Tibi PuiuThis is undoubtedly the best music video I’ve been granted to see all year long. Lush, incredible special effects and fantastic cinematography – it all comes together with FlyLo’s (feat. Thundercat) incredible ‘MmmHmm’ resulting into an almost religious experience. MmmHmm is off Flying Lotus’ recently released third full length effort, the highly recommended Cosmogramma.
Download: The Sword – ‘Tres Brujas’
A few weeks ago I captioned the The Sword’s album art for the metal stalwarts upcoming new album “Warp Riders”. Today, the band handed their fans out an awesome treat by releasing their first single “Tres Brujas” up for free download. As expected, the track is simply killer – packed with heavy riffs, pounding drums and barely passable vocals. Also, according to the band’s most recent press release, a three part music videos series which…
Deborah Crooks: “It’s All Up To You”
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Album name: It’s All Up To You Artist name: Deborah Crooks Genre: Folk Rock Released: 11 March 2010 Label: Deborah Crooks ZME Rating: 6/10 Website: deborahcrooks.com/ It’s probably my own fault for not having a wide enough frame of reference for this kind of thing, but still: the first comparison that came to mind when listening to Deborah Crooks’ It’s All Up To You EP was the relatively obscure 1992 solo album Izzy Stradlin made…
[UPDATE] Panda Bear new 7″ – ‘Tombay’ b/w ‘Slow Motion’
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…
Dave Sitek’s Maximum Ballon
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…
Top Albums of the Decade: 2007
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This post is part of our “Top Albums of The Decade” series. Follow the series to read about the best music to grace our ears in the 2000s. Bat for Lashes – Fur & Gold (Parlophone/The Echo Label) Captivating and mystic, Natasha Khan’s bristling debut “Fur & Gold” is like a never-ending fairytale crossed with the gripping, heart breaking reality. The whole album is wrapped around this aura that you wont be able to unravel…
[Hot Streaming] Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul
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…
Download: Röyksopp – ‘Hus Nr. 9’
Last year’s Junior was among the best electronic albums I’ve ever heard, and trust me coming from a well versed techno head this means something. For 2010 the Norwegian duo are planning to continue Junior’s success with, of course, Senior – Röyksopp’s new album slated for a September 13 release. According to the band, the upcoming new record’s sound is somewhat reinvented when compared with its predecessor – the vibe is atmospheric, chilled and weary,…
NPR’s top 50 albums of 2010 … so far
We’re well beyond the mid of the year and by the end of the summer, when most of the season’s notable releases get around surfacing, we’ll also probably be able to make outselves a solid idea of what the best records of 2010 are. NPR thought about this for a while and decided to hold a poll for their readers and listeners in which people were invited to vote their favorite album of the year…
Download: Best Coast – ‘Boyfriend’
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…