IN THE HOPPER: NEW MUSIC FROM SURFER BLOOD, DEER TICK, THE BEETS + MORE
The music player is loaded up New Music this week from SURFER BLOOD, THE BEETS, BEAR LAKE, PHANTOGRAM, DEER TICK, WOODSMAN, SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN, GUANTLET HAIR, COMET GAIN, PLUS BANDANA SPLITS COVER MORRISSEY’S “Everyday Is Like Sunday”! Check it all out HERE
ABADABAD REMIX E.P. FEAT. PAPERCUTZ, COM TRUISE, SLOW MAGIC
ABADABAD is Brooklyn’s Jeremy Lee Given, tape relic’d guitar rock of perpetual summers and dreamy ladies. Invited to contribute to a remix, on an E.P. release coming out later in the year were Slow Magic, KeepShelly in Athens, :papercutz, Yalls and Com Truise, each one adding their particular sonic flavor and broadening Jeremy’s initial vision and audience for his beloved and personal songs.
NEW VIDEO + MP3 GRAB FROM UK’S JETHRO FOX: BLINDING LIGHT
Jethro Fox is a songwriter based in Liverpool, UK. This year has seen the release of first single Blinding Light, which received positive praise from many different blogs and companies, plus a one-to-one songwriting session with Sir Paul McCartney. Autumn 2011 will see further releases and a selection of tour dates.
MP3 DOWNLOAD: Blinding Light
NEW TRACK FROM YUCK: SOOTHE ME
In preparation of a double-disc deluxe edition of their self-titled debut album (out October 11), Yuck are now streaming a new track called “Soothe Me”; sounding less like Dinosaur Jr. and more like a band trying to forge their own direction. The re-issue will include “Soothe Me” along with 5 other B-side tracks. Listen here.
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MP3 GRAB: HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE: DOG SCRATCHED EAR
Following on the heels of their highly-praised debut Everything’s For Sale, South Wales duo Henry’s Funeral Shoe are set to unleash their second full-length effort Donkey Jacket – an album filled with the twosome’s distinctive punk-energy-blues-drenched-rock ‘n’ roll. With their incendiary guitars and hard-rock riot, fans of Radio Moscow, Left Lane Cruiser and The Black Diamond Heavies should find much to like in this explosive new release.
Comprised of brothers Aled and Brennig Clifford, this second offering evokes images of the Deep South, rather than the Welsh Valleys from which they hail.
Donkey Jacket features a number of guest appearances from a plethora of acclaimed musicians, including long time Van Morrison collaborator John ‘Ned’ Edwards on harmonica, slide guitar and mandolin, Pete Hurley of legendary ’70s Welsh band Lone Star on bass, and Justin Beynon of the Broken Vinyl Club on keys. The album was recorded in Wales with Tim Hammill at the helm, while mixing duties were undertaken by Jim Diamond (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Go) in Detroit.
Taking its name from the coat worn by Welsh miners, Donkey Jacket is a collection of rousing numbers ranging from the hard-hitting “Love Is A Fever” and “Anvil & Chains,” to their contrasting softer side on acoustic-driven tracks such as “Heart on Fire” and “Across The Sky.”
FREE MP3: HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE: DOG SCRATCHED EAR
BAND RADAR: THE MORNING CLOUDS
With lush guitars, and hushed vocals The Morning Clouds are the perfect soundtrack for a foggy drive. The Morning Clouds consists of Josh Wambeke, who’s best known for his work with a band called Fell. Wambeke’s upcoming release Wasted Youth Blues EP is self produced and recorded, showcasing one complex and lush piece of work. Although Wambeke slinks into a bedroom-pop aesthetic on The Wasted Youth Blues, there’s still enough cosmic dust left over from Fell’s travels to the edge of the universe to coat The Morning Clouds’ songs and cast an ethereal shimmer over that comfortably familiar classic pop framework. Just like the Ramones roughed it up with punk and JAMC’s C86 aesthetic yanked it into the new wave, The Wasted Youth Blues filters the sound through Wambeke’s spaced-out sensibilities. The Morning Clouds first release through Lefse Records is the gem-worthy EP.
Lefse Records will be releasing the debut EP Wasted Youth Blues on October 11th from Denver’s The Morning Clouds.
[MP3] The Morning Clouds “The Wrong Things”
http://www.lefserecords.com/tracks/TheMorningClouds-TheWrongThings.mp3
[Stream] The Morning Clouds “The Wrong Things”
http://soundcloud.com/viciousbuzz/the-wrong-things-1/s-1hgUA
BAND RADAR: ICEAGE
The first few seconds of the Danish punk rocker’s first single, “White Rune” is nothing short of exhilarating and should be downloaded asap! Their 12-song, 24-minute noise-punk call to arms debut album, New Brigade, is a sonically dense and seductive post-punk power-house that will appeal to both art rock snobs and DIY minded punks. After five weeks on the road playing rock clubs, house shows, and in-stores with only two days off in that entire stretch, Iceage have also been working on a new video for, “You’re Blessed.” Check it out and download some tracks below:
Listen to Iceage’s “Broken Bone” – http://pitchperfectpr.com/mp3/BrokenBone.mp3
Listen to Iceage’s “White Rune” – http://www.pitchperfectpr.com/mp3/Iceage_WhiteRune.mp3
BAND RADAR: LIGHT FOR FIRE
“The Huckster”, is the opening track off Light for Fire’s eponymous alcohol and depression fueled release. It’s an immediate, folk-influenced tune with nods to Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, and M. Ward that finds singer Nicholas Allard confessing, “I drank myself to bed last night. Licked my many wounds as I was getting high.” Shouldn’t every record start off this way?
