Wilsen 's new single, "Dusk," has been in the queue for a few weeks now, but it's a good thing we stalled a bit, as today brings the perfect pairing for that dream-folk gem. The NYC group's hushed take on "Oblivion" also marks a second Grimes cover of note this week, following yesterday's impressive take from Katie and Allison Crutchfield . Both of these do Claire Boucher's 2012 tune justice in decidedly different ways: the Crutchfield sisters reimagine it as a raw and jangly garage-rock jam, while Tamsin Wilson & Co. approach it as a soothing bedtime lullaby. The single for their original cut arrives [...]
Ray Manzarek, the iconic keyboardist and co-founder of the Doors, died today at 74. "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate," guitarist Robby Krieger said . "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him." Upon hearing the news, my thoughts kept coming back to two places: Manzarek's great '00 interview on Fresh Air , when he recounted (with piano soundtrack) Jim Morrison's [...]
We took a break from effusive praise of the new Laura Marling record last week with her Bruce Springsteen duet cover , but back to 20132s first-half topic at hand: Once I Was An Eagle is now streaming in full - complete with "Master Hunter," that opening 4-song medley , and a cohesive journey characteristic of any Ethan Johns-produced LP. First impression: this is her best record to date, covering indelible simple numbers, sprawling character studies, and more. Take it from start to finish here .
We've heard Kristian and Amanda Hollingby Matsson duet before, namely live onstage for the Tallest Man on Earth's "Thrown Right At Me" and for an intimate cover tune on Swedish television. But this collaboration is a little different: "Heart is Like a River" finds the pair co-writing an original on their first film soundtrack project, setting respective stage names aside for Once A Year ( En gång om året in Swedish). Featuring 7 compositions from the Matssons, director Gorki Glaser-Müller’s romantic drama about a couple's annual trysts over 30 years [...]
"As I Roved Out" - a standout cut on Sam Amidon's new record, Bright Sunny South - just arrived with excellent visual treatment from director John Hardwick. For a simple, banjo-backed tune on the surface, there's something haunting, off-kilter even, that he brings to this old Irish folk tune. The video starts off simple, too, with Amidon introducing the song's narrative alone in a wooded clearing: This song is about how you might be out on a cold winter's night - maybe you'd bring a bottle of wine - and head out [...]
AMBY spoke with Austra's Maya Postepski about being Torontonians, the songwriting process between six band members, and funny tour moments! Austra are soon to release their upcoming record Olympia, and AMBY just had to catch up to see what they have been up to lately. Want to know for yourself? Just have a read below! AMBY: Hello there Austra, cheers for speaking with AMBY! How have you been, and what's the band been up to? MAYA: Hi AMBY- I'm doing great, enjoying some 'time off' which actually means [...]
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by Tiana Feng Ladyfrnd , Peter Ricq's ( HUMANS ) with his lovely lady friend will actually have its own full LP release on July 15th . Grab one of the raw, minimalistic tracks below.
A few weeks ago, I got an invite to go to David Draiman's house in Texas. He was going to provide food from the best barbecue joint in Austin. The catch? I had to listen to the new album from his new project, Device . Mmmm, barbecue. How bad could it be, right? Mmmm, barbecue. 'Mad' David Draiman. He's the singer from Disturbed. He made that weird monkey noise in rock club floor-filler, 'Stupify' . He's the guy with those [...]
Yankee Man Candles II ($18-28) has added the scent of crispy fried pork with their new Mmm, Bacon candle and the aroma of buttered popcorn with Movie Night. You can still purchase grassy Riding Mower, the leathery First Down, and the musky Man Town from the original series. I have some suggestions for Man Candles series III: the delightful bouquet of Fenway Park urinals, the perfumed air that emanates from a hockey equipment duffel bag and the lingering fragrance of sausage and pepper sandwich burps.
The New Union: The song is a love story about failed relationships. We filmed this video in the middle of nowhere at 5am in the morning and it was the best experience ever! We got to spend the whole day with some owls, what more could you ask for. *** Interview // Facebook // Twitter // SoundCloud // Alicia Atout
Camera Obscura shared another track off their upcoming Desire Lines LP today, following last month's rousing "Do It Again" with a somber, pre-breakup slow dance called "Fifth In Line To The Throne." Somehow this consistent Glasgow quintet keep finding a charming fine line between lamenting lost love and their own brand of bittersweet optimism. "If you want me to leave, then I'll go," Tracyanne Campbell understates on the refrain, sounding tired of a romance caught in limbo. "If you want me to stay, let it show." A soundtrack to Scotland's gloaming at its finest, stream/download the song [...]
