The Söderberg sisters look barely old enough to drive but the maturity of sound and emotion heard on First Aid Kit 's album, The Lion's Roar, suggests an age they are not. The Swedish duo, replete with American folk and country influence, have triumphed in their sophomore effort as they beautifully croon out poignant lyrics. The chorus to track "Emmylou" pines "I'll be your Emmylou, and I'll be your June . If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny, too." Pretty darn perfect. Editor's note: Thanks to contributor [...]
Don't be scared away by the warthog farm-esque first few seconds of "To Be With You Everywhere", a track from Exeter 's just released Treads (available to listen to in full and purchase here ), for it will soon blossom into a weird and enjoyable mix of lo-fi, hip hop beats, and delicious glitchy glitch. #onesentenceposts Exeter - To Be With You Everywhere read more and hear the song
Thank you, Edinburgh, for deciding to claim producer DFRNT as your own, and having him give birth to the marvel that is Cut Records , a netlabel founded in September 2011 by the Scottish producer as a sort of cherry-on-the-sundae of is his line of work. My body ached with bass poisoned by mediocre dubstep and progressive post-ambient hipster juice the glorious day I stumbled upon Cut and had the happy coincidence of sampling Rain Dog first. It has since been months, and today is the first day I can attempt to verbalize the loss of words [...]
When you know you're going to like a song from reading the subject of the email in which it was received. Our boy Giraffage reimagines an already lovely Labyrinth Ear song into an even more magical soundscape. Kinda only like songs like this these days, and that's OK. Labyrinth Ear releases their Apparitions EP on Feb 7. read more and hear the song
Upon first listen, this song gave me a great White Town "Your Woman" vibe, but with a stutter which, as this remix from White Arrows proves, is definitely not a bad thing. Even when you consider that a few times, you think the track's gone dead. So imagine my surprise when I looked up who Johnny Belinda was and learned that it was a movie from 1948 in which a male doctor tried to mentor a young woman who was deaf and a mute who was the victim of a sexual attack and was impregnated, causing quite the [...]
![[Video] Jack Peñate – No One Lied](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4033191_lg.jpg)
Jack Peñate 's album Everything Is New was on some heavy rotation back in 2009 when it was released. I had just discovered him that year and by total chance I even got to see him live opening for Miike Snow at the Empty Bottle in Chicago after a galaxy's worth of stars aligned, and his set was most enjoyable. But then I didn't really hear anything from/about him since then, until his name appeared in my Twitter feed the other day in reference to this one-take track, recorded live in his home just a few weeks ago. [...]
Saw this via a gorilla vs bear tweet and it totally surprised me. It started out with this long, slow and quiet guitar intro that had subtle Zeppelin references here and there and the suddenly it turned into this part-Steely Dan-esque poppy number with Sophia Knapp 's smooth and soothing female vocals. If there is an entire album full of so many good sounds like this, it could be quite interesting. And after listening to a few samples on the Drag City website, I can say I'm uber excited for this album. Into [...]
It's always nice when I can post an awesome tune and represent the great state of Michigan at the same time. Such is the case with "Futures", a tune from the latest Cascine signee RxGibbs from the upcoming EP of the same name. This song makes me feel like I'm in the lushest whirlpool of sound and sunshine. I'm listening to the rest of the EP right now and it's totally effing gorgeous. The EP, out on Feb 21, might be just the thing to get me from this not-really-that-bad-so-far winter. read [...]
Hey, good news, I can still see! So you're not free from me just yet. In other news, Sweden wins again. Miike Snow is releasing the long awaited follow up to their 2009 debut album aka my favorite album of 2009 with Happy To You , out on March 20th. Of the couple of songs we've heard from the album, this somewhat brooding tune is my favorite so far, and it's not just because of some guest vocals by one of the most babetastic babes out there, Ms. Lykke Li. It's almost as if this song was [...]
Hey, good news, I can still see! So you're not free from me just yet. In other news, Sweden wins again. Miike Snow is releasing the long awaited follow up to 20092s Animal aka my favorite album of 2009 with Happy To You , out on March 20th. Of the couple of songs we've heard from the album, this somewhat brooding tune is my favorite so far, and it's not just because of some guest vocals by one of the most babetastic babes out there, Ms. Lykke Li. It's almost as if this song was written to [...]
