Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. Mako Sica 's debut full-length album Dual Horizons is getting the vinyl treatment . Only 250 copies of the limited edition pressing will be made available starting February 16, or pre-order now . Jennifer Hudson is busy: performing at the White House [...]
Jemina Pearl It's Superbowl weekend, but there are still a bunch of awesome shows happening this weekend! But before we get to the shows, a reminder that Loud Loop Radio will be back on the air tomorrow, Saturday, February 6, at 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Radio DePaul . Lets get to it, shall we? HIDEOUT'S INTERVIEW SHOW The Hideout's Interview Show, hosted by Mark Bazar, turns two this Saturday. They [...]
Russian Circles is preparing for the band's first tour to Europe since 2008, now in support of their album "Geneva." Speaking of the album and how it translates into the live setting, the band commented: "We went out of our way to make it sound nasty, not lo-fi," Sullivan explained. "But rough around the edges, so it sounds more like a live record.... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
When thinking Chicago progressive metal, two bands ultimately come to mind: Pelican and Russian Circles . Now, neither of these bands are in competition with one another, but you can't deny both Pelican and Russian Circles have a very similar sonic approach. But on the Estonian - though they prefer to be labeled "international" - metal Web site Metal Storm , our dear two Chicago prog-metal acts are pitted against each other in the most epic award category of all time. Yes, Pelican and Russian Circles have both been nominated for a [...]
Russian Circles have booked a month of European dates beginning March 5th. Despite naming latest album, Geneva , their only Swiss date is in Zurich.
Top Album Releases: January 2010 Nick's Top Beach House: Teen Dream Surfer Blood: Astro Coast Magnetic Fields: Realism Spoon: Transference Owen Pallett: Heartland [...]
Aqui não há vozes. Silence. Side A 01 - The Antlers - Prologue 02 - Aaron Dessner - We Were Born 03 - Hudson Mohawke - FUSE 04 - Amiina - risturinn 05 - Beirut - Le Banlieu 06 - The Album Leaf - Red Eye 07 - Carlos Paredes - Verdes Anos 08 - Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Pocess Your Heart (Instrumental) Side B 09 - Norberto Lobo - Pata Lenta 10 - Russian Circles - [...]
I decided to post some of the best songs of the albums I've been listening to recently. Still not prepared to write a full post and it's still cold out there, snowing like the next ice age is gonna come. New Hot Chip is amazing. Their melancholic, slower tracks are more and more elegant. I Feel Better is beautiful and love the nu-disco romance that explodes from it after the intro. Hot Chip - I Feel Better [mediafire] // [ ysi ] Xiu [...]
The first day of March will be held as the release date for the début album by Leeds quartet These Monsters. Isn't that exciting! To date the band have been building up their live presence, having toured with the likes of Russian Circles, These Arms Are Snakes, Oceansize, 65 Days of Static, Mono, Envy, Health, The Whip, Foals, Youthmovies, ilikeTrains, Broken Records and The Fall.
2009 — what a crapsuck of a year. Without overstating or getting into it, it was easily the worst since, well, high school at least and I am not sorry that it is over. If I ever needed an object lesson in saving power of music, this was it. Music was one of the few things that keep the year from being a complete personal disaster. I've read others claim that 2009 wasn't a great year for music. In one sense I agree: there were few great albums — albums good enough to be considered for regular rotation [...]
Mixotic 200 - Anonymous - 200.9.hours Download a never-ending party to celebrate the 200th Mixotic release! This means: 200 tracks in 9 hours! Every track is a netlabel release from the year 2009. This session was recorded secretly during an excessive party night on planet Mixor. The DJ is a weird looking extraterrestrial, all we know about him is that he was active on Mixotic before while he was living on earth... download from here Playlist [...]
Russian Circles, with their instruments well-used and dynamic, leaders in their own right, guide the listener through the varying courses of each song with nary a misstep. The good men of Russian Circles began making a name for themselves with their 2006 debut, Enter, a compelling blend of experimental post-rock that sounds similar to Explosions in the Sky with moments of aggression. True, you generally can't go wrong with sweeping and emotive instrumental music, at least in terms of execution, but what always sets the casual purveyors apart from the dedicated specialists is the attention to detail. Competent musicianship [...]
