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A Place To Bury Strangers

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:56:00 +0000

A Place To Bury Strangers - So Far Away

Onwards To The Wall is a quick lil' EP from the always-as-loud-as-humanly-possible A Place To Bury Strangers, and while it might seem like a shortened, cock-tease of a release, rest assured that this thing more than makes up for it with the APTBS brand of explosive, pummeling melodies and volume-up-all-the-way, distorted sonic texture. Yeah, it's loud. Stop being such a little mama's boy.

Onwards To The Wall is available courtesy of Dead Oceans

Porcelain Raft

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:53:00 +0000

Porcelain Raft - Put Me To Sleep
Porcelain Raft - Unless You Speak From Your Heart

Atmospheric and hazy, with quick and dirty peals of glitchy, synthy bits and pieces spread throughout, the new Porcelain Raft album, Strange Weekend, hits all the right spots when we're drinking all serious-like (and heavily), and kinda self-destructively (but that's pretty much normal around these parts these days), you know? Yeah, you know.

Strange Weekend is available courtesy of Secretly Canadian

Florida Night Heat

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:47:00 +0000

Florida Night Heat - Caballo Sucio (Dirty Horse)
Florida Night Heat - Bobby

Our fine lil' city has got a pretty choice collection of movers and shakers and music-makers in our midst, and the boys in Florida Night Heat are among the best of the best. I don't think there's anyone in their right mind who'd dispute that, especially after witnessing their atmospheric, quirky yet oh-so majestic and meandering instrumental opuses, and sweat-soaked, deliriously booming (and boozy) live shows. Now that we finally got the green light to tout #Immortality all official-like, I'd like to say this, once and for all: OH. HELL. YES!

#Immortality is available in its entirety as a FREE download, courtesy of Florida Night Heat. Click HERE to get it.

Poliça

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:04:00 +0000

Poliça - Violent Games
Poliça - Dark Star

With its sultry, bedroom pop-styled tracks full of haunting melodies, dope/dual-drumset percussion, and ghostly auto-tuned vocals, is it really that much of a surprise that Give You The Ghost is a downright addictive lil' listen from beginning to end? (I mean it - I can't get enough) And the Minneapolis-based Poliça shares members with the inimitable Gayngs? Um, yes please.

Give You The Ghost will be released on February 14th, courtesy of Totally Gross National Product

Tycho: Tonight!

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000

Oh man. Atmospheric electronic goodness galore tonight at Crowbar with producer Scott Hansen, aka Tycho, returning (after last fall's stint with Lil' Dragon, duh) with a slew of delicious melodies and blissful beats. Seriously, I'm not sure I can recommend this one enough, kiddos. Don't miss out.

Tycho + Beacon & Navigateur
Doors at 8 • $9/12 • 18+
Crowbar: 1812 N. 17th St. • Tampa, FL

Gangrene

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:29:00 +0000

Gangrene - Gladiator Music (ft. Kool G Rap)
Gangrene - Vodka & Ayahuasca

Producers Oh No and The Alchemist have decided to one-up themselves and re-up the collaborative Gangrene dosage for another drugged-out round of mind-boggling textured samples and crackly beats. As with their dirty introductory Gutter Water full-length, Vodka & Ayahuasca features a buncha talented friends (Kool G Rap, Roc Marciano, Prodigy, Evidence, more) and more swirling themes of stumbling, self-medicated adventures, wink wink.

Vodka & Ayahuasca is available courtesy of Decon

General Elektriks

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:25:00 +0000

General Elektriks - Holding Down The Fort
General Elektriks - Summer Is Here

General Elektriks (aka: French national Hervé Salters) returns with the newish Parker Street full-length, following up on the fantastic Good City For Dreamers - an album which we, of course, were quite taken with upon its release. Same as before, think swanky bass chords, triumphant brass blasts, and booty-shakin' funk beats to accompany some sexy vocals and handclaps galore.

Parker Street is available courtesy of General Elektriks

Rubblebucket

noreply@blogger.com (colonic) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:10:00 +0000

Rubblebucket - Silly Fathers
Rubblebucket - Came Out Of A Lady

We try not to be too overly judgmental or blatantly intolerant of specific music genres here at the ol' LJ headquarters, but... hippies usually aren't our bag. That being said, the lil' bastards in Rubblebucket are a dope-ass, grimey, freak-flag-flyin' group of shut-the-hell-up-and-dance kinda hippies. And we love 'em for it.

* For the locals: Rubblebucket will be performing on Saturday, February 11th at Crowbar in Ybor City

Omega La La is available courtesy of Roll Call Records

Matthew Dear

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:30:00 +0000

Matthew Dear - Headcage

We shouted out Matthew Dear and his last for-real full-length, Black City, way, way back in the Liquid Jesus salad days (HERE), and now that there's another quickie follow-up release of lush, synthy-beat goodness in our midst, I feel like we should give this one a proper introduction as well.

