Baltimore’s Neil Sanzgiri is Soft Cat, a talented folk singer/songwriter that equally caught my ears and eyes with this beautifully water color video for “It Won’t Be Long”, animated by Miranda Pfeiffer,. The song is off Neil’s upcoming new album titled “Wildspace”, which is set for a fall release on Friends Records. Check out a letter from Neil, after the jump.[via Yours Truly]
Props to Nathaniel from I Guess I’m Floating for recommending this up and coming new band from Atlanta called Living Rooms. The sound is extremely colorful and there’s a distinct sense of joyfulness wrapped around every track, like a sunny summer day or a road trip soundtrack with your best buds. One can clearly sense the Animal Collective influence deeply rooted in their sound, packed with harmonizing vocals, atmospheric synth lines, up-lifting percussions and heavy…
Sadly, Brian Eno’s notoriety comes as a consequence of his, albeit excellent, production work for some of the most influential albums of our time, like U2’s Joshua Tree, in the detriment of his pioneering ambiental/experimental/minimalistic solo work. Yes, Eno is back with a new record this year under Warp Records (his first with the label), who recently confirmed the leaks and rumors according to which the artist would be releasing new material soon. The new…
Having already released a dazzling LP this year in the form of the critically acclaimed “Cosmogramma”, Flylo is set to put out some new material at the end of September when his new seven piece EP titled “Pattern+Grid World” is set to ascend. One of the tracks off the EP, the dizzy synth infused Camera Day, which just as good could had been the soundtrack for an acid trip video game, can be streamed right…
There are few things in this world that make my brain quiver more appreciatively than news of a new Mark Lanegan album. So let’s all get a -quiverin’, because Hawk is released this week – his latest collaboration with the lady we music cricket types are mysteriously obligated to label “Scottish chanteuse”, Isobel Campbell. That his work with Campbell tends to paddle indifferently around the more insipid depths of Lanegan’ s catalogue matters very little…
ODDSAC, a visual album by Animal Collective and director Danny Perez, is out on DVD today, which you can order directly from the film’s website. As a small treat, below you can stream two absolutely brand new AC songs featured on the movie’s soundtrack, the soothing “Screens” and the majestic “Mr. Fingers”. ACSAC by user482219 [via Pretty Much Amazing!]
Built around the a cappella of the Love Committee’s “Cheaters Never Win”, Teengirl Fantasy’s completely revamped version, called “Cheaters”, turned the track upside down, filling the dramatic vocals with liquid synths, an uplifting bass line, against a wall of splattered neutral tones of sound that lift you up, only to bring you back on your feet emotionally the next second, then back up. It’s quite the emotional roller coaster, but if I have to give the Ohio duo credit for just…
Seems like Panda Bear isn’t the only Animal Collective to release a solo album this year, seeing how Avey Tare is prepping his solo debut, titled “Down There”, for an autumn release. His press release states that Avey’s “favorite animals are the otter and crocodile [and] the latter has played a big role in his newest record,” which kinda explains the cover art pictured above. I’ve got not idea how his new album will sound…
Oh, okay, one more. This time, a snippet of something I’m probably going to review sometime this weekend: Kim Taylor’s “Lost and Found”, from her Little Miracle album. It’s a rather pretty thing – dramatic in its own chamber piano pop way, but somber enough to put one in mind of a sort of less sultry Hope Sandoval. Whatever your opinion of it, you can’t argue with the price: the free empeethree can be downloaded…
Sticking with the theme of popular rock bands’ guitarists doin’ their own “string” (thing), I notice that My Morning Jacket’s Carl Broemel has emerged from under his floppy fringe, politely brandishing a brand new album, All Birds Say, which is due out at the (wag)tail end of August. Strangely, his website seems to wilfully ignore the existence of Broemel’s previous album, Lose What’s Left, presumably because it was made pre-indie-fame, as opposed to ignoring it…
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Al Byrne