Recent blog posts about Brad Laner from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/bradlaner/ 2013-05-19T10:36:11+01:00 text/html 2013-04-01T18:31:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4864102/heres-a-brand-new-track-from-the-reunited/
Heres a brand new track from the reunited Medicine entitled Long As The Sun.I cant tell you how exciting it is to hear this. My expectations have been clobbered, regurgitated, and set free. The forthcoming album, To The Happy Few , is due August 6 through Captured Tracks. Download this jam through the Soundcloud player.]]> text/html 2012-09-24T20:49:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4525947/oct-3-architects-and-heroes-la-record-dublab/
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Essentials.]]> text/html 2011-12-16T13:24:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3934252/the-never-ending-beginning-a-christmas-album-by-hometapes-curiosities/
DOWNLOAD The Never Ending Beginning by Hometapes HERE I've been meaning to share this with you, a free Christmas compilation with a veritable snow-ton of charitable audio artists affiliated in one way or another with underground indie label Hometapes. Here's ... Continue reading ’]]> text/html 2011-12-08T05:59:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3915116/medicine-time-baby-ii/
Time Baby 2 is simultaneously one of the most widely heard Medicine songs...]]> text/html 2011-11-10T20:38:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3853623/living-the-dream-m83s-new-magnum-opus/
When you hit play on disc one of Hurry Up, Were Dreaming , the new album by M83, you know youre in for something big. The albums intro opens with a rising ambiance intercut with an arpeggio of synthesizers. A frail monologue can be heard among the rising action before we hear M83s mastermind, Anthony Gonzalez yell out I carry on! His voice sounds like it has never before, a commanding lead that wails into the night sky. The rest of that opening track is handled by Zola Jesus whose chilly tenor gives the album a stately and [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-09T20:51:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3851027/captured-tracks-wins-again-the-best-little-label-on-earth/
Captured Tracks wins again. The best little label on Earth is reissuing Medicines Shot Forth Self Living , and one of my all-time favorite and most influential records, The Buried Life . You will never hear anyone making guitar sounds like Medicine did on these two records, ever. Think of it this way; if Kobe Bryant is My Bloody Valentine and Medicine is LeBron James who wins in a one-on-one half-court game? ( via )]]> text/html 2011-10-14T17:33:23+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3790071/medicine-powder-remains-1992-1995-stream/
It's interesting how many great current bands have sampled or involved Medicine 's Brad Laner into their albums (Caribou, Serena-Maneesh, and M83 to name a few). I mean, here's a group that people blatantly ignored, despised or scoffed at for being "too noisy", yet you will never hear a single complaint about Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine or JAMC. But when Dan Snaith decides to sample your guitar noise that speaks volumes about the lasting impression, not the critical opinion, of the music. For fans [...]]]> text/html 2011-08-14T20:37:04+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3648239/mp3-the-august-2010-mix/
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the August 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Golden Town (mp3) by Super Wild Horses Fried Egg (mp3) by Grass Widow I've Gotta Get (mp3) by Woven Bones Glitter (mp3) by No Age [...]]]> text/html 2011-07-30T11:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3605675/free-mp3-m83-midnight-city/
"Midnight City" is the first single out of Anthony Gonzalez aka M83's upcoming "Hurry Up, Were Dreaming". The double-album was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Mars Volta, Goldfrapp, Nine Inch Nails) and features guest appearances by Zola Jesus, Brad Laner (Medicine) and Morgan Kibby. Anthony notes: "I think it is a reflection of my [...]]]> text/html 2011-06-08T14:25:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3501818/m83-anuncia-el-lanzamiento-de-un-nuevo-disco/
Anthony Gonzalez , lder del proyecto dream/pop/electrnico M83 acaba de anunciar, en una entrevista con el sitio Spin , que el grupo lanzar en octubre su nueva produccin, todava sin nombre definitivo. El disco ser un lbum doble e incluir colaboraciones con gente como Zola Jesus , Brad Laner de la banda de noise-pop Medicine, y el bajista de Beck y Nine Inch Nails, Justin Meldal-Johnsen : "El tema en el que canta Brad es simplemente maravilloso, l hizo un trabajo increble. Y el tema de Zola es muy [...]]]> text/html 2011-05-18T20:57:16+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3450719/quickies-milie-simon-the-frown-brad-laner-aidan-moffit-and/
