The Daze 10/9/09: Chillwave Apathy Edition

There's something about the combination of hazy throwback samples, gauzy synths, and stuttering beats beyond just a passing hipster fascination--the fad now known obtusely as "chillwave" has been building from a number of sides for quite some time now, and if it breaks, we may see it melt into the bold new face of psychedelia. Just my prediction. We'll see.

City Center-Summer School, Koushik-Be With, Flying Lotus-Comet Course, Prefuse 73-Regato, Nathan Fake-Bumblechord,odd nosdam-Kill Tone, Neon Indian-Deadbeat Summer, M83-Run Into Flowers, Daedelus-El Subidon, Lone-Maya Codex,Air-Remember,Broadcast-The Black Cat, Tycho-Cascade (Live Version), Savath & Savalas-Las 7 Sendas, Black Moth Super Rainbow-I Think It Is Beautiful That You Are 256 Colors Too,Washed Out-Feel It All Around, Hood-By Early Light, The Octopus Project-Wet Gold, School of Seven Bells-Half Asleep, Samiyam-Roller Skates, A Sunny Day In Glasgow-Blood White, Air France-Beach Party, Nosaj Thing-Aquarium,Mice Parade-Wave Greeting, Lukid-Wonder Years, The Radio Dept.-Keen On Boys, Dorian Concept-Yorktown Recreation,Boards Of Canada-Open the Light, Brian Eno-St. Elmo's Fire

The Daze 10/2/09: Your Socks, Rocked Off Edition

It's officially Rocktober. A terrible portmanteau, I'll agree, but a fitting one for just how much sonic power will grace the Valley in the short span this month. And the releases. So, so many releases (Embryonic, anyone?). To celebrate, I kept things this week loud. Very loud.

Tracklist:

Abe Vigoda-Don't Lie, The Jesus & Mary Chain-Never Understand, Enon-Law of Johnny Dolittle, No Age-You're A Target, Crystal Antlers-A Thousand Eyes, Deerhunter-Wash Off, Mercury Rev-Syringe Mouth, Serena Maneesh-Selina's Melodie Fountain, Dungen-Ta Det Lugnt, My Bloody Valentine-(When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream, M83-America, Health-Severin, Can-Father Cannot Yell, Shocking Pinks-Blonde Haired Girl, Oneida-Ghost in the Room, The Helio Sequence-Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles cover), The Brian Jonestown Massacre-Golden Frost, Girls-Morning Light, Spacemen 3-Take Me To The Other Side, Love-Seven & Seven Is, The Flaming Lips-Kim's Watermelon Gun, 13th Floor Elevators-Slip Inside This House, The Black Angels-You On The Run, Comets On Fire-Dogwood Rust, Secret Machines-Now Here Is Nowhere, Yo La Tengo-Sugarcube

The Daze 9/25/09: 'Wait, Where Was...' Edition

It's been a day of small surrealities. My bike lock is inexplicably stuck. The studio

lights keep flickering and fading (is the Blaze...haunted?). WinAmp keeps skipping

tracks ("where was 'No More Runnin'?" you may have asked. "'You Came To Me'?"). No one

knows. We're constantly ensnared in cosmic irregularity, call it bad luck, weak aura,

flawed magnetics, or simply shit happening. Still, the Daze stayed afloat amidst it all.

Tracklist:

Engineers-Three Fact Fader, Benoit Pioulard-Triggering Back, Caribou-Every Time She

Turns Round It's Her Birthday, Atlas Sound-Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox), Japandroids-I

Quit Girls, To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie-Along the Line, Women-Black Rice, Lukid-Wonder

Years, Volcano Choir-Still, The Brian Jonestown Massacre-Anemone, Oneida-You're

Drifting, Os Mutantes-A Minha Menina, The Olivia Tremor Control-Holiday Surprise,

Slowdive-In Mind, Bark Psychosis-Street Scene, Neon Indian-Deadbeat Summer, Flying

