81 mins : 10 secs | 55.7 mb M.I.A. "Born Free" ( xl recordings ) /\/\ /\ Y /\ [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook Far "If You Cared Enough" ( vagrant records ) At Night We Live [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook We Are Scientists "Nice Guys" ( mri ) Barbara [ amazon ] website [...]
Our love of Heat-Ray is well documented . Their first album, Love All Over blew us away with its' mix of noise and brilliant melodies, earning the number 3 spot on our Top 20 Albums of 2009. With the release of their latest single, Never Forever, they give music lovers another opportunity to get a small dose of their genius. The band was also kind enough to provide us with one of the bonus tracks from the EP for this weeks' "Friday Download". Here is "Strange Music". Download here [...]
73 mins : 44 secs | 50.6 mb Retribution Gospel Choir "Hide It Away" ( sub pop ) 2 [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook Vampire Weekend "Cousins" ( xl recordings ) Contra [ amazon ] website | myspace | facebook OK Go "WTF?" ( capitol ) Of the Blue Colour of the Sky [ amazon ] website | [...]
In the end, we think this was truly a great year for music. We would argue that this was the year of the new band, with 75% of our top 20 consisting of debut albums. As we started going through this list, we recognized that we'd interviewed many of the bands listed. As you know, based on our refusal to accept advertising, we've been adamant in our refusal to be influenced by labels, promoters, etc.. Frankly, when we heard some of these albums, we were on the phone trying to track the bands down for an [...]
Heat-Ray (Myspace) Hometown: Calgary, Alberta Canada Album: Loveallover (iTunes) Label: Pop Echo Heat-Ray - Vampire Blues Pt. 2 Bookmark It [...]
With the success in recent years of bands like Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, and Great Lake Swimmers, the image of Canadian indie rock has taken a definite turn away from rockin' out. Calgary's Heat-Ray must have sensed that too, so they are here with their new album Love All Over to correct that unfortunate imbalance.The album from the quintet can definitely be described as "guitar-oriented
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Capybara : "Soft" [mp3] from Try Brother other Capybara posts at Largehearted Boy El Perro Del Mar : "Change of Heart" [mp3] from Love Is Not Pop (out October 20th) other El Perro Del Mar posts at Largehearted Boy heat-ray [...]
Hyperbole (pronounced hye-PER-bə-lee, from ancient Greek "ὑπερβολή", meaning excess or exaggeration) is a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is rarely meant to be taken literally. Genius (pronounced jeen-yuhs) refers to a person, a body of work, or a singular achievement of surpassing excellence. More than just originality, creativity, or intelligence, genius is associated with achievement of insight which has transformational power. Occasionally, we've been accused of being a wee bit hyperbolic. Never [...]
JEMINA PEARL REVEALS DEBUT LP Jemina Pearl , our favorite rioting, rambunctious, rancorous ex- Be Your Own Pet frontwoman shotgunned our faces off last week with the announcement that her debut LP sits ready and raring to rend our ears straight from our smiling mugs. We've already listened to the excellent ' Get Awkward -era' tracks posted on JP's Myspace page (the summery, subversive edge of "Ecstatic Appeal", the bouncey, shredding brain-addled boogie of "Heartbeats", and the croony, garage-rock mashup of "Nashville Shores") and with the release [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Cave Singers : "At the Cut" [mp3] from Welcome Joy (out August 18th) other Cave Singers posts at Largehearted Boy The Dandy Warhols : "Burned (live)" [mp3] other Dandy Warhols posts at Largehearted Boy Dead Confederate : "It Was a Rose (acoustic)" [...]
Things have been quiet on the Pop Echo front lately. After their biggest acts either a) broke up – Golden Hands Before God b) Got picked up by another label – Bella, Junior Bloomsday or c) are more associated with another label and are kind of stuck in limbo – The Whitsundays , it's not shocking that it took some time to restock the talent pond. But restock they did. Calgary super group, heat-ray is about to release their debut record, and since the band is comprised of members [...]
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