Friday 8-track: New Music Sampler - Winter '08

1. Blake/e/e/e - "New Millennium's Lack of Self Explanation"

"Based out of Chicago, Blake/e/e/e is a new project finding two members of the Italian band Franklin Delano half relocated to the States... world ethnic spirituals to alt. Country, filled with drones and bones" - from the ablum Border Radio, dropping April 8th on Free Folk Records [LINK]

2. Smallwire - "Aftercast"

"Cascading vocal harmonies, detail rich pop arrangements" - debut full length from this local 5-piece out in April on Moorworks [LINK]

3. Food For Animals - "Tween My Lips"

"Southern hip-hop, ghettotech, Baltimore club, dubstep, power electronics, straight-up noise" - from the album Belly, out now on HOSS [LINK]

4. Carlos y Gaby - "Hot Heavy Heat (A Chase Theme)"

"Analog bliss from veteran sound sculptors" - check out La Voz Sabie De Los Cosmosm, available on vinyl in March on Alpha Pop [LINK]

5. Take - "Bee Sting"

"A blunted uptempo number that buzzes with a dirty 80s electro-disco vibe" - From The "Plus Ultra EP," out now on Inner Current Recordings. [LINK]

6. The OaKs - "Masood"

"Acoustic guitar, horns, vibes and organ proudly bearing the orchestral stamp of artists like Sufjan Stevens and Beirut." - From the forthcoming album Songs For Waiting, due out in March. [LINK]

7. Whitsundays - "It Must Be Me"

"Yellowed, reverb-wrapped pop music" - Self-titled debut out now on Friendly Fire Recordings. [LINK]

8. Keefe Jacksons Project Project - "Dragonfly"

"A 12 player ensemble of Chicago jazz visionaries" - From the album Just Like This, out now on Delmark. Check them out live at Hungry Brain on 2/24. [LINK]