Here it is, our annual salute to the greatest of the (contemporary) greatest: our most-listened-to tracks of 2009. The usual rules apply: each band only gets one song, so despite the fact that most of our Top 10 most-listened-to 2009 tracks in ITunes are from Johnny Foreigner 's superlative Grace And The Bigger Picture , only the most-played track gets a slot on our list below. The main reason for doing this list is to spotlight great songs that might not have been on an album that warrants best-of-the-best status for the year. The inclusion of George [...]
If you follow new music at all, you've surely run into the trendy "lo-fi" movement by now. Now, if you are old like me, you will remember the "lo-fi" movement of the early 1990's courtesy of bands like Sebadoh and their four-track recorders. Well, the old trusty four tracks have been upgraded to GarageBand and the like. As with most genres, there's a ton of copy-cat junk out there now, but there are always some gems as well. As the Internet Forever tag line goes - "Good at Songs, Bad at Fidelity" [...]
Hace cosa de un año comentábamos por aquí la serie de vinilos que desde el sello Slumberland Records se ponía a la venta. Se trataba de discos de 7" que contaban, en cada cara con una canción de un grupo diferente. Por entonces eran cuatro las entregas realizadas, y ahora regresa la serie con los dos volúmenes siguientes, en donde, a diferencia de los anteriores, son tres canciones las que vamos a encontrar en cada disco. Searching For The Now Vol 5 [...]
Sep 3, 2009, 2:45pm
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Das kalifornische Label Slumberland bescheert uns eine wahre Veröffentlichungsflut mit Platten neuer und unbekannter, aufregender Bands. Slumberland Records ist ein auf Indiepop spezialisiertes Indie-Label alter Schule. Gegründet wurde es 1989 in Washington DC ist aber unterdessen in Oakland ansässig. Der Katalog ist handverlesen (Velocity Girl, Stereolab, The Softies, Rocketship, The Lodger), aktuelle Aushängeschilder sind Crystal Stilts und The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. Letztere veröffentlichen nächste Woche eine neue EP mit dem Titel "Higher Than The Stars". Die EP enthält [...]
so hatten wir berichtet, nun stellt das label sunday service auch einen download zur geschmacksverstärkung bereit: music for your heart - the one ist schon eine ganze weile her, dass wir über die hamburger geschrieben haben, nun erschien am 07. august das neue album "original bedouin culture", gehört hier und heute erwähnt und gefördert, bitte: like a stuntman - on repetition we are [...]
Aug 13, 2009, 11:09am
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Liechtenstein - "This Must Be Heaven" The ever-amazing Slumberland just released TWO new 7-inches in their Searching For The Now split series. Vol. 5 is totally Gothenburg'd out, featuring the above track from Liechtenstein , as well as two tracks by The Faintest Ideas . George Washington Brown - "End of the..." You'd do well to check out Vol. 6 as [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Da Vincis : "50s Film" [mp3] from See You Tonight (out October 27th) other Da Vincis posts at Largehearted Boy Erin McKeown : "The Foxes" [mp3] from Hundreds Of Lions (out October 13th) other Erin McKeown posts at Largehearted Boy The Faintest Ideas : "Procrastination [...]
Jun 5, 2009, 4:31pm MBV
MP3: Kurt Vile - "Freeway" MP3: Apollo Ghosts - "Scott, Painter" MP3: George Washington Brown - "A Good Year" MP3: Apollo Ghosts - "Little Yokohama" MP3: Little Girls - "What We Did" MP3: Sisters - "Glue" MP3: Jail - "No Mindless Love" MP3: [...]
Here's the new Catbirdseat Mix for you; as always, grab 'em below or go thru the mix link in the sidebar. Kurt Vile - "Freeway" Apollo Ghosts - "Scott, Painter" George Washington Brown - "A Good Year" Apollo Ghosts - "Little Yokohama" Little Girls - "What We Did" Sisters - "Glue" Jail - "No Mindless Love" [...]
i, at one time, wanted to start my own label, but i had to be honest with myself and admit that i dont have that kind of freakin time to dedicate to something like that. as much as i would love to venture into something like that, i just dont need another distraction that could lead to another mild obsession. i still may try to put out a few things here and there, but nothing like the scope that i would ideally like to get into. some of my fellow constituents have done just that, parlayed their respective [...]
Zeus : From the musical friendship of Mike O'Brien and Carlin Nicholson, who have been touring together in Jason Collett's ( Broken Social Scene ) backing band, comes their debut EP ( Sounds Like Zeus ) out June 2nd on Arts and Crafts . ' Zeus draws upon classic influences to craft timeless songs, complete with fuzzed out guitars and shimmering harmonies'. Try a sample, download the song ' Marching Through Your Head ' for free here . George Washington Brown : I recently started following [...]
May 20, 2009, 3:00pm MBV
George Washington Brown - EP Out now on Catbird Records George Washington Brown - "A Guess, Rewind"
It's that time again- time for Catbird Records to fill out your earbuds with something new and wonderful. Our newest release, I'm proud to say, comes from England's George Washington Brown , who some of you may remember from this brilliant video/song . Or perhaps you remember him from his former life, as "Johnny X" from '90s punkers Kenickie ? Of course, his music these days has less to do with the UK punk tradition, and much more to do with the UK indiepop tradition (he does live in Sunderland alongside [...]
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