The last time we saw Ravens and Chimes on MTIB was over a year ago, since that time the band has endured a harrowing tale of survival. According to Consequence of Sound, who calls upon the knowledge of MTV Hive, Ravens and Chimes almost didn't even complete their sophomore album, Holiday Life . There was in-band fighting, and a shortage on cash and time among other things. However, the band pulled through and now have tour as well as a second album on it's way. To highlight their efforts and accomplishments, we've got a song from the [...]
Charming song from Ravens and Chimes called "Night." I will listen to it over and over again
Monday, February 13, 2012 Today's Quick Mention: Heads up! You can now find all of our "SXSW Favorable Mentions" on one page. We still have a ton of acts to recommend, so my advice is that you stick the link in your bookmarks for future reference. Here's something to make your Monday a little better. Enjoy. : Siinai - Marathon : This act certainly knows how to make people pay attention to them. [...]
Final post for this week. Have yourselves a great weekend and we'll be back Monday morning. Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.... Phenomenal Handclap Band - Following pacificUV - Funny Girl Robert Deeble - Undertow Dustin Wong - Pink Diamond Eli - Baddest Bachelor The Hairs - I've Been Working Out Feathers - Dream Song (Maya Postepski remix) / Land Of The Innocent Elia & The Low Tears - Perfect Circles Tashaki Miyaki - If Not For You [...]
It was just two weeks ago that I rediscovered Ravens & Chimes lurking in the corners of my digital library. I didn't realize that they were about to release a new LP, Holiday Life , that has been a long time coming. According to MTV Hive, it took almost three years of in-band fighting, lack of funds, and working around day jobs to finish the album. Holiday Life will be released on April 3rd via Better Looking Records. Ravens & Chimes - Night [...]
Brooklyn baroque five-piece Ravens & Chimes ' sophomore album almost didn't happen. According to MTV Hive, it took almost three years of in-band fighting, lack of funds, and working around day jobs to finish what would be known as Holiday Life . But like any band worth its salt, Ravens & Chimes incorporated these setbacks into their songwriting, whose morose arrangements focus on loss and expectation. Holiday Life 's first single, "Night", opens with a flutist backing frontman Asher Lack's piano-driven plea to spend the night. Drum brushes and Lack's croon soften the idea of [...]
Ravens & Chimes showcase the kind of urgency you usually expect to hear from folk frontmen desperately running from a broken heart and delaying the pain of unrealized expectations. Lead singer Asher Lack may share many of these same issues, but on sophomore record "Holiday Life" (out April 3rd On Better Looking Records), he handles it all with deft songwriting and a wandering curiosity that launches this record to some surprising places. Filled with sudden stops and orchestral interludes, "Holiday" is very bit a symphony as much as it is a Baroque pop classic. Like them [...]
Punk used to go on and on about destroying your idols but now that I've seen who and what they've been replaced with I'm not at all convinced. Nature detests a void. "Schemers" from Skaters "Shadow On The Stone" from Donovan Quinn [...]
This new song "Night" from New York based indie outfit Ravens & Chimes is the perfect setting for me as I write this post late in the evening. It's subtle approach to songwriting writing seems like what everyone needs when unwinding from a long day at the office. Somehow the band manages to create these soundscapes that pack a major punch with me despite the faintness that seems to pour out of every note. A new album from the band Holiday Life will arrive on April 3rd via Better Looking Records and we can only [...]
so ganz will sich mir "cast your stone", am 17. januar als selfrelease erschienen, nicht erschließen, aber die teilnahme von lucinda williams hat lichtpunkte gesetzt, ein glück für den songwriter und sein debut: walter rose : walter rose - driving south (feat. lucinda williams) by fanaticpro die single hat zug durch emotion, released von kicking ink recordings, hinter dem jules verne inspirierten moniker steckt phil barry aus reading, der sich bereits seit 2005 schafft und nach und nach einen namen [...]
BEST OF 2011 : Songs | Albums (soon) | EPs/Singles | Discoveries/Heavy Rotation | Photos A really good year! The first 40 or so are mega-jams and the latter 38 (Rawkblog loves you, baby) are still jams. I purposefully left out songs by Destroyer because I couldn't decide, so consider Kaputt represented. You can play the entire page with the handy Ex.fm player in the bottom right corner, stream the playlist on Spotify and Rdio , and download everything after the jump. [...]
An eclectic mix of eleven tunes for the day that's in it.
Ravens & Chimes / photo by David Greenwald I won't be at CMJ this year, but here are the bands I'd see if I was. Fun jams for everyone after the jump. Hospitality : New Merge Records signees. Sounds accordingly Merge-y (guitar fuzz!) with the added twist of a New York Post-Feist Sassy Lady lead singer. Hospitality - Friends of Friends by MergeRecords North Highlands : Intricate folk-rock with [...]
Olivia Tremor Control/photo by David Greenwald Download an Olivia Tremor Control bootleg: NPR recorded the reunited psych-pop heroes at New York club Le Poisson Rogue this week. The mix is messy and the band's not getting any younger, but it sounds better than their FYF set . [ NPR ] Wilco played a one-hour set for Letterman : You can watch it online. I also interviewed the band for Drowned in Sound . [ NY Magazine ] Guided by Voices recording reunion album: [...]
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Austin Town Hall
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The Rawking Refuses To Stop!
A Town Full of Losers
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A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
