Gayngs - The Last Prom on Earth

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As if touting a roster of members from Bon Iver, Megafaun, The Rosebuds, Solid Gold, Doomtree & more isn’t enough to ensure you want to know and love this. (full list of GAYNGS members below.)

These songs keep popping up on the playlist lately, and each time one comes on I note Frank bobbing his head side to side till he asks me “Who is this?”. It’s become a fun game. I suppose eventually I’ll have to get the full album into his hands so he can fall asleep to it every night dreaming about slow dancing with a hot robot at some prom in the future – amidst silvery balloon drops to a 1980’s synthesizer and the crooning of Justin Vernon’s soft R&B stylings. Yeah!!? For real.

Gayngs – The Last Prom on Earth

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Gayngs – Gaudy Side of Town

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BONUS… You can see the process of this collaborative project with this. It really looks like fun.

GAYNGS “The Last Prom On Earth” Rehearsal Footage from MPLS.TV on Vimeo.

List of Members – if you don’t know them, just marvel at the sheer numbers……
Ryan Olson (Digitata), Zach Coulter (Solid Gold), Adam Hurlburt (Solid Gold), Joe Westerlund, Phil Cook (Megafaun), Brad Cook (Megafaun), Michael Lewis (Happy Apple), Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Ivan Rosebud (The Rosebuds), Stefon LeRon Alexander (POS), Mike Noyce (Bon Iver), Jake Luck (Leisure Birds), James Buckley (James Bukley Trio, Mystery Palace), Nick Ryan (Leisure Birds), Shön Troth (Solid Gold), Danny Krzykowski, Chaney Moon Cassell (Roma di Luna), Katy Morley, Maggie Wander, Maggie Morrison (Lookbook, Digitata), Joe Mabbott (Passions), Grant Cutler (Lookbook), Xander

Faded Paper Figures

Hey Los Angeles Muffin readers, just a quick note that Faded Paper Figures are going to be playing Spaceland tonight.  You can read my review of their 2010 album here.

They are basically a really fun three-piece electro-pop group.  I imagine this is going to be a fun show with people doing a bit of bouncing up and down, maybe some head shaking.  Should be a good time, and if you go, I’ll see you there (because we have visual tracking software on the Muffin that allows us to turn on your webcam and I know what you look like, yes, we watch every one of you in a giant Minority Report-esque security room, Lawrence Poole, put some pants on man).

Faded Paper Figures – Invent It All Again

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A little reggae music will do us all some good on this Sunday..
Gyptian – Hold You

Gentleman – Intoxication

Rebelution – Safe and Sound

SOJA – Rest of My Life

Check out the new Gyptian album HERE on iTunes!

Christmas In July!

Namaste Muffins.
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