So there is this band called Youth Sounds that I’ve been seeing popping up on a few blogs I frequent that I finally decided to pay attention to. They didn’t catch my attention at first, but after I saw them featured for the third time, I thought I’d give them a chance. I listened to one of their songs and I was instantly hooked by their stylish indie sound.
Yesterday, School of Seven Bells’ sophomore release “Disconnected from Desire” finally got out, after years and years of anticipation following their critically acclaimed debut, “Alpinisms”. Speaking of which, Alpinisms still gives me the shivers whenever someone mentions it – a marvelous mellange of atmospheric sounds, space rock and krautrock influences arranged by Benjamin Curtis (Secret Machines), while twin sister vocalists Alejandra and Claudia Deheza make sure everything comes into place in the most harmonious way…
Separated they are Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice, together besides making a fine couple, they also make an awesome band – Jenny and Johnny. Their new album “I’m Having Fun Now” will be out August 31, and below you can download the second track to surface off this new record, the care free americana-indie-surf infused “Big Wave”. All in exchange for an measly e-mail address, of course. Check out Jenny and Johnny’s tour dates, slated…
This just came in our inbox and boy do we love it! My name is Ori Toor and i just graduated from the shenkar school of design, majoring in illustration and animation. My final project is a stream of consciousness video for the song “Lion in a Coma” by Animal Collective, made frame by frame in flash. No script, no planning ahead.
What the heck just happened? No, seriously, WHAT happened, Maya? As if it wasn’t enough M.I.A.’s new album is totally disappointing, with respect to general musical standards (If I were to compare “Maya” to her previous other two records… well, you get the idea), last night’s Letterman performance topped anything one could call pathetic. I’m still pretty shocked! Honestly, I’m not even sure if it was bad BAD or intentionally bad – you never fucking…
Panda Bear’s highly anticipated new single “Tomboy” is out tomorrow July 13 via Paw Tracks, as such I’d like to invite you all to preview the 7″ over at amazon, where you can listen to 30 seconds samples of both “Tomboy” as well as its accompanying b-side “Slow Motion”. I know I’m offering pretty little here, but think of it as an appetizer , since I’ll be sure to update this post tomorrow when the…
After a lot of years playing lead guitar for TV on the Radio and working as a producer for such bands like Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs or Liars, Dave Sitek will finally get around to release his debut solo album, “Maximum Ballon”, at the end of the summer, which features guest appearances from Little Dragon, Theophilus London, David Byrne, Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone, Karen O, Holly Miranda and Ambrosia Parsley. I liked last year’s solo release…
I first met Mark Linkous after I released The Grey Album in 2004. His manager played him my album and told him that I was a Sparklehorse fan, so he took an interest. We began working on Dark Night of the Soul in 2005. It became obvious that both Mark and I wanted to write songs that were melodically out of our range, or at least just not within the realms of what we could…
After a string of highly successful 7″s released last year when Bethany Cosentino, aka Best Coast, showed her immense talent to the world, in a few weeks time we’ll finally be graced with the apparition of her debut album, “Crazy for You”. Bethany’s music can be simply described as noise-pop, but even from a first listen, you’ll notice something truly different. It’s a sound that’s somewhere in between ’50s girl bands and early ’90s alt…
Finally, someone thought it would be only decent to grant my favorite track off Merriweather Post Pavilion, “Guys Eyes”, its own music video. When talking Animal Collective, it’s either extravagantly complex or in your face simple, and it’s that exact subtle mix between avantgard and AC’s straight forward, no bullshit approach to music that makes us love and cherish this band – this particular video falls on the more grounded part of the AC. The…
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