I know that I just earlier posted a Memory Cassette feature, but this is just too good to pass by. No, I didn’t misspell the name in the title – it’s just that the elusive rural southern New Jersay native Dayve Hawk likes to release his music under three aliases – Weird Tapes/Memory Cassette/Memory Tapes. Don’t go there, I have no idea either what’s with the Mr. Mysterio persona. He knows his way around a…
One word for Victoria Bergsman’s latest album, recorded under the Taken by Trees moniker: bliss! For her sophomore release, dubbed “East of Eden,” the ex-Concretes (check out our interview with the band) lead singer paired up with talented musician/sound engineer Andreas Soderstrom and traveled to Pakistan to record, filling some of the instruments with the help of some of the local Sufi musicians. Victoria also wanted to enlist some local female vocalists, but this turned…
On 09/09/09 the remastered catalog of the Fab’ Four will finally see the light of day after 22 years of analog sole existence. Abey Road engineers have been working for the last four years, combining the latest cutting edge technology with vintage equipment, to preserve “the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings” and ensure “the highest fidelity the catalog has seen since its original release.” It will probably be a golden day for…
This is maybe one of the best summer jams I’ve heard in ages! Seems like the influence of Noah Lennox (Panda Bear), and both the time Bradford Cox spent with Animal Collective on tour in Europe, played an enormous role on “Walkabout,” this brilliant collective effort. It’s a welcomed departure from Cox’s murky and at times all too personal previous material. Warm and filled with hope, it’s a song that will make the summer a…
One of my favorite albums of the past year was “Alopecia” by alternative hip-hop outfit Why?. Seems like there’s no slacking within the band’s grounds though, since Why? will release a new album soon titled “Eskimo Snow” via anticon. The new album will apparently mark a change of direction in the band’s sound, as we’ll be greeted with little to no hip-hop, instead Why? preferring to adopt a more conventional indie rock approach. The bellow…
The North Carolina bluegrass quartet The Avett Brothers recorded an incredible Daytrotter session a few months ago, during the bands stint at SXSW. Like always in their live performances, The Avett Brothers were simply incredible, shinning thanks to their rootsy, soulful approach to music. Sincere, from the heart music is hard to find during our contemporary vocal auto-tune money chasing times, such that these four live gems landed by the brothers should not go unnoticed….
I think “Popular Songs,” Hobokon’s Yo La Tengo twelfth album, is probably on everybody’s wish list by now, and if the September 8th release date sounds a bit too distant, here’s a tasty appetizer to quencher your thirst for good music. Bellow you can stream and download Yo La Tengo’s latest single “Here to Fall,” a very elaborate track, filled with string arrangements and acid groove. [MP3] Yo La Tengo – ‘Here to Fall’ Also,…
The Big Pink have just made a track from their debut album available on the bands official website. By signing up to the bands mailing list you can download ‘Dominoes’ for free. The Big Pink have been on the good end of a lot of coverage in the UK recently, being hailed by the BBC as one of their Sounds Of 2009. The band are tough to define into any one category. Previous tracks such…
Before listening Muse’s latest single, “United States of Eurasia,” I was totally psyched about hearing their new and upcoming album “The Resistance.” Yes, I’m terribly disappointed with Muse on this one, and it’s pretty plainly easy to see why, since the song fails to deliver on so many fronts. Simply put, it sounds like a bad Queen cover. A surprisingly unoriginal and unimaginative track, especially coming from a band like Muse that tailors itself as…
A while ago we announced that everybody’s favorite Oklahomians, The Flaming Lips, will soon release an incredibly huge, both in size and awesomeness, double LP set. The 2xLP titled “Embryonic” will be the band’s eleventh full length studio release, the first in three years, after the band’s previous highly well received “At War with the Mystics,” and allegedly it will be the band’s most sonically adventurous material to date. Considering The Flaming Lips have some…
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