Geotic:
Made in four days as a "spirit successor" to a previous album, Bath's Will Wiesenfeld has released a minimalist and ambient album under the moniker Geotic. The first track, "Unwind," is available above for stream and download below, with a repetitive and entrancing guitar melody that would be excellent background music to aid relaxation. Given the similar theme of the song titles below, I'd say the first track is a good example of what you can expect from Mend. Download the album at Geotic's similarly minimalistic website and peek at the tracklisting below.
Mend Tracklisting:
01 Unwind
02 Beaming Husband
03 Find Your Peace
04 Time Passes in a Slow Sundown
05 Disrobe and Come to Bed
06 Get Held
07 Sleep and We'll Transition
08 Into Some Spirit World
09 Our Awe
10 The Sprawling, Glorious Newness
11 I'll Have Come and Gone With You
12 Through the Lush and Undiscovered
13 And Upon Awakening
14 We've Mended
RJD2:
However, if you want to do some more moving and less relaxing, RJD2 released a free EP with three remixes of his track "The Glow." Fittingly named The Glow Remixes EP (duh), you can download it at his bandcamp or hear all three right here!
Plus! RJD2 2011 Tour Dates:
01.15: Calgary, AB @ Canada Olympic Plaza *
01.16: Stateline, NV @ MontBleu Resort Showroom
01.28: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
01.29: Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre #
02.10: Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club
02.11: Athens, GA @ New Earth Music Hall
02.12: Tallahasse, FL @ The Engine Room
03.04: Bozeman, MT @ Rail Jam
* = w/ Subvert
# = w/ MTHDS and Willdabeast
Memoryhouse:
In celebration of the new year, dream pop duo Memoryhouse put together a mixtape, Death to Our Friends. Not exactly what I want to hear when I'm thinking about the New Year – I don't want my friends to die! – but the actual tracks listed within have as much menace as a limp noodle. Download it here and check out the tracklisting below.
Death to Our Friends Tracklist:
i. This Will Be Our Year – The Zombies
ii. Guinnevere – Valerie Dore
iii. Dream Baby Dream – Black Tambourine
iv. Sunlight – Max Richter
v. Death to Our Friends – Sonic Youth
vi. Altibzz – Autechre
vii. You Are – Built to Spill
viii. The Confidential Agent – American Music Club
ix. Modern Girl – Sleater-Kinney
x. Glen Coe – The Orb (transition)
xi. Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen
xii. For No One – Emmylou Harris