Catching some ears this week should be Brighten. The duo from Chico sing about the great state of California and sing their hearts into every indie-rock and beach pop song. The Early Love EP is out, so check them out and perhaps you will hear them on an OC-esque show soon.
The sometimes quick and always enlivened Apollo Sunshine dropped Shall Noise Upon. As with most psychedelic rockers, their web site has an artistic flare that matches their mentality.
MP3: Matt Bauer - As She Came Out of the Water (buy)
Alias - Resurgam (Official) (MySpace)
Apollo Sunshine - Shall Noise Upon (Official) (MySpace)
Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun (Official)
Brighten - Early Love EP (MySpace)
Cake - Motorcade of Generosity (vinyl reissue) (Official) (MySpace)
Chris Tomlin - Hello Love (Official) (MySpace)
Daniel Amos - Darn Floor-Big Bite (reissue) (Official) (MySpace)
Dead Science - Villainaire (Official) (MySpace)
Dean & Britta - L'Avventura (reissue) (Official) (MySpace)
Deitrick Haddon - Revealed (Official) (MySpace)
Duchess Says - Anthologie des 3 Perchoris (Official) (MySpace)
Dungen - Sätt Att Se (Official) (MySpace)
Gennero - There's Something About Thursdays EP (Official) (MySpace)
Giant Sand - Provisions (Official) (MySpace)
Greater Than One - All The Masters Licked Me (Official) (MySpace)
Headdress - Turquiose (Official) (MySpace)
Jazzanova & Mr. Scruff - Southport Weekender, vol. 7 (Official) (MySpace)
Jean on Jean - Jean on Jean (Official) (MySpace)
Jefferson Starship - Jefferson's Tree of Liberty (Official) (MySpace)
Karrigan - My Conscience Got The Best of Me (MySpace)
Matt Bauer - The Island Moved In The Storm (Official) (MySpace)
Nick Lowe - Quiet Please - The Best of Nick Lowe (Official) (MySpace)
Nightmares on Wax - Thought So... (Official) (MySpace)
Olivia Newton-John & Friends - Celebration in Song (Official) (MySpace)
Pop Levi - Never Never Love (Official) (MySpace)
Rodney Crowell - Sex and Gasoline (Official) (MySpace)
Sonya Kitchell - This Storm (Official) (MySpace)
Terrence Howard - Shine Through It (Official) (MySpace)
Thee American Revolution - TBA (Official) (MySpace)
The Years Gone By - Forever Comes To Soon (MySpace)
TK Webb & The Visions - Ancestor (Official) (MySpace)
Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation (Official) (MySpace)
Young Jeezy - The Recession (Official) (MySpace)
Nightmares on Wax have been one of MUFs favorite chill-out music dating way back to 1995's Smoker's Delight. Just as Justin Timberlake is to pop, Nightmares On Wax are to chillout... perhaps even that doesn't do the now 38-year-old Trip-hop mastermind George Evelyn justice.
Evelyn, whose fame quickly spread via the DJ Kicks complilations started back in 1995 (way before iPods) was a shoo-in given the perfected beats and organic chemistry each of his songs emulated so well. Nightmares on Wax has joined the realms of Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Cam, DJ Krush and so many more who have perfected this less popular genre of music over the course of the last 15 years.
Nightmares on Wax is set to release their CD on September 2nd in the US and Canada. The album is called thought so... and is absolutely top notch. The first single from their album is "195lbs". If you're not so sure you're ready to commit to it yet, you can preview it on iTunes, as it has already been digitally released, or hop on over to the Nightmares On Wax blog. The blog features a game where the album is played in the background for your listening enjoyment. You can play the game right here.
There’s a facebook version of the game where you can log your hi-scores into our N.O.W. hi-scores table (play the game and submit your score). We may as well have a little competition.. The prize is a special N.O.W. goody bag from E.A.S.E. including:
- A signed test pressing of the new album on vinyl (or a CD copy if you want instead)
- N.O.W. Posters
- A N.O.W. T-Shirt
- A couple of recent DJ mixes on CDThe winner will be decided by whoever is top of the N.O.W. hi-score table by Monday 1st September at midday.
On top of all of that, you can also get a Free MP3! You can enter your email address on this page and you'll be sent a free MP3 just for signing up for the NOW newsletter.
MP3: Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits (buy)
