Following the very popular trending topic on Twitter, here is my musical suggestion for this glorious Monday.
Max Tundra Imagine yourself in a toy store full of kids banging on toy instruments and playing 8bit games. Keyboards, drums, guitars, old school Nintendos, all coming together into an organized chaos titled ‘Orphaned’. That’s exactly what Max (real name Ben Jacobs) does, he brings a child-like sensibility to what is an experimental glitch-pop tune.
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Download : Max Tundra – Orphaned
The xx These Londoners have been the recent recipient of much hyped praise from the blogosphere. Their stark melancholic pop tunes are dabbed with a hint of modern R&B, characterized by simple slow compositions and duets mostly about sex. The songs are not musically impressive but do hold on to you with their dark, sparse guitar textures and punchy bass lines.
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Download: The xx – Crystalised
Conglomatron This was a great find by a friend of mine while browsing through a record store in NYC. I was instantly hooked upon first hearing it. Conglomatron is as stated in the title, a conglomeration of rappers from the Chicago area coming together to create an album. I like to consider them as geekyfied-scifi-futuristic hip-hop. Their song themes range from nostalgic cartoons to smoking weed with Chewbacca, instant hits on my book.
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Download: .Org From Conglomatron – Sky High