Headcage is available courtesy of Ghostly International

Blue Sky Black Death & Nacho Picasso

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:17:00 +0000

Blue Sky Black Death & Nacho Picasso - Rammin'
Blue Sky Black Death & Nacho Picasso - Phantom of The Opera

Atmospheric beat-wizards Blue Sky Black Death (see HERE and HERE) produce some more haunting, full-bodied symphonies as they team up with the braggadocious Nacho Picasso (whose twisted, witty, and wonderfully raunchy-as-fuck lyricisms put us all in stitches every time we hear 'em) on this dope/dark (and follow-up to the equally impressive For The Glory collection) collaborative full-length. Plus! Peep the artwork, y'all, and try to tell me that this thing doesn't just scream out OH FUCK YES! I dare you not to dig this.

Lord Of The Fly is available in its entirety as a FREE download, courtesy of Nacho Picasso. Click HERE to get it.

Dream Brother

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:03:00 +0000

Dream Brother - Haunted Heart

Minneapolis-based indie act Dream Brother plays cutesy, catchy, sing-along-styled pop songs that are chock full of handclaps and dreamy nostalgic/throwback sounds from another, probably happier, past era. I'm not kidding - this is a seriously feel-good EP, through and through. Plus! Collabs with Paul Sprangers and John Vanderslice? Yes, please.

Haunted Heart / Pretty Eyes is available as a FREE download, courtesy of Dream Brother. Click HERE to get it.

Tummy Touch Meets Bastard Jazz

noreply@blogger.com (colonic) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:47:00 +0000

The Bandana Splits - Ricky Dee (Mujaji remix)
Captain Planet - Get You Some (Virgil Howe remix)

"Bastard Jazz (who turned 10 this year) and Tummy Touch (celebrating their 15th) have each pitted five of their best bands against five of the other's hottest remixers to bring you this exclusive new compilation. Featuring music and remixes from Captain Planet, Tim Love Lee, DJ DRM, Los Chicharrons, Jugoe, Bing Ji Ling, The Bandana Splits and others."

Some of us here at Liquid Jesus have been tight boys with the Bastard Jazz Crew for close to 15 years now, and it is with great love/respect that we post their newest release. PROPS!

Tummy Touch Meets Bastard Jazz is available as a FREE download, courtesy of Bastard Jazz Recordings. Click HERE to get it.

Office Of Future Plans

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +0000

Office Of Future Plans - Harden Your Heart
Office Of Future Plans - The Loyal Opposition

Complete with the churning riffage, twisting melodies, and introspective/cerebral themes that you'd expect from any J. Robbins-fronted outfit, Office Of Future Plans continues on with the angular, post-hardcore aesthetics of like-minded predecessors and previous endeavors. Plus! Cello, man. Cello. If you're a fan of any of the aforementioned DC/Dischord/Desoto celeb's past projects (Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels) then you're prollly gonna dig this one as well. Guaranteed.

Office Of Future Plans is available courtesy of Dischord

Cloud Nothings

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:32:00 +0000

Cloud Nothings - Fall In
Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless

This Albini-produced and nostalgia-inducing, loud and never-short-on-energetic-goodness Cloud Nothings full-length showcases the Cleveland-based act's newish stripped-down, crunchy-yet-melodic sound with some hooky indie-rock bangers that are tasty and adventurous and surprisingly infectious, to boot.

Attack On Memory will be released on January 24th, via Carpark

Mono/Poly

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:52:00 +0000

Mono/Poly - Toe Jam

Crunchy, bassy, glitchy, and the all-around dopeity dope dope, weirdo beat goodness that you'd probably come to expect from the Brainfeeder family (alum/labelmates HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, etc.) to help us power through these first few days of the New Year, sans nicotine (and ready to pull my beard out because of it) and all that jazz.

The Manifestations EP is available courtesy of Brainfeeder

New Year's Eve w/ Poetry N Lotion: Tonight!

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:13:00 +0000

Tonight! Swing by the world (in)famous Crowbar in Ybor City for a seriously quirky, fun-as-fuck way to ring in 2012. For reals - what better way to escape the dreadful amateur-hour festivities everywhere else, than to hang with the PnL boys while they perform Devo's decidedly oddball masterpiece, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, from front to back. A few of us from the Liquid Jesus crew will be playing music all night long, so come on out and prepare yourself for some surprise (ie: sloppy) midnight kisses.

New Year's Eve w/ Poetry N Lotion + more
Doors at 9 • FREE!
Crowbar: 1812 N. 17th St. • Tampa, FL

Blu & Exile

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:49:00 +0000

Blu & Exile - The Only One
Blu & Exile - Everybody Nose (ft. Johaz & Fashawn)

Following up on their acclaimed Below The Heavens full length, collaborative MC/producer duo Blu & Exile dropped the previously unreleased Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them a week or so ago, reintroducing the world to more of their dope, quirky/catchy/creative sample/rhyme combos, and thrilling the fuck outta hip hop and beat enthusiasts everywhere, I'm sure.

Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them is available HERE

Brasstronaut

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:01:00 +0000

Brasstronaut - Opportunity

Um, swoon! Look, we absolutely adore Brasstronaut and fell hard for the brilliant/beautiful Mt. Chimaera masterpiece full-length when it was released a couple years ago. Since then, we've been waiting with bated breath for another offering from this eclectic, difficult-to-describe jazz-influenced sextet - so when the Opportunity EP finally appeared we almost didn't know what to do with ourselves. For real. Think gorgeous, highly infectious, diverse and spacey orchestral-quality arrangements created with lotsa horns, percussion, and upright bass.

The Opportunity EP is available as a FREE download, courtesy of Brasstronaut. Click HERE to get it.

The Weeknd

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:20:00 +0000

The Weeknd - Montreal
The Weeknd - Same Old Song

The highly anticipated, third and final installment of The Weeknd's baby-makin' mixtape trilogy (see HERE and HERE to catch up on just how much we slobbered over the first two), Echoes Of Silence features more of the acclaimed Toronto-based R&B wizard's signature, soulful sound. Get dirty.

Echoes Of Silence is available in its entirety as a FREE download, courtesy of The Weeknd. Click HERE to get it.

Top Girls

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:48:00 +0000

Top Girls - Rayanne
Top Girls - Urban Legend

In the past we've put some serious thought into the possibility of making facial hair mandatory among all the dudes in the Liquid Jesus circle, but we don't need to worry about that any longer - especially now that DarrellDarrell's sprouted a sexy 'stache to match his dirty, dirty demeanor. The new We Will Rise EP by swanky, soulful NC act Top Girls seems like appropriate soundtrack to mark the occasion, with its silky-smooth, drug-induced after-party style fog and surprisingly delicious low-end and heavy beats tossed in for good measure.

We Will Rise is available courtesy of Top Girls

Flosstradamus

noreply@blogger.com (colonic) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:39:00 +0000

Flosstradamus - From The Back (ft. Danny Brown)

"Jubilation is the name of a long gone nightclub in the south suburbs outside Chicago that gave teenage partygoers their first taste of the ’90s ghetto house tracks that would soon morph into juke and footwork. So its more than appropriate that Flosstradamus take that title for their brand new EP, where the Chitown DJ duo of J2K (Josh Young) and Autobot (Curt Cameruci) use the hyperactive drums and booming sub bass sonics of juke as a jumping off point for new school dancefloor sounds of their very own."

Jubilation is available courtesy of Fools Gold

Coliseum

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:41:00 +0000

Coliseum - Waiting (Too Late)
Coliseum - The Fiery Eye

With seven (mostly) active members on our lil' Liquid Jesus team (plus a handful of in-the-know affiliates and buddies), I think it's safe to say that we've got a fairly diverse collective taste in music... I mean, jeez - have you wandered your way through any of our PLAYLISTS lately? Coliseum and their new, mostly J. Robbins-produced Parasites EP is one of those searing, anti-anthemic, no-holds-barred releases that let us get back to our punk roots for a bit - to which I, for one, am always whole-heartedly willing.

The Parasites EP is available courtesy of Temporary Residence Ltd.

Skull Tape

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:04:00 +0000

Skull Tape - Fable Of The Bees
Skull Tape - Trans Anthro

Seeing as how it was released early in the year, and with relatively little recognition, it seems that The Invisible Hand And The Descent Of Man full-length has slipped under the radar for, I think, pretty much everyone… which is a shame, since Skull Tape is a slightly altered reincarnation of the inimitable Mae Shi - and that warrants a real big holy shit! from us, obviously. This thing is energetic as hell and cheerful to a fault, with lotsa anthemic sing-along tracks (plenty of "whoa-ohs" and "ooh-ahs" spread throughout), but be warned - there are also some surprisingly dark, devilish lyrics/themes swirling amongst the sugary-sweet pop hooks and dance beats. Which is right up our alley, of course.

The Invisible Hand And The Descent Of Man is available via LA's Fine

CYNE

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:58:00 +0000

CYNE - Enter Killmore
CYNE - An Introspection

Only six tracks from G-ville cyber hip hop outfit CYNE on this brand new lil' release, but don't let that number fool you into thinking that the beat-erific Wasteland Volume One is some kind of quickie EP... 'Cause this album (technically a mixtape) is actually a lengthy collection of tunes - chock full of eclectic, turn-on-a-dime style song snippets, and bookended by some dope sci-fi rhymeage + bouncy beats.

Wasteland Volume One is available courtesy of Hometapes

The Marshmallow Ghosts

noreply@blogger.com (Liquid Jesus) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:56:00 +0000

The Marshmallow Ghosts - The Hearse Song
The Marshmallow Ghosts - Wait For The Day

Our main man Andrew from the Bricks turned us all on to the Marshmallow Ghosts a week or so ago, out of a mutual appreciation (obsession) of anything Graveface or BMSR-related, and we gotta say it - the whimsical, infectious, kinda creepy goodness on the self-titled Marshmallow Ghosts full-length (and accompanying Corpse Reviver No. 2 music video) hits all of the right spots, natch.

The Marshmallow Ghosts is available courtesy of Graveface Records