STREAM THE HORROR’S NEW ALBUM: SKYING
The Horrors new self-produced third album Skying leaked over the weekend, so XL decided to stream the album in full before the official release on July 11th. This is by far one of the most solid efforts to follow-up the hugely acclaimed Primary Colours, and maybe a sleeper best album of 2011. Check out the track “Still Life”, a catchy shoegaze drenched Echo & The Bunnymen reminiscent track that is sure to be the psychedelic jam of the summer.
MEMORY TAPES: WAIT IN THE DARK (JENSEN SPORTAG REMIX)
A summer sleeper hit-to-be from MEMORY TAPES – “WAIT IN THE DARK” (JENSEN SPORTAG REMIX) Taken from the Memory Tapes Tour EP. LISTEN to the track below:
While you are here, you can also DOWNLOAD THE MEMORY TAPES TOUR EP (remixes by Jensen Sportag, Seams & Nazca Lines). Just click HERE.
You can also grab some JENSEN SPORTAG CUSTOM REMIXES. Just click HERE.
STREAM BON IVER’S NEW SELF TITLED ALBUM
(photo: D.L. Anderson)
Thanks to NPR and The New York Times, you can stream Bon Iver‘s new self-titled album which is officially out June 21 via Jagjaguwar. After some curious collaborations with Kanye and Phil Collins, Justin Vernon seems back on track , making a natural transitioning follow up to “For Emma, Forever Ago.”
BAND RADAR: BUZZWORTHY SOUTH FLORIDA DUO: THE BAND IN HEAVEN
Stream the digitial album demos from The Band in Heaven; the latest noise duo making a name in the South Florida Music scene.
“The Band In Heaven sports a strong pop sensibility, and they make sure you hear it. It’s a trophy standing on a pedestal of guitar distortion and feedback. The sounds can be pretty punishing, but there’s a blissful, mind-numbing quality to their music, too. It could be likened to dream pop, but sleep is the last thing on my mind when this is on.” –theneedledrop.com
“If you dig the spacey, droning haze of NYC’s seminal Velvet Underground, Tx.’s primordial psych-pioneers the 13th Floor Elevators or even the dreamy revivalist mantras of such modern-day revisionists as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Brian Jonestown Massacre or The Warlocks, this buzzworthy Orlando duo will make you smile, nod out and fumble for a massive glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. Their informed, crate-digger take on a genre which seems on the cusp of a major resurgence has all the lazy bombast of The Jesus & March Chain at their least “mature”: it’s a numbing wall of fuzzed-out bass, distorted guitar, combo organ and hypnotic, pounding drums drenched in echo and insouciantly bedraggled.” – Savannah’s Connect
STREAM THE NEW BATTLES ALBUM: GLOSS DROP
Stream the new Battles LP, Gloss Drop, at 3VOOR12 before it officially drops in North America tomorrow on June 7.
STREAM THE NEW WILDERNESS OF MANITOBA RECORD
The Wilderness of Manitoba’s U.S. debut When You Left The Fire is streaming in full below. Give a listen:
STREAM GANG GANG DANCE’S NEW RECORD: EYE CONTACT
Check out the new Gang Gang Dance record, Eye Contact in its entirety below and grab a free track:
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THE STROKES: ANGLES
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The Strokes: Angles
Label: Rough Trade
Release Date: March 22, 2011
The Strokes officially release their fourth studio album, Angles tomorrow on Rough Trade. After such a long hiatus and hyped as the first Strokes album with creative input from all five members, we were not quite sure what to expect from this album. But despite this albums diverse collaborative input and attempt to rebuild the band from the ground up, this is definitely still a “Strokes album”. If you are expecting an ambitious statement from the band that will push the musical landscape in a new direction, you will no doubt be disappointed with this album. What you can expect is a collection of new songs from a continually evolving band, with a new sound that is refreshing but also familiar, maintaining their signature sound; catchy hooks, punchy guitars , Juliens droning monotone croon, subtle hints at reggae and 80’s rock. After heavy rotation, this album proves itself a highly redeemable work, one of the bands most interesting, if uneven EP’s that is better and better with each listen. Like 2001’s overly hyped/ mis-represented Is This It, Angles is just straightforward catchy pop rock, meant to be enjoyed as just that. Pitchfork might want these guys to “quit while they’re ahead”, but if anything, Angles proves the Strokes are a band forging forward, and we are glad they keep on, keeping on.