Lotus-Unexpected Delight (ft. Laura Darlington), Sparklehorse + Fennesz-Goodnight

Sweetheart, Seefeel-Plainsong, The Vaselines-Son of a Gun, Mice Parade-Gallileo, The

Field-I Have The Moon, You Have The Internet, Animal Collective-Daily Routine

The Daze 9/18/09: Sputtering Speakers Edition

Washed Out-You'll See It, Koushik-Be With, A Sunny Day in Glasgow-The White Witch, The Flaming Lips-Silver Trembling Hands, Syd Barrett-Octopus, Grandaddy-Go Progress Chrome, The XX-Fantasy, His Name is Alive-The Bees, Super Furry Animals-Nythod Cacwn, The Radio Dept.-David, J Dilla-Mash, No Age-Brain Burner, Aphex Twin-Xtal, Spacemen 3-Come Down Softly To My Soul, Mount Kimbie-Maybes, The Byrds-I See You, Jim O'Rourke-Bad Timing, The Clientele-Joseph Cornell, Asobi Seksu-Pink Cloud Tracing Paper, Four Tet-Swimmer, The Helio Sequence-The Echo Blomp, Boards of Canada-Gyroscope, Beck-Whiskeyclone Hotel City 1997, Savath & Savalas-Las 7 Sendas, My Bloody Valentine-You Made Me Realise, Tim Hecker-Dungeoneering, Songs of Green Pheasant-The Wraith of Loving, Flying Lotus (ft. Laura Darlington)-Auntie's Lock/Infinitum, Phosphorescent-The Waves At Night

The Daze 9/11/09: Summer Slowly Sliding into Fall Edition

Crystal Antlers-Andrew, Shocking Pinks-End of the World, Deerhunter, Cryptograms, Grizzly Bear-All We Ask, The Long Lost-Siren Song, School of Seven Bells-Face to Face On High Places, Swirlies-Pancake, Califone-Spiders House, Lake-Bad Dream, Lone-Interview at Honolulu, Gravenhurst-Hourglass, Can-Oh Yeah, The Flaming Lips-Talkin' 'Bout the Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues, Broadcast-Man Is Not a bird, Midlake-I Guess I'll Take Care, Todd Rundgren-International Feel, Air France-No Excuses, Stereolab-Golden Ball, City Center-Killer Whale, Clinic-Emotions, The Fiery Furnaces-Nevers, Flying Saucer Attack-My Dreaming Hill, Lackthereof-Vacant Eyes, Gang Gang Dance-Vacuum, Galaxie 500-Another Day, Brian Eno-On Some Faraway Beach, My Bloody Valentine-Sometimes

The Daze 9/4/09: Broken Bicycle Edition

Not mine, but you get the idea. At least today's Daze still rolled on smoothly.

Tracklist:

The Flaming Lips-Convinced of the Hex, The Clean-Tally Ho, Black Tambourine-For Ex-Lovers Only, The Aislers Set-The Way To Market Station, Bibio-Mr. & Mrs. Compost, Abe Vigoda-Wild Heart, A Sunny Day in Glasgow-Failure, Venice is Sinking-Ryan's Song, Beulah-I Love John, She Loves Paul, No Age-You're a Target, Spacemen 3-Walkin' With Jesus, The Microphones-The Moon, Love-Seven & Seven Is, Yo La Tengo-By Two's, Super Furry Animals-Cardiff in the Sun, Disco Inferno-It's A Kid's World, To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie-In People's Homes, Lotus Plaza-Different Mirrors, HiM-Universe Peoples, Broadcast-Tears in the Typing Pool, odd nosdam-The Kill Tone Two, The Soft Boys-Queen of Eyes, The Field-A Paw In My Face, High Places-From Stardust to Sentience, The Radio Dept.-Why Won't You Talk About It?, Boards of Canada-Dawn Chorus, Beach House-Master of None, Prefuse 73-Regato, Grouper-Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping, The Dirty Projectors-Not Having Found