Some Favorites of 2008 (Part 3)

High Places

A "new-primitive" duo out of Brooklyn. I love bands that sound like their name, and this is a great example. High Places sound like wind spirits rippling through the evergreens on the top of a misty mountain, carrying the faint nursery rhyme chants of girls playing in the valley below. This is some fresh, cool, spring water music. They put out a really exciting collection of singles (“03/07 – 09/07”) a while back and this, their self-titled debut, is even better.

Check out an entire incredible live show of theirs at Market Hotel in Brooklyn over at pitchfork.tv.


Dungen - 4

I fell in love with Dungen when I first saw the video for "Panda" off their 2004 LP Ta Det Lungt. Got to see them at Satellite Ballroom back in '06 and it was rediculous. There was hardly anyone there and they had this huge wall of vintage gear and they were on their way to play at Bonnaroo and barely spoke any English. Their music sounds like it was recorded in 1969, ONLY BETTER. All their records are chock-full of incredible fuzzed-out, acid-drenched psychedelia. Check out their latest for the sickest guitar, keyboard, drum and bass tones you have ever heard. Make sure you got yourself a decent pair of speakers or headphones.

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Deerhunter - Microcastle / Wierd Era Continued

This one has been getting many rotations in the Birdlips tour-mobile. As I might have mentioned before, Bradford Cox from Deerhunter and Atlas Sound is kinda an idol of mine. This double CD set is amazing. I mean, just look at the track titles for Weird Era Cont. Does it get any better than that?

01 Backspace Century
02 Operation
03 Ghost Outfit
04 Dot Gain
05 Vox Celeste
06 Cicadas
07 Vox Humana
08 VHS Dream
09 Focus Group
10 Slow Swords
11 Weird Era
12 Moon Witch Cartridge
13 Calvary Scars II / Aux. Out