File this one under "Jam Sessions To Witness In Person Before I Die". Click here to view the embedded video. Amiright or am I right? [via Prefix ] Tags: Beck , Feist , Wilco Tastey Tuesday Lunchtime Covers (10) Blog Wars: The Genius Playlist | Round 1, Battle 2 (14) [...]
Following up on last year's irresistibly charming " All Yr Songs ", Toronto's Diamond Rings offers up "Wait & See". Instantly you will notice that the fluffy cheese that was so warmly welcomed with its predecessor is pretty much gone. It's grounded, more serious, yet you can't help but feel it's still filled-up-to- here with charm, fully equipped with the ironic cheapo drum machine that had initially pulled us into "All Yr Songs". John O'Regan, the man behind the drum machine, will be releasing "Wait & See" on a 73 single, backed with "On Fire" via [...]
LP Giveaway details at the end of the review. Yeasayer Odd Blood Secretly Canadian out February 9th 89 /100 [ Rating Scale ] Yeasayer's sophomore release, Odd [...]
Over a year after "Solid Gold" first blew up on everyone's radar, the Golden Filter have announced that they will finally release an album. "Hide Me", the first official track to appear on their forthcoming, Voluspa LP (no word on "Sold Gold" or "Thunderbird" being on the album), has just been released as a free mp3 single. This is the moment Golden Filter fans have been waiting months for, download it below. Voluspa is out April 26th through Brille records. [...]
LP Giveaway details at the end of the review. Hot Chip One Life Stand Astralwerks out February 9th 70 /100 [ Rating Scale ] One [...]
You can stream what is probably my favorite album of the year at Spinner . Tags: Album Stream , Yeasayer Yeasayer and Arcade Fire this Monday! (3) Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (Music Video) (NSFW) (9) Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (6) Yeasayer "O.N.E." (XXXChange Remix) (13)
One half of Chiddy Bang, producer and sample mastermind, Xaphoon Jones sprinkled some of his magic over Birdman and Drake's "Money To Blow" to massively effective results. This free MP3 is another leak from his anticipated follow-up to The Xaphoon Jones Mixtape Vol. 1 . Grab it below: Tags: Birdman , Drake , Xaphoon Jones Wale - Back To The Feature, Review (7) [...]
Warp records is giving away this non-album Flying Lotus track, "Quakes", for free, probably in light of Flying Lotus' highly anticipated Los Angeles follow-up Cosmogramma - which will feature guest-vocals from Thom Yorke. Furthermore, Steven Darlington (who is Flying Lotus) has also collaborated with Outkast arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Laura Darlington, who appeared on Los Angeles highlight, "Infinitum" will also lend a hand in Cosmogramma , which is out May 3rd. Download "Quakes" for free below Full track listing for Cosmogramma : [...]
Sigur Rós frontman, Jónsi, will be releasing his solo album, Go later this spring. If you recall, back in December, Jónsi gave away the gorgeous first single from Go , " Boy Lilikoi ", which you can still download if you follow that link. The sunny and lively musical arrangements on Go are credited to Nico Muhly, who worked with Grizzly Bear on the gorgeous arrangements on Veckatimest; he is also responsible for the arrangements on Antony & The Johnsons' The Crying Light . Jónsi and Nico's brainchildren are a dream [...]
Yeasayer's inspired new album, Odd Blood is out on Tuesday and anticipation has been steadily growing for the past few months with every free mp3 single (download "Ambling Alp" and "O.N.E.") and insanely awesome music video hit the interwebs. Now, one of the most prominent remixers around, XXXChange (of the Spank Rock crew), has flipped "O.N.E." on its head, trading in Merriweather Post Pavilion -esque springs and blips for Spank Rock-ready bass and synth lines, together with handclaps and shakers. "O.N.E.", Odd Blood 's official second single (called it), is out on March 23rd, [...]
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Peter Gabriel's relevance in the indie (or should I say "ternative" ) music scene has been present for some time now, especially with his style being replicated and name being dropped in quite a few Vampire Weekend songs and albums. But never has his presence been more felt than this past week, when his covers of Bon Iver's "Flume" and Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage" were premiered on Stereogum . "Flume" finds Gabriel scratching the acoustic guitar and falsetto of Bon Iver, and instead belting the lyrics out in his own way- a little [...]
Pitchfork has announced that Free Energy's hotly anticipated James Murphy-of-LCD-Soundsystem-prod uced debut album, Stuck On Nothing will be released on March 9th via DFA / Astralwerks . So much for that January release we were all looking forward to. You can see the ridiculously awesome album art above. With just a bit over a month until the record hits stores, I hope you didn't think Free Energy was going to leave us all without a treat. Free Energy not only come bearing good news, but also gifts."Hope Child", the track they performed live for [...]
David Byrne has, once again, updated his colorful website with new streaming music off his latest collaborative project with Fatboy Slim, a concept album about the life of the first Lady of the Phillipines, Imelda Marcos. On this latest track, the duo recruited vocal powerhouse Sharon Jones to portray Lady Marcos in the telling of the story when "Imelda takes her first trip abroad as first lady and has a great time. She hangs out with celebrities, socialites, and old East Coast money," as Byrne puts it. You can listen to "Dancing Together" after the [...]
Singer-songwriter-Brooklynite, Elizabeth Seward contacted me this morning with this intriguing message: I'm reaching out to you because you help promote musicians who have something to say. I have something to say. I am releasing a new song every Monday of 2010 and releasing older songs here and there on Fridays. I'm doing this all on: www.elizabethseward.tumblr.com Can I make it the whole year? I think so. I'm pretty determined to. Is it hard thinking of material each week? Not [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Yesterday I talked about Quadron , the Danish duo specializing in dreamy, retrosexual Soul. I gathered that you guys rather liked what Quadron had to offer, so now I want to share with you the music video for one of my favorite tracks off their self-titled debut long player, which will be released on March 23rd via Plug Research ; it's available on iTunes now. You can watch "Pressure" above. The clip was directed by Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen and focuses on [...]
We mentioned David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's concept album about the life of the first Lady of the Phillipines, Imelda Marcos, a couple of weeks ago. Byrne gave away "Please Don't" featuring vocals by Santigold for free . You can now listen to the album's ABBA-esque title track, featuring Florence + the Machine's Florence Welsh. One again, here is the star-studded tracklist: Disc 1 01 "Here Lies Love" (Vocal by Florence Welch) 02 "Every Drop Of Rain" (Vocals by Candie Payne & St. [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Look out for Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein in this surprisingly and delightfully funny music video. Tags: Saturday Night Live , Sleater-Kinney , St. Vincent Want Some Real Saturday Night Laughs? Talk To Spike Feresten. (1) This Week's Touring News (8) The National [...]
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