Vampire Weekend's second album, Contra , is the first highly buzzed release of 2010, which adds Latin American music influences to their mix. If you saw the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road , you know how effective Nick Cave and Warren Ellis's soundtrack was to the movie. The soundtrack is in stores tomorrow. Other albums I can strongly recommend this week are Owen Pallett's final album under the Final Fantasy moniker, Heartland , Laura Veirs' [...]
Download a never-ending party to celebrate the 200th Mixotic release! This means: 200 tracks in 9 hours! Every track is a netlabel release from the year 2009. This session was recorded secretly during an excessive party night on planet Mixor. The DJ is a weird looking extraterrestrial, all we know about him is that he was active on Mixotic before while he was living on earth... www.mixotic.net 01 [...]
Downloade dir eine niemals endende Party, um das 200. Mixotic Release zu feiern! Das heißt: 200 Tracks in 9 Stunden! Jeder Track ist ein Netlabel Release aus dem Jahr 2009. Dieses Set wurde heimlich während einer exzessiven Partynacht auf Planet Mixor aufgenommen. Der DJ ist ein durchgeknallter Außerirdischer. Alles, was wir über ihn wissen, ist, dass er schonmal auf Mixotic aktiv war, während er noch auf der Erde lebte... DJ Set Download: Playlist: 01 - Ohrwert - Transition Sphere Cism 008 ( http://www.cismsound.net) [...]
You may notice a few differences between this list and the album list. I don't feel I need to justify that due to the distinct difference between a song and a full album. These are the songs that I still listen to on repeat; they made me laugh, tear up, dance, think, and morph my own tastes into what they are today. So here in no particular order is my Favorite Songs of the Decade. Picking a favorite song is like picking a favorite child, it changes depending on your mood... ___ [Audio clip: view full [...]
1. Antony and the Johnsons - "The Crying Light" *MP3: Antony and the Johnsons - "Epilepsy is Dancing" 2. Neko Case - "Middle Cyclone" *MP3: Neko Case - "People Got A Lotta Nerve" 3. Andrew Bird - " Noble Beast" *MP3: Andrew Bird [...]
Le classifiche dei migliori 10 albums del 2009 divise per redattore: TOP 10 ALBUM 2009 REDATTORI INDIEFORBUNNIES BUY HERE #50) Atlas Sound Logos [Kranky] Cantante e frontman dei Deerhunter , Bradford Cox si serve del nome [...]
Hello audience, I'm Evan. It's time again for me to put effort into composing a blog entry. That's right, today is the day you'll get to read my year-end list devoted to the 100 best albums released in 2009. Like last year, I can't possibly write 100 blurbs for all the albums on this list, so I've prepared about 25 mini-reviews to go along with song samples from about 25 of the albums. As far as I know, all these albums were released in 2009, but I am an imperfect human, so there might be an error or two. Instead [...]
Who: Yeasayer Title: Oddblood Label: Secretly Canadian RIYL: Bear In Heaven, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, hippies Thoughts: When [...]More about Yeasayer
NYC fans were in for a special treat last Friday night as Hot Chip performed a last minute show as a part of the MySpace Secret Show Series - [...]More about Hot Chip
Massive Attack is back! Their new album, Heligoland, is being released on February 9th by EMI. Tracklisting 01) Pray For Rain02) Babel03) Splitting [...]More about Massive Attack
Maya put this video up for this track “Theres Space For Ol Dat I See” via her Twitter Page. Her follow up to Kala is rumoured to [...]More about Vampire Weekend
Yes, yes, you’ve heard all about Delphic by now. And of course you’ve had Phoenix rammed down your pie-hole every other hour until it started to get more [...]More about Phoenix
For many jazzophiles, The Allen Room in Lincoln Center is Mecca. The space is intimate, the acoustics are phenomenal, and the dramatic wall of glass offers one of New [...]More about St. Vincent
And on the fourth Tuesday of January, 2010, let it be known that the motherload hath officially dropped. I had this date circled some time ago thanks to new releases [...]More about Beach House
Yesterday KiD CuDi was 1 of those 100 artists who recorded a new version of 'We Are the World'. The song will premiere Friday, February 12th, during the opening [...]More about Kid Cudi
Photography by Tsuru TSURUFOTO on Etsy! Vote for me (via lots of stars) here Baby & I took the day off to enjoy [...]More about Spoon
Yesterday, we found out that Gorillaz will be headlining the last night of Coachella. I felt like somebody had slapped me in [...]More about Gorillaz
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