Download covers of Bronski Beat, N.E.R.D., Chicago, Mountain Goats, and Bananarama.]]> text/html 2011-05-18T14:45:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3449975/the-swag-report-56/
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 56 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Big Talk, Black Lips, Digitalism, Flogging Molly, Sublime with Rome, OFF!, Tape Deck Mountain and more! So much more! DATE: 05-18-11 WRITER: Don Loder Heya junky, Awright, s'here we go again wit' another installment o' The SWAG Report. Ain't it fun? You addicts git yer fix, an' I get ta torture ya by babblin' a little in advance – everybody wins! This week though, I think yer [...]]]> text/html 2011-05-16T06:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3442436/ein-pfund-mp3-343/
ein vier track werk gibt es ab sofort via hometapes, gestaltet als split zwischen der noisepop legende brad laner und dem finnischen experimental trio joensuu 1685 , das vinyl only projekt wurde auf splendour verffentlicht und fr amerika an hometapes vergeben: brad laner - feelin' strong every day ebenfalls auf vinyl setzt dieser bursche, der mit wet hair und raccoo-oo-oon bereits zu hchstform aufgelaufen ist, auf dem woodsist ableger hello sunshine gibt es ab 17. mai sein debut "sweet hassle": ryan [...]]]> text/html 2011-05-13T19:03:07+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3438439/mp3-mixtape-friday-mixtape-cxlviii/
Today's a truly magical occurrence when all the stars align in order to give you the creeps all day long: Friday the 13th. While many of us are filled with dread about the bad luck that could come our way, and the virgins of the world are fearing getting lost in the woods near an abandoned summer camp, the 13th doesn't have to be so scary (at least while the sun is up). So, to get you through this most diabolical of days, we've assembled some non-frightening tunes to scare away the Boogeyman. Our newest Friday Mixtape features new music [...]]]> text/html 2011-05-13T12:41:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3437673/new-music-from-brad-laner/
Brad Laner probably has his name thrown around with Medicine far too often. While the old shoegase troupe had a decent following, Brad's been busy working on other project ever since. He's readying a new 123 where he's accompanied by the Norwegian group Joensuu 1685 , and the first listen we have is remarkable. There's a slight fuzz on the vocals, knifing guitar harmonies, and an element of darkness that he's added to the cover of this classic Chicago track. For those of us with a nostalgic pop leaning, this [...]]]> text/html 2011-05-13T04:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3437968/week-in-pop-pictureplane-ear-pwr-kids-on-a-crime/
And so another week goes by. Our overrated and overstated hype guards were really blowing it this week, what with Lupe Fiasco sounding like a Linkin Park on Colbert, Death Cab enlisting Shepard Fairey to wheat paste platitudes to distract from their awkward music, and Tyler passing up on receiving a coveted "Best New Music" sticker. What relevance any of this has on our lives will only be known years from now but let us relish first in what this week has brought us in no particu...]]> text/html 2011-05-13T04:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3440849/goldmine-sacks-week-in-pop-pictureplane-ear-pwr-kids-on/
And so another week goes by. Our overrated and overstated hype guards were really blowing it this week, what with Lupe Fiasco sounding like a Linkin Park on Colbert, Death Cab enlisting Shepard Fairey to wheat paste platitudes to distract from their awkward music, and Tyler passing up on receiving a coveted "Best New Music" sticker. What relevance any of this has on our lives will only be known years from now but let us relish first in what this week has brought us in no particu...]]> text/html 2011-05-12T21:06:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3435938/new-12-from-brad-laner/
Brad Laner and Finnish experimental trio Joensuu 1685 have released a collaborative 123 available for the first time in North America this week. The vinyl-only project is distributed in North America exclusively by Hometapes. The release was first unveiled as a European Record Store Day item last month by Oslo-based label Splendour (Of Montreal, Casio Kids). Here's a track off the EP: Brad Laner "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (Chicago Cover) And here's the tracklisting: Brad Laner / Joensuu 1685 Split 123 A1. Brad Laner "Hero [...]]]> text/html 2011-03-14T16:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3281134/brad-laner-hero-seed-stream/
Stream all four tracks from Brad Laner and Joensuu 1685 's brand new limited split 12" record release, via Oslo-based label Splendour, over at SoundCloud . Here's the lead-off jam "Hero Seed" from BL: (via @Splendourrr )]]>