Chicago's Cains & Abels (remember: "My Life Is Easy" ) have just received vinyl copies of their States Rights debut Call Me Up - AND they've got a brand new (and totally FREE) EP, The Price Is Right , up on Bandcamp to boot . Go grab both the vinyl and the new EP, kiddo! MP3: Cains & Abels - "My Life Is Easy"
Every year, our friends at the Bend, OR Bulletin put together a 2-"disc" wrap-up compilation of the previous year's music- one disc filled with local Pacific NW artists, and one with a wide national set. This year's collection will get you tunes from Superchunk, Wavves, Sharon Van Etten and lots more, plus some stuff you likely haven't heard from the likes of NW artists like Larry and His Flask, The Autonomics, and Tuck and Roll. Check it out .
After nearly 20 years, I can finally get one of My Favorite Albums Of All Time on vinyl without having to pay some absurdly high eBay price. For this week, Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque was reissued on 140g wax. Merry Christmas indeed!
Catbird fave and recent Flying Nun signee Unknown Mortal Orchestra has a brand new 73 EP due out in mid-December, from England's new The Sounds Of Sweet Nothing label. Limited to 300 copies, and priced at about $6 and change , this is a no-brainer purchase. Get it .
MP3: Air Waves - "Knockout" The Catbird family's own Air Waves (aka Ms. Nicole Schneit) has a new record titled Dungeon Dots out on Underwater Peoples * come 11/30, from whence this new track comes. Hey UP guys, get a pre-order link up for it already!
I'm kicking myself that I didn't get this posted earlier, but my friend Devin is screening his new documentary feature, Firewall of Sound , at CMJ *tomorrow* (that's Friday, 10/22). It's at the Norwood Club , 241 W. 14th St., at 2pm, and you should definitely RSVP if you're going to attend. The film is an in-depth look at the independent music industry in a state of transition, with the internet acting as both a blessing and a curse to musicians and label executives. While fans eagerly await [...]
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Enjoy the latest from the mysterious Unknown Mortal Orchestra - his new "Screwed" mixtape: MP3: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Screwed Tape #13 UMO has several things in the pipeline right now I believe, though none have been officially announced thus far. At any rate, I imagine we can look forward to owning, at some point in the not-too-distant future, physical copies of these first few gems: MP3: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Ffunny Ffrends" [...]
Fulton Lights has a brand-new 3-song digital EP out, called (surprise) 3 Songs . It's a direct descendent of sorts to last year's Healing Waters , and continues to blaze along the path begun there. Grab the EP for $3 from iTunes , and/or click over to MBV , where we've got a streaming player.
To celebrate their just-kicked-off tour , Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin teamed up with tourmate Telekinesis to record a cover of Chicago band Green 's "Gotta Get A Record Out:" MP3: SSLYBY & Telekinesis - "Gotta Get A Record Out" (Green) And, to celebrate just a little more, we've got a super-rare vinyl test-pressing of Yeltsin's new album, Let It Sway , to give away. Just enter your email address below! (U.S. only)
MP3: Vic Godard - "Blackpool" Back in 2001/2002, the brilliant Vic Godard collaborated with acclaimed author Irvine Welsh on an ill-fated musical production, titled "Blackpool." Plagued with problems, the show unfortunately came and went very quickly (only 6 performances), but the songs have proven to be longer-lasting. And thus has Vic recorded and released the new Blackpool EP - 4 songs from the "burlesque and gaudy, vaudevillian, dirty" Blackpool production. Pick it up directly from Vic via his Myspace . [...]
Destroyer - "Archer on the Beach" b/w "Grief Point" 123 is due out 11/2 from Merge . "Archer on the Beach" is a meditation on the need to grapple with the 20th century in one's own special way and with style, this time through singing quietly, through repetition, and through leaving lots of space between words, as well as finally learning to love crowds and nature. "Grief Point" is the first recording Bejar made after deciding never to record again. It is a one-time exploration of [...]
Loscil - "The Making of Grief Point" (ft. Dan Bejar) From Endless Falls , out now on Kranky .
SSLYBY 's new record Let It Sway is now streaming in its entirety over at MBV - go check it out! (It's not out until next Tuesday, but is up for pre-order with instant MP3 download right now ).
MP3: Kelley Stoltz - "I Don't Get That" From the forthcoming album To Dreamers , out 10/12 on Sub Pop .
MP3: The Capstan Shafts - "Quiet Wars" From the brand-new, Matt Lemay -produced Revelation Skirts ; due out 8/24 on Rainbow Quartz .
MP3: Sharon Van Etten - "Love More" Yes! Sharon Van Etten has a brand-new full-length in the can- it's titled Epic , and it's coming out 10/5 from Ba Da Bing .
MP3: Spur - "Mr. Creep" Drag City continue their successful run of unearthing and resurrecting overlooked and forgotten gems from musical purgatory. Their latest rescue, in conjunction with Galactic Zoo, is the super-rare late '60s/early '70s Spur of the Moments LP , by Belleville, Illinois psych-pop outfit Spur (also known for a time as "The Unknowns"). If "Mr. Creep" is indicative of just what sort of stuff this records holds, I'ma be grabbing it forthwith. You can read [...]
MP3: Apollo Ghosts - "Coka-Cola Admen" From their latest, the Polaris Prize-nominated Mount Benson . The band is kicking off a tour any day now- and hey NYC: they'll be at Bruar Falls on 7/28, with the excellent Big Troubles , the excellent Lame Drivers , and the excellent Doug Gillard of GBV.
MP3: Apollo Ghosts - "Coka-Cola Admen" From their latest, the Polaris Prize-nominated Mount Benson . The band is kicking off a tour any day now- and hey NYC: they'll be at Bruar Falls on 7/28, with the excellent Big Troubles , the excellent Lame Drivers , and the excellent Doug Gillard of GBV.
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