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. Portishead – Third (Island Records) Muscular synthesizers, drum breaks and abrupt endings keeping the tension high. In a few words this is how Portishead’s third studio release, suggestively titled “Third,” sounds like. An amalgam of noise, distortions and Eastern Bloc minimalism is what the first listener might…
The insanely awesome satire band, Flight of the Conchords, just mapped out a North American tour, which will see the duo performing across most of the US and traditional Canadian venues. After last year’s highly successful self-titled debut, Flight of the Conchords is also prepping a new album, set for a April 14th release date, although a title has yet to be revealed. Click here for presale info (password sugarlumps). [via donewaiting] 4/6/09 Tampa Bay…
Hope you’ve saved some money folks, cause this week’s a definite killer, in terms of new release. We’ve got tons of new music, spearheaded by titan Elvis Costello, closely followed by the British lo-fi rockers Elbow. Another interesting release to pick up is the debut album from The Shadow Puppets, titled The Age Of The Understatement, formed by Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and MIles Kane (The Rascals). And of course I couldn’t have rapped up…
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