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JAMES GRAHAM : En ce moment, je suis nerveux et très excité. J'ai ressenti la même chose avec les deux premiers albums, mais cette fois-ci, c'est encore différent et exacerbé. J'étais heureux de voir le groupe atteindre ce niveau pendant l'enregistrement et je pense qu'on a réalisé le meilleur disque que l'on pouvait avec No One Can Ever Know . Quand on l'a préparé, j'ai voulu me couper de toutes influences extérieures et ne pas penser à ce à quoi devait forcément ressembler cet album. On a travaillé de façon très détendue, sans pression, [...]

There are some musicians that have their heyday in their youth, and there are others who are at their best by the time they're middle-aged. Then there are musicians, like Mark Lanegan, who age like fine wine. Although he released Hawk with former Belle & Sebastian member Isobel Campbell in 2010, this is the first solo album Lanegan's released since 2004's Bubblegum . But with his past fame as a solo artist, his time with Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age, he's more than equipped to put out an album that's both musically and lyrically [...]

There are some musicians that have their heyday in their youth, and there are others who are at their best by the time they're middle-aged. Then there are musicians, like Mark Lanegan, who age like fine wine. Although he released Hawk with former Belle & Sebastian member Isobel Campbell in 2010, this is the first solo album Lanegan's released since 2004's Bubblegum . But with his past fame as a solo artist, his time with Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age, he's more than equipped to put out an album that's both musically and lyrically [...]

A hodgepodge of excellent covers by independent artists, featuring new renditions of tunes by Rihanna, Jimmy Eat World, Van Halen and more! (55 minutes) This episode sponsored by: Free Candy Unicorn Horn with $60+ purchase! Featuring: Title Artist Album Original Artist More [...]

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Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Astralwerks) Enquanto Georges Méliès buscava o que havia de mais complexo, mágico, inovador e até científico em um mundo no qual a tecnologia ainda caminhava a passos curtos, o Air sempre seguiu o caminho oposto, de tornar mais orgânico e clean o som saído dos computadores e sintetizadores, abandonando os excessos do gênero e buscando a simplicidade. Quem diria que os dois caminhos se cruzariam, 100 anos após o lançamento do filme La Voyage Dans La Lune , e resultariam em um [...]

A year and a half ago, I had a perfectly lovely telephone conversation with Isobel Campbell, the former Belle & Sebastian member who has recorded three ultra-satisfying albums of Nancy Sinatra pastiche with Mark Lanegan. And during that conversation, I learned something about Lanegan that seems to throw this entire career into stark relief: He is a massive fan of the Los Angeles Clippers. More specifically, he is someone who will fly on three separate planes to get to a Clippers game. And given that the Clippers have historically been one of the great lost causes of professional [...]

Singer-Songwriter, Rock, Grunge, Alternative, Blues- After being in Queens of the Stone Age, partnering with Greg Duilli as the Gutter Twins, and collaborating with Belle and Sebastian's Isobel Campbell, this Tuesday, former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan releases his first solo album since 2004's Bubblegum Blues Funeral. Josh Homme and Greg Dulli both make cameos [...]

Iron & Wine: The Creek Drank the Cradle , Kiss Each Other Clean , and Our Endless Numbered Days Heartless Bastards: Arrow Belle and Sebastian: The Boy with the Arab Strap Of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks (2) Hospitality: s/t Zomes: Improvisations Cate le Bon: Cyrk First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar Beach House: Devotion Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence Feist: Metals [...]

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The 'Introducing Mix' post is nearly becoming a weekly feature on the blog. Every week I come across new bands that I've never featured on the blog before and here's my way of opening up their music to the online world of elbo.ws and The Hype Machine! Hopefully these acts will find new fans, friends and receptive ears! My Fellow Sponges First up is a Galway band who played the 'Bagfull of Songs' sessions night [...]

Tonight's show at Milkboy Philly is a bit of a contrast in styles, but it will feature somewhat hidden gems of our city. Starting off the evening will be the synthpop assault of Instamatic in the first of two shows in their hometown this month, which they have dubbed "Instamatic Appreciation Month" on their blog. The four man synth army released their latest EP, Three Song EP , which is full of new wave beats that sound like the best 80's dance party you've ever been to. Headlining tonight's show will be the tropicalia/ bossa nova-inspired psychedelic [...]

When most people think of Mark Lanegan , they may think of the Screaming Trees, the psychedelically-infused hard rock band from the Seattle region that Lanegan co-founded and sang for, or of Queens of the Stone Age, the guitar-driven rock and roll outfit led by Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri that featured contributions from Lanegan. In recent years, Lanegan has been showing a softer, more delicate side through his duets with former Belle and Sebastian cellist/vocalist Isobel Cambpell in what may be described as a contemporary Lee Hazelwood-Nancy Sinatra pairing. For those surprised by the soft side of Lanegan, [...]

