March 2019 Roundup Mix

Jon Doyle — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 18:37:12 +0000

Here’s a roundup of everything we covered during March 2019.

Swim Camp – Pretty Bird
Black Belt Eagle Scout – Indian Never Die
Pedro The Lion – Quietest Friend
Cat Clyde – Anymore
She Keeps Bees – Coyote
Cartwheel – Nothing
Tempertwig – Comfort Blanket
Downhaul – Wires / Enough
Witching Waves – Eye 2 Eye
LISA – Primitive Us
Yamachan – Rose Gold Blue
Spelling Reform – The Second Coming
Faith & Majesty – Summer Fling
Caroline Lazar – Georgia
Jeffrey Silverstein – Easy Rider
Ronnie Rogers – Leaning On
Nanami Ozone – Alone Too
Fresh – Willa
Perfume V – Perfume Homes Movies
Hand Habits – Can’t Calm Down
MUNYA – Benjamin
LUNCH – Forget Everything
Control Top – Chain Reaction
Prudence – Euphoria
Cult Film – Bored to Death
Walking Bicycles – Fat Cat
Lost Dog – DFT
Sharkmuffin – Serpentina
Bandy – Trying to Reach You
Gold Connections – Like a Shadow
AllegrA – Spoon or Fork
Parkway & Columbia – Wondering and Wandering
la loye – to live underwater
Kitchen – Claws
Spectator – Waves
Sailor Boyfriend – The Battle of Sugarhill
Ladada – My Van
The Exbats – 2027
Adir L.C. – Reacting
minihorse – Drink You Dry
Trevor Stott – Halfway in the Night
Tyler Burkhart – Waiting For You
Or Sobre Blau – Mártires

Like what you hear? Catch up with the rest of our Monthly Mixes!

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LISA – Primitive US

Jon Doyle — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:45:45 +0000

The music of Montreal’s LISA exists at the intersection of nostalgic familiarity and playful invention, where the comfort of recognition is constantly shifted and denied by a stranger, more alien edge. Therefore, while LISA owes much to classic folk and pop, there is something otherworldly present too—her songs charting a world that appears to be ours but also not, as though everything we think we know about our times is slowly growing peculiar and strange.

Ahead of her self-titled debut EP, LISA has released lead single ‘Primitive Us’. The track is an excellent example of her idiosyncratic style. With its woozy instrumentation and luscious vocals, the song could stand tall as an provocatively moody slice of indie pop, though the offbeat tone soon becomes clear and the scope of the track’s emotional range becomes clear.

Far from being solely the standard fare of broken hearts and personal turmoil, the song is placed very much in the context of our times, where inter-connectivity and technological encroachment is changing both the physical contours of the world and the way in which we experience it. LISA brings to life the feeling of being caught in the constant beam of information, a flow that rarely squares with physical experiences, and also the resulting daze—a paralysis that extends to even the overt destruction of the planet that is occurring all around us.

The self-titled EP will be released soon, so keep an eye on the LISA website for info.

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LISA – Primitive US