A love letter to his origins, Provincial is the personal, inevitable debut solo LP from John K. Samson, better known as the frontman, singer, and songwriter of the Weakerthans. "Personal" because the songs has touches of vulnerability, even awkwardness, that demonstrate the intimacy of John's lyrics; "inevitable" because that same deeply personal tenor is the [...]
TMOT's top 5 albums of 2011, in no particular order 1. Bon Iver, Bon Iver Forget Emma, forget Kanye, forget the Grammys, forget the cabin in the woods. Jubilation is not apparent in Bon Iver, not at first. But how else could "Towers" be described? It's a gorgeous love song, and despite the occasionally unintelligible [...]
The British always seem to do ultra-cool rock better than anyone else. New Cassettes, a sharp quintet from Northampton, England, doesn't sound radically dissimilar from every other Brit rock band from the last five years: they've got that sleek sound, excitable guitars and catchy beats down perfectly. Their songs have a modern edge that reminds [...]
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El sueco de Mitch Murder (del sello Rosso Corsa Rec) a finales del mes apsado publciaba su 2º álbum, muy buen disco, carga de esos sonidos característicos del colectivo Rosso Corsa , ese sonido de sintetizadores de los 80, electro y funk ochentero, un álbum, mejor aquel primero que publicó el año pasado, un disco que esta realizado como una banda sonora, incluso las voces de los temas pareces sacadas de una película o de las noticias de la TV y con alguna intermission por enmedio, un disco que sabe asimilar muy bien [...]
Portland electro quartet Chromatics will release their forthcoming LP Kill for Love in January, but if you can't wait that long, we totally understand, and so do the band. Continue reading: REC'D: Chromatic - "Kill For Love" Subscribe to the PMABLAST, a daily newsletter with free mp3s, music news and reviews sent directly to your email inbox. Tags: Chromatic
Fionn Regan returned to CMJ 2011 and the Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night, four years after I first saw him there during CMJ 2007. After seeing Fionn on Monday night at the Rock Shop in Brooklyn, where he admitted he was less than fully-rested, I was curious to see how two consecutive sets would compare. [...]
Everyone loves it when their favorite artists cover their favorite artists, so you can probably understand our being super excited about our favorite Brooklyn-via-Denmark electro-songstress covering our favorite Brooklyn-via-Ohio album-of-the-year-delivering rockers . In other words, Oh Land covered the National's "Bloodbuzz Ohio" ! And it's so great! Continue reading: REC'D MP3: Oh Land - "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (The National cover) Subscribe to the PMABLAST, a daily newsletter with free mp3s, music news and reviews sent directly to your email inbox. Tags: Oh Land , [...]
Sep 22, 2011, 6:00am
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C'est la rentrée, du coup chez Maman Records ils ont décidé de faire plaisir aux fans avec une tape qui entame une série prometteuse. Suivez bien le crew, les sorties vont s'enchainer sous peu ! Maman Rec mixtape 001
On Thursday night, despite a downpour while the line stretched past North 13th Street in Greenpoint, the crowd at the House of Vans was out of control, but they seemed to be having a good time. When a significant proportion of the audience dispersed after Against Me!'s set, the kids left standing were the Tokyo [...]
View the full photo set here. From the lowest of lows, to the highest of highs: Noah & the Whale played a triumphant show at Irving Plaza, their third show in New York since the release of their third album, Last Night on Earth, in March. The band's most recent album is as jubilant as [...]
"You picture a meadow with a hill, and at the top of the hill is a tree that a fox lives under, you walk up the fox and tell her all your worries and fears, the fox then digs a hole, buries the worries and lays on top. Then you are able to fall asleep." According to Sub Pop's latest signees, Niki & The Dove, this is the premise for the title track and first single from their forthcoming debut EP, The Fox . Continue reading: REC'D: Niki & The Dove - "The Fox" [...]
View the full photoset here. Different suits, same setlist. For their second sold-out concert at the Bowery Ballroom, Noah & the Whale delivered the same show with only a few differences. From its start, the night seemed as though it might be different: in a truly bizarre moment, the band remained offstage while a track [...]
I would gladly spend my last night on earth with Noah & the Whale. This smartly dressed British quintet, with not a wrinkle to be seen in their suits, played the first of two sold-out shows at the Bowery Ballroom tonight. The new album, Last Night on Earth, received perhaps the most powerful treatment, but [...]
At the second of two sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall, Bright Eyes delivered a rich set of new songs drawn from The People's Key as well as older songs spanning the band's career. Wild Flag and Superchunk, two venerable nineties heavyweights, anchored the show with energetic opening sets, but it was Bright Eyes [...]
Every Bright Eyes album adheres to a formula, and the formula is this: a few great songs, sometimes more than a few; a few experimental songs (often with a mishmash of non-musical audio samples), but usually not too many; and usually a couple of songs that - apart from being fantastic, catchy and earnest - [...]
Indie rock luninary Calvin Johnson is headed back to New York City this weekend, and if you haven't had the chance to see him live in recent years you are sure in for a treat. Acoustic guitar, acapella vocals and interpretive dance, possibly a whole band? No matter what type of set Mr. Johnson decides to do will entertain and awe you. I've seen Calvin play in a park behind a museum in Charleston, SC, Bowery Poetry Club, and 92 Street Y Tribecca and each performance was amazing and unique...this time around in he [...]
Tokyo Police Club and Two Door Cinema Club co-headlined the Last.fm festival at Terminal 5 on Friday night. The sold-out crowd was undeterred by a longer-than-usual wait on the sidewalk, stretching almost to the West Side Highway. It was an odd mix that included a lot of parents and a lot of young kids who [...]
TMOT's top albums of 2010 1. Weathervanes by Freelance Whales The year's most stunning debut album came from this humble band of New Yorkers with quaint instruments and a penchant for subway/sidewalk shows. Their whimsical pop songs and weightless lyricism would be shelved somewhere between Sufjan Stevens and Ra Ra Riot, with a dash of [...]
Almost two weeks ago, Noah & the Whale offered up a free download of "Wild Thing," a song from their forthcoming album Last Night on Earth (out March 2011). Every band on the face of the earth throws a sample mp3 into the blogosphere, often with very little fanfare. Some are tantalizing, some are forgettable, [...]
For folk that won't put you to sleep, look no further than Tristram, a charming British quartet with only two four-song EPs to their name. Tristram Bawtree, the quasi-eponymous lead singer/guitarist/songwriter, has a knack for blending folk rhythms and rich melodies into sharp-edged gems. His bandmates, Becca Mear, Tom Heather and Greg Griffin, enrich the [...]
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