Say what you will about Apple, but their iPod licensing department has good taste in music . The latest addition to the brand's Rolodex (file after Caesars) is Brooklyn four-piece CHAPPO , whose song "Come Home" appeared in a recent iPod touch commercial . It's not hard to hear why: Alex Chappo's "Suh-thern" twang kicks dust on the band's swooping background synths, it's like all of a sudden you're listening in Technicolor. In addition to "Home", CHAPPO have recently released another track, "Hell No", off their forthcoming debut LP, Moonwater . It's crunchier than [...]
Electroni-folk sibling act CocoRosie returns to Touch and Go Records to release their new single, "We Are on Fire" b/w "Tearz for Animals". Produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, the A-side sees the sisters Casady demonstrate their trip-hop tendencies, unfurling a jazzy number of piercing drums and off-kilter harmonies. Stream it below. [soundcloud url=" http://api.soundcloud.com/trac ks/45121803" iframe="true" /] "We Are on Fire" b/w "Tearz for Animals" hits stores on June 5th - the first music Touch and Go has released since going on hiatus in [...]
As previously reported , Passion Pit return with their long-awaited sophomore LP, Gossamer , on July 24th via Columbia Records. Now, the band has issued the first listen off the LP with "Take A Walk". Originally debuted at last year's Moogfest , the sticky stomper quells and quakes with enough of a throwback sound to Manners to help any fans segue into the new stuff. Take a listen below.
Clearly, Animal Collective are no fans of Mad Men. At 10:00pm ET on Sunday evening, the band revealed a brand-new two-song single. "Honeycomb" b/w "Gotham" will be released on June 26th via Domino, but you can stream both tracks right now in the widget below. Pre-order the 73 now at Domino's webstore . Thank god for DVR.
As previously reported , the reunited Ben Folds Five are at work on a new album, their first in over a decade. Early Saturday morning, Folds posted a new, unmastered track on his Facebook . "Do It Anyway" features the kind of driving instrumentation that soundtracks old-timey barroom brawls and a bass line that could make a guitarist jealous. Listen to it below. Folds' Facebook post also discussed how BFF is taking a grassroots approach to promoting the record. Currently unsigned, the band is asking fans to [...]
Photo by Casper Balslev "Homewrecker" Marina Lambrini Diamandis, a.k.a. Marina and the Diamonds , drives a spike heel straight into the middle ground between Lady Gaga and fellow Welshwoman Ellie Goulding with a heart-shaped beauty mark, blond curls, and the voice to back it all up. Her drop-top backbeats and voluptuous vocals snagged the glamazon opening spots on both Katy Perry and Coldplay 's summer tours, and now her latest single, "Primadonna", has caught the attention of another high-wattage musical outfit. Octopus is a relatively new production team [...]
Florida post-hardcore outfit Hot Water Music has released the title track to Exister , their first album in eight years. The third song off the LP to surface (following "Drag My Body" and "State of Grace" ), it's an unrelenting shot of sonic angst, personified by screaming vocals, pounding drums, and a driving guitar line that's as dense and speedy as a semi. Stream it below (via BrooklynVegan ). Exister hits stores on May 15th [...]
Like Pioneers is the freakishly attractive love child of Chicago indie-rock outfits Bound Stems, The Narrator, and Chin Up Chin Up. Following 20102s Piecemeal , the seven-member collective spent 2011 drinking, writing, and unifying as a solid group - not just a passing side-project. The result of those writing sessions is their nine-track sophomore effort, Oh, Magic . The band is teasing the album's May 22nd release with the Jesse Woghin-fronted "Tell 'Em Ghost". Upon first listen it's easy to tag the track as simple guitar-driven indie-pop, but as the track builds, vocal harmonies, guitar distortion, [...]
Before his band System of a Down hits the road with Deftones in August, frontman Serj Tankian will release his latest solo effort, Harakiri , on July 10th via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records. Check out album's lead single, "Figure It Out", and its corresponding lyric video below. Harakiri Tracklist: 01. Cornucopia 02. Figure It Out 03. Ching Chime 04. Butterfly 05. Harakiri 06. Occupied Tears 07. Deafening Silence [...]
As previously reported , Beck, Coldplay, U22s Bono and The Edge, Lauryn Hill, and a number of other musicians appear on a new compilation benefiting the organization Every Mother Counts. You've already heard Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ “Mother” and Beck's take on "Corrina, Corrina" . Now, check out Eddie Vedder's contribution, a previously unreleased cut called "Skipping". It's a relief to hear him off the ukulele and back behind the guitar, and judging from this, he can still create a lullaby just fine. Stream it over at RollingStone.com . Every Mother Counts is available [...]
