SPF 420: The internet showcase that you should be talking about This is something that I’ve been waiting for even before I knew that it existed. Being someone who doesn’t have a car, yet loves seeing live shows, I often miss when artists happen to come around my area but the great thing about this event, SPF420, is that it all takes place online.  SPF420is an audio/visual experience that started late last year and tonight will mark the third web based showcase to date. With so many artists floating around the internet lately, this probably has to be one of the best concepts for live entertainment that I’ve heard about in awhile and since you really don’t even have to move anywhere (or get dressed for that matter) there’s no reason why you shouldn’t check this out unless you still have dial up. The roster features a couple of personal favorites such as Magic Fades, Veracom, Contact Lens, and Vektroid  and along with Kodak Cameo, DJ Paypal, and Blackedout all set to play throughout the night, SPF420 is definitely looking to be one hell of a good and sexy time. While people will be rambling about their SXSW experience you can look like the even cooler friend and say that you attended SPF420 . So mark it in your phones or do whatever you have to do and be sure to join this tinychat room tonight at 10pm! One of the event’s organizers, Stress, will be hosting the event while its other organizer, Chaz Allen aka Metallic Ghosts, will be the house DJ under the alias SUGAR C. Also, if you’re still glued to your computer screens (which you probably will be) then don’t miss out on the slowrave afterparty curated by Transmuteo.  Check out a trailer for the event below and listen to an interview/guest mix that Stress did for Drifts a few nights back here. 

SPF 420: The internet showcase that you should be talking about

This is something that I’ve been waiting for even before I knew that it existed. Being someone who doesn’t have a car, yet loves seeing live shows, I often miss when artists happen to come around my area but the great thing about this event, SPF420, is that it all takes place online. 

SPF420is an audio/visual experience that started late last year and tonight will mark the third web based showcase to date. With so many artists floating around the internet lately, this probably has to be one of the best concepts for live entertainment that I’ve heard about in awhile and since you really don’t even have to move anywhere (or get dressed for that matter) there’s no reason why you shouldn’t check this out unless you still have dial up. The roster features a couple of personal favorites such as Magic Fades, Veracom, Contact Lens, and Vektroid  and along with Kodak Cameo, DJ Paypal, and Blackedout all set to play throughout the night, SPF420 is definitely looking to be one hell of a good and sexy time. While people will be rambling about their SXSW experience you can look like the even cooler friend and say that you attended SPF420 . So mark it in your phones or do whatever you have to do and be sure to join this tinychat room tonight at 10pm!

One of the event’s organizers, Stress, will be hosting the event while its other organizer, Chaz Allen aka Metallic Ghosts, will be the house DJ under the alias SUGAR C. Also, if you’re still glued to your computer screens (which you probably will be) then don’t miss out on the slowrave afterparty curated by Transmuteo. 

Check out a trailer for the event below and listen to an interview/guest mix that Stress did for Drifts a few nights back here. 

Love Grows

VERACOM -

VERACOM-Love Grows

Even though it’s been thrown around for awhile now, I still have no idea quite what “vaporwave” is and that’s probably why I usually shy away from using the term in a serious context. Internet labels aside though, there’s something downright smooth and enrapturing about the sounds of Texas producer Ryan Groch, better known by his alias VERACOM, and I can’t help but to get caught up in just about everything that comes from him. His latest single “Love Grows” features a sample from Mariah Carey and if you’re thinking “how does that even work?” then you need to sit back and let the music speak for itself. With it’s heavy 90’s R&B esque vibe, “Love Grows” is saturated in sex appeal, and that, along with VERACOM’s rich and silky style, is a combination guaranteed to make your body melt. Check out more material from VERACOM over on soundcloud and follow the links in the sidebar to grab his AMDISCS s/t release as well as his Young Latitudes split with Magic Fades.

CASSETTE REWIND’S TOP 30 TRACKS OF 2012 Regardless of what you listen to, there’s no question about it that this year was definitely an interesting one in music and it makes me glad that I decided to start this blog when I did back in March. After searching through the good, the amazing, and the absolutely magical, I somehow managed to compile this list containing some of the gems that helped to make 2012 memorable. Below are thirty tracks that got me through the year in one way or another and hopefully you all enjoy them as much as I have. Here’s to hoping that 2013 will be just as great. Moon Bounce-Telephone Courtship-Midwestern Humility Chiffon-Dru Hill Nanosaur-Fed Up Summer Cannibals-It’s The Wind Pure Bathing Culture-Silver Shore’s Lake Imprintafter-Never Loved U NIGHT MANAGER-Broke Haircut Waka Flocka Flame-Hard In Da Paint (GRANT Remix) Alpine-Hands (Goldrooom Remix) Alexander O Neal-If You Were Here Tonight (Lindsay Lowend Remix) Abdecaf-Never Know (feat. Soft Lighting) Bear//Face-Jean Ralphio Outlands-Sisters/Lovers True North-Klopfgeist Coolrunnings-Belewe Vyxor-Rich Dark Glass Young Pharaohs-Put Your Love In My Hands Taquwami-Romantic Gaze Magic Fades-I’ll Adjust A Gap Between-Summer Nightrunner Slow Magic-On Yr Side Chrome Sparks-Marijuana Kruisemode-Yours Outfit-Drakes Tea Leigh & Luke Reed-Color Theory Worshipper-Boyalty Petite Noir-Disappear Sin Kitty-Vanity Daze Dyed Hands-Ka Like A Wind

