Holla at the Moon

The weekend is creeping upon us, and for some, trudging through  it has been a milestone…first week of work.   Because my new job has interfered with the never ending quest for better music, I’ll just add some cuts that I’ve been sitting on for sometime.

One of my favorite songs of all time, Rollercoaster Project’s   “What Happened” brings me back to the beginning of my music quests.  Starts with a throbbing violin loop and builds into hardcore shoegazing(?), good stuff.

Rollercoater Project-What Happened

http://www.myspace.com/rollercoasterproject

Picture a typical bad 80′s movie filmed in L.A.  The scene is where the big hit occurs, and the bad guys are slowly creeping down the street in their big sunglasses and off white sedan, staring down the sidewalk.  The suspect is unsuspectingly walking out of the movies in a bright red dress.  Suddenly, the bad guy pulls out a sub machine gun the size of a golf bag and…

I guess that’s what I think of when I hear this.  Oh, and Gatekeeper hails from Chicago.

Gatekeeper-Optimus Maximus

Check his myspace page out for more badass city banging beats:

http://www.myspace.com/iiigatekeeperiii