In opdracht van Sony heeft de Argentijnse creatieveling Juan Cabral het IJslandse dorp Seydisfjordur voor 3 dagen omgetoverd tot een gigantisch geluidssysteem. Met goedkeuring van alle 400 inwoners, hulp van het concert team van Sigur Ros en speciaal gecomponeerde muziek van o.a. Múm werd dit bijzondere project gerealiseerd. Juan Cabral kreeg dit idee overigens terwijl hij melk aan het kopen was en muziek van Karlheinz Stockhausen op z'n koptelefoon had. The making of Meer achtergrondinfo vind je hier .
Since their inception in 1972, there have been literally hundreds of KISS -related items made available for public consumption. Shot glasses, video games, coffee tables, clocks, skateboards, and even bottles of wine have featured the band's iconic logos and heavily made-up visages. Despite the band's blatant capitalist favoring, nothing could prepare me for the band's latest venture. To commemorate Sonic Boom , the band's latest release, the band has lent their likeness to M&Ms , the ever-popular chocolate candy. The "My M&M'S KISS Blend" will feature four customized packages adorned with the faces of current KISS members [...]

Every Friday we bring you our weekly batch of uploads. Download all the songs that went up the week of 10/5-10/9 right here, right now. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [ [...]
The new video from Múm directed by Kevin Phillips. Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know, the band's brand new album is out now on iTunes via Euphono. 10% of the sales will go straight to... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
Note: I tried to have this ready by Monday morning, but ended up getting ridiculously shit-faced the night before. I regret nothing (beyond those couple text messages that I probably shoudn't have sent). The new album from múm did not make much of an impression with the folks at Pitchfork and PopMatters , but that will not stop me from continuing to give them love . With this terrificly terrifying video - which first showed up on Stereogum last week - my love for them only gets stronger. [...]
Lo so che è giovedì sera e per molti di voi sta già cominciando il weekend. Ma molti lettori di Soundsblog, me compreso, hanno bisogno ancora di un giorno (e una notte) di relax prima di entrare in clima da fine settimana. E questa canzone, e insieme questo "strano" video, sono la colonna sonora giusta per questo tipo di serata. Si tratta del gruppo islandese dei múm , che sono da poco ritornati sulle scene con un nuovo album intitolato "Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know". La ricetta è sempre la stessa: elettronica soffusa e pop [...]
Los chicos de Múm se encuentran promocionando Sing Along To Songs You Don`t Know , su más reciente producción editada el pasado agosto a través de Euphono. El nuevo sencillo de esta producción es el tema "Sing Along" , del que recién estrenaron un agridulce vídeo promocional. Protagonizado por un venado, este fue dirigido por Kevin Philips y contiene mariposas, bailes ridículos, fuego, disfraces y un tono sumamente melancólico, además de momentos muy lindos y otros un poco crueles. En fin, un vídeo interesante. [...]
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I'm having a lazy Sunday and booming Gold Panda's tunes out of my window. I have been meaning to feature the Shoreditch based DJ/Producer for a while and with the sun outside shining bright his tracks are a great companion. With some awesome remixes under his belt, including great takes on Bloc Party and Little Boots, [...]

Hidden Shoal Recordings today announced the digital pre-release of the debut album by Rome-based composer Elisa Luu . Though digitally crafted, Chromatic Sigh is warm, inviting and uniquely human, betraying a vulnerability and sensitivity that is rarely found in the male-dominated sphere of electronica. With its sighing, lilting qualities, Elisa Luu’s music reawakens a sense of childlike wonder and adventure with every sprawling and sparkling track. The album deftly moves in and out of the realms of ambient and electronica, creating a blissful, liminal realm where everything is rendered transformative. [...]
Since their 2000 debut Yesterday Was Dramatic…Today Is OK , Icelandic avant-popsters múm have been crafting exquisite songs from all manner of sounds: gently-strummed guitars, various found sounds and ice crystal vocals. The band seems to inhabit a fairytale-like world with its own language, inviting fans to visit on each new release. On 2002’s Finally We Are No One , the band combined the rhythms of electronic music with the language and melodies of folk music to produce a classic. Their latest, Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know , ups the folk quotient, bringing [...]

