Sebastian Mlynarski When I rounded up all the bits of information around Holly Miranda's solo project back in January , I had no notion that interest in it would eclipse that given to her main band, The Jealous Girlfriends . But her more atmospheric approach is certainly more in line with what people expect/want to hear wafting out of Brooklyn these days and it has apparently tickled more ears than the Girlfriends' heaver, more guitar-driven rock did. So while the Girlfriends take a deserved break, Miranda has been busy - [...]
The Mountain Goats Snowcat Press , 2009
Jookabox - "Don't Go Phantom"
Wetdog - "Tidy Up Your Bedroom" From the all-girl garage-fi rockers' full-length Frauhaus! , due 11/30 from Captured Tracks . A second LP, entitled Enterprise Reversal , is due from the label in 2010.
Moonface - Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums Out 1/26 on Jagjaguwar This 123 is the second release by Moonface, the solo project of Sunset Rubdowner Spencer Krug- the first being the sold-out limited-edition 73 picture disc released by Aagoo earlier this year. The album comes with a dream journal, upon which the music is based.
Tune-Yards - "Fiya" (Live at the Echo Park Time Travel Mart) By Dublab
Tune-Yards - "Hatari" (Live at The Echo Park Time Travel Mart) By Dublab
Yo La Tengo - "If It's True" One of the tricks Yo La Tengo have mastered over the years is placing their quiet, unassuming personalities in the context of familiar song styles that are typically characterized by more glamorous vocalists. They're not the first people to ever do this, and they're hardly not the only band to deliberately undersell emotional lyrics with a flat vocal affect, but they don't just stop at irony and call it a day. Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley have learned to give nuanced performances in their narrow range, and when they sing [...]
John Vanderslice - "D.I.A.L.O" b/w "Do What You Want" 73 Out 1/26 on Dead Oceans
Paste interviews David Rawlings about his debut solo album, A Friend of a Friend . Paste: You cover some songs on this record—including a medley of "Method Acting" by Bright Eyes and "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young. How did that come to be? Rawlings: A couple years ago, at the end of '07, Conor [Oberst] called me and asked me if I would come play guitar with Bright Eyes because Mike Mogis was producing a record and it was running on, and they [...]
Frank Yang Q: Without a new record to promote - Mr. Love & Justice has been out for close to two years - what reason did Billy Bragg have for staging an ambitious cross-Canada tour ? A: Who cares? Any time you get the opportunity to see Billy Bragg live, you take it, no questions asked. Read more at Chromewaves→ Photos: Billy Bragg, Ron Hawkins @ The Phoenix - November 17, 2009 [...]
Mark Sultan - "I Am The End" b/w "Catastrophe" 73 Out 11/24 on In The Red
Photo source Sean Savage - "Here She Comes!!!" On November 19th, Sean Savage was kidnapped by an unknown woman. She wore a gingham scarf over her mouth. She had black bangs and blue eyes. She strapped Mr Savage to a large red wagon and climbed onto her bicycle and proceeded east. At first Mr Savage struggled. He pulled and bucked at his bindings. He kicked the side of the wagon. His thrashings knocked the wagon onto its side, whereupon he was dragged for ten feet in [...]
tUnE-yArDs @ Bowery Ballroom 11/18/2009 Intro / Powa / "What's That About?" / "Move To My Hood" / Fiya / Real Live Flesh / Hatari / "Do You Want To Live?" tUnE-yArDs - "Hatari" As Mike Barthel wrote last night , tUnE-yArDs' debut album is impressive not just for its unique style and the high quality of its songs, but for the way Merrill Garbus' deliberate, distinct recording aesthetic makes us pay attention to the subtext in her music. I've heard so many albums in [...]
Weekend - "Youth Haunts" From the band's forthcoming 103 for Mexican Summer . You can download the a-side to that release, "All American," here . (via Fader )
Efterklang - Magic Chairs Out 2/23/2010 on 4AD Download the single "Modern Drift" below:
Gigi - Maintenant Out 1/26/2010 on Tomlab This project from Nick Krgovich (P:ANO, NO KIDS) and producer Colin Stewart features Owen Pallett, Zac Pennington, Katie Eastburn (Young People), Rose Melberg and Karl Blau.
Stereo Subversion lovingly profiles singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens and his music. Myspace has added music charts. SEE interviews Charles F of Winter Gloves . "I don't think we have this Montreal sound at all," Charles says. "For me, the Montreal sound a couple of years ago was Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, and a bunch of bands influenced by British music and being dark with a lot of reverb. [...]
Vampire Weekend - "Cousins"
Nearly three weeks ago, when Yeasayer dropped news of their new Ambling Alp single, the press materials had also promised to "unleash... a breakthrough video at yeasayer.net on the evening of October 30th." Well, it's a little bit late, but that video is now here, and better late than never, right? It's definitely NSFW (why do I feel like I'm giving this disclaimer all the time now?), and features some trippy interactive video that I can tell you is almost certainly an homage to the early '70s work of Dan Graham [...]
Vampire Weekend - Cousins
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