Alright, it’s now official: Phoenix is without a shadow of a doubt the most remixed band of the year. This most recent one, penned by the talented uprising DJ Don Diablo, is an interesting mashup of Phoenix’s “Fences” and Jay-Z’s “99 Problems.” You can really sense the tight production work that went into the remix from a mile away – almost perfectly synced samples, blending the two songs together in a seemingly effortless and natural…
The Rest is a seven piece indie pop band that managed to impress a lot of people at the start of the year thanks to their sophistical pop arrangements and crafty songwriting once with the release of their sophomore “Everyone All At Once.” The album was recorded after The Rest made a couple of incursions in Ontorio’s isolated woods, where they just jammed and wrote songs from dusk till down, thus making for a non-intrusive,…
They’re Jawbox and they’re back! At least for a spark around Thanksgiving this year. According to Billboard and Reuters, the massively influential DC indie/punk quartet Jawbox will be reuniting for a December 8 performance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” The performance is largely to promote the band’s (finally) reissued 1994 touchstone LP, “For Your Own Special Sweetheart.” Fallon recently (and giddily, which made my respect for the guy shoot up) hosted equally influential emo…
It’s been way too long since we’ve heard any new material from the fantastic electro-pop Canadian duo Chromeo. “Night by Night”, the latest track signed Chromeo will definitely get you boogie in no time, thanks to its Eye of the Tigeresque rhythm, disco beats and funky guitar chops. As an added bonus, you guys should definitely check out The Chromeotizer for some serious fun. Night by Night is featured on the Green Label Sound. [MP3]…
HOLY FUCK! The whole interwebs is packed with Nirvana all of a sudden, with every blog blogging and every speaker popping over the band’s insane rocker “Scoff,” played live almost 20 years ago at the Pine Street Theater. The song was released yesterday for free by Sub-Pop, being featured on the upcoming re-master and expanded version of Bleach, as part of its 20th anniversary. This expanded CD/double-LP will include a never-before-released live performance (allegedly, the…
A few days ago I told you all about the Devendra Banhart remix of Phoenix’s “Rome,” a totally awesome rehash that turned the up beat anthem into a beautiful odd to melancholy. Today is Animal Collective’s turn to dive into Phoenix material – check out this spacey try of “Love Like A Sunset.” [via GorillavsBear via Phoenix Journal] [MP3] Phoenix – Love Like A Sunset (Animal Collective Remix / Deakin’s jam)
It’s pretty hard to pinpoint The Avett Brothers to a single genre, like on a musical map. You know, we’re passing through Grunge 66 right now, stopping by to a Alice in Chains gas stations for a burger, before heading out to Led Zepville, a bit north of Metalania. Doesn’t work like that. Back to the band, you’ll find pretty diverse, though with subtle differences, influences in their sound, be it old school bluegrass, straight…
“Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” is definitely one of the best of the year, omnipresent in the future year-end short lists to come. It’s an album that dazzles its listeners with almost insatiable rough top anthems, leaving everybody begging for more. This latest remix of”Rome” by Devendra Banhart, however, is different, reshaping the band’s sound to a great extent. It’s Phoenix’s most distant track yet – heart felt, stained with sorrow and melancholia. [via pinglewood] [MP3] Pheonix…
“Unmap”, by Volcano Choir, is an incredible project, one that’s been many years in the making (more than four years!), but which has now finally been released for the common pair of ears to rejoice upon. A product of the joint creative minds of Bon Iver and Collections of Colonies of Bees, the album impresses through it’s deep and sincere music, straight from the heart. Bon Iver, as always, is simply incredible, even though his…
If you’re into Animal Collective and college lo-fi jams, you’ll undoubtedly love Truman Peyote, a Massachusettes electro duo consisting of Eric Farber and Caleb Johannes. The two just recently released a very promising album titled “Light-Lightning” via Whitehaus Family Records, which has already sold out, so if you like what you hear, you’ll have to wait for the LP to come out. There seems to be a lot of bands popping up recently that are…
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