Ssaliva - Thought Has Wings

Genre: Electronic, Ambient, Chill Beats

Sounds like: Aphex Twin's mellow stuff

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I totally understand why a lot of blog writers hate filling out the "genre" and "sounds like" parts because for the most part I'm just guessing on this one. I found Ssaliva cause I follow John Campbell's webcomic pretty regularly and saw that he's been making some seriously weird videos lately. One of them was a short little music video for this band (linked below). I can't really find out anything about them but they've got some mellow tunes with good beats, nice textures and even a little bit of ambient noise thrown in. If you liked the Monster Rally link you'll like this.

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I was going to put the John Campbell music video here but couldn't figure out how to embed Vimeo links so just click here if you're interested.

Monster Rally

Genre: Hawaiian, Surf, Tropical, Hip Hop, Beats

Sounds like: Madlib at the beach

Bandcamp

One of these days I bet somebody will see this thing and leave me a comment and it is going to feel SO GOOD. Until then I'll just keep plugging away. Monster Rally is one of those bands that I put on the stereo when I know there'll be people over that are judging my taste in music (they probably don't even care about the music but in my mind they're judging me). These songs are all really pop-y and easy to listen to without being too in your face. As far as I can tell, most Monster Rally songs are just one or two Hawaiian sounding guitar lines that are sampled and looped into a hip hop beat. They're all short and sweet and to the point. Anyways, you can listen to all their (his?) stuff on their Bandcamp and even download it for free so check it out. I would start with the Crystal Ball or Coral LPs but it's all pretty much the same.