As they usher in two new members of the band, Bushwick's beloved Pass Kontrol will play three FREE shows this weekend in Brooklyn. The fun starts Friday night at Duck Duck , then continues Saturday afternoon with a street performance in front of Northeast Kingdom . Things get finished off at Pete's Candy Store later that night. Full info at the bottom of the scroll. Check out the awesome Pass Kontrol track "Love is a Dog From Hell", streaming on their Myspace page: STREAM - Pass Kontrol - [...]
The Ting Tings rocked the sold-out Bowery Ballroom in Manhattan last night, blasting through an energetic set of which highlighted nearly every track on their debut album We Started Nothing . Katie White is a fantastic live performer, infusing the show with a blend of f-you attitude, punk-rock ferocity, and an unexpected perfectionism and grace. The crowd was alive and dancing, most notably on highlights like their current single "Shut Up and Let Me Go", as well as "Great DJ" and the encore of "We Started [...]
Check out this awesome video for "Program of the First Part", believed to be taken from the forthcoming debut album by Thieves Like Us . The video is an homage to Tron, the 1982 sci-fi film that starred Jeff Bridges. Thieves Like Us made a big splash last year when Kitsune released the 12" for "Drugs in My Body" , which was also featured on the amazing Kitsune 4 compilation. The new album Play Music for You is due sometime very soon. Thieves Like Us [...]
Sally Shapiro released Remix Romance Vol. 2 yesterday on Paper Bag Records , but the only way to snag it is to do so digitally. The new collection features remixes by CFCF, Russian Futurists, Spitzer and more. The first remix album (released physically) had Holy Fuck, Dntel, Juan MacLean, Junior Boys, and Lindstrøm. Check out the CFCF remix of "Time to Let Go", which incorporates Madonna's "Borderline" in a surprisingly elegant way. [...]
No Age , the awesome experimental band from Los Angeles, have a semi-official new video for the track "Impossible Bouquet", taken from their new album Nouns . The album is f***ing great. If you haven't checked it out yet, I urge you to do so now ! The video is really trippy/dreamy, featuring a slow-motion, double image of a white horse. Subtle, yet rather beautiful. No Age - Impossible Bouquet from [...]
The debut album from Hercules & Love Affair has been on a constant repeat around here for the last few weeks. It is a great throwback to disco and house music, but somehow sounds really fresh at the same time. I've been kicking myself for missing their performance at Studio B last month, but it happened to be my birthday and I had the most ferocious hangover from the night before. Damn! From what I've heard, the show was pretty much spectacular, as can be witnessed by this live video of the [...]
Here is an unofficial video for Atlas Sound 's "Recent Bedroom", directed by Savannah College of Art and Design student Michael E. Palm . Also, do yourself a favor and explore the plethora of mixes at Bradford Cox's blog . The Deerhunter and Atlas Sound frontman has an endless knowledge of music and his mixes are always full of exciting new discoveries and rediscoveries. Atlas Sound- Recent Bedroom from Michael E [...]
So I was cleaning out my inbox tonight and came across a few tracks some of you might be interested in. Please click on the artist's name to learn more about them and if you like what you hear please buy their music! Enjoy. Cannonball Jane - The Secret Handshake (mp3) The Acorn - Good Enough (Cyndi Lauper cover) (mp3) Tilly and The Wall - Pot Kettle Black (mp3)/ Cacophany (mp3) [...]
Love is All delivered another wildly entertaining set in NYC on Saturday night, this time at Market Hotel in Bushwick. The scene was sticky, hot and sweaty - a sauna full of jubilant fans who made their way out in the thunder and lightning to see the band from Sweden play in Brooklyn. The storm brought significant downpours, but that did nothing to cool off the steaming temperature at Market Hotel. Cause Co-Motion! and the excellent Vivian Girls opened up the show. [...]
NYC Popfest continued Friday night at Piano's with early sets by From Bubblegum to Sky and Pants Yell!, the latter of which got a fairly lively crowd to play for. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay to see The Besties and Tullycraft (I'm sure I'll get some flack for that), but by the looks of the insanely packed Piano's I'm sure the show got better and livelier as it went on. -From Bubblegum to Sky Popfest continues Saturday at Music Hall of Williamsburg with The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, [...]
