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Inara George and Van Dyke Parks - An Invitation
2008-08-15 00:52:00 Does Carla Bruni melt your heart? Did you mark the 20th anniversary of Gil Evans’ passing? Are you drowning in an indie rock whirlpool? Then Inara George and Van Dyke Parks have An Invitation for you. Inara is the offspring of Lowell George, of Little Feat fame. That really has little to do with the ...
Anthony Green - Avalon
2008-08-14 23:09:00 Best known as the lead singer for the Philadelphia-based progressive punk act Circa Survive , vocalist Anthony Green has finally released his solo album, Avalon. Prior to Circa Survive, Green fronted Saosin, where his super-human vocals were first recognized — his undeniably unique vocal styling and charismatic personality elevated him as the premiere leader in his ...
The Faint - Fasciinatiion
2008-08-14 21:53:00 Faciinatiion, the fifth release from the Faint, known for their electro-dance, goth-tinged pop, sees a departure from their dark edge and takes them into a futuristic, almost alien realm. This record, released on the band’s newly-formed blank.wav label, seems made for a galaxy far, far away. Todd Fink’s vocals are often processed to the point ...
Nobunny - Love Visions
2008-08-14 21:28:00 Continuing the grand tradition of Bay Area garage acts dressed in outrageous costumes (remember the Vulcaneers, the Trashwomen and the Mummies?) the Oakland native called Nobunny has hippity-hopped into the public eye with his debut LP, Love Visions . He’s comes complete with evil bunny mask, skimpy, trashy outfits and not much more than a jukebox ... More About: Ramones
Iron & Wine: A New Folk Pioneer
2008-08-14 00:29:00 Iron & Wine is Sam Beam, a college professor from Miami, Florida who plays acoustic guitar and occasional banjo, keeping to a folk tradition while bringing in some country and old-time blues. He whispers his vocals and often sings his own harmony parts. Recorded at home on a four-track, the songs on The Creek Drank ... More About: Folk , Pioneer , Iron
Love As Laughter - Holy
2008-08-13 23:29:00 Indie rock vets Love as Laughter are finally ready to quit their day jobs with their first proper studio album. After 14 years, more than 20 band members and five DIY albums under his belt, LAL frontman Sam Jayne entered the studio with the Clash producer Joe Blaney to create an album full of songs ... More About: Holy
Last of The Cure, New Franz Ferdinand, & ?Jockin? Jay-Z?
2008-08-13 22:00:00 And so The Cure ’s run of monthly 7″ releases reaches its conclusion with The Perfect Boy, the last preview of their still-untitled forthcoming album to be released on the 13th of October. This one’s possibly the most convincing of the bunch, and even references one of our favorite ever Cure songs The Perfect Girl - ... More About: Jay-Z , Franz , Franz Ferdinand
Neil Halstead - Oh! Mighty Engine
2008-08-13 19:52:00 Though he?s not often recognized for it, Neil Halstead is one of the most reliable songwriters of the last two decades. Halstead may be best known for his work with alt-country pop refiners Mojave 3 and, before that, shoegazing legends Slowdive. Each one, in its own way, explored textures, whether narcotic soundscapes or pastoral junctures. ... More About: Engine , Mighty
Brazilian Girls - New York City
2008-08-13 05:50:00 If the title of the first Brazilian Girls long player, Brazilian Girls, stood as a concise way of describing the band’s sound, the new record, New York City works in the same way. The first record is smooth and danceable, the sound of the sated contentment one would feel on the flight home after a ... More About: New York City
Bodies of Water - A Certain Feeling
2008-08-13 04:25:00 There’s a fine line between compositional high art and indulgent indie rock spectacle. If it weren’t for the quasi-religious fervor soldered on to every note of A Certain Feeling , the Secretly Canadian debut from Los Angeles’ Bodies of Water , we’d rightfully be talking about the latter. Led by husband-and-wife team David and Meredith Metcalf, this ...
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - We Are All In The Gutter But Some Of
2008-08-13 04:03:00 This record is an electro-funk odyssey by They Came From The Stars I Saw Them, an outfit that aren?t ones to be held back by conventional approaches to music. This aural trip is sometimes engaging, sometimes rambling, but always characterful in a sprawling, spaced-out way. It takes a while for the ear to adjust to ... More About: Pop , Electronica
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - We Are All In The Gutter But Some Of
2008-08-13 04:03:00 This record is an electro-funk odyssey by They Came From The Stars I Saw Them, an outfit that aren?t ones to be held back by conventional approaches to music. This aural trip is sometimes engaging, sometimes rambling, but always characterful in a sprawling, spaced-out way. It takes a while for the ear to adjust to ...
7 Albums You Might Have Overlooked in 2007
2008-08-12 21:33:00 So with all the albums that came out in 2007, was there enough time to get to everything? No — but we tried try our best. In a year that had some phenomenal releases (Mirrored, Neon Bible, The Flying Club Cup, Love Is Simple), these seven albums might have slipped under the radar. One of ... More About: Japanese , Albums
7 Albums You Might Have Overlooked in 2007
2008-08-12 21:33:00 So with all the albums that came out in 2007, was there enough time to get to everything? No — but we tried try our best. In a year that had some phenomenal releases (Mirrored, Neon Bible, The Flying Club Cup, Love Is Simple), these seven albums might have slipped under the radar. One of ... More About: Japanese , Albums
Takka Takka - Migration
2008-08-12 21:09:00 The promotional material that accompanies Takka Takka’s sophomore album, Migration, goes into great detail explaining how the Brooklyn-based band is part of an emerging generation of artists that appropriate world music without the moral mess of colonization, while in the same breath accusing legends like David Byrne and Joe Strummer of creative theft. It’s not ... More About: Post-Rock
Takka Takka - Migration
2008-08-12 21:09:00 The promotional material that accompanies Takka Takka’s sophomore album, Migration, goes into great detail explaining how the Brooklyn-based band is part of an emerging generation of artists that appropriate world music without the moral mess of colonization, while in the same breath accusing legends like David Byrne and Joe Strummer of creative theft. It’s not ...
