I know I’m fashionably late here, and that the resonance of the fuzz guitar had maybe declined by now, but I finally decided to share my thoughts with the world about the Escape EP (out on Woodist) by American duo Moon Duo.
The duo is essentially the fruitful collaboration of Wooden Shijps guitarist Erik Johnson and Sanar Yamada and it’s highly recommended to those who didn’t get enough of the Shjips releases and want the extra fuzzy shovel to dig their brain out.

This 4 pieces EP is a meditative attempt to grasp and conquer a territory that many have walked in, years before. The lo-fi aesthetics and constant rhythm brings to mind, what can you, Hawkwind. It’s hard to form a band that so influenced by Krautrock and not mention Faust or Can as primary influences, but Moon Duo’s sound it a reflection of the new psychedelic/kraut wave of 00’s, rather then an imitation of something that had been done in the past.
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STR Mixtape : Hunting And Collecting

1. Burgess Merdith – Miners Ball

2. Jim Henson – Tick Tock Sick (02:12)

3. Ariel Pink – Fright Night (03:56)

4. Lou Johnson – Beat (07:23)

5. Tom Shaw – Stop In The Valley (10:04)

6. Beach Fossils – Youth (13:00)

7. Candy Clows – Sunbeam Show (15:34)

8. Careful – Bounce (19:35)

9. Jamie Lidell – Your Sweet Boom (22:59)

10. Greg Maclolm – Chairman Mao (26:06)

11. Ólafur Arnalds – Kujurrt (31:02)

12. Bill Wells – A Solider’s Shoulder (35:33)

13. Donny Lee – Skunk Ape (39:18)

14. Bill Baird – Expecting To Fly(42:32)

15. Traffic – Love (46:40)

16. Can – Hunters and Collectors (49:18)

17. Koes Bedsaudara – Poor Clown (53:33)

18. Chocolat – Le Monde Est Vert (55:08)

STR’s quest for fantastic Finnish bands continues, and this time we’re paying a visit to the Helsinki based band Shogun Kunitoki.
Shogun Kunitoki (can’t tell you what it stands for, as unfortunately don’t speak the language) had released their first album Tasankokaiku in 2006, and was critically acclaimed by many good critics at Pitchfork, Stylus, Exclaim, Dusted and others.

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Good morning!
This week’s mixtape turned out to be pretty groovy. Not bad for someone who spends his entire day sitting on a chair.
Anyway, at some point I got into to it so much, so I went along and abused thee Can song, and dared to call it a remix. But it’s nothing more then a strange delay actually

In anyway, enjoy

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Yea baby, it’s time for a new mixtape. And this time, how surprising, a good one.
As usual, you can stream it or just right-click-download it.

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1. Blind Roosevelt Graves And Brother – I’ll Be Rested
2. Jefferson Airplane – Good Shepperd (2:28)
3. Sleep Whale – Cotton Curls (6:49)
4. Colin Blunstone – Smokey Day (10:06)
5. Theme – Point Of Everything (13:16)
6. Mogwai – Honey (18:34)
7. Ben Reynolds – England (22:21)
8. C Joynes – Bones For Dogsi (25:18)
9. Unknown Instructors – Sunny Afternoon Spent At The Bar (30:14)
10. Akron Family – The Will Appear (33:00)
11. Ed Askew – Songs For Pilots (39:17)
12. Micah Blue Smaldone – Bastard Of Times (45:20)
13. Clair and the Reasons – Mellifera (50:57)
14. Built To Spill – Hindsight (54:57)
15. Nels Cline – Yokada Yokada/The Rumproller (58:29)
16. Can – Half Past One (63;03)
17. Frank Palmes – Troubles ‘Bout My Soul (67:30)

Vowels is the brainchild of the talented musician James Rutledge, a London-based producer that already gained reputation with his remixes for Grizzly Bear, Fever Ray, Bloc Party, MGMT and others. He’s a brilliant sound artists that along with drummer Chris Walmsley, formed this duo.

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