Letterman was graced with a special guest last night when Animal Collective dropped by to play their smashing single “Summertime Clothes.” Quite appropriate, seeing how the most beautiful season is right around the corner. Anyway, their live performance was unexpectedly … mediocre. Avey, Panda and Geo weren’t at all in shape for some reason. They were just sitting behind their tablets, pressing a few buttons, while humming the harmonies. Then again, it’s national TV and…
Although Diry Projectors’ latest release, titled “Bitte Orca”, is scheduled for a June 9th release, it unfortunately got leaked all over the Internet sometime around late March. Bummer. I’m not gonna lie here, I download it too. I just couldn’t wait anymore, so I immediately put it on my Blackberry the minute I heard it leaked and it’s been on repeat ever since. Now, there’s no doubt in my mind when I say this is…
I saw this beautiful a cappella version sometime last year, when Bon Iver was in Paris to record for Vincent Moon’s La Blogoteque session, and remember that at the time I was completely shocked by its spontaneous beauty. The pure joy of people singing out of the random, the completely silenced crowd outside a Paris condominium or simply a happy dog, turned the song into a really special experience. For some reason or another, I…
Album name: Survival Strategies in a Modern World Artist name: Liechtenstein Genre: Indie Pop Released: May 26th 2009 Label: Fraction Discs, Slumberland ZME Rating: 9,5/10 Website: http://www.myspace.com/liechtensteinia Liechtenstein is a Swedish indie pop band from Göteborg. They are quite new on the indie music scene, as they will only release their very first album later this month, on the 26th. The band is a perfect trio: Naemi takes care of the bassline, Renée is the…
A blog called Contradefacto on Blast just recently released an awesome goody bag filled with Chromatics songs. No studio album stuff, though, as the compilation only includes songs from various tours, EPs, remixes or demos gathered across many, many years. Definitely a great opportunity how the band has greatly evolved along the years. I take my hat off to you, sir! Excellent work. The compilation is about 250 MB in size, but trust me, it’s…
To keep it short, folks, Vekatimes is one of those superb album that comes by every once in a while and makes our lives a bit sweeter . Definitely one of the best I’ve heard in a very, very long time. More on it in an upcoming review of Grizzly Bear’s latest release, which I hope to publish sometime next week. Until then, check out this awesome live rendition of one of Vekatimes’ many highlights,…
Artist Name: Springhouse Album Name: From Now To OK Genre: Rock/Pop Released: 18 November 2008 Label: Independent Project Records ZME Rating: 8/10 (10/10 – if you’re a pop fan, that is) Website: www.springhousemusic.net Springhouse has a sound originally perfected decades ago by the likes of The Beach Boys, The Raspberries and Burt Bacharach. In the 80’s-early 90’s bands like Red Kross, XTC, The Posies and Jellyfish returned to the sound of powerpop that they grew…
1901 is maybe the most catchiest songs of the year. It’s fun, upbeat and has a really steady flow of rhythm – can’t go wrong, right? Anyway, we’ve got two awesome remixes for you today of Phoenix’s single. First, the one by The Tremulance in which 1901’s upbeat chorus is taken to the max with a tempo increase on the beat and a few extra, lovely synths added for effect. Then there’s the one in…
Album name: You Can’t Change That Boy Artist name: Wake the President Genre: Indie Pop/Folk Released: March 9th 2009 (Europe); May 19th 2009 (USA) Label: Electric Honey (UK), Magic Marker (US), Rimeout (JP) ZME Rating: 9/10 Website: http://www.myspace.com/wakethepresidentband The indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland are out on the music market with their very first album. It’s called “You Can’t Change That Boy” and it is out throughout Europe for more than a month now….
Oh, boy. These new PETA awareness campaigns are getting more and more subtle these days. Wait, this is just a music vidoe. Okay! Getting past their hip name, Brooklyners Justice of The Unicorns new video for the single “The Dragon’s Claw” is both an admirable effort and a welcomed companion for this awesome soundtrack. The sinopsis sounds something like this. A wondering err… dude, in an animal suite of some sort, stumbles across an evil…
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