While this week's edition of our Friday Mixtape might not provide a great soundtrack for any Valentine's Day shenanigans, at least it will help hold your attention while you're waiting for that 1-800-Flowers delivery or in line for dinner at Olive Garden. After all, like always, below you will find the week's best mix of new singles, covers, and remixes, along with mp3s from a few up-and-comers you just might want to check out. NEW Singles: "Bayonets" by Amazing Baby "My Maudlin Career" [...]
Emanuel and the Fear are an 11-piece orchestral indie rock band based in Brooklyn. The group's debut self-titled EP will be released February 17th. Members of the band have an incredible indie pedigree, having worked with the likes of The National, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, and many more. Lead composer/singer Emanuel Ayvas pens songs that are elegant and ornate. Flute, violin, trumpet, cello and
Emanuel and the Fear is the product of Brooklyn based indie-popster Emanuel Ayvas and 11 of his orchestral minded buddies. Together they make some tunes with the propulsion of Ra Ra Riot and diversity of the Polyphonic Spree. Either way they're sure to help you keep your head up the rest of today, if not the rest of the week! Emanuel and the Fear - The Rain Becomes the Clouds Emanuel and the Fear Myspace AZLTRON MUSIC BLOG
Emanuel and the Fear is the experimental result of fusing eleven classically trained musicians with up-tempo NYC-centric dance rock. With the band's EP release just around the corner, Emanuel and the Fear is ready to prove just what they are capable of through a unique collection of musical diversity. Emanuel and the Fear have sold-out their past two NYC shows, signed with Paper Garden Records, and secured an upcoming show with New Pornographers. With a sound that derives itself from composers and songwriters across the board, Emanuel and the Fear is [...]
"Smartly orchestrated pop music with a bit of a dramatic flare. Think Wainwright and Sufjan. A band to watch…." –The L Magazine "The group is a brilliant new approach to the modern rock band consistently capturing the audience with beautifully, intricate scores laced with eloquent, quivering vocals." - Stranded In Stereo Download Emanuel and the Fear's "The Rain Becomes the Clouds" Upcoming
"Smartly orchestrated pop music with a bit of a dramatic flare. Think Wainwright and Sufjan. A band to watch…." –The L Magazine "The group is a brilliant new approach to the modern rock band consistently capturing the audience with beautifully, intricate scores laced with eloquent, quivering vocals." - Stranded In Stereo Download Emanuel and the Fear's "The Rain Becomes the Clouds" Upcoming
There's a lot of music at this time of year. While everyone has Merriweather Post Pavillion on heavy rotation, there's also some other good stuff like M. Ward 's Hold Time. I hadn't realized I had it on my computer, but I just thought "Wow!" when I heard "For Beginners." He has such a gentle, soft voice. There are actually a lot of good songs on the album, but I haven't given it the thorough listen it definitely deserves just yet. Speaking of Animal Collective , everyone just loves their new [...]
Lush orchestrated pop comes drifting in from Brooklyn. Emanuel and The Fear is a band fronted by Emanuel Ayvas who absorbed composers like Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. Want to bet that he owns a lot of Brian Wilson records? He knows how to hold back, using various percussion instruments for Jimme's Song peppered with a bit of flute and acoustic guitar, singing that he only want to be in a rock band - "doing nothing at all", adding more instruments as the song marches on, before taking yet another left turn to spoken word, and [...]
artist - song - album :: extra info M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You - Hold Time :: feat. Zooey Deschanel, out February 17 ( website | myspace | She & Him ) TV on the Radio - Dancing Choose (Prefuse 73 remix) - Dancing Choose single ( website | myspace | Dancing Choose video ) Little Joy - No One's Better Sake - Little Joy ( myspace ) [...]
To the Romans, XL means number 40. To consumers, XL means a clothing size, and potentially a diet. To Radiohead, The Raconteurs, and Beck, XL, or more specifically, XL Recordings, means home. To us, XL is just our latest Friday Mixtape, and a good one at that. As always, below you will find the week's best mix of singles, covers, and remixes, along with mp3s from a few artists you might want to check out! NEW Singles: "Demon Eyes" by The Answer "Stumble Out [...]
Darin of Hume, California, is a little happier today. He won last week's Danks CD giveaway contest , and the CD is on it's way in a spiffy recycled bubble mailer made by yours truly (see photo left). I get a lot of promo CDs in the mail, which I'm ever grateful for, but the biggest conundrum I've had about them is the paper bubble mailers they're sent in. You can't conveniently throw them in any recycling bin, and it would pain me to just throw them in the garbage. I have quite a supply stored up, and I [...]
So who doesn't love the weekend and free music? We dig both and want to share the love. PopWreckoning is proud to present 'Free Music Friday' — we'll give you a quick rundown on a band and have an mp3 streaming and available for download. We think it's a solid idea and hope you do, too! - Juliette Commagére Juliette Commagére of LA outfit Hello Stranger will be releasing her first solo effort, Queens Die Proudly, on October 24th through Aeronaut Records . [...]
So who doesn't love the weekend and free music? We dig both and want to share the love. PopWreckoning is proud to present 'Free Music Friday' — we'll give you a quick rundown on a band and have an mp3 streaming and available for download. We think it's a solid idea and hope you do, too! - Juliette Commagére Juliette Commagére of LA outfit Hello Stranger will be releasing her first solo effort, Queens Die Proudly, on October 24th through Aeronaut Records . [...]
So who doesn't love the weekend and free music? We dig both and want to share the love. PopWreckoning is proud to present 'Free Music Friday' — we'll give you a quick rundown on a band and have an mp3 streaming and available for download. We think it's a solid idea and hope you do, too! - Juliette Commagére Juliette Commagére of LA outfit Hello Stranger will be releasing her first solo effort, Queens Die Proudly, on October 24th through Aeronaut Records . [...]
These should be in heavy rotation, listen up: Folk rock singer/songwriter Thomas Bryan Eaton writes lyrics that cut like a knife, but string instruments and sunny backing vocals give them an endearing softer edge. Thomas Bryan Eaton - Naked Ear Thomas's new album, Dreams, Demons, and Butterflies, comes out later this week. and Emanuel Ayvas is a young piano composer who is also the
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