The internet has opened up ways for artists to find creative ways to explore the art of songwriting, mixed with other art forms. If you read Puddlegum you may have noticed that we can’t resist writing about projects that think beyond the structure of chords. So when we find out about a band writing a [...]
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The Rest: Cried Wolf Book and EP
The role of indie in Super Bowl 44
It was hard not to notice the prominence of indie bands featured in this year’s Super Bowl commercials. We had heard that NFL licensed Wake Up from Arcade Fire and that all proceeds would go to help Partners in Health in their Haitian relief efforts. But we were surprised to find Arcade Fire’s song used [...]
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Surfer Blood: Swim video
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Kanine Records posted a new Surfer Blood video for Swim, the second track on Astro Coast. Directed by Kevin Chapados & Chunwoo Kae, the video follows John Paul Pitts, the vocalist for Surfer Blood, in what seems to resemble a crazy dream where he finds himself running through the streets in his skivvies as mascots create mischievousness.Swim [...]
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Songs for a Wintery Day
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Here are four songs that will keep you warm on this wintery day, when headphones double up as earmuffs:The first song is by Surfer Blood, an up and coming band from Florida that is creating a buzz with their debut, Astro Coast. Glint is a new band from Brooklyn, and this song is from their [...]
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TubeRadio.fm: a YouTube music player
Over twenty hours of videos are uploaded to Youtube every minute. With that immense volume of footage being poured into the YouTube cauldron, we need effective filters to find videos.In October, 2009, a new video filtering site was launched, called TubeRadio.fm. Focusing on music, TubeRadio is a tool where you can search YouTube according to [...]
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Watch TW Walsh live mix new David Bazan
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UPDATE: Walsh’s live David Bazan mix has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, February 3rd, and will begin at 8pm.TW Walsh is going to broadcast a live mixing session of a new David Bazan song, starting at 8pm. The video will be streaming from Walsh’s Ustream.To watch TW Walsh live mix and chat with other viewers: ustream.tv/channel/tw-walshBroadcasting [...]
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Efterklang: Modern Drift video
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Efterklang has a new music video for Modern Drift. The video was produced by Kristian Leth, “based on Dyrehaven, den Romantiske Skov, a film from 1970 by the acclaimed artists Per Kirkeby and Jørgen Leth (Kristians father).” This famous danish film, and thus the video, shows the four seasons in Denmark.Modern Drift is the first [...]
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Tunng: …And Then We Saw Land
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Tunng is set to release their next album, …And Then We Saw Land, on March 1st, 2010. Set for official release in mid-February, you may have already heard their first single, Don’t Look Down or Back, from various blogs. Tunng crosses a bridge between folk and experimental electronica, thick with British accents, and is one [...]
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Steve Jobs’ Ballad of a Thin Man
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In 1966 Bob Dylan embarked in a new musical direction, taking the folk community by surprise. They had viewed folk music with acoustic guitars and vocals as the purist form of music, thumbing their noses at the exploding popularity of rock music. This sentiment for folk could be felt especially in Britain as bands like [...]
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Uniform Motion: Life
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Artist:Uniform Motion
I was thrilled almost immediately when I first heard Uniform Motion earlier this week. Technically a British band, Uniform Motion is based out of Toulouse, France, and poses a deep understanding of new media and how to integrate it with their art.In June, 2008 Uniform Motion began posting video episodes of new songs and [...]
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Midlake: The Courage of Others
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We’ve been anxious to for the next collection of Midlake songs since The Trials of Van Occupanther sprung on us in 2006. In one week Midlake is releasing The Courage of Others, an album that took them close to two years to write and record.We were thrilled with their acoustic EP that followed The Trials [...]
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Efterklang: Magic Chairs
Efterklang’s new album, Magic Chairs, is approaching fast: February 22nd in Europe and 23rd in North America. The band signed to 4AD Records in September, 2009, marking a major step forward for this Danish act.Rasmus Stolberg and band members manage their Copenhagen-based record label, Rumraket, and have been the Danish home for Grizzly Bear, Taxi [...]
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Husband&Wife: Don’t Stop zero inch
Bloomington’s Husband&Wife are working on their next album due out within the next few months. The band has posted two songs for a limited time as a free download. Promoted as a “zero inch”, side A of the digital single is a demo of Don’t Stop, with a remix of I Got Fat on side [...]
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Collider: BBM EP
My first ‘find’ of 2010 is a young band called Collider, from San Francisco, named after the large particle accelerators. Their name fits their sound well, with layered sweeping guitar fuzz and melodies that somewhat remind me of The Forms and Film School.Collider released BBM EP, their second EP in one year2, on December 31st [...]
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Dr. Dog to release Shame, Shame
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Dr. Dog’s latest album, Fate, has been on solid rotation since I listened their timeless sixth album not long after it was released last year. You can imagine my excitement when I read that Dr. Dog has finished another full-length, called Shame, Shame, to be released through Anti Records on April 6th. This will [...]
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Music for your cans
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Now that the Holidays are over and Spring semester has kicked off, blogging shall resume. Here are four songs to put in your cans as you trudge through the snow.Rogue Wave – Good MorningCollider – The Grid Goes Down TonightTen Centuries- Fallen TreesEzequiel Ezequiel – Raise the dead
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She and Him announces Volume Two
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When an artist names an album Volume One, we all assume that they also intend to release Volume Two. This was the case when actress Zooey Deschanel and folk god M. Ward released She & Him: Volume One, sounding somewhat as though they had stepped out of the 1950’s. Meant as, “a love letter to the [...]
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Irish band Elspeth to debut with Felix Squirrel EP
There is a band that I think you’ll hear more about in the coming months, called Elspeth. They’re a group of five musicians from Newry and Belfast, Ireland that formed in March, 2009. Their debut EP, Felix Squirrel will be release in early January, and they’ve already caught the attention of a few notable ears.Two [...]
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Holler, Wild Rose!: In Angel’s Realm
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Christmas is just two weeks away and Xmas music is threatening to take over the airwaves. I must admit that most Christmas music puts me in a bad mood, but not this song. Holler, Wild Rose! offers a gentle and original holiday song called In Angel’s Realm.Download and be of good cheer:Holler, Wild Rose! – [...]
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Jónsi: Boy Lilikoi
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Artist:Jónsi Þór Birgisson
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First came a side project from Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Þór Birgisson and his partner Alex, called Riceboy Sleeps. Only six months later we’re seeing the first glimpses of a solo album by Jónsi, simply called Go. The album will be release in 2010 via XL Recordings, the same label that Sigur Rós is signed [...]
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