The Unicorns Are the Best Kind of Ghosts

This is one of my favorite bands with an odd name:

Back to School With Ambience!

As nearly chilly September approaches, school starts, and work continues as usual, we are all looking for some nice ambient noise. Aren't we? Ambient music can create wonderful background noise while you do whatever work you have piling up.  If you are an ambient afficionado already,  I ask you to push over your John Cage and Brian Eno discs and consider "ChOcklate CaKE".  Not only does it have a very silly name, but it is in my opinion, some of the choicest ambient noise. They use mostly industrial sounds and it reminds one of lying down in the middle of a working factory (including the myriad dream-like shouts of workers). They have no myspace and a google search of "ChOcklate CaKE" comes up with the obvious culinary related hits. Regardless, I want you to have them! Their album Pre-Historic BeAcH is a thing of beauty, my favorites are primal goo, smiley goo, and brehistoric peach. Download, brain nuzzle, and enjoy!

You can go to sadsteve.com and find em'...

http://sadsteve.com/search.py?q=chocklate+CaKE

(I am not responsible for any repercussions  from using above website) 

Lots o' Fun!

Dress Your Kittens in Rhinestones and Juggernauts!

I've been in a kitten mood lately, so I decided to do a bit of random searching to find bands using the keyword "kitten".  I think I found a gem...this week's distraction is deemed "Kitten Glitter".  I also found "Switchblade Kittens", "Tiny Paws of Fury" and "Atomic Kittens" but I never found another band that succumbed to the cuteness that the word kitten evokes. Kitten Glitter does what "The Unicorns" did, they take their name and run with it. 

With a sudden tornado of  varied sounds and sometimes little squeaks, this unsigned band from Lubbock, Texas, achieves an exciting paddy paw tapping pulse that is reminiscent of Anamanaguchi with a dash of Aphex Twin. Some would say "but this just seems like electrononsence!" But I say there is a cohesive rhythm. When dancing to Kitten Glitter you have to forge your own way.  Get out your two step machete and plow through the video game-esque tunes until you find the underlying beat. It takes a bit of getting used to at first, but after a few listens I found Kitten Glitter's beats to be charmingly erractic. My favorites are "Land seahorse" and "13 Hay Muchos Gatos". 

http://www.myspace.com/kittenglitter