![[mp3] Introducing // POP ETC](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4156351_lg.jpg)
Tweet vaso link I'm certain that you've heard of The Morning Benders. We were big fans of their last album, 20102s Big Echo. As it turns out, the band has ditched their previous moniker in favor of the all-caps POP ETC. On its face, it may seem like a move that doesn't make any sense, but when you read the band's reasoning, it's clear that the change was necessary. (You can - and should - read the band's explanation [...]
![[Listen/Download] – Stereogum Presents… Stroked: A Tribute To “Is This It”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3604568_lg.jpg)
Tweet It's been ten years since The Strokes released the raw, genre-defining album "Is This It", which has since been named the Best Album of the Decade by NME, among other titles and accolades. Holy shit! Ten years? It still sounds hip today, which cannot be said for a lot of other popular releases from 2001. Stereogum brings us this compilation of covers in tribute to the album, each track covered once by an artist from a different perspective. They've released similar [...]
To celebrate the July 30th ten year anniversary of The Strokes ' debut album Is This It, Stereogum has gathered their favorite indie artists together to make a tribute album called Stroked: A Tribute to Is This It. The offering, which Stereogum is giving away for free, includes covers by artists such as The Morning Benders, Peter Bjorn & John, Austra, Wise Blood, Real Estate, Das Racist's Heems, Owen Pallett, Frankie Rose, Chelsea Wolfe, Deradoorian, and Computer Magic. You can download the entire cover album for free here [...]
The Morning Benders have released a cover of Paul McCartney 's " Ram On" . Download and stream the cover below.
![[Introducing] – Mind The Gap](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3517046_lg.jpg)
Tweet Photo by James Reese When I first googled "Mind the Gap band," I got a million hits for other bands, so OK, the name is little overdone. However, this group of four stands out with their music and their aesthetic (think mini-United Nations with instruments). Made up of Greg Cahn (the Jew), Ozzy Doniz (the Mexican), Ruwanga "Ru" Samath (the Sri Lankan), and Alex Yang (the Korean), Mind the Gap mixes acoustic guitars, light and airy vocals, with a hint of electronic beats. [...]
The annual Make Music Pasadena festival is once again returning to Pasadena this year. The annual festival is set to take place June 18 and will be free for all ages, that's right free. Among the acts taking part in this years event are Ra Ra Riot , Best Coast , and The Morning Benders . The festival takes place in different venues throughout the city and runs all day. For the full line-up and day schedule visit Makemusicpasadena.org .
Tweet The Morning Benders ' singer Chris Chu has been fairly active lately in giving away covers, remixes, new version of older songs, and unreleased jams we've never heard before. Just a few days ago he dropped their cover of Bob Dylan's "Outlaw Blues" and a day later dropped "Oh Annie", an unreleased song he regrettably left off of their last album "Big Echo". Again tonight he's posted "Grain Of Salt (Big Echo Version)" another track that never made it [...]
I still remember when I first discovered Bob Dylan , and I think I might've spoken about it before but in case you missed it, I'll tell it again (it's incredibly exciting!). I used to watch VH1 Classic religiously when I was a kid, all hours of the night and I'd be enthralled by all of these amazing old live performances from people I'd never seen before, like Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" at Knebworth in 1976 , or The Beatles' "Ticket To Ride" on Top Of The Pops (watch Ringo's take-the-piss drumming), or my first introduction to [...]
![[Listen] – Britney Spears – “Til The World Ends” (The Morning Benders Remix)](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3334905_lg.jpg)
Now before you start giving me shit for posting Britney Spears, I DON'T CARE! Actually I do, but I'm not posting Britney I'm posting The Morning Benders . Just like when ceo did a cover of "Halo" by Beyonce or Frightened Rabbit did "Hit Me Baby One More Time", remixes are in the same vein. I mentioned on Twitter on Saturday afternoon to Jheri from GetOffTheCoast that on Frank Ocean's new mixtape he's made Coldplay listenable again, and The Morning Benders have made Britney listenable with this remix. Don't get me wrong, Britney's [...]
![[Listen/Download] – New Song By The Morning Benders – “Better In Blue”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3317718_lg.jpg)
This song could suck donkey balls and I'd still post it. Why? Because it's for a good cause, dammit, that's why! It was actually released a few days ago as part of an EP The Morning Benders have released where they're donating all of the profits to help out the relief effort in Japan after it was hit by the earthquake and Tsunami. The EP "Japan Echo" had various remixes by other artists such as Star Slinger , Wild Nothing , Twin Sister and more, as well as this unreleased song by [...]
The Morning Benders ont publié, Japan Echo EP (日本・エコー) , sur leur site web. Cela fonctionne par donation, allant de 5 à 1OO dollars. Tracklist: 1. Cold War (Star Slinger Remix) 2. Better In Blue 3. Hand Me Downs (Wild Nothing Remix) 4. Excuses (RAC Remix) 5. Mason Jar (Twin Sister Remix) 6. Wet Cement (Aislyn Remix) 7. Little Riot 8. Promises (Star Slinger Remix) Je vous propose l'original de Cold War , qui est remixé [...]
![[Listen/Download] – The Morning Benders – “Big Echo”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3295212_lg.jpg)
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![[Listen/Download] – Ra Ra Riot – “Too Dramatic” (The Morning Benders Remix)](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3283391_lg.jpg)
This post is a "QuickPick". QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that's sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it's so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I "star" it in Gmail and then go back and listen to it a day later. If it's still as good as it was a day before then it goes up on the site, but sometimes I get backlogged and can't get through writing [...]
This post is a "QuickPick". QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that's sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it's so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I "star" it in Gmail and then go back and listen to it a day later. If it's still as good as it was a day before then it goes up on the site, but sometimes I get backlogged and can't get through writing [...]
Last night Twin Sister posted this bangin' remix of The Morning Benders' "Mason Jar" , one of the standout tracks from their hugely successful and critically acclaimed album "Big Echo" . The two bands are touring with each other at the moment and as their tour comes to a close Twin Sister decided to commemorate it with this remix. Replacing the sombre twinklings of piano and guitar from the original with some 802s workout synth and workplace orientation video beats (you know the ones where the graphics fly in from the side of the [...]
![[Listen] – #MusicMonday – 20 Songs Of The Week – August 9th](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2741261_lg.jpg)
If you're unaware of what Music Monday is, it's a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too. Using the hashtag (#) followed by "MusicMonday" you can easily find new music posted by the thousands of people making recommendations each week. Every #MusicMonday I upload a playlist of 20 songs that I've been listening to (new and old) over the past week [...]
I'm starting to get backlogged with music submissions now, and whilst I still listen to everything that gets sent to me, I'm delayed in actually getting to post the stuff I like, which is currently about 70% good, 30% alright, and 12% terrible. Obviously Toronto, Canada's Strider Hero made it into that highly prestigious 70%. You've probably heard me harp on about how much I love free music, who doesn't. But when it's entirely free EPs or albums, it just sets my heart and ears all a flutter. I'll admit I was surprised by Strider Hero. At first, [...]
![[Listen] – #MusicMonday – 20 Songs Of The Week – June 7th](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2600948_lg.jpg)
If you're unaware of what Music Monday is, it's a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too. Using the hashtag (#) followed by "MusicMonday" you can easily find new music posted by the thousands of people making recommendations each week. Every #MusicMonday I upload a playlist of 20 songs that I've been listening to (new and old) over the [...]
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