February 2012
40 posts
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Night Beds - Wanted_You In August
We previewed...
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Kyle James Hauser - Hopeless
Give a listen to...
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Video | The Rassle - 21
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr55-hPRl9s[/youtube]
NYC’s the Rassle is a good ol rock & roll band that makes music that feels like it is pulled from another era & modernized and rocked the hell out. Check out their video for their single “21,” a rollicking full-speed-ahead track that practically forces you to play at loud volumes (11 anyone?)
If by some...
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New Music | Michael Kiwanuka - Lasan
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/michaelkiwanuka/lasan[/soundcloud]
Check out this B-Side to Kiwanuka’s single “I’m Getting Ready,” which will also be featured on Michael’s debut album, Home Again, which is set for release 3/12 in the UK and some time later in the summer here in the US (BOOOOO!). The track was recorded in London and produced by Dan Auerbach (Black...
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New Music | Regina Spektor - All the Rowboats
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/reginaspektor/alltherowboats[/soundcloud]
I first pressed play on this new Regina Spektor single “All the Rowboats,” not sure with what I was to expect. Let me rephrase, it is definitely not what I was thinking I’d hear. It’s an extremely moody, kind of dark, but altogether beautiful piece of music. Its a great surprise, and the huge...
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New Music | Django Django - Storm
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/djangodjango/django-django-storm[/soundcloud]
Check out the super-catchy, “Storm,” the second single off of Django Django’s self titled record. It’s a bit of a psychedlic pop stomper, with the plodding bassline, the sort of monotone vocal delivery and distant percussions create an adventurous sound that is really interesting and makes...
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Live Review | Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater at...
Sharon Van Etten - Serpents
Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater stopped by the Paradise on Thursday evening to play two great sets in support of their newly released albums. Sharon Van Etten’s third studio album Tramp was released February 7 and already has a slew of positive reviews and new fans. Van Etten has been solidly releasing new music and touring over the last few years. But with the...
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Yellow Ostrich - The Shakedown
Yellow Ostrich is...
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Video | Cultfever - Collector
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/36380083[/vimeo]
Check out the video Brooklyn’s Cultfever put out for their track “Collector,” a synthy, pop track that pounds the drums and fizzles and pops while the video’s narrative is a sort of modern day frankenstein. Check it out, and grab their fantastic self title album.
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Video | The Shins - Simple Song
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLTPcD1S4Q[/youtube]
Check out the new video for the Shins’ single “Simple Song,” which puts an interesting (very Wes Anderson like) narrative albeit dark spin on the single. It features Mercer dying and giving his kids the home to whomever finds the deed, hidden somewhere inside the home. I don’t want to ruin, so just give it a...
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New Music | The Great American Canyon Band -...
The Great American Canyon Band - Tumbleweed
Chicago based husband and wife duo Paul and Krystal Jean Masson make up The Great American Canyon Band, and are about to release a self-recorded 7” from their debut album, which was recorded in a gutted house in Chicago. Their ethereal sound feels like a stripped down, Band of Horses, the gossamer, reverbed vocals and wide spatial palette feels...
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Video | Islands - Hallways
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czi0F_Ovaws#![/youtube]
Check out the video for Islands’ new single, “Hallways” from their new album ‘A Sleep & A Forgetting,’ which out now. The video, Directed by Lex Halaby & Toben Seymour features frontman Nick Thorburn as he leads a band of puppet skeletons, yeah its that awesome.
Buy A Sleep & A...
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New Music | Reptar - Sebastian
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/vagrantrecords/reptar-sebastian[/soundcloud] Download Sebastian
Reptar has just announced that their debut full-length album, Body Faucet, will be released May 1st via Vagrant. Produced by Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley, Washed Out), the new record is the follow up to the group’s debut EP Oblangle Fizz Y’all. Give the first track...
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Lee Bains II & the Glory Fires -...
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Tonight | Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater at the...
Sharon Van Etten - Serpents
Sharon Van Etten is back in Boston at the Paradise tonight, touring in support of her latest album Tramp. Sharon has always put on good shows, but tonight’s show is bound to be great as her new stuff is some of her best yet. It’ll be great to finally see it performed live.
Austin-based Shearwater is opening, and their most recent album Animal Joy has...
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Review | Damien Jurado - Maraqopa
Damien Jurado - Museum Of Flight
Seattle has always been known for the music. And recently, the successes of a variety of indie-folk bands and a rise in soulful acts from the Emerald City have solidified what many people have always known: Seattle’s got it when it comes to great music. But in an off year for Fleet Foxes, and as new acts from Seattle are growing and growing in popularity,...
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Video | Dr. Dog - Warrior Man
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7wMiWyj5pY[/youtube]
If you haven’t grabbed Dr. Dog’s new album Be the Void, I’d accept buying it now as an apology. As far as checking out this video, and giving their song “Warrior Man,” a listen and a view. Dr. Dog brought Be The Void back to their roots with raucous energy, and a youthful vibe. The album has a bit of a...
