mp3: Holy Other - Touch Manchester production entity Holy Other released one of the best "ghost jams" of 2010 with the single "Yr Love". Today they follow up that release with the new cut "Touch", to be included on the forthcoming With U ep, slated for a June 6 release on TriAngle . Check out the creepy video for "Yr Love" below. Holy Other 'Yr Love' from FAMILY on Vimeo .
mp3: Work Drugs - Curious Serge Work Drugs are a self-proclaimed "sedative-wave / smooth-fi group" from Philadelphia. Add "romantic" and that pretty much sums up the sweet sounds at work here. Their new album will be released on April 1 in two versions: Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn , with each one containing a different bonus track at the end. Both versions open with the new single "Curious Serge". Work Drugs kick off a tour with Two Door Cinema Club in Minneapolis [...]
Thrill Jockey and Antiopic Records have joined forces to release Benefit For The Recovery In Japan , a 64-track collection of new music from some of the most forward-thinking artists in music right now. The two-part set features tracks by Prefuse 73, Oneohtrix Point Never, Grouper, School of Seven Bells, Bear in Heaven, Bradley & Geofrey (Atlas Sound + White Rainbow), Growing, Akron/Family + tons more. 100% of the proceeds go to Civic Force , a Japanese non-profit emergency organization. The compilation is available at Fina Music . (The site has been overwhelmed [...]
mp3: Christian AIDS - Fever mp3: Purity Ring - Ungirthed (Christian AIDS remix) [via Transparent ] It takes a lot to live up to a name like Christian AIDS , but this mysterious Manchester outfit pulls it off. With only a handful of tracks so far, these guys make sinister grime techno from the darkest corners of the underworld. Their remixes of Purity Ring, Patterns, Murkage, and Death From Above 1979 are just as compelling as their original tracks. Check out the beautifully haunting [...]
Seven Saturdays is essentially a one-man orchestra, who produces sweeping, ambient music with the grandness of an emotionally charged 70mm cinematic epic. His debut ep The Snowflakes That Hit Us Became Our Stars was released in early 2010, but the new remix ep Secret Things has me riveted once again. The collection features reworkings by Teen Daze, Houses, Millionyoung, Sun Airway, Memoryhouse, and White Sea. Check out a few of the tracks, as well as the video for the original version of "Early Morning Fog Bank" below. [...]
mp3: Ford & Lopatin - Emergency Room You may know by now that Games , who recently played our Winter Showcase, have been forced to change their name. The duo now go by Ford & Lopatin and will be releasing their debut LP Channel Pressure June 7 on Software / Mexican Summer . The album was mixed by Prefuse 73 and features a guest contribution by Autre Ne Veut. The first track to emerge is the playfully mid-tempo late night jam "Emergency Room". Check [...]
La Big Vic , who recently played our Winter Showcase, have announced their debut LP Actually , due May 10 on Underwater Peoples . The sprawling new track "Musica" is a beautifully brooding eleven minute opus that fittingly closes the album. La Big Vic, "Musica" by The FADER Learn more about La Big Vic in this recent episode of Shaking Through . Shaking Through: LA BIG VIC from Weathervane Music on Vimeo [...]
Cults grabbed a lot of attention last year with the track "Go Outside", a charming ode to 50's pop nostalgia that popped up on every music blog in the universe. That buzz got the group a deal with Columbia, who are releasing the debut LP in May. The first track to emerge from the new album is the fantastic ballad "You Know What I Mean". You can stream it below. You can download Cults' debut 73 at bandcamp . Cults - You Know What I [...]
In an effort to expand our horizons and turn you on to some really cool new books concerning music, this is The Book Report , an ongoing series from guest contributor Christopher Ambrose. Text by: Christopher Ambrose for The Sky Report The Beautiful & The Damned: Punk Photographs by Anna Summa With everyone and their roommate posturing as a rock photographer with their underwhelming cellphone-camera snapshots of performances, it's inspiring to see the conscious images of someone that knows and cares about what they are doing inside a setting [...]
Brooklyn synth duo Light Asylum blew my mind when I caught their live set back in the spring of 2010. Singer Shannon Funchess, who has also worked with !!! and Teengirl Fantasy, has an incredible presence that is both terrifying and utterly captivating. The new self-released ep In Tension is a highly satisfying introduction to the duo's sound. Check out the opening track "A Certain Someone", as well as the video for "Dark Allies" below. You can find In Tension on iTunes. [...]