Aaaah! I'm back after a nice relaxing vacation and ready to get on the horse that is gigging again! I've just moved to Berlin, Germany, and will be touring in Europe for a while now. (Don't worry, I'll be back in the US before you know it) I've got two shows in Berlin in June and would love to see all my fellow Berliners there! The first one is at St. Gaudy Café on June 6th and the second one is at Playing With Eels on June 21st. More info about both shows [...]
A film soundtrack and one-off song debut aside, Johnny Flynn's music has waited in the wings the past couple years while the British actor performed in lauded theater roles (playing alongside the great Mark Rylance as Lady Anne in Richard III and Viola/Cesario in Twelfth Night , to name a few). But finally, a follow-up to 20102s Been Listening is imminent, preceded by a string of UK solo shows booked for the summer. Many new tunes are promised to grace these dates , but for those of us not bound to cross the Atlantic, Flynn [...]
A half-dozen new original tunes , music videos , and that Shakespeare adaptation aren't all Laura Marling has up her sleeve in the run-up to her forthcoming LP : today brings "Dancing in the Dark," a duet take on the Bruce Springsteen classic with Southern California songwriter Eddie Berman . Recorded live from a studio in Marling's new homebase of Los Angeles, the pair reworked the Boss' '80s stadium anthem into a lovely, laid-back folk rendition, backed by acoustic guitar, violin and a light accordion drone. The way she plays with the melody in the harmonies hits home [...]
Photo by Zoran Orlic We've heard the Wilco frontman and his sons in garage-rock form as the Raccoonists , but now comes a much higher profile project from the Tweedy family. Mavis Staples' second LP recorded at Wilco's Chicago studio not only features Jeff Tweedy producing again, but his son Spencer performing on the set, as well. For today's preview, "'I Like The Things About Me," Tweedy played all of the backing instruments except drums, which feature Spencer getting in a tight groove behind his dad's bass and [...]
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by Tiana Feng Rating: Release Date: April 2nd, 2013 Label: Cordova Bay Records Victoria BC's Acres of Lions released their third album Homes(s) last month. The release is full of 902s emo pop-rock influences ("Miserable Together".) The main difference between Home(s) and 20112s Collections is the production sounds [...]
Brian Eno discussions are always rife with thought-provoking quotes, but this one takes the cake for 2013. Speaking for journalists, musicians, and now us at the Red Bull Music Academy in NYC, Eno bled artistic truth for nearly an hour and a half a few weeks ago, covering such topics as the need for constructing limitations amid limitless digital advances ("this is why people still make good music with crude instruments, with simple instruments, because they understand them better than software people understand their instruments"), how technological feats like multitrack recording often begin as a simple solution before becoming applied [...]
Monday Music’s the one post where Some Of It Was True! drops its London-only rule. Wardell - Call It What You Want Wardell are Steven Spielberg's two children. Hearing that fact, it's easy peasy to make the logical leap that the pair have had it easy, have a free pass to record labels (they've signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation ) and tastemakers and whatnot. You might be right, too. Who cares. They're pretty good is all that counts - pretty good [...]
Some good timing here: Conor Oberst 's new one-off release, a soundtrack tune for the film Stuck In Love , was just announced for a June 11 arrival date, complete with his Mother's Day-worthy cut, "You Are Your Mother's Child." As previously reported , this song is among 17 tracks due for the Josh Boone-directed drama, scored and performed by Bright Eyes members Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Wolcott. The official version is out in a month, but in the meantime, mark all occasions with this live take he performed on The Current last fall:
From Springsteen's Nebraska cassette demo getting salvaged from his glove compartment for official release to Elliott Smith's girlfriend passing along home Roman Candle recordings unintended for the public to Cavity Search Records, there's just something special about a cut put to tape without pretense. Here's a new track along those lines from Alice Boman , an emerging songwriter from Malmö, Sweden. "Waiting" is a poignant, fragile take embedded in tape hiss on Boman's forthcoming debut, a set of songs "recorded in her home, just for herself to remember," according to her label. "They where never meant to be heard by anyone, [...]
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