Saturday, October 17, 2015

Layman "Blue Mind"


Layman just put out their new six-song e.p. on Paradise Records. It comes packaged in a nice looking 7-pannel cassette-tape. I remember reading this review in Razorcake of thier first tape that asked something to the extent like, has this tape been lost in the mail since 1992? I thought it was really funny, and super on point. But, these songs are much better recorded and produced. Although they're still clearly influenced by 1990's altnerative rock, it seems that they're beginning to find their own sound a little bit. Like the album art, the music sounds like a stoned summer afternoon hanging out with your friends by the pool. It sounds like being old enough to have responsibilities, but at an age where it's still to easy enough to dismiss them. The first two songs "Trampoline" and "Carmolita" are super poppy, but then they take it down a notch with "Shamrock." I think overall the pacing of this little e.p. was really well done. It's easy to get lost in these songs. There's nothing super technical going on, but they have their sound and their tone down perfectly. I'm really impressed by the growth of this band, and look forward to the long-player. 

Fugue "By & By" Music Video



My friend Lucas Chemotti made a music video for my friends Fugue. They have a new record coming out in December on Avocado Records. Really looking forward to the physical release. 

Friday, October 2, 2015

Calvin Jalandoni "Early Morning" music Video



Calvin's first official music video is out for his song "Early Morning." I think it turned out really really great. After getting to see him play this song every night for three weeks last summer, it's really cool to see this in a completely new way. I'm really proud of my dude!

Response - Demo 2014


All I know about this band is that Madison is in it. I didn't find out though until he sent me an email talking about the tour they went on over the summer. Four songs of Youth of Today influenced hardcore. The demo's less than 5 1/2 minutes long. It flys by. Honestly, most hardcore is usually lost on me unless the vocals stand out. In this case the vocals do, and they're catchy. The first song "In My Way" is the best on the demo, but that little breakdown in "Dropout" is great. "I want to keep my mind clear and free / THERE' NO CHOICE," is a super catchy straight edge track - it's great. Response is fierce. They're punk. They're good. And they don't do drugs. I really dropped the ball though with this release. It came out on tape on Fineprint and Video Disease