Victoria and Alex have always shined live — our first night with them was cross-legged under the Christmas lights of Cake Shop during CMJ four years ago, where the small but stuff room of critics were instantly converted — though on the back of Teen Dream their more dynamic trio setup, bringing live drums to [...]
Destroyer – “Archer on the Beach” b/w “Grief Point” 12″ is due out 11/2 from Merge.
“Archer on the Beach” is a meditation on the need to grapple with the 20th century in one’s own special way and with style, this time through singing quietly, through repetition, and through leaving lots of space between words, as [...]
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On September 13th, London-based duo Mighty Mouse will release their excellent new ‘Disco Circus 2′ compilation. Volume 2 features rare and classic tracks as well as the new tunes from the likes of Simian Mobile Disco, Luke Million (The Swiss), Cosmodleica, Crazy P, Prins Thomas, Jacques Renault and recent Ministry of Sound signing [...]
Have to admit it was a dark day at Buzz Bands HQ when Eddie Chacon and Sissy Saint-Marie announced they were relocating their Polyamorous Affair from L.A. to Europe. Their second album “Bolshevik Disco” remains one of the highlights of the Manimal Vinyl catalog, and now they’ve followed it up with “Strange Bedfellows” on Winter [...]
We may have to wait until January to listen to Hercules and Love Affair’s sophomore album, Blue Songs, but H&LA main main, Andrew Butler, is keeping busy with his record label MR. INTL. His label’s whole spiel is to release retro bangers that don’t sound anything “pre-’85 or post-’94″. And first order of business? Release [...]
I should probably start by apologizing. Not on the basis of not doing (ya that’s right a double negative get with it) a weekly post of hip nu bangers, but for failing to catalog my recent endeavors into genres anew. A few weeks ago, bossman Jonah got at me to do a minimix for our [...]
Electronic dream pop band Au Revoir Simone is Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard) and Heather D’Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard). Since 2003, the Brooklyn-based outfit have been making subtle, breezy, electrofolk and their sound has been praised by the likes of Q Magazine and NME.
On the heels of their widely acclaimed third album, Still [...]
The newbie from Teenage Fanclub was lost on me, I’d heard ‘Baby Dee’ and after that I couldn’t be seen for dust. I’d suspected the magic was draining so decided against picking from the carcass. Instead I voted with my ears and plumped for the Berlin branch of the Teenage Fanclub appreciation society, which goes [...]
Many people are unaware that Benny Blanco is producing most of the popular music we’re hearing on the radio right now, which is fairly surprising considering his first foray in the industry was an EP he made with Spank Rock back in 2007. I stumbled upon this remix he did for Santigold over the weekend, [...]
For the last year, I have had the privilege of working on an album with one of my very favorite songwriters, Dean Wells (aka The Capstan Shafts). Revelation Skirts has its origins in a series of demos Dean sent me last year, one of which I would like to share here:
Capstan Shafts – “Your Wasted [...]
After checking out the Anthony Bourdain in Rome version of No Reservations last week I caught a glimpse of homeboy eating Cacio y Pepe, a beautiful bowl of pasta with cheese and pepper, and decided this was absolutely going to be the next recipe I shared with y’all for Food Gold.
Now, due to the stark [...]
Hazy, bittersweet end-of-summer vibes abound on Ducktails‘ laid-back, Seinfeld-referencing new jam “Art Vandelay,” a tune which has become a Real Estate live favorite over the last few months. This one will appear on the b-side of Ducktails’ new Olde English Spelling Bee 7″ single (pictured), with a reworked version appearing on his upcoming Woodsist LP, [...]
check out a brand new song from the deities of beach house below, “white moon,” off their recent itunes sessions EP. it’s a lovely song featuring their signature weeping keyboards & victoria transcendental vocals, & would have been right at home on their early-’10 release teen dream.
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“Holidays”, the third track off Miami Horror’s new album Illumination, showed up on my radar a few days ago and is vying to be one of my favorite tracks of the year. A bonafied disco-pop gem, the track brilliantly displays Miami Horror’s enormous talent and seemingly unlimited potential. Don’t miss the Melbourne quartet live at [...]
I was a bit skeptical about this new Diplo track after listening to the truly awful Don Diablo dubstep remix that they gave away for free a month ago. I don’t doubt some of his production skills, but someone seriously needs to tell Don to stick to anything other than dubstep.. Anyway, the original track [...]
