MP3 – Dead Horse One : Heavenly Choir of Jet Engines
Dead Horse One is a French eclectic musical group that spans multiple genres including Shoegaze and psychedelia. Their avowed aim is to be a ”Heavenly choir of jet engines”, filling the sound-scape of the world with an endless extended note, wistful and melancholic….macabre and beautiful…from which will emerge pop songs…
Album Stream – Band of Horses : Mirage Rock
Band of Horses has launched a new BOH website with the release of Mirage Rock, the follow-up to 2010’s Infinite Arms. Both the album and the website features the photography of Christopher Wilson throughout. Check out www.bandofhorses.com for all the latest news, tour dates, videos and more and stream the new album in its entirety below, via the band’s website.
MP3 – Hills : Hills LP
Hills are a surf rock band from Los Angeles. They just released their self-titled album, which you can download below.
Album Stream – Alt-J : An Awesome Wave
alt-J (∆)’s name takes a little explaining. Pronounced “alt-J”, the delta sign is created when you hold down the alt key on your computer keyboard and punch ‘J’ on a Mac computer. The symbol has a deeper meaning for the band, as guitarist/bassist Gwil Sainsbury notes, “in mathematical equations it’s used to show change,” and the band’s relatively new name came at a turning point in their lives.
MP3 – Twin Shadow : Castles in the Snow (Com Truise Remix)
Twin Shadow has announced a second NYC Ton Up Tour show on Friday September 28th, 2012 at Music Hall of Williamsburg.
Get tickets HERE.
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Album Stream – Appollo Brown : Trophies
Trophies” is 16 tracks of mass appeal set in motion by two different eras of hip hop’s elite. Detroit based hip hop producer Apollo Brown lays the foundation, and the legendary OC constructs the vocals. Arguably, their best album respectively, “Trophies” is straight to the point hip hop; no frills, no preservatives, not even a single feature. Just OC at his finest and Apollo once again commanding no disappointments.
Check out our interview with the beastly beat maker – Apollo Brown HERE
Album Stream – Mythologies : Honey Tapes
New Psychedelic Rock, DIY extended play Honey Tapes from Mythologies.
Album Stream – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti : Mature Themes
Listen to Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti’s strange new LP Mature Themes — in its entirety, via Vancouver’s exclaim!.
Stream – Vybez Cartel : Kingston Story
The Deluxe Edition of Vybez Cartel’s Kingston Story is streaming now on soundcloud. Take a listen to the critically acclaimed record and 2 unreleased tracks below. The re-release is out 8/14 on Vice.
Stream – Buffalo Killers : Dig. Sow. Love. Grow
Ohio based trio Buffalo Killers‘ are streaming their fourth full-length effort – Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. Stampeding with the ferocity of their first two albums (the Dan Auerbach-produced Let It Ride from 2008 and their self-titled debut from two years prior), Dig. Sow. Love. Grow incorporates much of the loose, organic nature from last year’s highly-praised album 3 with some late ’60s psychedelia, blues, Americana, garage rock and the folk-rock sounds that rolled out of Laurel Canyon in the early ’70s like a sweet cloud of Acapulco Gold.
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First Listen – Tame Impala : Elephant
‘Elephant’ is the beastly first single proper from Tame Impala‘s forthcoming sophomore effort, ‘Lonerism’, to be released this coming Oct 5 (AUS) / Oct 8 (UK) / Oct 9 (USA). A swaggering glam strut about a cocky jock playing the jerk, ‘Elephant’ is Tame Impala at their confident (and of course cosmic) best. It’s a wild space rock safari and the lift off point to planet Lonerism.
Album Stream – Bravestation : Giants & Dreamers
With just a couple of weeks to go now until the release of their debut full-length Giants & Dreamers, Toronto’s Bravestation have unveiled the video for the album’s third single ‘Western Thrills’ – which, combines the bands ambient textures and spaced-out New Wave guitars with colorful harmonies and tribal percussion. Listen to the album and watch the new video after the jump.
Album Stream – Milk Maid : Mostly No
‘Mostly No’, Milk Maid’s second album, follows hot on the heels of last year’s debut record ‘Yucca’ and finds frontman Martin Cohen cementing his reputation as a talented songwriter able to straddle the line between noise and pop whilst also expanding the sonic terrain the band covers. Adding swirls of Psychedelia to ‘Yucca’s’ crafted fuzz, the home-recorded ‘Mostly No’ explores a trans-Atlantic sound that at times simultaneously recalls the grand traditions of Manchester indie and Californian acid rock but which also sits alongside contemporaries such as Ty Segall, White Fence, and The War on Drugs.
