Recent blog posts about Beirut from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/beirut/ 2013-05-25T02:00:44+01:00 text/html 2013-04-11T12:53:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4886124/get-on-board-with-mother-falcon-stream/
With horns blaring, "Dirty Summer,"the new song by Austin's Mother Falcon ,starts off big. For nearly three and a half minutes, it never really settles down. Their huge sound can largely be attributed to the fact that they began as an after-school jam among a handful of high school orchestra students looking for a more creative outlet than reading sheet music. With anywhere from 15 to 20 people in the band, it's no surprise that they have meshed a variety of influences - their sound is what you might expect if Sufjan Stevens , [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-09T13:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4880643/a-refreshing-connection-with-ancient-history-stream/
There are certain albums you immediately feel connected to after the first listen. For me, the debut LP Tracks from Brooklyn-based Ancient History was one of them. The moniker of Donald Ducote deems its sound "middle of the night red-wine and reefer music," but to me it seems like something much more than that. Rather than a soundtrack to play in the background as you're enjoying an evening with friends, Tracks seems like an album that deserves your undivided attention. For Tracks, Ducote teamed up [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-06T18:51:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4875836/beirut-venice/
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Beirut - Venice [download here ] What's so good? Remember when Beirut went all chillwave? "Venice" could quite well qualify for a spot in our regular Sunday Night Chill, but when this song came up in my music [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-25T17:40:43+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4851101/25-albums-you-should-own-on-vinyl/
Filed under: Exclusive , The Hit List , Spinner Says Arcade Fire Vinyl and Cocktails is a site that pairs good music with good drinks. As a guest post for Spinner, editors Cameron and Levi were kind enough to share their picks for the 25 albums you have to own on vinyl. Here is their list, and follow their adventures here . Below is a list of what we consider [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-21T18:55:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4845279/snoop-lion-no-guns-allowed-feat-drake-and-cori/
Diplo's steady co-piloting in Snoop Dogg's self-reinvention into Snoop Lion continues with this Major Lazer-co-produced track "No Guns Allowed." The Beirut -interpolating track features guest vocals from Drake, percussion from the Police's Stewart Copeland, and, making it a family affair, a verse form Snoop's daughter Cori B. and backing vocals from his wife Shante Broadus. Ariel Rechtshaid and Vybz Kartel's guardian angel Dre Skull help out on production. Check it out below and tell us how you feel about the reggae rebirth of Snoop in the comments. Read More...]]> text/html 2013-03-21T18:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4846476/fascinating-photos-of-great-musicians-earliest-musical-endeavors/
Everyone has to start somewhere, and all that. We're always fascinated by the idea of looking into the history of our favorite artists, be they musicians, writers, filmmakers or whatever else, and as such we found ourselves going down something of a Google Images rabbit hole yesterday afternoon in search of the earliest musical endeavors of some of our favorite musicians. We thought we'd share some of the fruits of our searching with you fascinating photographs of famous musicians in the earliest stages of their artistic development. [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-21T10:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4844329/vance-joy-riptide/
Vance Joy makes himself easily the most sought-after unsigned neo-folk act on debut single, "Riptide". The narrative is full of warm and dangerous imagery, pleasant lumps in your throat, being pulled out to sea and Michelle Phiffer. Bearing homage to Beirut and a major-key version of Bon Iver, Vance Joy offers just enough boldness to "Riptide" to break some of the ubiquitous mainstreaming of things that fit under the big tent of Major Label Folk. The stakes feel just high enough, or perhaps Vance Joy is simply willing to court danger in an increasingly safe genre, the [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-07T10:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4819280/review-stornoway-is-okay/
OXFORD folk group Stornoway look poised to ride the wave of alt-folk giants like Mumford & Sons' success - but sadly, they really only look the part. While dressing like Mumford & Sons' sons, and sounding appropriately folky, they're unfortunately lacking in enough substance on their album, Tales From Terra Firma. Their shtick is one of a middle ground between folk bands like Beirut and journeyman indie acts like James, and while jolly enough to listen to, nothing on the LP really stays with you in the way peers like Laura Marling or Noah And The Whale can. [...]]]> text/html 2013-03-01T16:03:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4816193/neeli-gnlere-ihtiyacmz-var/
Size Yeilam ruhunu en iyi yanstan film hangisidir? diye bir soru yneltsem, eminim byk bir ounluun verecei cevap: Neeli Gnler olurdu. Hani baz filmler vardr bilmem nereden ne kadar dl almtr. Ama bir kere izlersin, bir keye atarsn. Sonrasnda aklna bile gelmez. Fakat bizim buralardan baka trl filmler vardr; kendince mtavazi, samimi, naif, insann iini stan, defalarca izlemekten bklmayan. te Neeli Gnler bu katagoriye giren ender filmlerden bir tanesidir. 1978 tarihli Neeli Gnler; o dnemin Trkiyesinin iinde bulunduu kavga ortamna inat ok scak, [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-23T18:06:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4796902/jenny-broke-the-window-ravel/
