Of course it makes sense for a country with a climate as unrelentingly bleak as that of Sweden to pump out music ever entrenched in the key of melancholy. And by that same logic, it makes lucid sense for bands from Stockholm and the surrounding areas to favour the sunless stylisation of, say, dark-wave . As such – yup, you guessed it – may we introduce you to the grim disposition of Nordic four-piece Fun Control , and their forbidding début track, Trickle-down Effect. Vocally redolent of Dave Gahan, lyrics of pistol barrels pointed right between the eyes – [...]
After busying himself with new music for video games and Hans Zimmerman films, Tom Holkenberg is set to release his sixth full-length under his Junkie XL moniker. Synthesized is Holkenberg's first album since 2008, and the veteran electronic musician/producer filled it with appearances by some of his good buddies. Tears for Fears' Curt Smith helps out on the poppy "When Enough Is Not Enough", while Tommie Sunshine drops in on the heavy synths of "Love Machine". Elsewhere, you can hear the resurrected voice of iconic psychologist/drug proponent Timothy Leary on the [...]
It's been four years since Dutch-born electronic musician/producer Tom Holkenborg (AKA Junkie XL ) put out an album, but he's been keeping himself very busy. Since 20082s Booming Back At You, Holkenborg has done production work for the likes of Madonna, Coldplay, Robert Smith, and Rammstein, contributed new music to EA video games The Sims 3 , DOA: Dead or Alive , and Kingdom of Heaven , and worked with film composer extraordinaire Hans Zimmerman on films like Inception , Madagascar 3 , and, yes, The Dark Knight Rises. Yet somehow, [...]
Man I have to be the luckiest guy around to have Ryan Radler sending me a mixtape one week and Steph Lund another the very next. I mean, I hear mixtapes all the time, but not once in my online scavenger hunts have I run into such unique tastes and diverse quality. Cheers to the to the best, most eclectic and tasteful, mixtapes in the game. Every time I hear the the latest installment of LMDM it's my new favorite. Steph gets better every time so that makes sense, but Aout 2012 is something special. From top to bottom [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Arcade Fire, Of Monsters and Men, Fredrik Song: Alcoholic Faith Mission - Running With Insanity [download here ] What's so good? [...]
An appetizer before the next Fredrik album. Read more »
This was supposed to be a productive week, those hours after work. But I ended up doing what any solid music nerd would: procrastinate by going through my records and singles, rediscovering old favorites and discovering new treasures hidden within my collection. We listened to The Smiths on repeat for a few days. I dug out an old single by The Rondelles. I got Andi into Crystal Stilts. And despite all this recounting of the past, of all the listening to albums already in my collection, I [...]
by teepoo Here is this week's most visited tracks! Position Last Song Link 1 - Long Distance Runners- Election Day post 2 - Said the Whale- Big Wave Goodbye video 3 [...]
by teepoo Here's what songs other people fell in love with this week! Some of these are weird, but they are our most viewed posts! Position Last Song Link 1 - Bry Webb- Rivers of Gold post 2 - Cadence Weapon [...]
by teepoo Think you missed out on a good song? Well here's our most viewed posts of last week! Position Last Song Link 1 - Old and Weird- Feel No Threat post 2 - ElektroTank- Annex [...]
by teepoo Here's our weekly chart of most visited single-song posts. Man tons of videos snuck on! If you haven't heard these tracks perhaps you should check them out because others have fallen in love. Position Last Song Link 1 - Said the Whale- We are 1980 video 2 3 [...]
Your Grammy night selections: ► Hard to imagine a more exuberant party than the one the Echoplex has in store tonight: Grammy-nominated New Orleans stalwarts the Rebirth Brass Band (pictured) team up with Eli "Paperboy" Reed for a healthy dose of funk and soul. ► Think of this as kind of the anti-Grammy night: The folks at Dublab are presenting "A Labrat Matinee: The Light Bends," a night of music videos, comedy, film and art, at the Silent Movie Theatre. ► Young the Giant does a [...]
by teepoo Here is this week's top 10 single song posts! We post a ton of music each week but here is what people are viewing the most. Hope you discover something new. Position Last Song Link 1 - Teenage Kicks- Fake Problems post 2 - [...]
The Grammys are this Sunday and if memory serves me right, the general sentiment is kind of "blah" compared to previous years. It use to be an honor to perform, but now you have artists declining (Bon Iver) the opportunity. Adele will win > 2 Grammys and the Beach Boys playing with Foster the People smells kind of desperate. Who knows, Katy Perry might actually go home with an award or Skrillex might be selected as Best New Artist? Kaskade // Deadmau5 - Move For Me (TABS Remix) [...]
With February already in full swing, the 2012 music release calendar is really starting to shape up thanks to a jackpot of new albums released this week, and over the past couple of weeks. There are so many new albums that have released this week that decided to split this installment of the Best New [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Here’s some more new music from Swedish trio Fredrik’s remix EP Ornament . It’s the Eluvium remix of Inventress of III (and Everything) and the EP is out now via The Kora Records . Listen to the song here: Inventress of III (and Everything)
Mark Lanegan's Blues Funeral comes out today, and if you couldn't tell how excited we were to feature an exclusive album preview this past week and you somehow thrilled we were to host the Mark Lanegan Band live this morning from the Cutting Room Studios in NYC, go back and listen to the performance again later today on our Live Performances Archive and you can practically hear John Richards' head explode when Mark calls him "bro." Awesome. Though Mark Lanegan lives in sunnier southern climes now, he's definitely a legend of Northwest [...]
by teepoo Here's our weekly top single song posts by visits! A ton of new tracks made it on chart this week. Glad you guys dig them
I can appreciate when musicians pay homage to horror films. After all, it is my favorite movie genre. Swedish electronic trio Fredrik have done just that with their new EP Ornament out on February 7th with The Kora Records. Download the EP's first single "Fever and Foam" below for some truly brooding synthesizers and ghostly wailing. Read more »
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: backwords : "Anywhere Now" [mp3] from By The Neck (out March 6th) search for more backwords posts at Largehearted Boy Barry Adamson : "Turnaround" [mp3] from [...]
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