Imagine Alison Mosshart's fiery howl mixed with Led Zeppelin's demonic undertones pulled out of the noisiest depths of Daydream Nation and you can get a sense of what the Chicago duo Redgrave brings to the table. What started as a bedroom hobby early last year for singer/guitarist Angie Mead formed into a full blown cohesive rock band as soon as Mead's demos reached the ears of Stephen Howard, who would join the band on drums. On June 12th, Redgrave will release their five song debut EP entitled National Act . As a first listen, check [...]
Kanye West, Pusha T, and Big Sean have teamed up with Jadakiss to remix "I Don't Like" , the buzzworthy trap single from 16-year-old Chicago MC Chief Keef. Listen to the end result now at Rap-Up.com . G.O.O.D. Music's upcoming group album is coming soon .
Rising LA emcee ScHoolboy Q has teamed up with fellow Cali rapper TiRon (of the collaborative duo The Cafeteria Line ) for a new joint entitled "Love Me Not". The Chuck Inglish-produced track features understated, heavily edited strings, resulting in an air of operatic romance that starts and stops suddenly. Lyrically, the two lyricists struggle with the love of a woman whose affections are painfully fickle (the chorus says it all: "When she love me, I'm on the road/When I'm home, she back a hoe"). Stream it below. The track is reportedly [...]
Brooklyn fuzz-rockers Dive (the side project of Beach Fossil's Zachary Cole Smith) have changed their name to DIIV. Smith told Pitchfork that the band, who originally took their name from the Nirvana song , changed it "out of respect" to the original Dive, an early '90s Belgian industrial band. Smith also noted that the new moniker would have little impact on the band's sound, adding, "A name is nothing. I don't really give a fuck what the band is called. I originated this project in a bedroom with no internet and didn't know it would ever [...]
As previously reported , Virginia chill-pop trio Eternal Summers will release their sophomore album, Correct Behavior , on July 24th via Kanine Records. The first track to surface, album opener "Millions", hears the band's new, clean post-punk sound in action. The track is essentially built on the up and down jangle of a particularly poppy guitar and Nicole Yun's vocals, which split their time between quiet coo and romantic wail. Despite the polishing, this number still contains some dreamier elements, with a lush rumble waiting just beneath the pop sheen, ready to take it greater, darker [...]
Neil Young and Crazy Horse will release Americana , their first of two reunion albums planned for 2012, on June 5th via Reprise Records. The 11-track effort features rearrangements of classic, American folk songs. As a first listen, stream Neil and co.'s take on "Oh Susannah", which comes accompanied by found footage of a family listening to their dad play banjo. Americana was recorded at Audio Casa Blanca and was produced by Young and John Hanlon with Mark Humphreys. It features the Crazy Horse lineup of of Billy Talbot, [...]
The Gaslight Anthem have unleashed "453, the lead single from their upcoming third LP, Handwritten , due out July 24th via Mercury Records. Stream it below (via RollingStone.com ). In support of the release, the band will spend the summer on the road. Check out the full docket below. The Gaslight Anthem 2012 Tour Dates: 05/16 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 05/18 - Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy 05/20 - Asbury Park, NJ @ [...]
As previously reported , Canada indie rock institution Metric will release their fifth album, Synthetica , on June 12th via their own Metric Music International in conjuction with Mom + Pop Music. As a first listen, stream the album's lead single, "Youth Without Youth", alongside commentary by the band's Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw in the SoundCloud widget below. [soundcloud url=" http://api.soundcloud.com/play lists/1881731" height="200" iframe="true" /] Synthetica Tracklist: 01. Artificial Nocturne 02. Youth Without Youth 03. Speed The [...]
Usher is back with your third taste of his upcoming LP, Looking For Myself . Following the Diplo-produced "Climax" and "Scream" , take a listen to the Rick Ross-aided "Lemme See" below. "Lemme See" will be released digitally on May 8th. Looking For Myself will follow on June 12th via RCA Records.
Milo Greene fits snugly alongside The Head and The Heart and Of Monsters and Men in the new indie-carnation of the folk canon. The Los Angeles quintet started making sound waves last year when they received standing ovations opening for The Civil Wars without even an mp3 to their name (if J. J. Redick is a fan , you know they've got something going for them). Now, their self-titled debut rife with "complex harmonies and organic, richly textured instrumentation" arrives July 17th via Atlantic Records. For the uninitiated, check out "Don't You Give Up On Me". [...]
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