
Instinct , the full-length debut of Niki and the Dove , now finally available on CD, tops this week's list of new releases. Like fellow Swedish artists The Knife and Lykke Li, the Swedish duo combine '80s synth-pop, dark post-punk and dancy funk on what our Music Director, Don Yates, praises as "well-crafted songs with twinkling, ethereal synths, occasional tribal rhythms and some monster pop hooks." synths, occasional tribal rhythms and some monster pop hooks." Seattle producer/guitarist Erik Blood returns with a titillating concept album about pornography (don't worry, it's still SFW) wrapped in "a varied, atmospheric [...]
In the course of his career, Ned Collette has been likened to Leonard Cohen and Ghostface Killah, among others. Make what you will of that, but you can definitely say his sound is hard to pin down. It’s the product of a songwriter who shifted from sonic experiments to pop structures without ever leaving his [...]

Ned Collette , artista australiano in passato turnista per Joanna Newsom , Akron/Family , Bill Callahan e Nina Nastasia, torna con un nuovo disco. "23, licenziato dalla Fire Records ( Guided By Voices , Mission Of Burma ) esce a fine agosto anticipato da questa "Long You Lie" Ascolta e scarica l'MP3 : Ned Collette & Wirewalker - Long You Lie MP3: Ned Collette & Wirewalker - Long You Lie pubblicato [...]
Another exciting week for fans of new music... AOL/Spinner is streaming the following new releases through Sunday, November 22: • Norah Jones, 'The Fall' (EMI) • Paul McCartney, 'Good Evening New York City' (Hear/Concord) • Motley Crue, 'Greatest Hits' (Eleven...

A couple of Seattle artists have new albums out via Cheap Lullaby Records. Tim Wilson and Ryan Carbary are Ivan & Alyosha(I wonder why they couldn't just be Tim and Ryan?) and their new album is called The Verse, The Chorus. It's getting terrific reviews and some comparisons to a slower variation of the The Shins , which can't be a bad thing. Call me overworked, but it even sounds a little early Beatles-esque to me. Josh Ottum and a rather large group of musicians, including a couple borrowed [...]
So it turns out there is yet more good stuff coming our way from Down Under. It's like the proverbial buses, so hot on the heels (or wheels) of Sherlock's Daughter and St Helens come Ned Collette + Wirewalker with his new album (and first with a band) titled Over The Stones Under The Stars.Come Clean is a first taster from the album which opens with stomping drums and guitar riff to match and

Australian folkie Ned Collette has taken up with a band for his third album proper, and on first single, "Come Clean," they come correct - for the ordinarily elusive songwriter, it's a well-grounded rocker with a slow-burning Zeppelin-by-way-of-Sun Kil Moon guitar riff. But like SKM's Mark Kozelek, Ned's voice is as evocative as ever, floating above the inferno like an ashy, accented ghost. Ned Collette and Wirewalker - "Come Clean" : mp3 (As previously reported , Over The Stones, Under The Stars is out later this [...]

Filed under: Free MP3 of the Day Artist: Ned Collette + Wirewalker Songs: 'Come Clean' Album: 'Come Clean' [ iTunes ] Sounds Like : Joy Division , The National Download: Ned Collette + Wirewalker, 'Come Clean'(MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help] [...]
1. Tyrone Weels - "Sink or Swim" 2. Octoberman - "Trapped in the New Scene"3. Tempo No Tempo - "Medicines"4. El Perro Del Mar - "Change of Heart"5. Hotel St. George - "All Those Dancing Stars"6. Gospel Gossip - "Sippy Cup"7. Meaghan Smith - "Heartbroken"8. Rival Consoles - "1985"9. Awesome New Republic - "Alleycat"10. Jon & Roy - "Another Noon"**BONUS**Corey Chisel and the Wandering Sons - "Born