Read a more in depth album review from Discosalt contributing writer Andrew Bailey below:
Angles frequently sounds more like an album heavily influenced by The Strokes than actually by The Strokes. There seems to be a lot less attention to detail in the songwriting, the track-for-track reliance on big garage rock guitar riffs isn’t so aggressive, and the 1980′s have clearly left a very palpable impression. Even some alien reggae influences have seeped in on “Machu Picchu”, easily one of the record’s best tracks. Above all else though, what really stands out here is the quality of production (at last). The rugged garage aesthetic made sense on Is This It and even to some extent on Room on Fire. But by the time the band reached First Impressions — where they finally started trying to merge the old with the new — it started feeling overly manufactured. The Strokes are, after all, a big time rock group now. And they aren’t in their early-20′s anymore, either. Clinging to the same old lackluster production quality might have coddled a few old fans still starstruck by the sound they broke in with, but it wouldn’t have done anything for the band’s progression. All these changes might be big splashes of cold water to the face, but they’re all incredibly welcome ones. (Read More HERE)
Stream the entire album on the Strokes website right HERE.
ALBUM STREAM FROM WILDLIFE: BUCK UP
Switzerland’s entfant terrible, WILDLIFE! first gained public attention for his unanimously praised musical productions on Terry Lynn’s debut album “Kingstonlogic 2.0“. He continued making waves with his signature dancehall influenced take on contemporary electronic music with remixes for the likes of The Very Best, Poirier, Marina & The Diamonds, The Do, and released his debut EP “Jumbie” in Fall 2009 getting dancefloors bubbling with mad love from many a key player around the globe, with remixes from Schlachthofbronx, Mixhell, Edu K, and Beware & Motorpitch. After hitting hard with his uptempo club material like “Jumbie” or his recent 135 bpm smasher “Metazoa“, released on Buraka Som Sistema’s Enchufada label in early fall 2010, WILDLIFE! now hits back with a fresh dancehall soaked project. BUCKUP! The new EP rolls across dancehall’s golden eras, with Sammy Dread and Major Mackerel re-licking some of their biggest tunes that had the scenes on lock in the 80’s and 90’s. Alongside these two legends we have new era vanguard Terry Lynn paying tribute to the times by flipping a touch of Ini Kamoze’s “How You Living” into her own contemporary genre-bending monster with a double jeopardy attack.
“Buck UP” is officially released on the 22nd November but is exclusively available now via Bandcamp with a rather flexible price tag. He’s asking you to name your own price, with no minimum for a limited time!
Stream the album Below:
http://itswildlife.bandcamp.com/album/buckup
STREAM NEW ALBUM FROM PUNK SUPERGROUP OFF!
Today OFF!, the LA-based punk/hardcore quartet comprised of Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), and Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt), are offering up First Four EPs as a free stream on Think Indie, where you can also purchase the album digitally a week before you can get it anywhere else. Falling just shy of 18 minutes, the 16 song set is a cavalcade of raw intensity and blistering tempos (only two songs crack the 90 second mark). The few mp3 leaks that precede today’s stream have been surfaced in such esteemed outlets as Pitchfork (who named the track “Upside Down” as “Best New Music” last week), Fader, Spinner, Brooklyn Vegan, and just about everywhere else you can think of.
