As a homage to her late Grandfather, Sara Retallick performs under the name Jimmy Tait and the music she makes is as quietly affecting as that sentiment would have you expect. All My Friends is the first track to be taken from her bands new record, which is due for release later this year, and it's one of those tracks that buries itself somewhere inside your head almost instantly. A somewhat bitter sentiment - "all my friends are sitting on the fence, they never rush to my defence" - comes wrapped-up in [...]
After releasing their solid debut LP Thrashin' , Brooklyn's Total Slacker are back with a new 73, Brain Slime . The limited edition of 300 pressings is out on Japan's Sixteen Tambourine Records . The band will also have a split 73 with fellow Brooklyn band Friends out sometime this month, as well.
In a few days Friends drop their eagerly anticipated debut album Manifest! and in anticipation they've let another track from it see the light of day. 'Home', a taught pop-funk belter, continues the rich vein of form that has made Manifest! so anticipated in the first place. Crossing the grooves of Friendly Fire with early CSS, it will make you want to find the sun and walk with a spring in your step. No bad thing ay? Check out 'Home' below and follow the link for previous single 'Mind [...]
Brooklyn disco-punk band Friends are all set to release their debut full-length, Manifest! , on June 5th through Fat Possum . Earlier this month, we posted the catchy disco-funk track Mind Control and now we get another from the album with the song Home . The song is another funky jam with frenetic drum beats throughout. Stream it below.
Whomadewho - Brighter The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy. Track of the week: ‘Below the Cherry Moon’ by WhoMadeWho WhoMadeWho will be releasing a new album this year, and I’ll be seeing them live in a few weeks and they’re magnificent while gigging, but sometimes [...]
My Soundcloud Picks of the Week: The Nevada Desert Edition w/Jessie Ware and Disclosure, Friends with Benefits, Charles Murdoch, Friends and Jake Bullit, Ghosts, Summer Camp and St. Etienne, Mister Lies, Joseph Stallion & Seapoint My parents bought a house in Nevada. I have been in Vegas all week. It’s beautiful, weird and very isolating here. I think I’m in love. I listened to some seriously great jams on Soundcloud this week that were great for everything from wondering casinos alone at night, dancing in a club to watching the desert sun set. Hope [...]
mpfree // Friends - Friend Crush The guys responsible for helping make Darwin Deez a pretty big deal (Lucky Number) have recruited Friends to be a part of their next project. Debut single ‘Friend Crush’ shows the Brooklyn-bred group defined by warped synths that wouldn’t sound out of place on a haunted house gameboy disc, backed up closely by stop-start drums and light, luscious vocals from frontwoman Samantha. They’re one in an extending line of pop groups that harbour quick, catchy songs with a suggestively darker side lurking [...]
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