A stab at epic, guitar-based pop by our band Sredni Vashtar, with a (very unauthorised) guest appearance from Winona Ryder in the middle eight. [more inside]

posted by srednivashtar at 3:59 AM - 2 comments

and so it was time to do another RPM album in feb - st stephen's night as if this makes any sense ... [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 4:24 PM - 0 comments

I wrote a little tune about that darn microscopic critter the whole world is talking about. I made a little video for it, too. If you wanna see it, it's here. Put it on Bandcamp as well, just for good measure, as an AIF file, which of course I'd be delighted if you bought for a buck. Or more. Cause all my damn gigs are cancelled lately. [more inside]

posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:16 AM - 2 comments

After learning of the passing of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, I was inspired to pull this old Hence The Name song out of the archives. Hope you enjoy it. [more inside]

posted by subocoyne at 11:42 AM - 2 comments

Nasty, brutish and short [more inside]

posted by Grangousier at 1:50 PM - 3 comments

You know how you were thinking the other day "I really love Nine Inch Nails, but I'd really love Nine Inch Nails if they were Sufjan Stevens" Yeah, me too. Also for the first time shot video as I was recording.

posted by Maaik at 5:00 AM - 6 comments

A little melodic drone I made as I was coming out of the end of a migraine. [more inside]

posted by TheCoug at 4:24 PM - 1 comment

Acid/Techno/Chillout/Ambient electronic music in the style of Chemical Brothers and Kruder and Dorfmeuster DJ Kicks! era [more inside]

posted by nikaspark at 12:42 AM - 1 comment

A hushed but nonetheless exuberant take on a very good song from They Might Be Giants' album "Flood," recorded at my kitchen table [more inside]

posted by Maaik at 5:28 AM - 0 comments

Three jigs I've been working on recently - Miller of Glanmire, The Drowning at Bruckless, and Bill Harte's. Two tenor guitars (a recent Nigel Forster, and a 1943 Epiphone archtop), and banjo (Ode Juniper). [more inside]

posted by gorbichov at 5:34 PM - 5 comments

From Vivaldi Concerto in D Major for Flute [more inside]

posted by SemiSalt at 6:42 AM - 0 comments

"Won't shake it at the Mardi Gras, why don'tcha come home and shake it all for me!" Americana and Second-Line rhythms combine in a character piece about a bayou boy skeptical of the charms of the Big Easy. The upcoming album, Tales from the Crescent, is a New Orleans-themed song cycle that crosses multiple genre lines in its quest to musically capture the complicated creature that is the Crescent City.

posted by soundacious at 9:04 AM - 0 comments

In the spirit of perpetually re-arranging and re-recording our songs, 'Received Wisdom' has now evolved into this rather sleek beast. [more inside]

posted by srednivashtar at 3:36 PM - 2 comments

A short ride on some eccentric polyrhythms with some soft-synths and a processed vocalization. [more inside]

posted by The Vice Admiral of the Narrow Seas at 4:00 PM - 2 comments

Not actually a haiku, but I feel like its is soul is a haiku. [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 11:28 AM - 0 comments

This thread reminded me that I haven't actually played jazz in a long time. [more inside]

posted by invitapriore at 11:56 PM - 5 comments

A jangly, upbeat tune about missed opportunities. Lyrics are vaguely nonsensical. [more inside]

posted by grumpybear69 at 8:42 AM - 2 comments

An ambient/drone piece from my newly released album Float (pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp). I'm breaking a habit of expressing anxiety and foreboding through my music, and aiming to spread some tranquility and wonder instead. [more inside]

posted by Foosnark at 5:48 PM - 1 comment

Recently met a dog with a mighty fine behind. [more inside]

posted by youarenothere at 11:13 AM - 1 comment

This song is a short instrumental. [more inside]

posted by not_on_display at 9:28 PM - 0 comments

Song I wrote for a montage of travel footage. [more inside]

posted by alexx51 at 8:18 AM - 0 comments

A re-recording of this song for an album that I swear is coming out soon (for the four people out there vaguely aware of it). Features acoustic guitar, harmonies from talented friends Ings and Jon David Russell, an instrument like a marimba that I forget the name of, and a flute solo (!) at the end. [more inside]

posted by Corduroy at 1:13 AM - 0 comments

Short, sweet, sappy love song. [more inside]

posted by tmcw at 11:38 AM - 2 comments

A short (1:27) original piece of me on solo piano. It's a reworking / different arrangement of a previous tune I posted, which was piano & guitar. This is a slightly different take on rhythm and melody -- more of a contemplative feeling, and still reflective and reassuring (I hope). Happy new year, MetaFilter! [more inside]

posted by rangefinder 1.4 at 10:28 PM - 2 comments

last song of the album and thanks for comments and listening [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 2:55 AM - 0 comments

The first track I've finished in a project of doing ska covers of The Band songs [more inside]

posted by Jon_Evil at 7:55 PM - 0 comments

well, some people would dream of this [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 4:59 PM - 0 comments

sometimes people just aren't having it [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 4:43 PM - 0 comments

one generation wants a wall torn down, another wants one built [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 4:36 PM - 0 comments

This year I wrote a Christmas song that I'm rather fond of for my wife, who I'm also rather fond of. [more inside]

posted by TheNegativeInfluence at 4:24 PM - 0 comments

also known as "you have a CHOICE" [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 4:48 PM - 0 comments

Very late to the game on this, but here's a cheeky contribution to the Kate Bush challenge :D

posted by CarrotAdventure at 4:42 PM - 0 comments

A little ditty about a son confronting his father the king. [more inside]

posted by umbú at 1:57 PM - 1 comment

in which i reveal the secret of modern american life [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 5:20 PM - 0 comments

just another day at the mall ... [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 3:40 PM - 0 comments

A jaunty (for us) Carbon 7 number from last August. I was making notes on my phone of little snippets of conversation to use as song titles. No clue how we got there, but it seemed hilarious at the time. Utterly improvisational. [more inside]

posted by Devils Rancher at 5:19 PM - 1 comment

first song of lakeview square, my new album about the rise and fall of a shopping mall [more inside]

posted by pyramid termite at 4:21 PM - 1 comment

Soundtrack I wrote and recorded for a video montage of footage in Amsterdam.

posted by alexx51 at 2:21 PM - 0 comments

I've posted a few old Hurlo Thrumbo songs here before -- this is an unfinished project from mere weeks before we broke up. Rough mix, rescued from 24 track 2-inch tape, scratch vox. [more inside]

posted by Devils Rancher at 3:54 PM - 2 comments

If humans have unconditional love and computers have conditional loops, what is robot love? [more inside]

posted by AppleSeed at 9:35 AM - 0 comments