Brooklyn Indie Band Au Revoir Simone is set to release a remix album, following their 2007 release, "The Bird Music" called: "Reverse Migration", which include remixes by Pacific!, The Teenagers, and Alex Taylor from Hot Chip, to name a few. Aur Revoir Simone has always been characterized by they subtle experimentation styles, and each and every remix brings a clear statement into each song. Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow (Teenagers Remix) Au Revoir Simone - Lark (Ruffand jam remix) [...]

Reverse Migration is out on 11/11. The set will include these tracks & remixers: 1. The Lucky One - Slow Club 2. Sad Song - Pacific! 3. Fallen Snow - The Teenagers 4. I Couldn't Sleep - Darkel 5. A Violent Yet Flammable World - Montag 6. Don't See The Sorrow - Keith Murray 7. Dark Halls - Best Fwends 8. Night Majestic - Matt Harding 9. Stars - Disco Pusher 10. Lark - Ruff & Jam 11. The Way To There - Mark Anthony Tieku 12. Sad Song - Alexis Taylor 13. [...]

Brooklyn trio Au Revoir Simone have a remix album out November 11th on the band's own Our Secret Recording Company, and the contributor list is amazing. The album, Reverse Migration, includes remixes by the Teenagers, Best Fwends, AIR's Darkel, Montag, Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor, Air France, Keith Murray from We Are Scientists and more. Enjoy a remix by Belgium-based duo Ruff and Jam and then check out the tracklisting below. [...]

Crooked Fingers' Forfeit/Fortune is out tomorrow. When we posted " Phony Revoluations ," I mentioned Eric Bachmann's pretty obvious shift from Archers' rambunctious indie rock to Crooked's darker, masculine, poetic Americana (you can paste Barry Black in the middle of that, of course). Speaking of "dark," take a look at the Rod Blackhurst-directed video for "Let's Not Pretend." Not only is Bachmann wearing eyeliner of some sort, there's also a wandering hooded/robed figure straight out of an early Sunn O))) photo shoot, though instead of a guitar, he has a hooked hand. In the meantime, the band plays [...]

Lots of great new releases in stores today. There are new albums out from Bjork, Maximo Park and The Clientele just to name a few. But one that may have flown under your radar that deserves some attention is Forts from The Boggs. This was certainly a case of a band with some previous releases of which I had no history. Actually, I had not heard of The Boggs previous to spinning this album a few weeks ago for the first time. The Boggs is a collaborative project led by [...]