GASHCAT

Herro my friends,

I must now present to you, GASHCAT, a folk/acoustic band that has created a sound nearly identical to Neutral Milk Hotel but completely original and magical in their own way. Yes, I am aware I just contradicted myself. Fronted by Derrick Zoolander's rival, Hansel (He's so hot right now), I mean Kyle Craft, GASHCAT has released two solid EP's, with the first being recorded in a garage, but it is that sound that makes their work stand out. Much of their songs are simply acoustic guitar over pounding drums, but their raw lo-fi sound create a very unique sound that is consistent over their two self-released EP's, "GASHCAT" and "Revival!", both of which leave one in a state of musical bliss.

Their first self-titled EP opens with "The Morning Sun", which evokes pure optimistic ecstasy with simple yet catchy chord progressions and banging cymbals and drums in the background. "Flowers"is upbeat and my ones of my favorites due to the ending instrumental sequence. And lastly, it is "Melanie" that holds a place in my heart. It is one of those songs that when you hear the first chord and guess the next, they hit it right on. "GASHCAT" has turned out to be one of my favorite EP's of recent memory and is availabe for free download here: http://gashcat.bandcamp.com/. Also, check out "Revival!", which was released earlier this fall, and reveals their musical maturity over since their earlier work.

Stay golden, Brian

Christoph Andersson

Hello friends,

It has been way too long since my last post but school work, Thanksgiving festivities, and now finals have been consuming my life. I have now been sitting in library procrastinating for a good two hours now and figured I'd make a new post instead of studying fun stuff like foreign direct investments and subsidiaries. Now, I must introduce to you a man by name of Christoph Andersson. After hearing his single, "Tuxedo," which has been floating around the web since June but was just released Nov. 30th, I have grown to believe he may be an incarnation of the Norse god of electro-dance music even though he is only an 18 year old located in New Orleans."Tuxedo" has given me something new to listen to as well as a sense of relief that there is more dance music out there other than "Barbara Streisand," which has been on repeat at every party for the last month. His remixes of Yeasayer's "O.N.E." is solid as well and I cannot wait for his album to be dropped in January.

Stay golden,

Brian