If you don't already know, Boyz IV Men are a local group here in San Francisco. They play synthesizers not unlike someone would play a guitar, which is what makes their live shows much more interesting than most electronic based acts.
Well, if he does, he definitely gets freaky listening to Ritualz. I don't expect anyone to like any of this. Actually, I'm pretty sure I don't, but it's kind of like this. I hate horror movies, cause I'm kind of a pussy, get scared easily and find myself sleeping with a light on afterwards. But sometimes, I have to freeze the gore on the DVD and examine it carefully in slow motion to see what's going on. Listening to this is kind of like that.
I'm pretty sure the amount of dancing is usually in direct correlation with what political party is in the White House at the time. When Jimmy Carter was president, everyone was at the disco. When Clinton was in office, everyone was out raving. I suppose if the economy wasn't so shitty, people would be dancing more now, but let's face it. Bush was such a killjoy, it's practically spilling over into this administration. In spite of this though, fun electronic dance-able beats are still being churned out....
The Young Liars....was it "Hot Chip" that started this whole sound?
I really like everything that he puts out. His music all has a real sentimental feeling to it that I can't explain. His live performance needs work though.....
His latest realease seems to be scraps of electro leftovers.
I'm not sure where the inspiration for this one came from. Brian Wilson probably. He demostrates that he's quite capable of writing beach inspired indie pop tunes and more so, quite good at it.
An oldie but a goodie. This was one of my favorite tunes from last year.
There is a reason why this blog is called Tunesifter. Mainly it's because I have to sift through tons of pure shit to get to stuff that I like. And I don't mean "sounds that I'm just not into" type of stuff. I'm talking about the "these guys shouldn't even be playing music" type of garbage that has nothing to do with genre or whatever....just terrible music no matter what the style. know what I mean?
Jabroni's pretty good though...
They remind me a bit of the sort of jazzy inluenced indie rock of the late 90s and early 2000s....sort of like:
