Oct
19

Gold Pandas and Peaking Lights

The most striking cut on Ghostly-signed Gold Panda’s DJ Kicks is its its severe opener, “An Iceberg Hurled Northwards Through Clouds.” Ignoring the Eggers-ready title, the track delivers on it’s arctic intentions. It is snow blinding minimal techno, except with steel drums and odd bell ringing. Peaking Lights dope it, dragging things out to an… Continue reading »

May
31

Video: Peaking Lights – “Amazing & Wonderful”

Adorned in the sepia shades and black and white schemes of the early Velvet Underground, the Andy Warhol screen tests appear to be the chief inspirations for “Amazing & Wonderful.” Take note Lady Gaga: there is no need to scream “LOOK AT ME, I HAVE READ THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL TWICE,” unless you take… Continue reading »

May
09

Peaking Lights’ Stained Glass Psychedelia

Names I have heard used to describe Peaking Lights’ music: post-reggae, dub, and groove wave. None of them particularly do the Madison-based married couple justice, but all are accurate to a degree. Released on Los Angeles experimental pop haven, Not Not Fun, 936 fits into the lineage established by labelmates Sun Araw and Pocahaunted: psychedelic… Continue reading »