Teenage Fanclub es una de esas bandas que sin mucho revuelo han consolidado una carrera discográfica llena de joyas auditivas y muchos buenos momentos, gracias sobre todo a la maestría de sus tres miembros permanentes, quienes comparten responsabilidades tanto en la composición de música como de las letras y vocales. El trío ha formado además numerosos grupos alternos y colaborado con algunos de los proyectos más importantes de su natal Escocia, a los que ahora se les une una nueva agrupación producto de las inquietudes de su bajista y vocalista Gerard Love . [...]

El músico Mark Lanegan , de amplia trayectoria en bandas como Screaming Trees,Queens and The Stone Age o Mad Season, vuelve a nuestro país, esta vez a presentar su nuevo álbum, Blues funeral, próximo a editarse en la prestigiosa casa 4AD. Conocido por sus variados proyectos, entre ellos la colaboración junto a Isobel Campbell (ex Belle & Sebastian),con quien ha editado ya tres álbumes. Su última apuesta solista, Blues funeral , ya puede ser escuchado en streaming, previa su salida oficial el lunes 6 de febrero. Para escucharlo sigue este link . [...]

Swedish trio Turn Off Your Television take their influences from pop across the decades, and create beautifully sweet and twee tunes. 'I Just Cleaned The Floor' is one such track, and sounds like a long-lost Two Door Cinema Club hit (with just a hint of Belle & Sebastian ). One for fans of jangly guitars and bubblegum lyrics, Turn Off Your Television have the potential to be massive this year, and one listen of their back catalogue will have you craving more.

The SXSW Film Festival announced this week that they will show a special Sneak Preview of the forthcoming Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me , a feature-length documentary about the legendary cult band Big Star . The directorial debut of Drew DeNicola, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me will screen as an Official Selection as a work-in-progress at SXSW at the Paramount Theater on March 15th (exact time TBD) with an all-star tribute show to Big Star's influential Third album to [...]

Princeton is a California based band that has this new song called Florida. Apparently, they are a fan of locales. Florida is shimmery, keyboard friendly song that talks about different places in Florida. The vocals remind me of Belle and Sebastian's vocals a bit, not overwhelming, but strong nonetheless. The song overall is pleasant and fits the mood of weather we're currently experiencing in Florida -- bright and cheery. Check out the song below and download it (legally!) as well: Download Princeton Florida Download Princeton Florida

Lightships is Teenage Fanclub bassist/vocalist Gerard Love, with musical assistance from Dave McGowan (TFC), Brendan O'Hare (ex-TFC), Tom Crossley (International Airport, Pastels) and Bob Kildea (Belle & Sebastian). Debut album Electric Cables is out April 3 via Geographic/Domino, and it features 10 Love-penned tracks. Watch the video for opener "Two Lines" below.

Get ready all of you kids who are headed to SXSW this year. Why are we writing about a festival in Austin you ask? Well, it could be for a number of reasons including the fact that Natives, Oh My Me, and Idiot Glee are all performing, or that our sister blog WeListenForYou is throwing a daytime party as they did last year , but, in this particular instance, it's because we're excited about a film from Gill Holland's production company The Group Entertainment (Flow, Con Artist, Beautiful Darling, etc) that is going [...]

Chi avrebbe mai detto che i Vaselines sarebbero passati da qui? La loro storia è fatta di incontri occasionali, ripartenze e piccole grandi soddisfazioni: un minitour italiano come questo, il primo dal 1987, non è cosa da mancare. Eugene Kelly e Frances McKee negli anni Duemila sembrano aver recuperato la voglia di fare e una certa convinzione, proprio quello che mancava loro più di vent'anni fa, quando, con due roventi EP e un solo disco all'attivo, decidevano di sciogliersi per non confrontarsi con l'insuccesso. La gloria a seguire è storia: Kurt Cobain [...]

You can always count on Merge Records to deliver the goods and they did so this week with the debut record from Hospitality , a band that plays the type of Belle & Sebastian-inspired jangly, wistful indie pop that always seems to hit the sweet spot for me. The first track on Hospitality's self-titled debut is "Eighth Avenue" which opens with all the typical twee-signifiers, gently strummed acoustic guitar and airy vocals, but opens up to become a lush, brilliantly realized track with some quick tempo-changes and rowdy guitar noodling among the memorable melodies. Check it out [...]

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