I wasn't planning on a post tonight, but tomorrow I will be getting my eyes fixed, so I figured I'd leave you one more tune to remember me by, just in case things go awry and I can never use the internet again (I can't imagine a much more tragic outcome). Remember a few months ago-ish we posted a few rockin tunes from CSLSX ? Well here's what I consider to be one of the purtier tracks from the person/group that I think is from Philly. Even though I always think of the Marnie the necromancer from True Blood [...]
It's Monday, I am the proud owner of a brand new temporary crown that doesn't fit quite right on one of my molars, and I didn't get another house that I tried to get. And with all that, these songs/videos from NZCA/LINES still makes me happy. Perhaps it's because I love projected visuals and crisp, synthesized percussion. Look for the debut LP in February and check out "Okinawa Channels" and "Compass Point" below, because I love fractals. read more and hear the song
I never heard the 2010 Lower Dens album Twin-Hand Movement but it sounds like several of my music-related friends thought it was a pretty good thing. Enter "Brains", this new track that the group released a few weeks back, and I think I might have to go back and see what I missed. This growing, driving but still somewhat subtle track has most certainly piqued my interest. The new album Nootropics will be out May 1 of this year and I can't wait. Because I will get to hear the album, and because [...]
First of all, I realize every 3rd post includes Grimes or SBTRKT or both. But Grimes and Pictureplane together just seems like such a natural fit and it makes one wonder why this did not transpire at an earlier time. Or did it? Pictureplane - Real Is A Feeling (Grimes Remix) read more and hear the song
SBTRKT just posted this new old unreleased jam from 2009. This is why I love SBTRKT. Beats and outer space. I think I'm officially clinically obsessed at this point. read more and hear the song
![Beat Culture – Memory [Cassettes]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3992720_lg.jpg)
Remember a few weeks ago when we posted that awesome Beat Culture track "Midori"? Well, just last night, Beat Culture's full length album Tokyo Dreamer was finally released, and all for free. I got a chance to give the album a full listen last night and it was just as great as I expected. It's got all the glitch and glamour of some of our favorite electronic artists of the last few years, but this has a je ne sais quoi that really seems to make it special/fresh. I dig the running water and clear piano [...]
Going through some emails in my quest to carry on the freestyle blogger lifestyle (even though it's getting more and more difficult, mainly because I just started watching "Breaking Bad" and don't want to stop) and ran across this nice tune from Tokyo's Elen Never Sleeps , a one-man bedroom pop project (which I always seem to dig). It's shoegazey in a Wild Nothing kind of way (as opposed to the heavier sort of shoegaze sound), and in fact makes me feel kind of the same way that Wild Nothing does. Hit up his bandcamp for some [...]
When two acts that appeared/I discovered in 2011 and enjoy muchly join forces, how can anything bad happen? And such is the case with this new tune from our Irish friends Solar Bears who have released the first track from their upcoming album Migration with guest vocals from none other than Sarah of Keep Shelly In Athens . I like this track so much. Old school flavor, interesting time rhythms, key changes galore, what is not to love? read more and hear the song
A few months back I decided to hop on a plane at the last second to see what CMJ was all about. On the night I arrived, one of the very first people I met was Andrew Balasia aka Gracie . Besides being a pretty cool guy, I got to catch one of his sets and liked what I heard. His upcoming Treehouse EP is being released on Small Plates Records (you can preorder it here ) and you may have already heard "Sisters", but Gracie has offered up another track for your listening pleasure. If [...]
What do you get when you combine some quasi-minimal beats with Prince-esque RnB vocals? You get Inc. (the brothers formally known as Teen, Inc). How come this song wasn't all over the blogosphere when their 3 EP was released way back in the summer? Listen to "Heart Crimes" below and then we'll see what else these brothers have up their collective sleeve. Inc. - Heart Crimes [via Britticisms ]read more and hear the song
dailybeatz
Childish Gambino - "Heartbeat" (Official Music Video)
James Blake – Live Album
Mux Mool
Circo Voador anuncia shows de The Kooks, Foster The People, Friendly Fires, Gogol Bordello e mais
