Recent Posts from Covert Curiosity

Covert Curiosity — Caribou has been one of my favorite artists over the past few years. I became a fan upon hearing the award-winning 2007 album Andorra, then went into full-on stalker mode after I saw the band live for the first time. Those old feelings are getting... read more »

Covert Curiosity — We caught Bun B the last time he rolled through town, at the Austin Music Hall with David Banner. This afternoon, Port Arthur's finest released a mixtape sponsored by popular clothing line LRG. The 27-track mixtape, dubbed "No Mixtape", contains a... read more »

Covert Curiosity — Beach House recently stopped by Daytrotter to play a few songs from their new album, Teen Dream. Check out "Zebra", then pick up the rest of the session and read a review at the link. The video below shows the band performing at Auditorium Shores ... read more »

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Covert Curiosity — A few of the more interesting videos I've seen circulating this week...<object height="376" width="470"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http:... read more »

Covert Curiosity — Beggars just hooked me up with Black Noise, the latest album from German minimal techno artist Pantha du Prince. Featuring collaborations from Noah Lennox (Panda Bear, Animal Collective) and Tyler Pope (LCD Soundsystem, !!!), the album will be rel... read more »

Covert Curiosity — This Bassnectar guy certainly has it going on. He's soon out on a nationwide tour in support of his eighth full-length album, Cozza Frenzy, including a stop at Coachella. We danced like fools during his set at ACL Fest here in Austin last year, so... read more »

Covert Curiosity — Swedish duo jj emerged on Sincerely Yours Records in 2009, who released the duo's first full length album, jj n° 2. The album received a Best New Music nod from Pitchfork, was named "The Year's Greatest Musical Obscurity" by Paste Magazine, and wa... read more »

Covert Curiosity — My first introduction to Little Dragon was seeing them open for TV on the Radio at Stubb's last year. Their set was a lot of fun, so the next day I looked around to see what I could find as far as their recorded material was concerned. I wasn't ov... read more »

Covert Curiosity — DJ Alfredo Lapuz, Jr., better known in the musical community as Immuzikation, created this mash-up featuring “The Dream” by Collective Efforts and “Sleepyhead” by Passion Pit. Get more info here. If you dig it, I've posted a few mash-ups from Immu... read more »

Covert Curiosity — The new Beach House album Teen Dream is out next week via Sub Pop. On top of being a joy to listen to, both the CD and LP formats of the album will arrive packaged with a companion DVD featuring a video for each song on the album, each by a differ... read more »

Covert Curiosity — New Jersey producer Davye Hawke is a man of many aliases. One is Memory Cassette, one is Weird Tapes, and another is the dreamy, dance-pop alterego Memory Tapes. The debut album under the Memory Tapes handle, "Seek Magic", arrived in 2009 via Acep... read more »

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Covert Curiosity — Bibio is the recording project of multi-instrumentalist Stephen Wilkinson. His latest album touches on a pot luck of genres, from electronic to funk to folk to soul and disco. "Ambivalence Avenue" was released on Warp Records in 2009 to critical a... read more »

Covert Curiosity — Looking at my concert calendar for the next few weeks, here are some of the upcoming events that stand out amongst the crowd.Click the links for more info and stuff.This Will Destroy You, Lymbyc Systym, Sleep Whale, Loxsly at Emo's 1/15The Riverbo... read more »

Covert Curiosity — Moon Duo come from San Francisco. The band consists of Wooden Shjips guitarist/singer Erik "Ripley" Johnson along with his female partner Sanae Yamada, and together they make a sound as big as the sky. Focusing heavily on guitar, percussion, keybo... read more »

Covert Curiosity — Fungi Girls are three teenage dudes from Cleburne, Texas whose favorite subject in school is knowing how to rock. The band released their debut LP "Seafaring Pyramids" in the Fall of 2009 on Play Pinball! Records, which caught the ear (and affecti... read more »

Covert Curiosity — Man, how hot is this Toro Y Moi album? It's definitely one of the coolest things to come in 2010. Take a listen, and follow the links to preorder "Causers Of This" or get it on iTunes. Toro Y Moi will be in Austin for SXSW too. Toro Y Moi - "Low ... read more »