Welcome to the very first edition of Radio Free MP3. In this periodically random, or randomly periodic series I will be highlighting batches of music that I find interesting. They will likely be new, but they might be old. They could be superstars, but mostly they will unheard of, independently labeled and somewhat obscure. They will be free, but you are encouraged to buy. They will all be good, at least to me, at the time I post them. Your mileage may very. Heck, my mileage may very a day after I post them.
Gliss - "Morning Light"
Gliss is a three piece act from Los Angeles. Though Victoria, the girl singer, is Danish. They make fuzzed out noise rock with subdued pop sensibilities. They sound like the Raveonettes, the Jesus and Mary Chain and the morning after a long, glorious party. "Morning Light" starts with a freak out like an alarm clock buzzing you from hangover dreams and quickly swirls between "Just Like Honey" and some leftover Smashing Pumpkins b-side. It comes off of their just released second album, Devotion Implosion from Cordless Recordings.
You can check out more of the band on their Rycodisk webpage, or on MySpace.
Article comments
1 - Connie Phillips
Hey Mat, thanks for compiling all the hidden gems together in one column. Sort of reminds me of the Random iPod column you use to do, only these are all new to me.
Totally cool!
2 - Mat Brewster
Thanks Connie. I was going through all those songs anyways I figured it was logical to put up the ones I liked. Hopefully I keep doing each week or so.
Have no fear, the Random Shuffle will come back again...someday.
3 - El Bicho
that's part of the charm is its random appearance. some frequent writers should follow suit