Jonsi of the great Sigur Ros has announced a run of US tour dates from April through May, including a stop at Coachella . According to the press release - "The tour will feature a brand new band and a stage set designed by 59 Productions, bringing together the worlds of theatre and music in a new and hopefully unique way." Check out the full list of dates below. Jonsi 2010 Tour Dates: April 6 Vancouver, Canada Vogue Theatre April 7 Vancouver, Canada Vogue Theatre [...]
Doron Gild There's a lot of New York in Eyelid Movies , the debut album from the duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel known as Phantogram , and while the pair do indeed have Empire State license plates on their cars, they don't hail from a Brooklyn bedsit or East Village walk-up, but the town of Greenwich way upstate - as close to Montreal as it is to Manhattan. But you couldn't tell that from just listening to the record - Its synthetic dream-pop owes a lot to bands [...]
Catch him at: april 6 vancouver, canada vogue theatre april 7 vancouver, canada vogue theatre april 9 seattle, wa the showbox sodo april 10 seattle, wa the showbox sodo april 13 portland, or roseland theatre april 15 berkeley, ca zellerbach auditorium april 16 san francisco, ca palace of fine arts april 18 indio, ca coachella april 21 denver, co paramount theatre april 22 lawrence, ks [...]
So I was trolling along YouTube this morning, just filling my normal quota of adorable animals being tickled *, when I came across Sigur Rós playing "Gobbledigook" live. Don't ask how I ended up there, busybody. I have my reasons. I always knew that performances of "Gobbledigook" were super fun affairs, with a billion (give or take) people on stage banging drums and such, everyone smiling and just enjoying life, man. And this video transmits that so well. The whole five minutes is complete joy, from Jónsi's moving around the stage, [...]
Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi upcoming debut solo album entitled "Go" to be released on April 5, April 1 in Australia. Next week they will also be releasing the video for his song 'Go Do', Here you can listen to an acoustic set and interview from WNYC. Jonsi - Go Tracklisting: 01. Go Do 02. Animal Arithmetic 03. Tornado 04. Boy Lilikoi 05. Sinking Friendships 06. Kolnidur 07. Grow Till Tall 08. Around Us 09. Hengilas [...]
Go will see daylight shortly. He recently chatted with AP. Visit Jonsi on Twitter. MP3: Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi
Following in the footsteps of The Killers , Blitzen Trapper , Bon Iver , and TV on the Radio , the Icelandic post-rock outfit Sigur Rós is the latest high-profile indie outfit to use the "b" word. As revealed by frontman Jonsi Birgisson in a recent interview with Spinner , Sigur Rós is currently on a indefinite break and will not release a new album in 2010, despite previous comments to the contary . "We haven't got another [Sigur Rós] album ready. It was just a rumour. We [...]
Frank Yang If Alan Sparhawk is looking to avoid Neil Young comparisons with his Retribution Gospel Choir work, you wouldn't know it. Taking the stage at the Drake Underground on Monday night, the Low frontman was almost a tribute to Shakey boasting an impressive pair of muttonchop sideburns complimenting his black, P90-equipped, Bigsby-ed Les Paul. Okay, you'd probably never catch Neil dressed as classically dapper as Sparhawk and his bandmates, but sartorial concerns aside, you don't have to look to hard for at least one source of inspiration. [...]
Enjoy the brand new Q&A session below. Go will see daylight very shortly! MP3: Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi
Jónsi í Sigur Rós leit inn hjá útvarpsstöðinni WNYC nú fyrir helgi og spjallaði og spilaði í útvarpsþættinum Soundcheck á stöðinni. Jónsi spilaði þrjú lög af væntanlegri plötu, Go , í órafmögnuðum útsetningum auk þess að ræða við þáttarstjórnandann um hitt og þetta. Það má hlusta á herlegheitin á heimasíðu WNYC en hér að neðan eru svo lögin sem Jónsi flutti. Jónsi - Go Do (acoustic) Jónsi - Go Do (acoustic) Jónsi - Boy Lilikoi (acoustic) [...]
Yes, it took me all of two days into this countdown to not make a post! Alas, yesterday was not a very internet friendly day...so I will share two Coachella bound acts on this one. First up, English singer songwriter Frank Turner. Here is a tune off of is 2008 record 'Love Ire And Song." * 'Photosynthesis' MP3 And here is one from Jonsi, aka Jón Þór [...]
Download yesterday's beautiful set at bottom. Go will see daylight very shortly! Visit Jonsi at his official site. Listen to WNYC here. MP3: Jonsi - Live On WNYC
If you have little ones and a bad singing voice, why not let the professionals have a stab at it? On May 18th, American Laundromat Records will release Sing Me to Sleep , a charity compilation of "lullabies and non-lullabies", according to TwentyFourBit . Among the artists contributing to this album: Papercuts, Stars, Telekenesis, and O+S. The album features a broad selection of source material, from "The Rainbow Connection" to Don Henley's "Boys of Summer". In addition, pre-ordering the album will get you a poster and limited edition 73, featuring the tune "Kafari" from Sigur Rós. All [...]
Photo by Kevin Cooley Last week the pmaCAST celebrated its twenty-fifth installment on its one year anniversary - yet no one wished us a Happy Birthday! What rude listeners we have. Anyway, moving on to the twenty-sixth episode, we are looking at 2010's first quarter in music releases. I've assembled a 17-song playlist that will hopefully give you a nice taste of the album's we've liked that will be released in Twenty-Ten . Find the tracklist and download links below: [...]
Watch the adorable mini feature below. Go will see daylight very shortly! MP3: Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi
Watch the brief feature (which highlights percussion for 'Go Do') below. MP3: Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi
JOSE VANDERS London, England The Bristol University student is a quite remarkable talent and it's only a matter of time before her word-of-mouth popularity outgrows the cult following she currently enjoys. Her instrument of choice is usually the piano and if you hunt down her three EPs, you'll soon be swooning to some stunning pop songs. Jose is second from the right, in case you were wondering. Jose Vanders - These Times [...]
So it's coming to the end of the Christmas Bank Holiday and I'm about to present you all with my favourite fifty singles (as well as free downloads, this year) of 2009. Better late than never. All the songs should have been released in the UK in 2009 or made available for free download by the artists. No re-releases and only one song per artist. Unless I've made a mistake, in which case, anything goes. Spotify playlist of most of the tracks here . Thoughts? Any other suggestions? [...]
I was tempted to limit this to a top 30 songs of the year, but in the past couple weeks I've discovered quite a few new tracks that have convinced me this year was a bit stronger than I had initially expected. I would still say that the list this year is weaker than past ones. Not because there wasn't enough good music this year. It's just that there were a lot fewer peaks. There were a TON (as many or more than ever before) good to very-good songs and albums out this year, but [...]
DBF Music
Chromewaves
the music slut
Knox Road
You Are The Music
Consequence Of Sound
Rjominn
The Swill Merchant
Pretty Much Amazing
The Pop Cop
Letters Have No Arms
FADED GLAMOUR
Heartache with Hard Work
Beach House covers Queen
The Bee Gees – Tragedy (Equateur Remix)
Video: Nas – “Daughters”