Today is a relaxing day out of a relaxing weekend for me, and hopefully the same for you. On my lazy Sunday, I just wanted to share with you this lovely little ditty from Icelandic dreamboats, Múm . Ever since transferring planes at the Reykjavik airport four years ago, I have yearned to go to Iceland, and perhaps one day it will happen. I would like to imagine that Múm is the soundtrack for the entire nation. They are playing in late October at The Black Cat , and you can bet that I'll [...]
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Múm kommen für zwei Tage in die Schweiz. Im Gepäck hat das isländische Kollektiv sein neues Album "Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know". Den Tourbus teilt man sich mit dem Landsmann und Labelgenossen Benni Hemm Hemm. Múm sind das isländische Vozeige-Kollektiv. Ihren wundersamen Alben haftet stets etwas Märchenhaftes an. Es gibt weder ein Instrument, für das sie keine Verwendung haben, noch einen eindeutigen Lead-Sänger. Bei Múm darf jeder alles. Vier Schulfreunde haben die Band vor zwölf Jahren gegründet, seither hat sich die [...]
Daniel Johnston - "Freedom" ; A lot different is a bit of an understatement when talking about the changes found on this first track from Johnston's upcoming album Is and Always Was . The song has a much fuller, hi-fi sound that goes against all the popular trends of the year but I suppose that in turn fits Daniel Johnston's normal mode of operation. Grade : B The Dutchess and the Duke - "Hands" ; Slower and broader then what they gave us on [...]
3VOOR12:n kuuntelupisteeseen on ilmestynyt muutama uusi levy: Brendan Benson: My Old, Familiar Friend The Fiery Furnaces: I'm Going Away Mew: No More Stories... Múm: Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know Noah and The Whale: The First Days of Spring Jay Reatard: Watch Me Fall Soulsavers: Broken Squarepusher: Solo Electric Bass 1 [...]

The fact that a show included in the Edinburgh Fringe was moved across to Glasgow was inconvenient in itself. But when your bus home collides with another, you begin to re-evaluate the evening you had. Was travelling all that way really worth what could have been something a hell of lot worse? Taking the show away from the festival hustle of the now crowded streets of Edinburgh to just generally kind of busy streets of Glasgow makes the show feel like something else. Then again, I can’t imagine it meant a lot to the band for all they [...]
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Illuminated [mp3] With a gentle touch, Icelandic band, múm paints an epic soundscape fit for a fantasy movie scene with Illuminated from their new album, Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know (2009/on groovy German label, Morr Music ). Their name sounds like this - "miooyyuujm" - maybe not what you'd think, but the sound of their songs is as you'd expect with titles like Illuminated, Kay-ray-ku-ku-ko-kex, Hullaballabalú, Moon Pulls and Scratched bicycle Smell memory. [...]
First and most importantly, this week is the culmination of a long anticipation of one of MUF's favorite bands. Despite the negative press Athlete has been already receiving for their new album, we can assure ... Related posts: New Album Releases For Tuesday 8/4/2009 New Album Releases For Tuesday 8/11/2009 New Album Releases For Tuesday 8/18/2009
Exactly two months and one day from today, the CMJ Music Marathon will again descend on New York City to bring five sleepless, alcohol fueled, mind-numbing days of epic music proportions. Today, organizers gave us a taste of what will be included in this fun, this in the form of the first batch of the 1,200 artists scheduled to perform at 75 of city's venues between from October 20th and 24th. Among them are Atlas Sound, The Temper Trap, The Very Best, Pissed Jeans, and múm. Crystal Antlers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Das Racist, Pitbull, Broadcast, and [...]