New Music Friday >> 01/30/2009

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My People Sleeping - Time Machine

A lush, shoe-gazable and lilting little mood piece.

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Old Panda Days

We've always had a slightly strained releationship with CFTPA's music. It alternates between being brilliantly minimalist and personal, and incredibly self indulgent and poorly constructed. This song definitely lives in the land of the former and has a Shins-ish quality that drew us to it.

Burbank International - 2034 (When Machines Start Eating People)

Rumor has it that Burbank has an upcomming EP in the works. The title is "Predator Primer" and we're proud to have an advance cut to brandish around like a shiny peice of stolen treasure. Easily their best cut since their powerful ode to the SF's gritty Tenderloin (same titled), this is a fine example of H. A. Eugene's rich story telling talent. The charachter dreams of his own future as though it were actually the past and fact, and talks dancing at the end of war between man eating robots: pure genius. The subtle horns in the backgroung also add a novel dirge quality to the song, giving it a haunting mix of melancholy and hope.

Dan Deacon - Trippy Green Skull
Dan Deacon - Crystal Cat (Bonus Video)


Dan Deacon is a strange, carnivorous monster created by a highly advanced but now extinct civilization of regal lizard people. He has come to earth to sip the juices from our pineals gland out of a crystal goblet as he sits upon a gigantic throne of gilded skulls and broken circuitry. Hopefully he will come to San Francisco soon.

Telekinesis - Coasts Of Carolina

Solid indie rock. We haven't listened to the whole album yet, but we like the groove and have high expectations.

Meursault - A Few Kind Words

Meursault might be the coolest thing we've heard this calendar year. These Scotch madmen broadcast what has been clumsily described as electro-folk. In our opinion, they're picking up where Throw Me The Statue and the Handsome Furs left off. Guaranteed to send a thrill down your spine.

The Whole Enchilada - http://www.mediafire.com/file/z10lo0n0w0j/RTBF.NewMusicFriday.20090130.zip

Thanks for listening! Ciao,

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