This mix of influences comes together perfectly on ‘Summertime’, the lead single from ‘Mostly No’, which combines the haze of early Jesus and Mary Chain with the sun-bleached guitars of Roky Erickson and the classic songwriting of Jefferson Airplane. Its title and hooky chorus may suggest a carefree summer anthem, but the season simply presents the “doomed man” of the 1st verse with a “nicer time” to kill himself; Manchester miserabilism raining on a sound so associated with hippy optimism.
Milk Maid’s new album ‘Mostly No’ will be released on 9th July via FatCat Records. Pre-order the album now.
Album Stream – Lockah : When U Stop Feeling Like A Weirdo & Become A Threat
Lockah, a standout among the bourgeoning bass music community of Scotland, has released his debut EP on Diplo‘s Jeffree’s imprint. When U Stop Feeling Like A Weirdo & Become A Threat succinctly demonstrates his penchant for melody in the context of sub-octave bass music that defies any singular genre tag. A resident and general proponent of the fringe-city of Aberdeen (think the Milwaukee of Scotland), Lockah has helped build an organic, exceptionally self-sustaining scene with his Tuff Wax imprint that has become a glaring blip on the global radar with releases from ¥oin, Bones & Money,Grobie and others. The album features skittering drums that reference New Orleans bounce and southern trap music circa ’98, warbling synths that feel at home among boogie 12-inches of the late ’80s, and the low end that is undeniably en vogue currently. An emotive and frankly un-danceable collection of 3 tracks capped off by a breathtaking remix by Pictureplane, Lockah has created a thoughtful piece that sits among some of the most interesting and compelling releases from the post-dubstep-era UK.
Video – Drunksouls: Human Race
Indie-reggae band Drunksouls have released a new music video for “Human Race”, made with breathtaking footage from the multi-award winning documentary “I Believe I Can Fly“. The film was directed by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset and based on the Skyliners, a team of French adventurers who specialize in highline tightrope walking, basejumping, and mountaineering. It won the Jury’s award at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.
Want to watch the entire original film? – Click HERE to download the film (720p HD) for 4.90€ below, or make a donation via the link.
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Album Stream – EndAnd: Adventures of Fi in Space
Brooklyn indie rock/punk trio EndAnd have announced the release of Adventures of Fi in Space, a summation of two EP’s showcasing both polished studio and DIY recordings. The band’s unusually gritty sound has earned them comparisons to acts like Cloud Nothings and Helmet.
New Track – Grizzly Bear : Sleeping Ute
After a long hibernation, Grizzly Bear has awoken with their first new single – “Sleeping Ute”, off the band’s as-yet-untitled new album. Showcasing guitarist Daniel Rossen‘ s expressive six-string style and “psychedilic tempest” songwriting abilities. While the title is TBA, the album should be available via Warp on 9/18.
Stream New Album from Dave Godowsky: All You Love is Need
Stream Dave Godowsky’s beautiful, indie-folk debut album, “All You Love Is Need,” recorded at Bon Iver’s studio in Fall Creek, Wisconsin – under the pseudonym John Shade. It was recorded/engineered by Nate Vernon and features Jeremy Boettcher on bass, Ben Lester on steel pedal and drums, John DeHaven on the horns and The Neave Quartet on strings.
STREAM THE NEW ALBUM FROM POND: BEARD, WIVES, DENIM
Since Tame Impala guitarist Nick Albrook is also Pond’s chief songwriter and there are a few lineup overlaps, comparisons between the two Australian neo-psych pop groups are inevitable. Unlike Innerspeaker, super-producer Dave Fridmann doesn’t man the boards on this one, but the farmhouse production is affected with virtually the same tape echo, leslie speaker wobble, and vintage guitar tones. This puts the two on the same sonic playing field, but because of Pond’s willingness to take risks, Beard, Wives, Denim doesn’t feel distinctive or as firmly indebted to classic psychedelic music. With influences that range from David Crosby to Spiritualized, Pond’s songs are widely varied. “Fantastic Explosion of Time” is a grungy, garage rock fireball; “You Broke My Cool” injects ’50s style into ’70s glam; “Elegant Design” is a sly homage to funk, sung in a womanly falsetto, and “Moreno’s Blend” is a raw, acoustic porch jam. Every melody is blanketed in psychedelic sounds, giving a unified feel to the record, even if the music isn’t always easily containable. However, Pond is at their best when they go full force into watercolor psych, like in the fantastically trippy “When it Explodes,” and “Sorry I Was Under the Sky.” These songs could be B-sides to Innerspeaker. The only difference is that Tame Impala seem completely sincere about returning to the late ’60s/early ’70s. Pond is like an incorrigible younger sibling that is determined to learn by making mistakes. Both groups’ records are essential. [itunes]
STREAM NEW MUSIC FROM METRONOMY: THE LOOK
