March 2016 Roundup – A Mixtape

Jon Doyle — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 12:05:01 +0000

Here’s a mixtape featuring every artist we wrote about during March 2016. There are plenty of gems in there so if you’ve spent the last month spring cleaning, gorging on chocolate eggs, or rubbing your eyes after a long hibernation, be sure to check this out.

Tracklisting:

1. Fire – Mal Devisa
2. wild fire/flowers – Trust Fall
3. Home Alone – Max Gardener
4. Your Love – Jeremy Squires
5. Veins – Camp Howard
6. How To Dance – Mount Moriah
7. Good Evening – Adeem the Artist
8. Shallow – Candy
9. Francie Cool – Francie Cool
10. Bad Vibes – Zebrafi
11. Piece of Ivy – Jake Bellissimo
12. Snow Day – Julia Brown
13. Alive – Dear Tracks
14. Ted the Radical Westy – Ravetank
15. ft1 – naps
16. We Have The Perimeter Surrounded – Hallelujah the Hills
17. Bullet in a Broken Gun – Oscar Lush
18. Color Peels – The Wandering Lake
19. Nowhere Nothing – Oceanator
20. Suagr Skull – The Washboard Abs
21. Of Wandering – Littler
22. bicycle – Twelve Gardens
23. Ya Ya Ya – You Won’t
24. Find You – Family Video
25. Jack Campbell (Quick Jammer) – Dingus.
26. Candy – Fish Food
27. It May Very Well Do – 100 Watt Horse
28. Life – Whim
29. Meg – Hovvdy
30. Piano Player – The Hotelier
31. Calvary – Chris Bathgate
32. Postman – Sam Moss

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Littler build up to new album Of Wandering with Tectonics

Jon Doyle — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:35:23 +0000

Littler are a four-piece from Philadelphia who apparently met at Philly’s First Time’s The Charm event, where people go to learn an instrument and start a band. After a series of singles and EPs and the addition of a drummer, the band have developed their sound into something raw and energetic and earnest, taking the loud/quiet dynamic and pushing into cathartic levels of feeling and emotion.

The band have finished recording their debut full-length with Swearin’s Kyle Gilbride (who’s worked with other WTD-favs like Radiator Hospital and Girlpool), and a few of the tracks are available for your streaming please. The latest of which, ‘Tectonics’, was unveiled today. Starting with near Titus Andronicus-style guitars and percussion, Madeline’s half-deadpan vocals carry the song through until it descends into frenzy in the closing portion, the instrumentation accelerating along with the final refrain of “all will change!”

“I want to be good at a lot of things
but I don’t know how to go about that
culture shifts
like tectonics”

Of Wandering will be released on Birdtapes on the 25th March, including some lovely vinyl varieties (with coke bottle green and yellow editions). You can pre-order the vinyl now, or grab a digital copy via the Littler Bandcamp page.

P.S. If you find yourself state-side this Spring you can catch the Littler on tour. Check the dates below:

2/11: Philadelphia, PA – The Pharmacy w/ Arm Candy, Crusher, and Honey Radar
2/12: Washington, D.C. – Above the Bayou w/ Arm Candy, Foozle, and Nox
2/13: New Brunswick, NJ w/ Arm Candy
2/14: Baltimore, MD – Hippo Hut w/ Arm Candy and Mega Bog
2/27: Haverford, PA – Haverford College w/ Adult Mom and Hello Shark
3/18: Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church w/ Screaming Females, Cayetana, Amanda X, and Dark Thoughts
3/24: Philadelphia, PA – Goldilocks Gallery w/ Slow Animal and Marge
3/25: Providence, RI w/ Slow Animal
3/26: Boston, MA w/ Slow Animal
3/27: Brooklyn, NY – Silent Barn w/ Slow Animal and Gnarwhal
4/1: Philadelphia, PA – Ortliebs w/ Japanese Breakfast and Myrrias

Photo by Emily Burtner, Artwork by Nathan Zeidman

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