Friday night, what else to say? ► Indie R&B sensations Rhye play to a sold-out El Rey Theatre behind their acclaimed debut "Woman." ► Her new album "Girl Talk" just out in May, Kate Nash headlines the Troubadour. ► Bay Area prog rockers Tea Leaf Green , whose new album "In the Wake" comes out next week, headline the Roxy Theatre, supported by Terraplane Sun and London Shover. ► Touché , the duo of Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore, celebrate the release of their debut album "It's [...]
Q) HOW do you make a duck into a soul singer? A) Put it in the oven until it's Bill Withers! Too often is this joke greeted with the retort: "Eh? Who? I don't get it." It's time for the Withers revival, people, so let me recommend Still Bill as the place for novices to start. The word still in the title of the legend's 1972 studio outing is incredibly apt. For throughout Bill is still, serene, almost effortless, as he lays down an array of nearly always funky, at times touching, and always brilliant [...]

Considering their resumés, it is no surprise that Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore — collaborating as Touché — have transcended garden-variety electro on their first album "It's Fate." Inscore has played with the likes of Beck, Thurston Moore, Charlotte Gainsbourg and, most recently, Twin Shadow ( his solo album shouldn't have been overlooked, either). And Lilly, whose voice has been heard in the Bird and the Bee and the Living Sisters, set the bar high with her pop project Obi Best . With its wickedly syncopated beats and spry melodies, Touché's "It's Fate" (due May 1) [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Baptist Generals : "Broken Glass" [mp3] from Jackleg Devotional to the Heart (out May 21st) Beams : "Be My Brother" [mp3] from Just Rivers (out May 14th) [...]

Amid the tragedies of the week, we looked to the pop culture tabloids for some lighthearted escapism and hope in avoidance of the 24-hour fear factory scare machines from the news media feed cycles. We heard will.i.am knocked off Mat Zo & Arty's Anjunabeats cut "Rebound" with "Let's Go", which of course had to rope in conflict magnet Chris Brown. And while King Krule's Archie Marshall may have canceled all shows for this month of April, he took the time to d...

Amid the tragedies of the week, we looked to the pop culture tabloids for some lighthearted escapism and hope in avoidance of the 24-hour fear factory scare machines from the news media feed cycles. We heard will.i.am knocked off Mat Zo & Arty's Anjunabeats cut "Rebound" with "Let's Go", which of course had to rope in conflict magnet Chris Brown. And while King Krule's Archie Marshall may have canceled all shows for this month of April, he took the time to d...

Touché , the duo of Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore, create electro pop that touches on both the dreamy and the danceable. Deliciously synth-heavy, beat driven pop tunes with just the right amount of winking and nodding to ensure you're having a good time, their debut LP It's Fate is set for release May 1. With a string of tour dates supporting Twin Shadow, the buzz is sure to be high leading up to their glorious hometown return at The Fonda on June 29. Having just had the pleasure of catching their live set at the Echoplex on [...]

As spring begins to cycle into summer, we look to our trend-streaming leaders for entertainment and thrills of any sort. We saw Tyler the Creator taking selfies with Letterman on their televised performance of "Rusty", Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires Of The City release date delays on account of "unanticipated delays" gave time for front bro Ezra Koenig to reflect and compare N-Dubz to The Beatles, while Rick Ross's "U.O.E.N.O"-rape-lyrics-gate scand...

Born from Oxford's famously innovative artistic community, Chad Valley is the solo project of Hugo Manuel, who you may recognise as the frontman of UK band Jonquil . Over the past three years, he has released a string of laid-back Balearic influenced EPs that “recreate the feeling of being on the beach”. On his debut album, Young Hunger , the young artist keeps exploring new sounds with a handful of unbelievable guests, including Twin Shadow, Glasser, Active Child and El Perro Del Mar. Young Hunger [...]

Jeff Meff (guitar/vocals) and Bob Hobby (drums) are "everyone's favorite nonalcoholic joke band", Fat History Month . The duo is getting ready to unleash their second LP, Bad History Month via Exploding in Sound Records and Sophomore Lounge Records . Bad History Month drops on April 1st. Have you heard the title track yet? If not, head over to brooklynvegan.com . And now, GIMME TINNITUS is excited to premiere the second track off of Bad History Month to hit the internets. Listen. Downloadable: Bald [...]

Battleme are a local Portland rock band that have been making a name for themselves in the local Portland music scene and will be heading over to Austin for the big music festival this month. Check out their video for their track "Touch" above.... and check out lead singer Matt D, Eric Johnston ride, now that's a typical push bike down in these parts of town... oh ye!

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After becoming a "chillwave mastermind", Chaz Bundick has moved on. Breaking the mold and stepping out, Bundick has created lush, layered pop tunes with intensely dreamy synths. Instead of being labeled for being part of a scene in a summer's time, Bundick has now fully created the album to top - the mountain to climb. With anything that is associated with Toro Y Moi , approach this album as if you've never heard anything before. Twists and turns with reverb-laden synths are now the perfect soundtrack to [...]

After over two decades as a band, Converge are headlining Koko in Camden, London and they've filled the place. This is some feat. In 2012, the Boston metalcore pioneers released what has been heralded as some as their finest album to date. It was our 2012 Album of the Year . However, having become accustomed to seeing Converge up close and personal in smaller, sweatier venues, how would they (and we) fare in Camden Palace? Six things we learnt when Converge came to London... [...]

Touche Amore and Loma Prieta are heading to Japan later this month for a week of shows together.
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2012 has been a special year, both for the blog and on a personal level. I wanted to say a massive THANK YOU to anyone who has taken the time to check out the site; we hope you found something you like. Without further ado, here are our 12 favourite records of the year. Take some time to explore them and we think you'll end up agreeing with us. Have a great festive period and we'll see you in 2013. - Tom Johnson (Editor) 12. Madras ~ thingscanchange [...]
Touché is Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore, who released single "I’m A Man Not A Machine" earlier this year. Lilly is a veteran of Obi Best and has played with the likes of the Bird And The Bee, Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe, while Inscore's resume includes Beck, Thurston Moore and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Download Touché's [...]

If you need a break from all the 'Best of 20122 posts and End of the World planning then spend a few minutes getting acquainted with one of Birmingham's exciting bands Peace ! The ambitious four-piece, who were just nominated for BBC's Sound of 2013 might we add, will be making their Brooklyn debut at Glasslands on December 19th. The UK boys released their Delicious EP earlier this year (out on iTunes now ) and also just dropped the video for their new single, "Wraith," out on January 13th. Check it out below. [...]