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…
stands for the Stockholm-based solo performance of Magnus Sätterström . This Swedish indie pop performer has released a couple of songs that could perfectly get squeezed among the good pop songs we’ve listened to lately. Different keyboards get mixed with guitars and a variety of computer editings. Don’t be fooled – it wouldn’t fit under the electronica label or something equally artificial. The relaxed and sometimes quite pessimistic vocals, the honest and up-front lyrics and…
So that’s how you pronounce “Veckatimest”! Thanks, Dave. Grizzly Bear paid a visit to Letterman’s Late Show last week (how the heck did I miss this?!), where they played an incredible performance of “Ready, Able” with a string quartet. The end result was simply stunning – clean, sharp and full of passion. No One Does It Like Grizzly Bear, I guess :). Definitely glad they didn’t choose to play the usual Two Weeks. Which reminds…
Electrelane is a british indie/experimental rock band (previously located in Brighton, UK … now scattered around the world). They’ve been making music starting with 1998, they released their first album in 2001 – “Rock it to the Moon” – and have been touring ever since. The band was last formed (well, theoretically, it still is) by Emma Gaze, Mia Clarke, Verity Susman and Ros Murray. There have also been other past members, such as Tracey…
The black bodysuit man has now become a motive in its right word for of Montreal, since he’s been making cameos in almost all of their shows. Actually the man in the suit is Kevin Barnes’ brother, David, who from time to time likes to alternate the suit with a satyr-like wardrobe. Seems like David isn’t limiting himself to shows either, as he’s the featured star in of Montreal’s latest video for “Mingusings,”one of my…
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…
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…
Photo courtesy of Amy Mergard. The Temper Trap are an Australian band currently residing in the UK. After the bands debut album, ‘Conditions’ received great praise in Australia, The Temper Trap decided to up sticks and spread their music throughout the world. The Aussie boys upcoming release is the single ‘Sweet Disposition’ which is out in the UK August 3rd. Front man Dougy Mandagi’s haunting falsetto voice opens the track and immediately grabs your attention….
“Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy” is simply a stunning compilation, however the circumstances that lead to its inception are no less than shattering. The tribute album is packed with various covers of some of Mark Mulcahy most brilliant song to support his work as he tends to his three years old twins, after their mother tragically died a year ago. If the name Mark Mulcahy seems a bit obscure, know he’s…
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