Cake Shop was abuzz with indie-pop lovers last night, as the 2nd Annual NYC Popfest kicked off with a headlining set by the fantastic Swedish band Love is All. A quartet of bands opened for Love is All, of which NYC's own The Secret History and Sweden's Oh! Custer fared the best. But it's hard to talk about the other bands, since Love is All spectacularly stole the show, infusing the cramped, tiny space with their unique, blistering sound. Josephine, Love is All's timid lead singer, roared through the short set with her gentile howl on crowd-pleasing [...]
"Caravan Girl" is the third video from Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree LP. It's also my favorite track from the album - dramatic, sweeping, epic - I love it. Check out the brand new video below. Goldfrapp - Caravan Girl (music video)
Beck's Modern Guilt will hit stores in the US on July 8th. The album was produced by Danger Mouse and features Cat Power on the track "Walls". It's been said that the disc is fairly short, clocking in at just thirty minutes, but I have a feeling this is going to be a great Beck record. You can take a listen to the track "Chemtrails" here . Modern Guilt tracklist: 01 Orphans 02 Gamma Ray 03 Chemtrails 04 Modern Guilt 05 Youthless 06 Walls (ft. [...]
NYC Popfest kicks off tonight with Love is All , The Secret History , Oh! Custer , In Interview , and The Foxgloves at Cake Shop in the Lower East Side. Festival passes and single tickets for the first night are sold out, but you'll find full coverage here over the weekend. Tullycraft , From Bubblegum to Sky , The Besties , and Pants Yell! are at Piano's on Friday. The Pains of Being [...]
The Chap are an experimental band from London who have "an unconventional approach to making music in the form of assymetrical-yet-catchy songs." Their latest album Mega Breakfast was recently released in Europe and is expected to hit North America on July 1st. Longtime fan Bradford Cox has remixed the new track "They Have a Name" under his Atlas Sound moniker. I might also add that Atlas Sound's debut LP Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel is one of my favorite records of [...]
Lulu Rouge are a Danish downtempo duo with a brand new debut album entitled Bless You . The album consists of moody and atmospheric, dub-infused tracks, featuring collaborations with Trentemøller , who calls the duo "the next big thing to come out of Denmark". The sound takes me back to the early days of artists like Gus Gus and Lamb, a sound I am so into revisiting right now. The debut single is also called "Bless You" and features vocals by seven-time Danish Music Awards nominee Mikael Simpson. Grab it below. [...]
Preimal Scream are on the verge of releasing their ninth studio album, Beautiful Future , on July 21st in the UK. The new set features collaborations with Björn Yttling (Peter, Björn & John), Lovefoxx (of CSS), and Josh Homme. The first single is called "Can't Go Back" and is streaming now . As usual, Primal Scream are wildly unpredictable from album to album. Björn has the described the new album by saying, "It's much more pop and Krautrock than before. It sounds a bit like Alan Vega and Suicide." [...]
Brooklyn's Holy Ghost have remixed Moby's latest single "I Love to Move in Here" and it makes for quite the hot summer jam. They also have a great remix of Cut Copy's "Hearts on Fire" which you can check out here . In other Moby news, he was spotted in Bushwick last week at Northeast Kingdom . As some of you know, this is where I bartend and occasionally DJ. Bummer I missed him! Moby - I Love to Move in Here (Holy Ghost remix) (mp3) [...]
The Presets are an act I've seen twice before, and after last night's gig at the Bowery Ballroom I can say that they just keep getting better and better every time. The crowd, which included Zero 7 ulumni Sia and Letigre's JD Samson, was absolutely into it - dancing, jumping around, and singing along. Among the highlights of the high octane set were the mesmerizing "Steamworks", the vicious anthem "Are You the One", and the encore closer "I Go Hard, I Go Home". What pleased me most though is that the newer singles "My People" [...]
Vanilla Swingers are the British noir synthpop duo consisting of Annie Gilpin and Miles Jackson. Their self-titled debut album is "a concept affair about two people who meet, run away together, go back in time, lose each other, and meet again in 2015." Sounds epic! The disc was mastered by Kramer (Galaxie 500, Low, Dot Allison) and will be released on July 28 via Radio Ballads. Vanilla Swingers - Danger in the Past (mp3) Stream more tracks at their Myspace page. [...]
The Sky Report
Monday Music – 28 May 2012
Bison - Quill