FREE MP3: OFF!: “Upside Down”
First Four EPs stream on Think Indie:
http://digital.thinkindie.com/search/release.php?x=release_info&release_id=153513
ALBUM STREAM: ANCIENT WHALES: OWLPHABET
Ancient Whales is a project of love. Enoch Bledsoe and Natalie Dawn bring you songs of magical enchantment. Writing, recording, and performing is like sailing the open ocean for this team of musical pirates. Recently returning to the gulf coast from Athens Georgia. During their time in such places Enoch B. and Natalie Dawn collaborated with musical groups Puddin’ Tang and Firework Child, performing every where east of the Mississippi. Touring abroad is an aspiration for Ancient Whales with dreams of grandeur in the Americas. You can check out their album by clicking HERE
ALBUM STREAM: CALLERS: LIFE OF LOVE
The new Callers LP Life of Love came out yesterday. Here are direct links to two tracks from the album:
How You Hold Your Arms – MP3: THE NEW CALLERS: HOW YOU HOLD YOUR ARMS
Life of Love – MP3: THE NEW CALLERS: LOL
You can read about the album here and you can stream the full album here.
ALBUM STREAM: DEERHUNTER: HALCYON DIGEST
Stream Deerhunters fourth album Halcyon Digest, in its entirety for free on NPR First Listen right HERE
ALBUM STREAM: WEEZER: HURLEY
You might not be able to go back to the island, but you can Stream Weezer’s eighth studio Hurley on the band’s Myspace page in full. Check it out by clicking HERE.
ALBUM STREAM: TWIN SHADOW: FORGET
Moody Morrissey-esc crooner George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow may be skirting familiar musical territory on his debut album Forget, produced by Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear). But while the nostalgic Brooklyn project strikes some comfortable chords your feet already know how to dance to, he masters the lush romantic 1980’s new wave synth landscape in a way that seems fresh and heartfelt. So if you are tired of spinning your Echo and the Bunnymen records and looking for some new fall sounds to soothe a broken heart, stream the new Twin Shadow album right here or download a free mp3 of standout track “Slow” below.
FREE MP3: R. STEVIE MOORE TRIBUTE VOL. 5: NOT QUITE YET
Our friends at www.Sickoftheradio.com has just released Volume 5 of the R. Stevie Moore Tribute box set entitled “Not Quite Yet”. The entire album is exclusively available for FREE DOWNLOAD on their site: http://sickoftheradio.com/?p=15820&preview=true
Volume 5 includes tracks from Jad Fair, Earwak, Skizz Cyzykand, Augustita Lloret, Sleeping Bag, Bars And Tone, Astrid Quay Arts & Entertainment, and a bunch of other cool groups all taking a shot at various RSM songs. All songs compiled and arranged by R. Stevie Moore, the man himself.
For those who are not familiar with this on-going project, Sick Of The Radio and R. Stevie Moore have teamed up together, calling all bands to submit a cover of their favorite R. Stevie Moore Song. R. Stevie Moore hand selects each song per tribute album. All tribute albums are available for FREE DOWNLOAD exclusively from www.sickoftheradio.com
You can DOWNLOAD the past 4 volumes of the RSM Tribute below:
VOLUME 1 “COPY ME TREAT ME” FEATURING: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti, Dave Gregory (from XTC),Dino Felipe, Mimi et les pop people, Skitanja…
http://sickoftheradio.com/2010/07/download-free-exclusive-stevie-moore-tribute-album/
VOLUME 2 “NEW WAVE MOONS” FEATURING: Jason Falkner, The Branflakes, HIFIKLUB, Todd Dillingham, Yukio Yung, More & Gendel, Martin Newell, Victor Lovera, Amy Annelle, Ergo Phizmiz, pHoaming Edison…
http://sickoftheradio.com/2010/07/rsm-tribute-album-vol2-wave-moons/
VOLUME 3 “HEY, PRETTY WORLD” FEATURING: Wonderwheel, Sean Moore, The Creepy Shits, The Winter Lights, Jad Fair, Jessica Kane, Ray Brazen…
http://sickoftheradio.com/2010/08/stevie-moore-tribute-vol-3-hey-pretty-world/
VOLUME 4 “HUMAN PEOPLE WAY” FEATURING: Dino Felipe, Ariel Pink, The Smoots, Gary Schulz, Amsterdam Aunts, Roger Ferguson and Ethos…
