Mid-July struck and while this week's list was long, it was originally crowded with country, rap and death metal artists. Fortunately, Washed Out, Starlight Girls and a few popular rock groups will help even out the releases. Washed Out , the Ernest Greene (pictured above) project, draws an ambient theme into his new album off of SubPop Records, Within and Without . Greene reached out to Ben Allen (Animal Collective's Merriweather Post-Pavillion , Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere ) to help co-produce and the final product plays with a top-of-the-line, expansive sound much like [...]
The folk-inspired pop on this record is the kind of sound bands like Mumford & Sons wish they could make. The Middle East, from Australia, know how to make a beautiful sound. The folk-inspired pop on I Want That You Are Always Happy is the kind of sound bands like Mumford & Sons wish they could make. It's energetic instead of shrill, deliberate rather than plodding, and the best parts of this record mesh a pop sensibility with the dusty folk feel of stringed instruments without dulling down either side. Songs like "Jesus Came to...
Another Round Up of the good, the very good and the exceptional tunes that have recently wormed their way in between our ears via our In-box or the internet and blogosphere. Let them do the same for you. We have a few new tracks from artists we've previously posted about, some new bands and a couple of big names too. First up , The Warped 45s follow the brilliant Grampa Carl with another track from new album Matador Sunset . Talk About Evil is more of a fiddle and bluegrass [...]
For a collective of Aussies The Middle East sure seem to play in the states a lot, and yet strangely I always just seem to miss them. Seriously every single time they play anywhere near I try to make it to the show just before some unforeseen last minute emergency changes my plans. This has happened multiple times. But the Middle East curse can't stop me from listening to the lead single from their upcoming debut long player. Check it out below and then grab the vinyl this coming Tuesday --if you don't get a flat on the way to [...]
I wonder how many CEO's are allowed to persistently blame their failures on the guy before. X's "4th of July" as covered by Early Winters "Another Mile" from The Next Phase "summer geek serenade" from Franklin [...]
The Middle East Album: I Want That You Are Always Happy (July 12th) Label: Missing Piece Records The Middle East - Jesus Came To My Birthday Party Tweet
The Middle East - I Want That You Are Always Happy Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See Pharaohs - Photosynthesis White Denim - D Mechanical Bride - Living With Ants Bon Iver - Bon Iver The Antlers - Burst Apart King Post Kitsch - The Party’s Over Cashier No 9 - To The Death Of Fun Givers - In Light [...]
Tweet The following thought struck me while listening to the Middle East's 'Hunger Song'; I hear the train a comin', it's rollin' 'round the bend, and I ain't seen the sunshine, since, I don't know when, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison. Now, there are major divergences between both songs (Rohin Jones vocals for one) but there's no doubting the parallels in the momentum. It is by a long stretch the best thing I've heard from the Townsville (Australian east coast) band and [...]
Image via Wikipedia Sun , 07/03/2011 - 18:54 Please click to download the file. This is Free Speech Radio News for July 4, 2011. Unprecedented pro-democracy revolutions have gripped the Middle East and North Africa since December. Popularly known as the Arab Awakenings or Arab Spring, these revolts have been led by Arab youth aged 18 to 30 who make up the largest age group in the [...]
Every weekday, MUF offers five (5) daily downloads of free and legal MP3s. We chose these songs for you to discover, download and explore more about the artists behind them. 'Daily Downloads' via Twitter , Facebook or RSS ! (For more information on what our Daily Download is and what they mean to you go here ) Today's Free MP3s: The Middle East - Hunger Song [ Artist ] A Scribe [...]
The seven members of the Australian collective known as The Middle East show a new range of emotion on their debut full length...
I first heard The Middle East about a year ago, when I began to preview some of their tunes before Bonnaroo. I managed to catch their sticky set and was impressed with their calm, melodic, acoustic-based tunes amidst the chaos of the heat and sweat. Now, a year later, The group is dropping its debut LP in the U.S. on July 12. I Want That You Are Always Happy--a title that I personally loved before listening to any of the music. The group is large: seven people long with the depth of sound to [...]
Débutant comme un disque de slowcore magnifique, le genre qui vous scotche à votre fauteuil en moins de deux titres, "I Want That You Are Always Happy" évolue tout doucement, mute vers des folk /country songs plus rapides, des titres plus marqués indie-pop/rock, mais avec toujours, en fil[...]
he Middle East have opted to offer up a real plethora of sounds
Aussie collective The Middle East have gained only minimal ground in America, but hopefully that will change July 12th when the band's debut full-length LP arrives stateside. We have no idea what's going on with the grammar in the title I Want That You Are Always Happy , but it exudes a certain innocent cheeriness, which is further exemplified by the album's first U.S. single, "Hunger Song". It's a dance-y, nostalgic folk tune that calls to mind former tourmates Grizzly Bear and Mumford and Sons. If you like extended dreamy vocal harmonies and [...]
Australia sure is churning out quality indie rock these days. They've kind of become the Sweden of indie rock one might say. Our newest installment of bands from Down Under is The Middle East. The band has one EP to their name already titled Recordings Of The Middle East but 2011 will find them releasing their first full length. I Want That You Are Always Happy was released earlier this month in Australia and will hit the States on July 12th. The down side right now is that the hard copy is considered an import so [...]
The first U.S. single, "Hunger Song", from Australian folksters The Middle East, is some truly sound songwriting. With it's country backbeat, finger-picked guitar interplay, lush string arrangements, and compelling lyrics and vocal performances, this single (from the forthcoming I Want That You Are Always Happy, out July 12) is both intelligent and totally beautiful. The [...]
Mondays are for going where we go. Seapony – Where we go (video) / Blue Star (mp3) The Shivers – Love is in the Air The Demos – Meet at Night The Middle East – Hunger Song Rubblebucket - Worker
The Middle East 'Jesus Came To My Birthday Party' (Play It Again Sam) New Single Released August 1st “a genuinely beautiful record…” - Uncut Following the release of The Middle East’s debut album ‘I Want That You Are Always Happy’ , stand out track ‘Jesus Came To My Birthday Party’ will be released on August 1st through Play It Again Sam. Townsville in [...]
After having listened to Australian indie folk band, The Middle East 's EP, Recordings Of The Middle East over and over again for quite some time now, I was more than excited to hear that would be releasing their first full-length album. I immediately jumped at the chance to write a review of their newly released 14-track album, but upon listening to I Want That You Are Always Happy , it took longer than I had expected to fully wrap my mind around it, as each track exudes a very [...]
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