There’s plenty of excellent alternative music burgeoning all over the world, but Canada continues to star, holding the heart of intelligent indie in its hands and Bravestation, a four-piece from Toronto, have stolen our attention for the immediate future. They blend soaring, melodic indie pop into a warm, lush soundscape, with a broad, mature and consistently [...]
3rd track from Georg’s debut album “Everything Must Change”. This one comes closer to the heart and soul with relaxing melody so be focus while you listening to it.
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“Idioteque” is hands down my favorite Radiohead song, and as cliched as you may call me for choosing it, you can’t deny the originality of the instrumentation and the absolutely haunting feel of both Thom Yorke’s vocals and the droning synths. I bring all of this up not to post some new Radiohead (which would [...]
There’s a purity about Rachael Dadd that makes me go all warm and fuzzy. Give me this little lady with a banjo any day and I’ll be a happy, sincerely happy, muso. Her latest release, the gorgeous ‘Elephee’ EP, is astounding. This set of raw yet beautiful recordings captures Rachael at her charming best, and [...]
The 2010 Rock Make Street Festival is going on today from 11am to 6pm on Treat Avenue and 18th Street! Presented by The Bay Bridged, Tartufi (one of my favorite Bay Area bands), and Cookie and the Dude, the locally flavored festival is a great introduction to Bay Area culture, arts, and music. Featuring 100+ [...]
The crew took off for Vegas again but as everyone knows, a true sneevs prefers filth over sin so I decided to hold down The Penthouse for the sole purpose of bringing you The Dirt. As a matter of fact, today I bring you our eighth installment, which means today marks two months of The [...]
Here’s all you need to know about the new Miami Horror album, Illumination: if all the songs were as catchy, lighthearted and damn near perfect as “Holidays” it would be an instant dance classic.
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Miami Horror – Holidays (289 kbps)
You are wrong if you thought that this track have some connection with TV Show HIMYM, but the track might be a legendary. Driving synths and bassline made this track so perfect for warming up! Enjoy!
Peres, Simon S – It’s Gonna Be Legendary (It’s Gonna Be Legendary Mix) / 320k / 7:41 / 17.5 [...]
Today’s post is of an album I picked up recently in a Salvation Army Thrift Store. The album contains the 19 minute soundtrack for a sex education filmstrip produced by Concordia. Each side has the same presentation, one with audible “beeps” one with inaudible tones, with the individual sides geared towards the use of two [...]
Bethany Cosentino, the main face from NME’s favorite new band of 2010, has put together a mixtape for another UK publication, The Independent. (They should’ve asked Bobb Bruno to do a metal-themed Vol. 2. Not sure what to expect out of Ali.)
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Beinahe im Jahrestakt kommen neue, blutjunge Songwriter aus Amerika, die als nächste große Stars des Genres gefeiert werden. Dylan LeBlanc ist wieder so einer und er bringt beste Voraussetzungen mit. Bereits im Grundschulalter perfektionierte er sein Gitarrenspiel, begann mit 15 Jahren Tourneen in Amerika zu spielen und unterschrieb mit 18 Jahren seinen ersten Plattenvertrag. Der [...]
W♥M087 [download (58min, 39mb)] A jam-packed show for you on this Australia’s Federal Election Day. CATCHING UP WITH VU & SALLY Vu’s childhood friend, Mark, visited for a week. Sally’s been quite busy with work. She did manage…
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“I Don’t Believe You” from the new Thermals album that I can’t stop listening to, below…
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El sello independiente Estamos Felices cumplió hace poco 6 años y lo festejó compartiendo como descarga gratuita el recordado debut de Jackson Souvenirs, el dúo de rock psicodélico instrumental formado por Javier Diz y Norman McLaughlin. Pista Cero (2004) fue el primer álbum editado por el sello, que desde ese entonces no ha parado de [...]
Lemon Jelly est un duo anglais de downtempo et électronica, qui s’est fait connaître en sortant trois EPs sur leur propre label avant de se faire repérer par XL Recordings et de sortir une sorte de compilation de leurs EPs appelée Lemonjelly.ky en 2000, dont est extrait “The Staunton Lick”, puis Lost Horizons en 2002, [...]
