I have personally been kind of disappointed lately with music, I feel as though there are too many artists trying to ‘do’ what has already been done. Most notably, the revert back to nostalgia. I can only take so much, I mean, I do own older records.



I like and respect Prince Rama because of their unique sound. The tribal drumming, heavenly vocal wails, and progressive synths equates to a sound that can only be Prince Rama. Their southeast asian influence may come most notably from being raised on a Hare Krishna commune in Florida, the mystical and ethereal vibes felt while listening really does feel supernatural.



Their newest record, Shadow Temple drops September 14th on Paw Tracks, so yes, this album was recorded with the help of Animal Collective members Avey Tare and Deakin, and in Kurt Vonneguts’ grandsons’ cabin and a 135 year-old haunted church no less.



You can hear Thunderdrums from this LP on my charity compilation, which will be available to purchase for only one more week.

It is my utmost pleasure to announce that my charity project for Haiti has been funded through my Kickstarter page, raising a pretty sweet $545. If you would still like to get yourself a Salad Fork compilation with most proceeds going to Haiti, you can purchase one here. I am estimating that people will start receiving their tapes in the mail in late June/early July. Digital downloads I will send out soon, so you can still enjoy the tunes while you wait for your physical copy.

Tracklist:

Speculator: Stay Cool

Rene: Pet Cemetary

Cloud Nothings: Even In The Summer

Mount McKinley: Backslide

Weekend: All-American

Prince Rama: Thunderdrums

Sunnybrook: Swedish Kids

Craft Spells: From The Morning Heat

PPALM: All I Need

Memory Tapes: Peter

Tan Dollar: Fell Out

Nate Grace: DWLDWD (demo)

RxRy: Prestina Mewloh

Twin Sister: Ginger (JAB)

Woodsman: I Can’t Move

Memoryhouse: Lately (Troisieme)

Johnny still vibin’ deep from Portugal with some new SANDSTEP tracks. The woozy guitar riffs in Eyjafjallajökull give a lot of depth to the track and present a super dark mood, while Hula Dreams // Gray May is more laid back, think pina coolada sunsets on tropical beaches. Both tracks are reminiscent of some of his older stuff which can be found here.


SBBD: Hula Dreams // Gray May

SBBD: Eyjafjallajökull



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Lemonade Sundream is a new track from Gainsville, Floridas’ Rabbit Punch. Rabbit Punch is JT and his karate coach, and this track presents some pretty cool, fun, laid-back vibes which is most likely a result of a karate coach and his student teaming up to create some ill music. Be sure to catch Rabbit Punch at the first Salad Fork presents show May 25th in Providence at Mars Gas Chamber.


Rabbit Punch: Lemonade Sundream



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Thanks to Salad Fork pal Georgia for turning me on to this digitally unreleased Best Coast b-side off of her When I’m With You 7” (via). It seems like Bethany is jumping on the promotional bandwagon lately, but this time we have the good folks at Saucony to thank. They also happened to ‘pair’ this download with an unreleased Japandroids track.


Best Coast: This Is Real


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This is what happens when Farms time travel. Shot in HD. Comedically creative.

RxRy is blessing us with a couple of new tracks from his upcoming VAEIOWLS LP and it will be the first time RxRy is dropping his songs on some ill wax. He’s our generations’ king of ambient dub and these tracks live up to the hype that the mysterious RxRy has generated for himself. I’ve also had the pleasure of listening to a few more of the tracks off of his upcoming LP, and I assure you none will disappoint.


RxRy: aaiei (alpha reply dagger signal)

RxRy: eiioa (flint rasp export defect)



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Remember What Brought Us Here is a track off of Dead Gazes’ upcoming split cassette with Grey Things that will be dropping on Clan Destine Records. He’s also got a tape out on one of my favorite tape labels, Mirror Universe called End Of Days, Why Not You?. Super catchy psychedelic garage rock.


Dead Gaze: Remember What Brought Us Here

Toro Y Moi is releasing a new 7” through Carpark, and his Yours Truly session was a preview of his sound-to-come on his upcoming 7”. No electronic beats will be found on this 7”, it’s all about drums/bass/electric guitar/xylophone. Classic early rock feel. This 7” will prepare us for his next full length, which is ‘rumored’ to drop in August.

Toro Y Moi does a ‘non-chill’ version of You Hid for one of my favorite music websites, Yours Truly.

TORO Y MOI “YOU HID” from Yours Truly on Vimeo.