The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt. Download "Burden of Tomorrow" (mp3). Download "King of Spain" (mp3). The Tallest Man on Earth is the sardonic musical name of five-foot-seven-inch Kristian Matsson. He has a raspy voice, sings songs with beguiling melodies and refined lyrics, and picks and strums with verve. Both The Wind Hunt and Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird are each the most consistently relishable albums of the year. Quasi – American Gong. Download "Repulsion" (mp3). Download "Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler" (mp3). Quasi is Sam Coomey on guitars and vocals supported by Joanna [...]
2010 was an interesting year for music. While 2009 saw many of my favorite artists release horrible albums, 2010 was full of excellent posthumous releases, cover albums, and downright suprises. From rap to country, indie to folk, classic psychedlic rock to pop-punk, 2010 was one of the most diverse years for music quality in recent memory. And while it wasn't littered with perfect albums, it took me a long time to select the albums for this list, and like every top ten list, there were some excellent albums I had to leave off. So without further ado, let's get on [...]
finally getting around to listening the extra lens' undercard, which is great btw. in case you didnt know the extra lens is made up of john darnielle of the mountain goats and franklin bruno, who sadly i have never heard of, but he is/was in nothing painting blue and the human hearts. if you like the mountain goats, you shall dig this, if you dont you still may. darnielle is a less frantic or manic than he is on your typical mountain goats release, and musically its a bit more subdued. the record was recorded in carrboro, nc with one [...]
John Darnielle of The Extra Lens at The Mercury Lounge (10/21/10) Photo : Jon Klemm Download : "Only Existing Footage" - The Extra Lens (mp3) The Extra Lens ( John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats and Franklin Bruno of the Human Hearts) played an intimate show at the Mercury Lounge last week during CMJ. The duo was on a short tour in support of The Undercard , their new record [...]
New music from Matthew Dear and the Extra Lens. This week on the Needle Drop, we've got the new Extra Lens album, Undercard. It's an album of simple songs about complicated situations. The project has been renamed and rekindled by its founders, John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats and Frank Bruno of Nothing Painted Blue. This is their first LP in eight years. We've also got new tracks from one of the darkest dance albums 2010 has to offer: Matthew Dear's Black City. Come for the beats, stay [...]
[ MP3 ] The Extra Lens - Only Existing Footage (via 1000xpm / myoldkentuckyblog )
Mountain Goats' frontman/pretty much only man John Darnielle is known for being a bit eccentric, especially onstage. Self-proclaimed Darnielle fan Brandon Korch found this out first hand while filming him, touring as duo The Extra Lens, during a show at D.C.'s Rock and Roll Hotel on Wednesday. About halfway through the track, Darnielle notices Korch, snatches his iPhone and sings into it for a little while before handing it back. Ha! Great! Fun! The end of the video is a little confusing as it looks like Korch was maybe asked to stop filming, but the rest of it, you guys! [...]
The Heavyweights Reunite. The Extra Lens is the new side/reborn project from John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats. The two worked together in the early 90 s under the moniker %2014The Extra Glenns and have reunited for this new effort. The band played ...
And now we move into the time of reissues and compilations. We'll return you back to your regularly schedule new release schedule in January after these couple months with holiday fodder. [There are some new releases to poke at, though. The Extra Lens, Brent Amaker & the Rodeo, Oh Land, and a load of reissues and/or compilations from Bob Dylan, The Church, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Robyn Hitchcock's The Soft Boys.] Playlist: New Releases 10.19.10 The Extra Lens - Undercard [...]
5. PS I Love You (@ Arlene's Grocery, 9pm); This Canadian duo is very much in the same vein as other hard rocking duos, most notably No Age or Japandroids, though they tend to add a bit more melody to their noise than the rest do. They've already been all over town this week so... Read More
Franklin Bruno proves himself an integral part of this collaboration with John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. John Darnielle possesses perhaps the most devoted following of any figure in contemporary indie rock. Call it a cult, if you will, but his cult is less about apocalyptic visions and matching white tennis shoes and more about compulsively collecting his outrageously extensive discography and experiencing the singular emotional catharsis that each Mountain Goats show brings to a few hundred like-minded people. Although they've progressed from legendarily lo-fi to lushly produced numbers, The Mountain Goats...
Right off the bat, we can say that this is not anywhere as near a big week for new releases as other weeks so far this month have been. But one of the exciting new releases is the official drop of Liars' new EP, Proud Evolution. The title track was remixed by no other than [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Now that John Darnielle has signed up The Mountain Goats to be part of the Merge Records roster, it seems only fair that he give the label a little sampling of his magic. Instead of throwing a 73 or a single out, he collaborated with longtime friend, Franlkin Bruno, to complete only the second full-length, Undercard , by the duo known as The Extra Lens . Frankly, Franklin's participation [...]
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Now that John Darnielle has signed up The Mountain Goats to be part of the Merge Records roster, it seems only fair that he give the label a little sampling of his magic. Instead of throwing a 73 or a single out, he collaborated with longtime friend, Franlkin Bruno, to complete only the second full-length, Undercard , by the duo known as The Extra Lens . Frankly, Franklin's participation [...]
Another week of patchy new releases, with Kings of Leon leading the charge with their new LP Come Around Sundown . I know Kings of Leon have been receiving a lot of backlash due to their popularity (and leaking pigeons), but I'm looking forward to taking a listen to the new album. Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's bad. If you're a Dylan fan there's another batch of bootlegs for you to feast on this week and you can find [...]
Streams de álbumes completos y algunos mp3 (legales y gratuitos) de lo destacado entre los nuevos lanzamientos. No hay mucho que decir, aparte de que Zach Hill y Brent Amaker salvaron la semana. A sí, y que ahora nos envían mp3 de Epic ... vaya uno a saber. Destacados: Zach Hill: Face Tat [...]
After listening to the entire 35-minutes of the first record from The Extra Lens (the last one, 8-years ago, was from The Extra Glenns) you may wind up wondering why John Darnielle went and recorded a new Mountain Goats record under a new name. For all intents and purposes Undercard is a Mountain Goats record.... Read More
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Here are the new releases out today, there is new old Bob Dylan with The Witmark Demos and the return of rockers Kings of Leon with their new one Come Around Sundown . Check out all the new releases below. New Music Releases - Tuesday, October 19, 2010: - Bad Books - Bad Books ( Amazon | iTunes | Stream ) - Bassnectar - Wildstyle ( iTunes ) - The Black Keys - [...]
It's CMJ week! Which makes choosing a single show for each night nearly impossible! Those with a badge will bounce around, those without should aim for the following list of shows! Oh, and there's also that #Offline thing going on later this week as well. Tough week of choices ahead! Monday: Mayer Hawthorne and the... Read More
Every year the music industry descends on New York City in October for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. Every year some bands emerge to become the next big thing. Whether they play two dozen shows over the course of five days or one really amazing one doesn't seem to matter to much. What really matters... Read More
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