Episode 40 of The Mix Tape Podcast is now available for download ! Opening things up this week with what seems like an energetic ode to the synthesiser are Simian Mobile Disco with Sythesise. Everything from the front track onwards though is all rather laid back. I've include the excellent debut track from unsigned band The Hundred In The Hands. [...]
Episode 40 of The Mix Tape Podcast is now available for download ! Opening things up this week with what seems like an energetic ode to the synthesiser are Simian Mobile Disco with Sythesise. Everything from the front track onwards though is all rather laid back. I've include the excellent debut track from unsigned band The Hundred In The Hands. [...]
Photography by emmajeanjumpingbean When you stick 3 weirdos in a room together, ask them to make a record, I'm pretty sure it's impossible to know what to expect. Individually, you may have a pretty good idea (though the chance of surprising you is still there, of course), but all three? Will they be inspired to out-weird each other? Will they calm each other down (like baby & I do to each other)? Will they ignore each other and each do their own thing? Such were [...]
Spanish Gold, 2044 - Swan Lake Settle On Your Skin - Swan Lake Upon the first listen, Enemy Mine , the new album by indie super group Swan Lake sounds exactly how I expected it would. There are no unexpected turns here, no change ups. Of course, that isn't really a bad thing. Much like Beast Moans , Swan Lake's new effort is full of indecipherable, cryptic lyrics, bizarre arrangements, and three very distinct voices doing their best to support each other. Personally I [...]
Last time Wolf Parade side project Handsome Furs released an album, I was less than kind towards it. Keep in mind that this was after mega-great records by Wolf Parade and Spencer Krug's side project Sunset Rubdown. So when Wolf Parade's other principal singer/songwriter Dan Boeckner made the album "Plague Park" with his then-fiancee Alexei Perry, I naturally expected good things to come from it. Maybe my hopes were up far too high, but I like to think that in the 2 years that have passed the hype has died down a bit and I can reasonably review their sophmore [...]
Yet another side project for indie-rock god Spencer Krug A great little interview with Spencer Krug was recently posted over at Stereogum . In the post, Krug talks about his upcoming Swan Lake record Enemy Mine and how much he enjoys song-writing with his "old friends". What caught my attention the most in this interview, however, was when Krug told of his future projects. Apparently, after the release of Sunset Rubdown's still-untitled fourth LP slated for late summer, Krug plans to finish an ongoing project (two years and counting) [...]
:: Paul McCartney has been banging a new chick lately. And they want to take it to the next level . That's right, a prenup. :: Looks like even the Grammy Awards are drinking the Radiohead Kool-Aid these days. And I'm talking big time. Not only is there and Album of the Year nomination and ad campaign with Thom Yorke's mug (old news on both counts), but the band is planning to play the ceremony . :: Want an insight into fame from someone in the music industry, but [...]
Director Ray Tintori, who produced psychedelic other-worldly landscapes for MGMT , got an even bigger budget for the Killers' new clip and he spent it all on costumes. They are crazy costumes, though. At the center of the Bowie-esque tale of alien abduction is Brandon Flowers in a bright red bodysuit with red football pads and plumage ( natch ). He's the most subtly outfitted of all the humans and dancers attending the feast on skull tower.
[mp3s] Blackout Beach: "Nineteen, One God, One Dull Star" "Cloud of Evil" Carey Mercer, he of Frog Eyes and the indie supergroup Swan Lake , is dropping his second release under the name of Blackout Beach [...]
Een nieuw album van Swan Lake zal op 24 maart uitkomen. Swan Lake is een trio met in de rangen Spencer Krug van Wolf Parade, Dan Bejar van Destroyer en The New Pornographers en Carey Mercer van Frog Eyes, figuren die ten huize Secretly Belgian op veel bijval mogen rekenen. Het album zal Enemy Mine heten en is de opvolger van het puike Beast Moans uit 2006. Swan Lake - A Venue Called Rubella MySpace
Canadian Indie Rock Supergroup Swan Lake returns for a sophomore effort in 2009! All indications are that Enemy Mine , the followup to the band's majestic and weird Beast Moans (2006), will be in the hands of fans on March 24th. Neither the band or it's label, Jagjaguwar , will be offering tracks from Enemy Mine to the media until late February - presumably in an effort to keep a lid on the thing and to [...]
