Neil Busch, former vocalist/bassist/songwriter in ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead during that band's peak is back with a new band called LVMRKS whose debut album is released today. The group also features bassist Jonathan Hischke (Broken Bells, Hella, Dot Hacker, et al.) and drummer Dave Clifford (Red Sparowes, The VSS) alongside Busch on vocals/guitar/keyboards. The album, Pale Fairytale was recorded and mixed by Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Tool, Big Business) and is available on LP and download on May 21st, 2013. Artist: LVMRKS Album: Pale [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Electric Guest, Broken Bells Song: Jungle - Platoon [download here ] What's so good? Jungle have absolutely no online [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Electric Guest, Broken Bells, Modest Mouse Song: Mount Fabric - Heurisitc Fits [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Starfucker, Broken Bells, My Morning Jacket Song: Portugal. The Man - Purple Yellow Red and Blue [download here ] What's so [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Electric Guest, Broken Bells Song: Max Frost - White Lies [download here ] What's so good? Nope, you're not [...]
Unsigned songwriter and producer K H U S H I has recently started gaining significant attention on the blogosphere, and it's totally well-deserved: his simple yet catchy melodies bring together the best of K H U S H I 's favourite artists - Bon Iver , The National and Alt-J - shaping some passionate ballads. K H U S H I 's project was officially born in September 2012 in East London (in Hackney to be [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Foxygen - San Francisco [download here ] What's so good? I've said it before, and I'll say it again: there's a resurgence of folksy, psychedelic music taking place right now, and I damned well like it. From Tame [...]
Things that we never expected to hear: Okkervil River's Will Sheff has an electronic side project... and it's actually quite good. Sheff released a song under the name Lovestreams earlier this week, and we've been rather enjoying it here at Flavorpill central, despite initial reservations about what in god's name it might sound like. The track makes Sheff the latest in a long-ish line of guitar-wielding types who've decided that they're rather like to twiddle knobs on the side, with wildly varying degrees of success. With that in mind, we thought we'd amuse ourselves looking at some such artists, ranking [...]
Hip young folkster Devendra Banhart has done some mutedly outlandish things in his time and whilst restitching some sequin glare into Taylor Dayne's Tell It To My Heart in order that it resemble a spangly psych-disco number was one of his more successful endeavours, dating porcelain bore Natalie Portman was arguably one of his lesser ventures. Lukewarm latest, What Will We Be , could probably be charted somewhere or other ambiguous in between though a preliminary glimpse into its follow-up, Mala , not only ups the calibre, but also the kookiness: Für Hildegard von Bingen is an ode [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Broken Bells, Moon Boots Song: Electric Guest - Awake (Dennis Rivera Remix) [download here ] What's so good? I [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The Autumn Defense, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Atlas Sound Song: Leapling - If You're Patient [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Each day this week, in anticipation of the deadline for voting on the Festive Fifty 2012 Shortlist , I'll be listening to the Contrast Podcast Festive Fifties of yore (2012's will be the 6th!) and trying to track down the videos of the Top 5! This was a big year for me. It was the first year that I assumed my role as "Statman". I was so stoked to do this one and it came out pretty [...]
Every week we will be featuring The Sweet Five! What's The Sweet Five you may ask? Well I'll drop you five sweet songs that you should listen to once a week, that will help you get over your mid-week slump and set sail towards the ever-nearing weekend! Ready? Okay! Envoi - Ghost This track is going to be huge. The powerful female vocals of Maddie Finn attack you from the get go. There's some similarities to Paramore, but I think [...]
"The High Road" is the second single lifted off of UK soul singer Joss Stone's sixth studio album, The Soul Sessions Vol. 2, released July 16th via Stone'd/S-Curve Records. If "The High Road" sounds familiar, that's probably because it's a cover. The original was written by James Mercer & Danger Mouse (AKA Broken Bells), off their eponymous 2010 debut. Stone's rendition is a more soulful
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Ghost Mix This week's HDPP happens to fall on Halloween, so I thought if fitting to follow a ghostly theme. Of course, my all-time favorite Halloween-themed song is "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" by The North American Halloween Prevention Initiative (video below), but that's unfortunately not available on Spotify. Enjoy the playlist, and Happy Halloween! Stream the playlist below (or by clicking here ). :: Hump Day Power Play (10-31-2012) :: [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: MGMT, Broken Bells Song: Foygen - Shuggie [download here ] What's so good? The record label Jagjaguwar gets mad [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Electric Guest - Holiday (Prod. by Danger Mouse) [download here ] What's so good? With Danger Mouse at the production helm, it shouldn't be surprising that LA-based duo Electric Guest sound a whole lot like Broken Bells. [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: The Shins - New Slang [download here ] What's so good? I'm not sure I need go give this song an introduction, nor do I need to explain why I like it so much. But I'm going to [...]
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Fall Mix Fall is officially here this week, and what better way to welcome the brisk autumn breeze by listening to this airy compilation of HDPP jams? There simply isn't a better way. Period. Stream the playlist below (or by clicking here ). :: Hump Day Power Play (9-19-2012) :: 01 :: "Dead End" - The Whitest Boy Alive 02 :: "Tropical Birds" - Miniature Tigers 03 :: "Foreign Room" - Telekinesis [...]
It's strange to remember that Joss Stone is still quite big in America. Despite being largely ignored in her homeland, her last 3 albums have all gone top ten here. 9 years after "The Soul Sessions" - the album that started it all, she just released Vol. 2, comprising a new collection of cover songs. The lead single is a stoned-soul rendition of Broken Bells' "The High Road" , which is pretty much the 2012 equivalent of her White Stripes cover "Fell In Love With A Boy" back then. I actually find it quite agreeable, if a [...]
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