Matthew E. White - Big Inner Record Label - Hometapes/Spacebomb Release Date - August 21, 2012 It's time that we rescue a genre -- blue-eyed soul. While the actual version of soul feels truncated with the Roots on Fallon and old masters continuing to tour while their peers die off, the blue-eyed kind (aka made by white people) has been enjoying a bit of a renaissance due, mainly, to Bon Iver's insistence on calling his music "soul," which I suppose it is. Emotionality overcomes [...]
As everyone preps for CMJ, we've got some new tunes for that layover in Phoenix. Recorded on the road, Other Lives' new material also features the Atoms for Peace remix of "Tamer Animals." For a group that hit our top 5 last year, this will make a welcome addition to the blooming fall music season. Thanks to Consequence of Sound for the premiere.
TOP 10 (click on photos for band websites) 10. Ovlov I was introduced to Ovlov at a pre-CMJ party last year and have been a fan ever since. [...]
Just as associate act Real Estate has done before him, Ducktails' Matt Mondanile is growing out of his Underwater Peoples roots and taking his act to Domino. Set to release his third solo record in as many years, Ducktails appear to have come into their own on the newly announced The Flower Lane , borrowing more from the folk-rock revival of the last few years as opposed to the buzz-worthy home recorded material of past releases. This is assuming, of course, that the album's titular track would set the tone for the rest of the album, but [...]
WED OCT 17TH Beats Per Minute / The Needle Drop / We Listen For You present FACEBOOK RSVP SAT OCT 20TH [...]
The Deadly Syndrome FACEBOOK TWITTER BUY ALBUM We're very stingy when it comes to our "Required Listen" label. We've only given out the title to four bands this year: Houndmouth, Port St. Willow, Murals, and Egyptr. Now with the fifth, I'm starting to wonder if we have a thing for the worst band names ever. A few [...]
Known for their expansive recording sessions and globe traversing writing techniques, The Walkmen have never been short on new, diverse material. This year's album Heaven was a masterful number, a lesson in what it means to let go of inhibitions and attack your craft with no preconceived notions of what it needs to be. But it was also mature and introspective in a lot of ways. In talking with the band just after the release of Heaven , that was mostly what they emphasized, that Heaven is a record made without expectations or [...]
Minta & the Brook Trout - Olympia Record Label - Optimus Release Date - September 17, 2012 On the American side of the world (that's North and South, people) our knowledge of Portugese language music is generally limited to Tropicalia, that psychedelic flowering of folky tunes from Brazil, popularized by Caetano Veloso, Os Mutantes and others. And while Minta & the Brook Trout don't sing in Portugese, they are from Portugal and steeped in a more arcane Portugese musical form, the fado. Going [...]
Our good friends Hip Hatchet , whose Joy and Better Days, is a travelogue and jeremiad (vocab word!) rolled into one. Will take to the road this fall in support of said great record and with a couple nice EPs at their merch table as well. You can catch them at these places and on these dates: October 11th - Portland, OR - Valentines w/ Nathan Crockett and Patrick Dethlefs [...]
One of the best music festivals in the world returns tomorrow (Thursday Sept. 27th) and they've put together their best lineup yet. To help you wade through the hundred selections, WLFY has picked our four favorite acts for each day and a "take a chance, don't miss" selection for those looking for the best hidden secrets of the festival. For those who remember the good old SXSW days of medium sized walking, multi venue festivals that pack a large punch...MPMF is the place for you. Three day wristbands are still available and for the low price of [...]
Grizzly Bear - Shields Release Date - September 18, 2012 Record Label - Warp Depending on how you see it, "Two Weeks" was either the blessing or the curse for Grizzly Bear's previous effort, Veckatimest . The hooky pop track belongs up there in the indie pantheon of great songs like Spoon's "The Way We Get By" or the Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" But, Grizzly [...]
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant Release Date: Sept 7th, 2 01 2 Label: 4AD When it was first announced that David Byrne, the secretive but never isolated musician responsible for the Talking Heads and numerous other solo efforts, was going to collaborate with Annie Clark, better known as St. Vincent, anticipation and speculation immediately [...]
Angel Olsen - Half Way Home Release Date: Sept 4th, 2012 Label: Bathetic Records Buy Vinyl Listen On Spotify A great song can make the listener feel that the musician is singing just to them. Talented songwriters understand this well, and will often [...]
Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 38-track compilation through Ge.tt here . UNITED STATES : We Listen For You Seamonster - Normandy Landscape The music of Seamonster is a slow-moving invasion of simple yet powerful movements of sonic exploration that ultimately transports the listener to another world. Every [...]
Deerhoof - Breakup Song Label: Polyvinyl Records Release Date: Sept 4th, 2012 If one thing is certain about Deerhoof, it's that they’ve never had anything handed to them. The astonishing accomplishment of remaining a band for nineteen years and releasing twelve full-length LPs should be enough for listeners to treat every new release with the same raving, cult-like reception that a new Sonic Youth album or a release [...]
NEWS: Other Lives Announces Tour ( LINK ) John Cage Turns 100 ( LINK ) VIDEOS Woods - "Cali in a Cup" DIIV - "Doused" [...]
Animal Collective - Centipede Hz Record Label - Domino Release Date - September 4, 2012 In the parlance of the Flaming Lips, on Animal Collective's newest LP, "a spoonful weighs a ton." Of course as every amateur astronomer knows, the Lips were talking about the sun and I'm talking about a record. Centipede Hz is an unbelievably dense concoction of odds and ends, squelching sounds, and fuzzed out riffs piled atop one another stitched together with a grimy rhythm and the group's clairvoyant, melodic vocals. [...]
We're very excited to have three of our favorite Louisville bands coming together to celebrate five years of We Listen For You. Seeing these three bands in a row will be tough to duplicate in the future, but you get a chance Friday September 14th (also my 28th Birthday) in Louisville at Zanzabar . Hope to see a bunch of familiar faces and take a moment to process the wonderful concert poster made by Distonal who says he was inspired by Trapper Keepers and 90's roller rink birthday invitations. [...]
Cat Power - Sun Label: Matador Records Release Date: September 4th, 2012 In a career that’s been as tumultuous as it has been successful, the story of Chan Marshall and Cat Power is not one of storybook endings or delightful twists. Filled mostly with sideways life lessons on management, relationship and anxiety, Marshall [...]
We Listen For You
Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 39-track compilation through Ge.tt here . UNITED STATES : We Listen For You The Cairo Gang - Everybody Knows The Cairo Gang make drifting seem like the only way to go about life. Their music hovers slightly above, [...]
MP3: Daft Punk – “Horizons” (RAM Japanese Bonus Track)
Listen to Daft Punk’s “Horizon”, the Japanese bonus track for Random Access Memories
Diplo Clarifies His Thoughts On Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’ Via Lengthy Facebook Letter
Daft Punk – “Horizon” (Japan-Only Bonus Track)
