It is the season for big-budget sequel, so why shouldn’t mysterious producer Metrotune create a sequel to last year’s semi-blogged chillwave zone-out “Casio Beach” just in time to go head-to-head with Harry Potter? “Casio Bay” does everything you’d expect the second-time around to do, choosing to stick to the same formula that worked for the…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWn7zbgxZ4″] Note video above not the song, but rather something that might weird ya out For a while there Metrotune played it safe by just posting Dilla-inspired beats. Now with “Pickles” the mysterious producers hit us with…a Reagan-era club jam that could double as filler music in an episode of Miami Vice. Metrotune’s still slicing…
Metrotune continue to fake out listeners by naming new songs after musical artifacts from the 60s. Last time they invoked the Yardbirds, and on new track “Sunny Afternoon” they borrow the title from a Kinks’ tune. Yet as was the case with “Yardbirds,” Metrotune’s latest won’t be featured in any Wes Anderson soundtracks anytime soon….
OK, I don’t think this has anything to do with the band. Metrotune’s latest instead probably gets its title from the numerous bird samples loitering about, which lend the three-minute track a slight natural touch. Which is welcome, because the rest of “Yardbirds” touches on the same keyboard-created fantasies last year’s “Casio Beach” did, this…
40. The Telephones “Kiss Me, Love Me, Kiss Me” The video tries to trick you into thinking The Telephones remain the same attention-rattled guys as before, the type of band who would make finger puppets the big draw of their clip. “Kiss Me, Love Me, Kiss Me” the song, though, finds the group getting a…