CASSETTE REWIND’S TOP 30 TRACKS OF 2012

Regardless of what you listen to, there’s no question about it that this year was definitely an interesting one in music and it makes me glad that I decided to start this blog when I did back in March. After searching through the good, the amazing, and the absolutely magical, I somehow managed to compile this list containing some of the gems that helped to make 2012 memorable. Below are thirty tracks that got me through the year in one way or another and hopefully you all enjoy them as much as I have. Here’s to hoping that 2013 will be just as great.

  1. Moon Bounce-Telephone
  2. Courtship-Midwestern Humility
  3. Chiffon-Dru Hill
  4. Nanosaur-Fed Up
  5. Summer Cannibals-It’s The Wind
  6. Pure Bathing Culture-Silver Shore’s Lake
  7. Imprintafter-Never Loved U
  8. NIGHT MANAGER-Broke Haircut
  9. Waka Flocka Flame-Hard In Da Paint (GRANT Remix)
  10. Alpine-Hands (Goldrooom Remix)
  11. Alexander O Neal-If You Were Here Tonight (Lindsay Lowend Remix)
  12. Abdecaf-Never Know (feat. Soft Lighting)
  13. Bear//Face-Jean Ralphio
  14. Outlands-Sisters/Lovers
  15. True North-Klopfgeist
  16. Coolrunnings-Belewe
  17. Vyxor-Rich Dark Glass
  18. Young Pharaohs-Put Your Love In My Hands
  19. Taquwami-Romantic Gaze
  20. Magic Fades-I’ll Adjust
  21. A Gap Between-Summer Nightrunner
  22. Slow Magic-On Yr Side
  23. Chrome Sparks-Marijuana
  24. Kruisemode-Yours
  25. Outfit-Drakes
  26. Tea Leigh & Luke Reed-Color Theory
  27. Worshipper-Boyalty
  28. Petite Noir-Disappear
  29. Sin Kitty-Vanity Daze
  30. Dyed Hands-Ka Like A Wind

Obsession

Magic Fades - Obsession

Magic Fades-Obsession

I was first introduced to the steamy r&b sounds of Portland duo Magic Fades earlier this year when I heard their track “I’ll Adjust” on their Young Latitudes split with Veracom and ever since then I’ve been drawn to everything that these two have put out. There’s no question about it that r&b has been quite a popular thing this year, both in the “mainstream” and underground, but the magical thing about Magic Fades is that their approach to the genre never falls short of coming off as ardent, smooth, and seductive. The duo is getting ready to release their debut LP Obsession on January 8th via Mishka and earlier today they dropped the title track from the album to get all of us fans ready for what’s to come. You may notice that the track samples Brandy and Monica’s ‘98 hit “The Boy Is Mine” and while I never thought that I’d hear that anytime soon, Magic Fades makes it work completely in their favor. There’s an enticing, lascivious nature surrounding “Obsession” that makes it irresistible right from the start and to be honest, after playing this song about a dozen or so times today, I couldn’t be anymore stoked on this album than I already am. Check out Magic Fades on soundcloud to hear more material while you’re getting ready for Obsession to drop and if you haven’t yet, swing by their bandcamp page to grab the four track release She Beat All The Haters for a name your own price.

BEHIND THE TRACKS: INTERIORS

The main purpose of every one of these “behind the tracks” posts or interviews is to introduce new music to all of you along with getting to know the artists behind it just a bit more and see what’s in store for them. Every month I try to get in touch with two bands or musicians that I feel deserve to get some attention and what better place to get that then through the internet or better yet, tumblr. I happen across new artists just about every day or so, but this one in particular stuck out and grabbed a hold of my attention with a sound that’s both unique and mystifying. So for my second feature I decided to have a chat with Thomas Thorson, the man behind the future pop/ electronic sounds of Portland based project Interiors, and talk about upcoming releases, favorite albums of the year, The Dark Arts Festival held in Oregon earlier this year, and a little bit more. I can’t think of a proper way to end this, so like Mario says in Mario 64 “Heeere we goooo!!!”

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