Dj FrequenciesThis Gust of Wind comes through the park with sunglasses, fuzzed out noise, and a coolness undeniably perked from Rock-n-Roll. White Fence has a sound that throws back to the 60’s, evoking rolls down the hill, acid drops, and a girl with long curly hair that you keep trying to find, but of course the drugs have tricked you.
This record has moments that signal to the past, as if to say he hasn’t forgotten his original self. He clearly hasn’t, even when enticed by the dollar bills of a major, Banhart is still Banhart.
Gust of Wind # 5 The Fruit Bats, The Ruminant Band Sub Pop Records http://www.subpop.com/artists/fruit_bats This Gust of Wind is profoundly refreshing, managing to establish itself in greatness, while paying deference to the similar winds before its time. The Fruit Bats is Eric Johnson’s band, his baby, his gold ticket, similar to The Shins being […]
Gust of Wind # 2 Cotton Jones – Paranoid Cocoon Suicide Squeeze 2009 This gust of wind, ebbs & flows with a distinct soul, one that is weathered from the train, its many stops through out small towns, and back through the whiskey bars of our brightest cities. Cotton Jones – Paranoid Cocoon is an album […]
Sebastien Grainger, better known as the singer and drummer for dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979, has moved on to a solo effort while ex-DFA 1979-partner, Jesse Keeler, forges ahead as 1/2 of MSTRKRFT. Sebastien’s first solo release definitely takes a slightly different direction than the intense vocal effects and distorted bass-guitar riffs predominantly heard […]