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The Young - Livin’ Free
Recently signing...
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Soft Swells - Put It On The Line
Soft Swells is...
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Video | Michael Kiwanuka - I'm Getting Ready
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHRKdpR1E6Q[/youtube]
If you are previously unaware of Michael Kiwanuka, you’ve probably not seen my incessant posts about him. His warm voice lights this song up, and its one that you can listen to on repeat for days. Enough said. I couldn’t help but post the video for the song (although its the second I’m seeing). Its becoming one of my...
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Electric Flower - Eclipsed
The collaboration...
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Greylag - Black Crow
I’m really enjoying...
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Review | Tennis - Young & Old
Tennis - My Better Self
Denver-based, husband-and-wife duo Tennis have released their sophomore album Young & Old this past week. The duo, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, who released their debut album in January of 2011, teamed up with Patrick Carney as producer this time around and have really progressed their sound.
Their first album, Cape Dory, was full of indie-pop delights that told...
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New Music | Ramona Falls - Spore
Ramona Falls - Spore
Brent Knopf (ex Menomena) is about to release a sophomore album under Ramona Falls. Prophet LP will be out May 1st On Barsuk Records, and the first cut of the album “Spore,” has been released. Its a sort of dark, Depeche Mode(y) sound, full of emotional whirlwind, and experimental and unpredictable melodies, that create a fine piece of dark, emotional, and...
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Andrew Bird - The Crown Salesman
In celebration...
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New Music | River City Extension - There & Back...
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/rivercityextension/there-back-again[/soundcloud]
Opening my email this morning, I got all kinds of excited. New Jersey’s River City Extension just announced a new album Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger, to be released on June 5 via XOXO Records / Anchor & Hope Music. It got even better when there was more than just an album teaser. Check...
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New Music | Moonface - Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/jagjaguwar/moonface-teary-eyes-and-bloody[/soundcloud]
If you aren’t familiar with the project, Moonface, is Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade) and an ongoing series of changing collaborations. The album, Heartbreaking Bravery, out April 17th was recorded with Finnish band Siinai. Our first taste is “Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips,” a dark, and moody...
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Heartless Bastards - Parted Ways
Austin’s...
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Horse Feathers - Fit Against the Country
Make...
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Stream | Islands - A Sleep & A Forgetting
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/antirecords/sets/islands-a-sleep-a-forgetting[/soundcloud]
The follow-up to Islands’ Vapours is finally upon us (street date 2/14) and luckily the guys at ANTI records have allowed the album up for streaming, so we can get an early taste of what Thorburn and the rest of Islands have been up to. The stripped down, confessional art-pop continues here, and...
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Water Liars - $100
I’m really enjoying...
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Maps & Atlases - Winter
Maps & Atlases...
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New Music | Plants and Animals - Song For Love
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/secretcityrecords/plants-and-animals-song-for[/soundcloud]
Check out the second cut from Plants and Animals’ forthcoming album, The End of That, which is due out at the end of the month on Secret City Records. It’s definitely a track that displays the bands versatility, and its vibrance. The song, “Song for love,” has a cool, west coast...
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Video | The Head and the Heart - Down In the...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSQGWpy0qY[/youtube]
Watch Seattle’s The Head and the Heart’s video for their standout track “Down in the Valley,” a video made of footage captured during the band’s most recent tour. This song had always been the absolute stand out for me, one that sticks with you for its warmth & beauty. If you don’t already own...
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Fort Lean - Sunsick
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Review | Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Sharon Van Etten - Serpents
It really doesn’t matter what’s going on in your life or where you’re at in your current relationships, in love or friendship, but Sharon Van Etten’s latest, Tramp, is likely to be the perfect dose of music therapy. Best taken in the early morning, or late at night. Volume all the way up.
Produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner and...
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Video | OK Go - Needing / Getting
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c[/youtube]
If you haven’t gotten to see any of the music video insanity that is OK Go, I’d be wildly surprised. What else is wildly surprising is how they consistently one up themselves again and again and again. In this video, Kulash and the boys shot outside in the desert with a Chevrolet Sonic outfitted with pneumatic arms...
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Review | First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar
First Aid Kit - Emmylou
A few years ago, two Swedish sisters posted a cover of Fleet Foxes’ Tiger Mountain Peasant Song on YouTube and their name, First Aid Kit, spread quickly across the internet.
Now, some four years later, the two sisters, Klara and Johanna Söderberg released their sophomore album, The Lion’s Roar. From that first Fleet Foxes’ cover, you could tell these...
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Video | Saint Motel - At Least I Have Nothing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XR-A6-e38[/youtube]
Saint Motel has recently released a new video for their fantastic track “At Least I Have Nothing,” a synthpop / rock track that has a cinematic almost Tron-like sound. Its a track that I originally talked about back in November, and one that I still go back to again and again. The rock / synth soundscape is irresistible,...
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Beach Fossils - Shallow
Beach Fossils’...