Jesca Hoop - "Four Dreams" & "Seed Of Wonder"

On Friday, we waited in a line outside of The Hotel Cafe to get sold out tickets to Jesca Hoop. It was worth it. Not only did the doorman give us half off for missing the opening but the show exceeded all expectations. She mostly played new songs from the album "Hunting My Dress" (currently only released in the UK). Hoop said that she grew up on murder ballads and it shows. Her music is minor-keyed, full of crooked thoughts, hymn-like at times and rather ominous. But that's not to say it's not fun, as "Four Dreams" shows, the music has both a sense of humor and a great rhythmic quality.

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Jesca Hoop:Four Dreams

And from the Silverscreen Demos:

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Jesca Hoop:Seed Of Wonder

Lucas Santtana - Sem-Nostalgia

Brazilian musician Lucas Santtana crosses genres with Afro-Brazilian rhythms, samba, rock, atmospheric, folk, etc. "Sem-Nostalgia" is a wonderful groove record, perfect for nights of drinking beer on a porch and simply watching the moon glow.

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Lucas Santtana:Ripple of the water

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Lucas Santtana:Amor em Jacumã

Warpaint- "Exquisite Corpse E.P."

I'm a little late on this one but since Trickety is new, I figure I can backtrack a bit. The L.A.-based all female trio, Warpaint dropped the "Exquisite Corpse E.P" on Oct. 5th. Below is a video of the three creeping through the night with sparklers over the song "Stars." Below that, the song "Elephant" surges with body groovin' bass intensity until it desolves into a phlanger induced trip out (don't adjust your speakers). And finally the song, "Billy Holiday" is a more subdued, folk tune with beautiful multilayered vocals. It slowly morphs into a hazy, somber version of the Motown hit "My Guy." Warpaint is definitely a band to keep an eye on.

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Warpaint:Elephants

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Warpaint:Billie Holiday

Maluca- "El Tigeraso"

Maluca's, "El Tigeraso EP" is out now. The merengue-influenced track, "El Tigeraso" was originally produced by Diplo. The E.P. includes remixes by Feadz, Gant Man, NGUZUNGUZU, Sticky K and Acapella.
El Tigeraso

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Sacred Harp- "Next Time Too"

Sacred Harp is comprised of Norwegian, Finnish and Dutch musicians. The music is dark, icy, and minimalist...a perfect soundtrack for a night of driving aimlessly through the desert. In their bio it says, "Sacred Harp is an imaginary movie directed by David Lynch, where Billie Holiday, Deerhoof, Earth and Low are picking mushrooms with John Cage." Their debut self-titled album will be released sometime this month via The Perfect Hoax.

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Sacred Harp::Next time too

Summer Camp- "I Only Have Eyes For You"

Summer Camp, a mysterious new group from London/Sweden, creates a wonderful cover of the song "I Only Have Eyes For You." Laura Snapes from NME explains, it was "a song written in the 1930s for the musical 'Dames' which detailed the blackmailing escapades of a wily young lady, bringing its femme fatale connotations into the modern age by sampling dialogue from the kickass bloodthirsty 80s film, 'Heathers'. Maybe they're more sinister than their dusky synth whirligigs and sisterly harmonies would suggest..."

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Summer Camp::I Only Have Eyes For You