For those of you unfamiliar with the band, BSMR are a Pittsburg-based sextet in love with analog musical gear, namely the Vocoder (Hint: its the thing that makes you sound like a rusty, tubed-out, auto-tuned robot).
They’ve been using the device long before rappers who can’t sing decided they should be rappers who can’t sing but use a vocoder. Using old gear with new tech, BSMR crafts repetitive, looped-out, fuzzy mashups that start with a simple hook but soon evolve into an auditory layer cake. And someone replaced the sugar in the cake with cocaine.
Sounds Like:
Somewhere between Dr. John and Dr. Octagon.
Listen:
Fun Fact: The band loves monikers, with band members referring to themselves as Tobacco, Power Pill Fist and Father Hummingbird, among others.
Mario may be the master of Mushroom Kingdom, but that hasn’t stopped programmer Jay Pavlina from dragging other classic NES icons into goomba territory in his new aptly-titled game Super Mario Bros. Crossover.
In this undefinabley-awesome act of retro bliss, players get the chance to rampage through all the levels of the original Super Mario Bros [...]
Title: Shenmue
Platform: Sega Dreamcast
Developer: Sega AM2
Publisher: Sega
Released: 2000 (NA)
Intro:
Shenmue was to be the first of a yet-to-be-finished trilogy by director/writer Yu Zuzuki.
Originally designed for the predecessor of the Dreamcast, the Sega Saturn, Shenmue eventually evolved into a launch title for the Dreamcast.
Shenmue showcased the Dreamcast’s power by featuring [...]
Title: Axelay
Platform: SNES
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Released: 1992 (NA)
Axelay is a top-down shooter from Konami, makers of the classic shooter series Life Force and Gradius.
Unlike tradition shooters, players don’t get upgrades by flying over power-ups dropped by defeated enemies, but instead enhance their ship by advancing in the game and earning upgrades.
The [...]