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The Maccabees, Mystery Jets, Beirut Song: Jenny Broke the Window - Ravel [download here ] What's so good? Jenny [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-22T17:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4795101/20-fave-new-pornographers-songs/
Graphics By Madeline Rosemurgy When I was first asked to do a '20 Faves' feature on The New Pornographers , I jumped at the opportunity. The Vancouver-based band united as a supergroup in the late 90s and has since gained a solid following of devout fans. The three leaders include alternative country solo artist Neko Case , solo artist A.C. Newman , and Dan Bejar of Destroyer . Additional members include Kathryn Calder, John Collins, Kurt Dahle, Todd Fancey, and Blaine Thurier, who exhibit their artistry through side projects as well. Taking it one [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-22T13:27:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4794792/yellow-red-sparks-yellow-red-sparks/
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Fleet Foxes, Beirut, Okkervil River Song: Yellow Red Sparks - Yellow Red Sparks [download here ] What's so good? [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-21T04:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4805718/watch-kishi-bashia-sunday-smile/
Kishi Bashi's cover of Beirut's "A Sunday Smile" is one of my favorite songs, and now videos, of 2013. This cover serves as the b-side for "Manchester", the first of three 7 singles from 151a . Order the 7 box set here and see Kishi Bishi live here . The video originally premiered on All Songs Considered and the very talented string quartet is comprised ofSara Caswell and Joe Brent (violin), Beth Meyers (viola) and Andrea Lee (on cello). web // facebook // twitter // soundcloud // shows [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-20T16:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4790618/berlinist-is-beautiful-this-time-of-year/
Dont let their name fool you - Berlinist is not one person from Berlin, but rather seven people from Barcelona. Landscapes is the band's first EP, a two-track seven-inch that came out earlier in January. According to their Facebook, Berlinists music is based on emotions and communicating them by means of natural and true instruments that reach the listeners. Twinkly, swirling and romantic with atmospheric, ethereal vocals over swelling and omnipresent piano, their music sounds like the soundtrack to a movie you would really want to [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-19T15:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4788274/strfkr-beach-fossils-lady-lamb-the-beekeeper/
Week's Top Releases The Albums You Need to Know About Every Week I'm in love with this week's releases. The freshmen and veterans are equally crazy, sexy and cool, leading me to believe I'm crashing a party where everyone is both highly attractive and smart. The planets have aligned to produce a superhuman group of sounds, and I hope you're as geeked as I am. Let's do this. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - PUSH THE SKY AWAY [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-18T01:58:20+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4785166/wall-shoestring/
Packing a chord progression that easily could have emerged from Zach Condon's more plaintive catalog, WALL crafts a tiny, figure-eight single, "Shoestring". Seemingly in the act of knitting larger the initial limits of the song's geography, WALL, a delicate-voiced UK songstress, builds "Shoestring" into a tidy snow-globe empire. It is an ephemeral capture as she sings, "put me in a cell on my own," aware of the cloister, ending with the escapist, "give me another reason to get going." Her little arrangement, sturdy and weak in the same moment, full of somber keyboards and [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-15T16:58:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4784558/matthew-e-white-big-inner/
Matthew E. White est un melting-pot lui tout seul. Ce grand barbu au look d'hippie folkeux est pasteur dans une glise du sud des Etats-Unis. Semblant tomber du ciel, le talentueux arrangeur jazz n'en est pourtant pas son coup d'essai. Il a en effet dj fait ses preuves avec le groupe The Great White Jenkins . Matthew E. White a maintenant dcid de voler de ses propres ailes. Enfin presque... Accompagn par un big-band de trente musiciens, il a enregistr ce premier album dans son grenier. Big Inner est attendu pour le 25 fvrier 2013 [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-10T19:27:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4781395/on-repeat-kishi-bashia-sunday-smile/
For the first of three 73 singles from 151a , Kishi Bashi recorded a beautiful orchestral cover of Beirut's "A Sunday Smile". The cover serves as the B-Side for the album single "Manchester". "The orchestral quartet rendition of Beirut's amazing song was arranged by Kishi Bashi, and appears exclusively on this 7 release. The recording is not available digitally, aside from the download code which accompanies the vinyl. The vinyl itself features a unique Purple & Orange colored splatter design. Each of the [...]]]> text/html 2013-02-10T07:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4772157/lazy-sunday-kishi-bashi-a-sunday-smile-beirut-cover/
Kishi Bashi geen yl kard ilk albm 151a'dan setii bir parann a yznde, bir cover parann da b yznde yer alaca toplam 7" single'dan oluan bir seri yaymlayacak. Albmden Manchester adl parasn setii serinin ilk prodksiyonunda b yznde Beirut'un The Flying Club Cup albmnden hem hznlendiren hem elendiren her duyguyu bir para hissetiiniz, pazar ... Continue reading »]]> text/html 2013-02-09T19:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4769841/kishi-bashi-covers-beirut-hear-a-sunday-smile/
Kishi Bashi releases Beirut cover as part of new singles boxed set. Kishi Bashi was one of our favorite artists of 2012, even if our review of the album didn't indicate it. For the start of 2013, he's released three elaborate 73 singles [...]]]>