This month we're focusing on the serenely transcendent sounds of (my current favorite band) Peaking Lights. I believe I first encountered Peaking Lights when I was listening to a Julian Lynch "station" on last.fm ... Ever since then I've been totally hooked ...
What I love so much about this group's music is that it seems to stray and drift outside of typical song structure boundaries ... In their own organically electronic way, each song feels like a hypnotic and sprawling journey that seems to be quite endless ...
Speaking of endless, Peaking Lights' songs are reeeaallly long! It's one of the many things I really appreciate about them ... It's like they're making music on their own terms and by their own unique rules ... I'm assuming that we can expect many good things to come from this duo ...
Here is a bit of their history from the site, Altered Zones:
"Five years ago, Indra Dunis and Aaron Coyes, both life-long musicians, met in San Francisco, CA. They started dating, jamming together, and playing in the psychedelic drone group Rahdunes. A few years later, Coyes and Dunis married and moved to Madison, where they formed the equally psychedelic, lo-fi pop duo, Peaking Lights, and opened The Good Style Shop, where they sell old records, vintage clothing, and curios. The group released their second full-length earlier this year, on Not Not Fun. Less noise-inspired and improvisational than Imaginary Falcons, their first, 936 filtered their “fucked pop” inclinations through a prism of dub and reggae. I chatted with Coyes and Dunis over the phone recently while they were at their home in Madison. As we talked about Aaron’s homemade synthesizers and the experience of recording their new album in a studio, their newest, and perhaps most important release blared continually in the background: their newborn son, Miko."
(You can read the full article and interview HERE.)
And now with no further delay, may I introduce to you the very amazing and wonderful Peaking Lights ... ENJOY!
You can download this mix RIGHT HERE.
Here are a few Peaking Lights videos for your viewing pleasure =
Hey Sparrow
Amazing & Wonderful
Tiger Eyes (Laid Back)
All The Sun That Shines
Marshmellow Yellow (Best Fit Sessio)
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Hey! I've been working for 2 months solid on this upcoming solo painting show of mine called "Silent Majority" and the opening (March 2nd) is almost here! You can check out the facebook invite HERE and below is the poster for it ...
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And now, a bit of random news =
1st up, Roy Burns recently posted this piece about how many of us Alabamians do not agree with that repulsive immigration law ... read it HERE. Thanks, Roy!
HERE 's a funny /amazing /bizarre / sad river houseboat story about Grimes. Wow.
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1stly, I had to share this ultra-psychadelic Rolling Stones video from 1967 ... Zowie! =
This new one from Tanlines is cool in that you can actually "move" the camera around ... ah, technology! =
Let's play dress-up with EMA ... =
Hey look! The Drums were on Fallon! =
Gotta love some Julia Holter =
This one by Lambchop makes me laugh =
A beautifully over-the-top gay one from Perfume Genius ... Here here! =
Some tickle-filled dessertage is upon us ...
Ryan sent 2 ridiculous "scared of " Maury pieces ... haha ...cheers, R! =
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This cuddly cute one is from Elise and it's called "【癒され度１００％】スローロリスの愛が生まれた日♪ " ... thanks, E! =
Whaaat?! Eric McGinty sent me this totally insane and incredibly FUNNY one by Orphic Oxtra ... gracias, Eric! =
And finally,Ryan treated us to this very ... urm ... religious McDonalds experience ... haha! Danke, R! =
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