Plaid - Greedy Baby

Electronic music duo Plaid and visual artist Bob Jaroc. Music by Plaid, art by Bob Jaroc.

Plaid - Greedy Baby

To fully appreciate this you've got to watch the DVD segment of this release with Bob Jaroc's visual art, but the music alone is still fantastic. Not Plaids best, but worth checking out. Like I said, the real gems come from watching the DVD. So go buy it.

Touch Committee - Winter Beard

Touch Committee are an 8 fisted beast of rock music brought to earth on the back of the gods, sent on a mission of diplomacy and shredding... or something like that.

Touch Committee - Winter Beard

Winter Beard is Touch Committee's debut full length (having only released a 4-song ep previously), and one of my favourite finds of last year. It fits somewhere nicely between fuzzed out 90s indie rock and midwest emo (Cap'n Jazz etc). Feel good jams and catchy lyrics guarenteed.

These guys deserve your attention, so check it out. Oh, and the album cover is brilliant.

Dr. Strangeloop - Are We Lost Mammals of an Approaching Transcendental Epoch?

Dr. Strangeloop is a visual artist associated with the likes of Flying Lotus and the rest of the Brainfeeder roster.

Dr. Strangeloop - Are We Lost Mammals of an Approaching Transcendental Epoch?

A single 17 minute track ep/single. I'm not really sure how to describe this... Post-rock for the space age maybe? I don't know. Just listen to it. Check out the video below for a preview and an example of his incredible visual art.

Are We Lost Mammals of an Approaching Transcendental Epoch? from Dr. StrangeLoop on Vimeo.

Clark - Totems Flare

First off, happy new year everybody! I think this years been great for music and to celebrate I'll upload one of my favourites from 2009 - Clark's (formerly Chris Clark) latest release, Totems Flare.

Clark - Totems Flare

Complex, glitchy and heavily layered. Totems Flare commonly bounces around the walls between breakcore, chiptune and ambient soundscapes - and usually within the same song. Not exactly the easiest piece of music to digest, but give it a few spins and hopefully it'll grow on you as much as it has with me. For fans of Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and Plaid.

Happy freaking new year!x