No podiamos dejar de dedicar un post a una de nuestras bandas favoritas de estos últimos años, los maravillosos Bat For Lashes , liderados por la encantadora Natasha Khan, quienes hace unos meses publicaban su excelente segundo álbum, "Two Suns", trabajo en el que continuan con esas composiciones mágicas, ensoñaciones que adquieren forma de canción y que resultan tan inquietantes cómo emocionantes y atractivas. Os dejamos con dos vídeos de dos interpretaciones en directo; la primera de Daniel en el show de David Letterman y la segunda de Moon and Moon en un programa de [...]
und zwar: bat for lashes sind die neue heiße scheiße! ob das allgemein so gesehen wird weiß ich nicht und ist mir auch ganz egal, ich glühe vor begeisterung. ich glaube gelesen zu haben, die inspiration für eines der stücke, das erste vielleicht, kam im traum. so klingt es auch, sehr. durchaus hippieesk, wenn man so will, wie so vieles im moment. auch hier ein gewisser hang zum gesamtkunstwerk oder jedenfalls zum allesselbermachen. und es klingt verträumt, es klingt nach fernen welten. ätherisch, manchmal; singende sägen. in schlechten momenten fühle ich mich erinnert an [...]
Good news for people planning to see Radiohead in their only-places-where-you-can-get- easily-on-the-bus tour of UK and Europe: Bat For Lashes are going to be in support . To 'celebrate', here's Moon and Moon from The Culture Show in 2007:
The heater broke in my car, it's pushing 30 degrees outside, my sleeveless hoodie just wore itself another hole, and I am thinking about one thing... my new Beach House ... record. Devotion marks the second LP from Baltimore's dream-rock duo. The band is aiming for a February 26 release on Carpark Records . After the champagne is gone and the ball has been dropped, you'll find Beach House recovering from their hangover on the road alongside The Papercuts . Badical Beats happens to have the tour dates and a download [...]
Those swedish indie pop rockers Love Is All have obviously grown tired of hearing that same song nine times. So the band has had some tracks from 2006's Nine Times That Same Song remixed for 2008's Love Is All Mixed Up . The album features remixes from Badical artists like The Bee 's, Maps , and Hot Chip . Our only gripe is that the catchy happy single "Ageing Had Never Been His Friend" was left off the remix loop. Other than that minor setback, the album is [...]
ARTIST: Malejube TRACK: "Le Crabe" ALBUM: Trompe-l'Oeil LABEL: Dare to Care / City Slang
Montreal is at it again... this time with the French-Canadian rockers Malajube . Their second record, Trompe-l'Oeil , was released earlier this year outside the US, and hit american soil on Halloween. The band has had a big year, securing multiple nominations from the Juno Awards, Felix Awards, and the prestigious Polaris Music Prize. Their sound can be described as something like Cursive meets The Dears with a touch of la danse and liberty spike of le punk. The most badical element of Malajube is that they only sing [...]
Montreal is at it again... this time with the French-Canadian rockers Malajube . Their second record, Trompe-l'Oeil, was released earlier this year outside the US, and hit american soil on Halloween. The band has had a big year, securing multiple nominations from the Juno Awards, Felix Awards, and the prestigious Polaris Music Prize. Their sound can be described as something like Cursive meets The Dears with a touch of la danse and liberty spike of le punk. The most badical element of Malajube is that they only sing [...]
What's this? A D.C. music project that has nothing to do with Ian MacKaye? Blasphemy! Indie folksters Le Loup hail from D.C. and boast a whopping eight members on their roster. The music is a bit more simplified then role call and much more enjoyable. Mixing banjo, lo-fi vox and poppy synths, Le Loup give their debut album a title that makes Modest Mouse look like a couple of 2nd graders. At their best, Le Loup call to mind Animal Collective , and "a drive through middle America hanging [...]
We're all very excited with the fact that Hot Chip 's forthcoming record, Made In The Dark , is set to release very soon.... February 5th, 2008 to be exact. The band is playing two special US dates in LA and NYC to celebrate the release of the new record. CLICK HERE to buy tickets, and listen to the new single "Ready for the Floor" plus a few more badical Hot Chip remixes below. MP3: Hot Chip - "Ready for the Floor" [...]
We're all very excited with the fact that Hot Chip 's forthcoming record, Made In The Dark , is set to release very soon.... February 5th, 2008 to be exact. The band is playing two special US dates in LA and NYC to celebrate the release of the new record. CLICK HERE to buy tickets, and listen to the new single "Ready for the Floor" plus a few more badical Hot Chip remixes below. MP3: Hot Chip - "Ready for the Floor" [...]
MP3: Feist - "We're All in the Dance"
We've been pretty quiet about films here at Badical Beats, but Paris Je T'Aime (Paris, I love You) is cool enough to be the one to break our silence. 21 directors, 18 neighborhoods, 18 love stories, one city... Paris, France. In the film, each director is given 5 minutes to tell their tale. The [...]
In celebration of the release of Alive , the new Daft Punk live album, Badical Beats is running a new contest where you can win one of these really cool LIMITED EDITION Daft Punk Posters... Winning is easy... Send an email to BadicalBeatsContests@gmail.com with the 'subject' being your favorite Daft Punk song. One lucky winner will be chosen at random and get hooked up with the poster. Good luck! If you [...]
For a chance at your 15 minutes of shame... errr.... fame, please watch the video below, which gives the details on how you could be MTV's (and Myspace?) next presenter in the United Kingdom.
Ohhh how time flies... Today I looked at the calendar and realized that our one year anniversary of launching Badical Beats is right around the corner. In honor of this event, we've decided to give Badical Beats a little makeover. The new website is under construction and should be up and running very soon. Unfortunately, I will not be making any posts while the re-design is in progress, but we should be up and running again in no time. Also, there is more BIG Badical Beats news to be announced at the beginning of [...]
Today we discovered a gem while sifting through dozens of emails from potentials hoping to get some coverage on Badical Beats. The lucky find is none other than Danish musician Anders Rhedin, who has a new project called Jong Pang . From the promos I've heard of his 10-track debut, Bright White Light , the music is a delightful collection of verbed-out guitars and beats, unique instrumentation, and harmonious melodies. Anders encompasses genres like world, indie, and experimental in a completely seemless manner, making this a real hopeful for Tigerspring , the new indie [...]
The French electronic musician who calls himself Detect has just flown across the Badical Beats radar, and as always, I want to pass the grass your way. This guy is like the slash of the synthesizer. He just jams away on top of some serisously sick grooves. Thus far, Detect has released a 12" EP called Dance Division , and will be releasing a new 7", Bande A Part , through Mental Groove Records very soon. Below is a link to download the title track from the new 7". [...]
Today I'm in the music video spirit. I searched around and found two new videos that have caught my eye as badical worthy for all you readers. First, the LA racket rock band HEALTH give us their debut video from their debut self-titled album which borrows footage from Werner Herzog's 1974 documentary, The Great Ecstasy of the Woodcaver Steiner . The film is about the world class ski-jumper who practices carpentry as his day job. Next, we have a brand new video for the single "Conquest" from the White Stripes . [...]
It was the long hair that clinched them the nomination. Dim Mak indie rockers The Willowz are competing for the VIDEO OF THE YEAR award given by MTV2. The video is for the track "Evil Son" from their debut full length, CHAUTAUQUA (it's a town in New York where residents are obsessed with seperating M&M's and stacking sugar cubes). If you dig the video, head over to MTV2 , click on the "vote" tab, and vote away. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving weekend :) [...]
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