needed extra training in the form of Master Diis from the Samardic mountains (DON’T ASK LONG STORY). I have better kungfu now! the streetz are going to be SAFE. HAVE FUN WITH THIS SECOND RECORD.
Well, there you have it, kind of. Anyhow, this album will be released on the 31st of August in 2012. Here’s the track listing:
Stay tuned. More details to follow on this record, including samples of the songs.
Piano, by The Double Headed Seagulls, is a challenging take on minimalism and trance. Let the dorking out begin.
When you savor your favorite record from start to finish, time disappears. It’s no secret that us musicphiles fill our living rooms bursting with the music we love just so we can have that, over and over again. Although sometimes it’s easiest to grab only one track of an artist, it’s the sound of a sequence of songs that makes time disappear. We know it, and that’s why we’re snobs about music.
The most immediate benefit of listening to The Double Headed Seagulls’s record Piano is that each song builds a memory that takes a long time to disperse; the memory lasts a good minute into the next song. The transition between the songs is even more important than music itself. In music parlance, it’s the notes off the page that matter. This record is really meant to savored from one song to the next.
If you’re a dork about music, you’ll enjoy this challenging take on minimalism and trance, and it can be your on August 7th, 2012. If you’d like to be lazy and have info on Piano delivered to you, sign up to my email newsletter.
Here’s the track listing, in typical Double Headed Seagulls style:
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Wow, this is some OLD music.
Junk Bullet Magazine, by my crazy younger brother The Sidekick, is the first song off of his super spazzy electronic robot record, SAGA! …the story of a boy and his computer. He also mentioned that he’ll seriously try to refrain from making fun of you for listening to it.
SAGA! …the story of a boy and his computer, was originally released in 2004. Mr. Sidekick finally figured it was in his best interests to let his music be rereleased (it took some convincing). Upon being asked about the reissue:
Wait, you? Seriousy? I mean, wha? Why? Youre a freaking loser and I don’t know why were even talking, poop-head.
OH WELL, GO AHEAD LOSER-FACE, SEE IF I CARE.
Wil Dalton and I both did work as Americorps volunteers back from when I first moved to Austin. Wil is an interesting guy, a fabulous writer, and a hilarious performer. I clearly remember how much fun we had producing four of his songs. My absolute favorite song to do was I Got A Gun.
<a href=“http://wildalton.bandcamp.com/track/i-got-a-gun” data-mce-href=“http://wildalton.bandcamp.com/track/i-got-a-gun”>I Got A Gun by Wil Dalton, Dave Wirth</a>
If you are interested, check Wil’s music out here: wildalton.bandcamp.com
Aggression is a short album that explores themes like knifeplay, attempted suicides, allergies, and the public school system. The songs are set to the soundtrack of upbeat pop music crossed with analog and digital noise solos.
This song took me six years to complete. Enjoy!
Trouble in the Height of Spring is a song from The Shikes record, Aggression. This EP will be available on April 3rd, 2012, and it can be yours for a measly $3.
Aggression, from The Shikes, is a petite collection of three songs that took roughly six years to find the light of day. This short album will be released on April 3rd, 2012, from this website only.
Options for downloading are:
Here’s the tracklisting:
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The beautiful cover for Aggression was created by David Hobizal. The Shikes also have a colorful website that’s worth 30 seconds of your time. My suggestion is to repeately hit the word “Colorize.” Many thanks to my good friend Mike Strosaker for helping me out with the site.