http://sickoftheradio.com/2010/08/stevie-moore-tribute-volume-4/
VOLUME FIVE – “NOT QUITE YET (WIVES ALIVE @5)” (78:46)
1. Wayne Wayne Go Away – Astrid Quay Arts & Entertainment (4:43)
2. Horizontal Hideaway – Earwak (2:18)
3. Alecia – Joe Vocino with Tom Priester (4:09)
4. Employees Must Wash Hands Before Returning To Work – Skizz Cyzyk (3:49)
5. Under The Light – Jad Fair (5:31)
6. In My Own Quiet Way – Taratortuga (3:24)
7. You And Me – The Faubert Gold (rsmasteremiss) (2:14)
8. I Love All The Girls – Hard Sharks (3:03)
9. Opt Out – Ozzy Skateboard (1:28)
10. Irony – Augustita Lloret (3:08)
11. Habitat – Sleeping Bag (4:28)
12. Puttin’ Up The Groceries – The Will Keller Generation (2:27)
13. Doesn’t One – Krystyna Olsiewicz And Repertoire (3:02)
14. The Holocaust Parade – Brian Weinstein a’Go Go (1:34)
15. You Always Want What You Don’t Have – Noel Coward’s Ghost (4:14)
16. Dewey Decimal System – Little David Burd (1:02)
17. (I’m Your) Latest Guest – The Oshun Oxtra (3:10)
18. Midsummer Reflection – Dr. Michael K. Burroughs (3:05)
19. I Just Want To Feel You – Les Danuta Blicharz (2:24)
20. Mine Ear’s Plaza – autosam (3:32)
21. I’ve Begun To Fall In Love – David Fenech (3:02)
22. Geiger Counter – Christopher Zane Gordon (4:07)
23. I Go Into Your Mind – Dan Behrman The Immigrant (1:46)
24. You Can’t Write A Song – the ggnzlaman (3:26)
25. I Like To Stay Home – Bars And Tone (3:39)
ALBUM STREAM: SUCKERS: WILD SMILE
If you haven’t checked out Brooklyn quartet Sucker’s most recent album Wild Smile, which followed up last years eponymous four-song EP, you can stream it below. Or if you order it from the band on their site here, you will immediately get a digital download of the entire album, along with a pair of exclusive acoustic renditions of tracks “Martha” and “Black Sheep” from the LP sent directly to your email address. While the cover art alone is worth buying the Anand Wilder (Yeasayer) produced album, there are some really awesome jams here; a solid mix of indie-art rock, thats equal part experimental and accessible, at times, echoing some of the glam grandeur of Bowie. Check back soon with Discosalt for our full interview with the band, where we discuss everything from their new tour with Menomena to The Smurfs.
ALBUM STREAM: DIOGENES CLUB: VERSAILLES
Having already received support on Radio One, Radio Two, BBC 6 Music, XFM, Kiss FM and a multitude of blogs, the Diogenes Club return with the Versailles EP. It will be released on September 20, 2010. You can Stream the entire album below:
ALBUM STREAM: BLOODY KNIVES: BURN IT ALL DOWN
Bloody Knives, a new visceral shoegaze band with a propensity for all encompassing noise blasts and bleeding textures have announced the release of their first EP, “Burn It All Down”. Preston Maddox’s woozy vocals on the album cut through the rusty storm of guitars, drums, keys, and programming to add contrasting melodic references that will draw you in over and over again. The duo creates a riotous amount of sound, with every nuance carefully placed in the sonic landscape.
In Killredrocketrecords tradition, the downloadable version is, and always will be, free. There is also a limited edition handmade 10 page art book/cd combo available for purchase. Many of these sold on tour and during the pre-order, so if you want one you should get one while they are still available. All of these things are available at the Bloody Knives Bandcamp site.
For more information on the band, you can read the interview with “The Blog That Celebrates Itself” here
Stream the entire album here: http://bloodyknives.bandcamp.com/album/burn-it-all-down
ALBUM STREAM: SLOW ANIMAL: the FUNsun
New Jersey born Slow Animal brings the rawness and DIY attitude that makes fuzz-rock so fun to listen to but at the same time makes music that is completely accessible. The new album theFUNsun 7″ is now available on Jax Art but you can also download a digital copy of “theFunsun” + other tracks for free below.
