Like every other blogger we get plenty of emails. Well, when we say plenty, we figured out we get one every 11 minutes, all day, every day. It's somewhat boring to go on about it, but our point is that there's a whole stack of music waiting in our inbox every time we fire up our Gmail. Naturally, we don't like to miss out on any exciting artists, so we do our best to wade through when we get time, although it's more like using a thimble to bail out The Titanic. Sometimes this means that we have to rush [...]
Plus de la moitié des morceaux d' In Evening Air touchent au sublime. Il aurait été dommage que je ne rencontre pas cet album dans les bonnes conditions, et il aurait été encore plus dommage que je ne vous invite pas à l'écouter.
Baltimore synth-pop band Future Islands has returned to the stage after 3 years of absence. After a short list of shows in the US, they will begin their European tour on February 16th in Madrid. This will be the first time the band will perform their second album On The Water, which came out just last year, and also the band's first live shows in three years. Recently, Future Islands have begun to stir up some commotion as they progress from the underground music scene and towards bigger venues and more success. You can check [...]
5. on the water future islands thrill jockey, october 11, 2011 "balance" here is where it got tough. deciding between several shades of why and on the water at number five was a particularly difficult decision. future islands was a new band for me, and samuel herring's bear of a voice is never short on histrionics. on the other hand, histrionics may [...]
Have you listened to Future Islands ? You haven't? Stop reading this and click play on the track below to get a sense of just how incredible the group's music is. I just started listening to last year's "On the Water" and it's definitely something to take in and appreciate. The music is ambient yet an upbeat dance party at the same time. I'm just wishing I had heard this album sooner. Future Islands are playing at the Camel tonight with Ed Schrader's Music Beat and Canary Oh Canary . [...]
Apologies to all... It's been an interesting holiday break. A lot of competing priorities and the blog took the hit. We're back on track for the year, and complete our year in review with the conclusion of my picks for 2011. Thanks again for an incredible 2011! Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know : When reviewing this album, it's hard not to focus on Laura Marling's age. The 21 year old folkstress continues to demonstrate brilliance with the release of her third album, which follows [...]
Top 30 Songs 30. Planningtorock – The Breaks 29. Destroyer – Suicide Demo for Kara Walker 28. Cold Cave – The Great Pan Is Dead 27. Lower Dens – Batman 26. Grouper – Water People 25. Prurient – Palm Tree Corpse 24. Kurt Vile – Runner Ups 23. Parenthetical Girls – Sympathy for Spastics 22. Ford & Lopatin – Joey Rogers 21. Burial – Stolen Dog 20. [...]
Nachdem ich mir inzwischen so viele verschiedene Jahrescharts von so vielen verschiedenen Menschen angeschaut habe, kann ich sie ehrlich gesagt nicht mehr sehen. Wenn man auf ein Jahr zurückblickt, dann kommen einem doch sowieso eher einzelne Momente in den Sinn - oft wild durcheinanderfliegend und höchstens locker verknüpft durch Assoziationen - als irgendwelche Listen. Aber es macht ja doch immer wieder Spaß, seine eigenen Favoriten gegeneinander abzuwägen und zu ordnen, Ranglisten aufzustellen und umzuschmeißen – auch wenn man an dem Kampf dabei beinahe verzweifelt. Ich hoffe jedenfalls ihr habt noch ein offenes Ohr für die Musik, die mich im vergangenen [...]
Here are my favorite releases of 2011, in no particular order. I've made a Spotify playlist if you'd like to check them out. Light Asylum - In Tension John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves Trust - Candy Walls 73 Austra - Feel It Break Com [...]
I'm officially not doing an albums of the year list. There have been so few that I wholeheartedly enjoy, I'd have to do a top 10 that starts at 8. But that is not to say that there wasn't some exceptional new music this year. Click HERE for my favorite tracks from 2011. I'm hoping that 2012 will pick up the pace, but if not, I'll just further recede into the vintage music that I love so much. I hope you enjoy listening to the mixes as much as I like making them. [...]
This is it. 2011 has come to a halt and making way for a year where the 2012 calendar mysteriously ends. Let's make it a good year and remember the year in Denver music for 2011. It's impossible for me to get out to every show. I do my best to get out to the shows that seem "interesting" to me and more often than not skip acts that I've seen previously. It's always fun to catch bands on the upslope like at Hi-Dive or Bluebird and later find out that they have a summer show already [...]
Heycoolkid! Best Songs Of 2011 (11-25) THIS IS WHERE THINGS START GETTING OFFENSIVELY GOOD [I messed up the count. See #17 as to why. Yes I realize there are two 26's just enjoy the music, we're all friends here] . . 26. Radical Face - "All Is Well (Goodbye, Goodbye)" Radical Face is oneartist who've [...]
Off the top of my head (and according to the charts from my several last.fm accounts), here are 25 songs I've had on repeat sometime in 2011. Also, judging from our previous experience , having a post with a bunch of mp3s is good for driving traffic! Gang Gang Dance – Glass Jar Litanic Mask – Virgin Spring U.S. Girls – The Island Song Pictureplane [...]
Heycoolkid!'s 100 Best Songs Of 2011 (41-55) . . 55. Middle Brother - "Me, Me, Me" What is there not to love when combining key elements of Delta Spirits, Deer Tick, and Dawes? "Me, Me, Me" is an indie honky-tonk set on fire. Every element from the Jerry Lee Lewis style piano to the Lynard [...]
I don't know how to properly describe what Future Islands are currently doing to my musical spirit. Not since I first heard Tim Tevelia playing Love & Rockets' Express at Erika Zeigler's house back in 198? have I been so shaken by the music that one band has put together. Listening to this song as I write this post I get the chills and my eyes tear over the fact that I have found such originality and passion in composition. Seriously, to be 42 and have music make you feel like the world has no limits and that life is just beginning.....it's unreal. [...]
[It's Buzz Bands LA staff writer Seraphina L's turn to share a year-end list ...] By Seraphina Lotkhamnga Choosing one's favorite albums of the year is always a daunting task, and it's even worse when you have to whittle your list down to 25. Here are my thoughts on 2011 albums (local and non-local), and I'll go ahead and say that it's been a really great year for L.A. bands to break out. My special mentions [...]
5. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues mp3: Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues 4. Wye Oak - Civilian mp3: Wye Oak - Civilian 3. Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital mp3: Handsome... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
Let me start by saying nothing in 2011 has come close to the affection I still have for my two favorite records of 2010: The Walkmen's masterful Lisbon and Blake Mills' so-good-why-the-fuck-haven't-y ou-listened-to-it-yet Break Mirrors . But that's not to say 2011 hasn't been a great year in music. In fact, I don't think I've ever discovered so many favorite new bands (Natural Child, Stone Darling, Breakfast In Fur, Marisa Anderson, Mikal Cronin, Bare Wires, Future Islands, Braids, etc.) in a single year. The internet has created so many minute niches catered by small communities, micro DIY labels, [...]
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Estamos a tan solo una entrega (sin contar esta, duh!) de conocer quien ocupa el puesto numero 1 dentro de la extensa seleccion que realize de algunos de los mejores 150 tracks de este año. Espero que cada uno de ustedes haya estado disfrutando bastante de cada uno de los temas que ha estado desfilando a lo largo de estas dos semanas que llevo con este conteo y por supuesto, espero que tambien esten disfrutando de cada una de las bandas, proyectos, solistas, nerdos y demas cosas que les he estado compartiendo a diario durante los ultimos 12 meses. En [...]
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