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mp3: Rainbow Arabia - Without You (Alternate Version) Tribal synth duo Rainbow Arabia released their new album Boys and Diamonds earlier this month. I've just decided to hit the "repeat all" function in my iTunes since it is all I've wanted to hear lately. I'm especially obsessed with the single "Without You". Blending their trademark percussive sound with a nostalgic 80's synth line and dramatic vocals that recall Fever Ray/The Knife, "Without You" hits on everything I love about electronic/pop music. Grab the stellar "alternate version" [...]
In an effort to expand our horizons and turn you on to some really cool new books concerning music, this is The Book Report , an ongoing series from guest contributor Christopher Ambrose. Text by: Christopher Ambrose for The Sky Report Soundscreen Design: Interview with Mike Treff Soundscreen Design are makers of many wonderful things in this world, big music fans… and nice guys. The Brooklyn-based studio is the creator of refreshingly unsarcastic, music-educated apparel, well-curated and limited-edition rockstar-to-be journals and beautiful prints. They are also the [...]
WORK TVK is a mysterious entity coming out of Brooklyn. There is virtually no information to be found about him online. We know of only two tracks so far, but they are utterly fantastic - sinister dance jams with an affection for 90's house. Check out the instantly infectious track "PHNTM PWR". You can download another track, "Higher (I'm On Fire)" via SoundCloud below. Just click on the little arrow icon. Higher (I'm on Fire) by Work TVK [...]
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mp3: Shad[]wb[]x - Screenz Like the dark beauty of a black stallion emerging from the center of a supernova, Shad[]wB[]x has arrived with the sinister new ep Lady Doome , consisting of three dark electro that cleverly balance angelic vocals with heavy bass lines. Get the free download at SoundCloud . Look for Shad[]wB[]x at SXSW this week and the following week in Brooklyn: 03/17 1:00pm Austin - The Palm Door [ tickets ] 03/17 6:00pm Austin - Zen [...]
mp3: Ponytail - Easy Peasy Not only have Baltimore art-rock band Ponytail not broken up, as was heavily rumored, but they will release their 3rd LP Do Whatever You Want All the Time on April 12 via We Are Free . Ray Concepcion directed this new video for the track "Easy Peasy", using footage he shot at the Siren Festival at Coney Island last summer. Check out the tracklist for the new album below. Ponytail || Easy Peasy from [...]
mp3: Banjo Or Freakout - 105 Italian musician Alessio Natalizia releases his debut LP as Banjo Or Freakout today. Natalizia is also one half of the electronic duo Walls. As Banjo Or Freakout, Natalizia explores a decidedly less electronic route than Walls, but rather a more natural and authentic sound that is his alone. The London transplant offers up a new single from the album today. Enjoy "Go Ahead" below. Banjo Or Freakout is out today via The Rare Book Room . [...]
In an effort to expand our horizons and turn you on to some really cool new books concerning music, this is The Book Report , an ongoing series from guest contributor Christopher Ambrose. Read his recent overview of Black Dog Publishing here . Text by: Christopher Ambrose for The Sky Report Joy Division Kevin Cummins recently released monograph Joy Division is an affecting and intimate look into and around the legendary band through equally iconic images. Originally on assignment from NME, Cummins was there from [...]
Crystal Stilts are gearing up for the release of their second album In Love With Oblivion , due April 12 on Slumberland Records . Today they offer up another new track from the LP. "Through the Floor" fittingly carries on the recent string of exceptional singles from the Brooklyn band, following in the footsteps of "Shake the Shackles" and "Love is a Wave". I love this band more and more everyday. Crystal Stilts - Through The Floor by Slumberland Records
Planningtorock has spent the last three and a half years in near solitude, writing and recording her new album in Berlin. From the sound of the first single, it seems like this was time well spent. Very much in the vein of previous collaborators The Knife, Planningtorock's haunting and otherworldly electronic sound is equal parts fascinating and beautiful. W is out May 17 on DFA Records . PLANNINGTOROCK - Doorway by DFA Records Planningtorock also conceptualized, directed, [...]
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