Light for Fire’s first single from the album “NY (By The Hand)” is still available for download at the link below.
LISTEN NOW: NEW ALBUM FROM TEAM GENIUS
GET THE REMIX: HEART SHAPED ROCK (PAPERCUTZ REMIX)
We have a new remix for you from Papercutz: This song is a remix of the title track from Jason Grier’s and Ramona Gonzalez’s (aka Nite Jewel) “Heart Shaped E.P.” Jason Grier is also sharing the first proper release from his (anti)love duets series. The new Heart Shaped EP collects five songs Grier penned for Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel, including studio versions of much blogged-about tracks “Heart Shaped Rock” and “Nothing Nothing”, plus four previously unheard jams. The 35 minute EP zeros in on “smash hit” grooves of the high broadcast age. Post-freestyle, slam jam, and daytime drama soundscapes wash over alien musings on love.
DOWNLOAD FREE TRACK FROM PHANTOM POWER
Phantom Power – Inertial Framez
LISTEN TO “VOMIT” FROM THE NEW GIRLS ALBUM
Click HERE to get a free mp3 and exclusive listen to ”Vomit” from new Girls album – ”Father, Son, Holy Ghost”. You can also pre-order the album and get loads of unique offers and exclusives direct from Girls store HERE or from Girls Facebook Page HERE. And for those of you in the U.S. – exclusive offer from Insound (free poster exclusively designed by Christopher Owens)
CD: CLICK HERE
LP: CLICK HERE
FREE MP3 FROM YACHT’S NEW ALBUM: SHANGRI-LA
Y.A.C.H.T’s (“Young Americans Challenging High Technology”) new album, Shangri-la is a strange and hypnotic mixed bag of idiosyncratic beats, charming synth sound and new age / DIY punk-mystic vision. Like See Mystery Lights, Y.A.C.H.T’s second album bends synthetic components with abstract lyrics to create an oddly organic, stripped-down experience (that you can dance to!) Download “Dystopia (The Earth Is on Fire)” and preview two other tracks off the album below:
MP3: YACHT: “Dystopia (The Earth Is on Fire)”
Tripped an Fell in Love
Shangri La
NEW COMPILATION ALBUM FEAT. PAPERCUTZ + TEEEL MIXES SOUNDS OF PLANETS
It’s cold in space, but did you know that celestial body`s and planets produce sounds through radio waves that can sound warm and beautiful from light to dark? Jupiter sounds almost angelic like, while mercury sounds eerily creepy. This summer a group of artists have gotten together for a compilation album using those sounds called “Celestial Summer”, featuring tracks by Teeel, Moth, Summer Heart, Culture Voyage, Starfawn, plus textural maestro Bartosz Dziadosz aka Pleq. Space out to a track from Papercutz & Pleq below or check out the whole album HERE:
:papercutz & Pleq – Neptunian Moons by :papercutz
NEW MUSIC FROM THE KNUX: RUN (FEAT. KID CUDI)
The Knux already impressed us with “She’s So Up” earlier this year, and now they’re back with an even better single. Kid Cudi continues his rock experimentation and joins the innovative duo on “Run,” an upbeat number that conjures images of the beach, women, and good times. Add this one to your summer playlist ASAP.
The Knux will be performing alongside Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire and Party Supplies at Webster Hall on July 30. Get your tickets for one of the hottest shows of the summer here.
Listen: The Knux f/ Kid Cudi “Run”
BAND RADAR: GEOFFREY O’CONNOR
Vanity Is Forever, being released September 27th via Chapter Music, is Crayon Fields frontman Geoffrey O’Connor’s first album under his own name, and his most ambitious, dynamic and sophisticated work yet. O’Connor’s fractured romantic reflections and lustful tributes play out over vast synthscapes, colossal stadium drums and flanged orchestral sweeps, creating a world that is at once ethereal and strikingly vivid. With a combination of restraint and fearless abandon, O’Connor embraces the conflicts of modern love in a manner as ambiguous as it is blunt, and as shameless as it is generous. His songs indulge in ecstasy, love, pride, failure and all the glamorous contradictions they become. He is both an adult with a juvenile mind, and a geriatric in the body of a young man. Painstakingly refined over two years, Vanity Is Forever is O’Connor’s most fully realized album to date, an epic pop melodrama that shifts seamlessly between seductive high-production dance hits, suave funk joyrides and modern synthetic power balladry.
Listen to “Now and Then” HERE.
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.
THE COOL KIDS: SWIMSUITS (FEAT. MAYER HAWTHORNE)
I’m wearing my swim trunks in our sweltering office today. They breathe nicely. Similarly, this new cut from The Cool Kids and Mayer Hawthorne is real breezy. “When Fish Ride Bicycles” drops July 12th.
The Cool Kids feat. Mayer Hawthorne – “Swimsuits”
The Cool Kids – “Swimsuits” (Featuring Mayer Hawthorne) by greenlabelsound
EROL ALKAN REMIXES METRONOMY
Metronomy – The Bay (Erol Alkan’s Extended Rework) PREVIEW by Erol Alkan
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