The Daze 10/30/09: Halloween Edition

Nudge-Two Hands, Deerhunter-Operation, Fever Ray-Concrete Walls, Add N to (X)-Revenge Of The Black Regent, Broadcast-In Here the World Begins, Crystal Antlers-A Thousand Eyes, Brian Eno-In Dark Trees, Can-Mushroom, Hood-The Lost You, Low-Whitetail, Clinic-High Coin, Fuck Buttons-Sweet Love For Planet Earth, Pixies-The Thing, HEALTH-Severin, Sonic Youth-Death Valley '69, Grouper-A Cover Over, Liars-A Visit From Drum, Portishead-Machine Gun, Cryptacize-Mythomania, Slowdive-Miranda, To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie-The Needle, Boards of Canada-You Could Feel The Sky, His Name Is Alive-Sitting Still Moving Still Staring Outlooking, Clinic-Coda

The Daze 10/23/09: The Nu-Gaze Neighbors Upstairs Edition

A Place to Bury Strangers-It Is Nothing, The Radio Dept.-Why Won't You Talk About It?, Working For A Nuclear Free City-Kingdom, School Of Seven Bells-Half Asleep, Ringo Deathstarr-Swirly, Serena Maneesh-Sapphire Eyes, Atlas Sound-Quick Canal (ft. Laetitia Sadier), Spiritualized-Do It All Over Again, Astrobrite-Crusher, Manitoba-I've Lived On A Dirt Road All My Life, LSD and the Search For God-Backwards, HEALTH-Before Tigers, The Depreciation Guild-Parasol Parachute, Lovesliescrushing-Babysbreath, Secret Shine-Gingell, Mahogany-The View From The People Wall, No Age-Impossible Bouquet, M83-Teen Angst, To Kill A Petty Bourgeousie-Along the Line, The Horrors-Scarlet Fields, Boards Of Canada-Dawn Chorus, Black Moth Super Rainbow-Gold Splatter, Air Formation-I Can't Remember Waking Up, Yo La Tengo-More Stars Than There Are In Heaven, Sparklehorse + Fennesz-Goodnight Sweetheart

The Daze 10/16/09: "Autumn's Upon Us" Edition

We don't have piles of leaves here in Arizona. Usually.

Clinic-Free Not Free, The Skygreen Leopards-Jehovah I Surrender, Califone-Giving Away the Bride, Venice Is Sinking-Ryan's Song, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci-Bogs Angelica, Mice Parade-Waterslide, The Flaming Lips-The Ego's Last Stand, Juana Molina-Vive Solo, Nudge-Two Hands, The Clientele-Harvest Time, Mountains-Map Table, Gravenhurst-Hourglass, Hope Sandoval &The Warm Inventions-Wild Roses, Akron/Family-Afford, The Beta Band-Dr. Baker, The Gentleman Losers-Bonetown Boys, Songs of Green Pheasant-Knulp, Four Tet-Slow Jam, Phosphorescent-A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise, The Velvet Underground-Venus In Furs, Piano Magic-Snowfall Soon, Damon & Naomi-Little Red Record Co., Grizzly Bear-Disappearing Act, Cyann & Ben-Sunny Morning

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