Author: isotria blaring

All People – Of You

I was impressed how much this track made me think of ee/Korea Girl. Enough so that I double checked that Tobin Mori wasn’t in All People.

If you like this, I recommend checking out the rest of the album. It’s a nice blend of emo with music inspired by ee, Built to Spill, and i’m not even sure what. But it’s good.

Advance Base – Summer Music

Owen Ashworth, of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone fame, has a live album for his current project Advance Base coming out later this summer. Here is a sneak peak of Summer Music. Because it’s summer I presume.

Mecca Normal – Invisible Girl / Incredible

Sorry for the quiet. Here and there I will disappear for bursts into the life that I live. Mecca Normal is one of my all time favorite bands. Politically and poetically inspirational and writing music for 30 years plus now. And here is a glimpse of them from a practice recording two new songs. The first track reminds me a bit of something off of Water Cuts My Hands while the latter makes me think of something off of Who Shot Elvis?

Hopefully you enjoyed that. I found it mesmerizing. More from me soon(ish)…

6/6/16: isotria blaring – 10pm to midnight

when there are bikes on the street, horns on the sidewalks, orchids in the woods, and noise everywhere else. that is isotria blaring. every monday at 10pm, only on wrct pittsburgh.

I’m on the air. Listen in at 88.3 FM in Pittsburgh. Or stream it here. You can follow along to the music via the WRCT website or using the playlist below.

Rancho Relaxo – If You Want To

I’m intrigued by this band’s music, but i’m also completely distracted by the idea that a Norwegian band is named in Spanglish. Does that seem as weird and awesome to everyone else? Well, probably not of much importance.

Rancho Relaxo is a bit shoegaze, a bit indie rock. This song actually calls back a bit of Roger Waters’ era Pink Floyd in my mind. This is off of their 2015 LP “White Light Fever”. I recommend listening to more when you have the time. It is in fact well worth your time.

EP Highlight: Boyfriend Material – Self-Titled EP

Cross posted at Interstellar Radio Shower…

Now this is catchy. Boyfriend Material has a new EP out on Community Records.

This first song “Small Talk” is absolutely promising. It’s a sort of indie pop/singer songwriter without being too poppy. “Two Steps Back” starts out like a Rainer Maria tune. In fact, this song could be a Rainer Maria song both lyrically and instrumentally. It’s really quite enjoyable.

“Good Graces” tones things down a bit. It’s pretty in a navel-gazing kind of way. Navelgaze should be a recognized genre. Whereas emo has become a certain brand of pop punk which sometimes is great, sometimes really sucks, navelgaze would focus on a certain brand of songwriters like Shauna Healey and Lou Barlow.

Anyhow, the last track is “Absentminded” which features the ukUlele. This calls back more to her earlier stuff (see below). This EP is a very worthwhile listen. The EP in it’s entirety was released on Friday. Here is another review worth checking out.

This is more of a full band sound. The core of Boyfriend Material is singer-songwriter Shauna Healey. On her first LP “Far From Home”, also on Community Records, her music is very stripped down. It’s that bare acoustic ukulele combined with raw honest vocals that is popular in certain circles these days. I just love this stripped down sound. In any case, there is much to love here.

JuliaWhy? – Painkiller

Good day. So, my fault but i failed to figure out how to get into the building for the holiday radio show. So no radio show last night. But today is a new day and i’m all ready to go for next week.

Apparently we got a new JuliaWhy? cd in at the station and it’s pretty good music. Here is a snippet from last year’s “Wheel” lp. And keep an ear out for their new lp sometime soon.

LeftyFish – Code Name: Mosquito

Time to stop with all of this melancholy stuff. Some horns and some noise. Ranging from God is My Co-Pilot styles to Boredoms experimentation to metal riffs, this song from LeftyFish is just great. Glorious kinds of great.

Be sure to check out the rest of their You, Fish! EP and not just track. All kinds of goodness. LeftyFish hails from Yogyakarta. So this is more Indonesian fun. Here they are live from the Nevada Cafe. Indulge yourself!