Van She - V
2008-08-12 01:31:00 It seems like forever ago when Van She released their self-titled EP, which featured Kelly, the feel-good song of its time. We were left eagerly awaiting a full length album and then — a lot of time passed. Three years later, electroclash enthusiasts finally get V, the debut LP from the Australian band. But when ...
Van She - V
2008-08-12 01:31:00 It seems like forever ago when Van She released their self-titled EP, which featured Kelly, the feel-good song of its time. We were left eagerly awaiting a full length album and then — a lot of time passed. Three years later, electroclash enthusiasts finally get V, the debut LP from the Australian band. But when ...
Sic Alps - U.S. Ez
2008-08-11 23:19:00 On their fourth long-player, the San Franciscan duo of Mike Donovan and Matt Hartman continue to blot the lines between paint-peeled blues, lo-fi experimentation and the noisier end of the acid rock spectrum. Elements of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, without the inherent asshole egotism, and the Who, if Daltrey had some brains and Townsend had ... More About: Alps
Sic Alps - U.S. Ez
2008-08-11 23:19:00 On their fourth long-player, the San Franciscan duo of Mike Donovan and Matt Hartman continue to blot the lines between paint-peeled blues, lo-fi experimentation and the noisier end of the acid rock spectrum. Elements of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, without the inherent asshole egotism, and the Who, if Daltrey had some brains and Townsend had ... More About: Alps
Electric President - Sleep Well
2008-08-11 22:51:00 Alex Kane and Ben Cooper have been quietly making mind-blowing atmospheric pop music as Electric President since 2006. These Floridians have created one of the most fascinating listens of the summer, combining live instrumentation and electronic elements into their haunting indie masterpieces. If Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello had a series of nightmares while recording ... More About: Indie , Sleep
Electric President - Sleep Well
2008-08-11 22:51:00 Alex Kane and Ben Cooper have been quietly making mind-blowing atmospheric pop music as Electric President since 2006. These Floridians have created one of the most fascinating listens of the summer, combining live instrumentation and electronic elements into their haunting indie masterpieces. If Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello had a series of nightmares while recording ... More About: Indie , Sleep
Max Richter - 24 Postcards In Full Colour
2008-08-11 21:23:00 Max Richter ’s 24 Postcards In Full Colour aims to prove mobile phones are for more than just happy slapping. Most readers are used to the image of the 12-year-old with a barely recognizable version of Umbrella crackling out of their mobile’s mono-speaker. The Edinburgh based pianist thinks this is a good thing; so much so ...
Max Richter - 24 Postcards In Full Colour
2008-08-11 21:23:00 Max Richter ’s 24 Postcards In Full Colour aims to prove mobile phones are for more than just happy slapping. Most readers are used to the image of the 12-year-old with a barely recognizable version of Umbrella crackling out of their mobile’s mono-speaker. The Edinburgh based pianist thinks this is a good thing; so much so ...
Pas/Cal - I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura
2008-08-11 05:03:00 Having been around for over six years, Pas/Cal has released a trio of EPs, sold a few songs for commercials and TV programs and has made the world a sunnier place. After much talk of releasing a full album, they are finally here to deliver just that. Pas/Cal bring with them a sunny, melancholy chamber ... More About: Mark , Matthew , Luke , Laura
Pas/Cal - I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura
2008-08-11 05:03:00 Having been around for over six years, Pas/Cal has released a trio of EPs, sold a few songs for commercials and TV programs and has made the world a sunnier place. After much talk of releasing a full album, they are finally here to deliver just that. Pas/Cal bring with them a sunny, melancholy chamber ... More About: Mark , Matthew , Luke , Laura
The Fun Years - Baby, It?s Cold Inside
2008-08-11 02:15:00 The Fun Years ? Baby , It?s Cold Inside is one of the year?s finest electronic records. The second full-length from this experimental guitar-turtable duo builds on the promise of last year?s compelling Life-Sized Psychoses, delivering an album of five long tracks of dark, mysterious and often beautiful electronica, filled with synth swaths, minimalistic drone, field recordings ... More About: Post-Rock
Modest Mouse: West Coast Indie-Rock Icons
2008-08-10 23:56:00 If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to set West Coast indie kids’ hearts aflutter, the ingredients include equal parts emo(tive) singing/shouting and a Built to Spill sense for congenial musical atmosphere over pop succinctness. Washington state’s Modest Mouse takes an oblique approach towards communicating the most direct of feelings, letting songs dip far away ... More About: Seattle , Icons , Rock
Wild Beasts - Limbo Panto
2008-08-10 23:08:00 Wild Beasts are one of the many new bands tipped for the top by the people in the know. Signed to Domino Records and with established producer Tore Johnansson (The Cardigans, Franz Ferdinand) at the helm they must have something about them and Limbo, Panto, their debut offering, is certainly different to what other bands ... More About: Wild
Diplo vs. Santogold - Top Ranking
More articles from this author:2008-08-10 22:29:00 Alt-MC Santogold and the superb DJ and MIA producer Diplo meet to unleash their own mixtape on the internet, and all completely free of charge. Just as Diplo’s masterful work on MIA’s Piracy Funds Terrorism mix that dropped before her debut, Top Ranking finds him in top form again with the Brooklyn songstress, mixing up ... More About: Hip-hop , Mafia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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