Swan Lake is not the ballet troupe, instead it's a troupe made up of Dan Bejar of Destroyer, Spencer Krug of Sunset Rubdown/Wolf Parade and Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes and Blackout Beach. In other words, a band worth checking out. Their last record, Beast Moans , wasn't as brilliant as a Destroyer, New Pornos, or Wolf Parade record, but a few tracks were decent enough to show that this one, Enemy Mine , could be amazing. According to the press release: "While their debut album was a beautifully-weaved mash-up of their disparate song-writing styles, often [...]
Swan Lake is a Canadian indie rock supergroup comprised of The New Pornographers' Dan Bejar, Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug, and Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes. The band is set to release their second album, Enemy Mine, on March 24th. The band has released the album art (above) and the track listing (below): Spanish Gold, 2044 Paper Lace Heartswarm Settle on Your Skin Ballad of a Swan Lake, or, Daniel's
Swan Lake has announced their sophomore effort, Enemy Mine , the follow-up to Beast Moans (2006), will be released March 24, 2009. The Canadian indie super trio - comprised of Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes, Daniel Bejar of Destroyer and The New Pornographers, and Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, and Frog Eyes - has been recording Enemy Mine since February 2008 and the album is finally complete. For fans of any or all of the aforementioned groups, check out these mp3's off Beast Moans from [...]
Finally, news about Swan Lake's second LP Thanks to Wolf Parade's fansite for the heads up , it appears Swan Lake's sophomore effort will be entitled Enemy Mine. There's no official date on the release, but rumor has it the album will drop March 24, 2009 through Jagjaguwar Records . Interestingly, the courtroom cover art was purchased by Carey Mercer for a mere C$25 from an antique store in Penticton, B.C. The unofficial track listing looks like this: 1. Spanish Gold, 2044 2. Paper [...]
Oh yes. 2009 is already shaping up rather nicely: Swan Lake 's follow-up to 2006's Beast Moans is now officially on the docket from Jagjaguwar . Messrs Bejar, Krug, and Mercer will lay out Enemy Mine for the world on 3/24. Tracklist: Spanish Gold, 2044 Paper Lace Heartswarm Settle on Your Skin Ballad of a Swan Lake, Or, Daniel's Song Peace Spider A Hand at [...]
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Das kanadische Multitalent Carey Mercer hat seine Hände und entrückte (um nicht zu sagen verrückte) Stimme in einigen Projekten im Spiel. Im Dezember erscheint zunächst mal sein zweites Solo-Album unter dem Moniker Blackout Beach. Nach der Auflösung von Blue Pine 2001 entstand um Mercer das wechselnde Quartett Frog Eyes , welches unter seiner manischen Führung meisterlich ekstatisch-kryptischen WeirdoFolkRock zelebriert. Dieses selbst für den an Experimentellem interessierten Hörer anstrengende, aber faszinierende Projekt entwickelte sich mit bislang vier Alben zu seinem zeitintensivsten Engagement. Daneben schloss er sich 2006 mit seinen Freunden Spencer Krug (Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade ) und Dan [...]
Blackout Beach [ Official Site ] is the solo nom de guerre of Carey Mercer (from Frog Eyes and Swan Lake ), and Skin of Evil is his second full-length, and it tells the story of "Donna" and each of her lovers (past & present) say their peace in song. Composed, played and recorded entirely by Mercer alone, these songs revel in the dark side of the heady proto-punk Cleveland axis (e.g. Peter Laughner , David Thomas ) with a minimal, textural [...]
New US tour kicks off with some new tunes! Big thanks to Earl of Slander for posting a recording of Sunset Rubdown's latest show at the The Middle East Club (9-15-2008) in Cambridge, MA. Set list for the night looks like this new tour is a must-see show. Highlights of the night include 5 new Sunset Rubdown songs and 1 new Swan Lake song. Check out the new ones below: Setlist Black Swan [New] Taming Of The Hands [...]
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