It’s that time of year. Not only are music nerds compiling their “end of year lists”, but they’re also making lists about who’ll we’ll all be talking about this time next year. Ellie Goulding, a blonde, 21 year old pop starlet from Herefordshire, is apparently one of them.Goulding is following a well-trodden path for young [...]
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M. Ward’s been busy lately. In addition to releasing his seventh solo record, Hold Time, earlier this year, he formed part of the so called indie-folk “supergroup”, Monsters of Folk.More is coming, however. In 2008, he teamed up with the crush of every male hipster, Zooey Deschanel, recording Volume One under the moniker She & [...]
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A while back, Billy Corgan announced that the new Smashing Pumpkins album, his first as essentially a solo act following the departure of longtime drummer Jimmy Chamberlain, would be released track by track on the band’s official website. The album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, would then be released in a series of EPs and finally in [...]
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As you’re no doubt aware, indie rockers Liars are releasing a new LP, Sisterworld, through Mute Records on March 9, 2010. The new album’s opener, “Scissor”, was leaked yesterday onto gorillavsbear, and is now available for free download on their site.It starts off otherworldly and Bon Iver-y before becoming noisy. Typically Liars, anyhow.Check it out [...]
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Baltimore dreampop duo Beach House’s third record,Teen Dream, is slated for release on January 25, 2010 in Europe and January 26 in the US. It promises to be a big year for sultry chanteuse Victoria Legrand and her companion, Alex Scally. A plethora of dates in Europe throughout February and March has now been complimented [...]
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The year is coming to a close and we’ve been hard at work putting together our end of 2009 features. Now it’s your turn to tell us what you enjoyed this year. Don’t worry, we’ve added write-in fields for pretty much every question.The results will be posted with all of our other 2009 Year In [...]
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Dreamin’ Man consists of acoustic solo performances of the songs from Young’s 1992 album Harvest Moon recorded live on tour in 1992. Originally scheduled for a November 2nd release, it will be released on CD on December 8th and on vinyl on January 17, 2010. The full album is now streaming on Neil Young fansite [...]
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From Three Lobed Recordings [via TMT]:Sorry for the random update, but Three Lobed Recordings is extremely sad to pass along news that our dear friend Jack Rose passed away this morning in Philadelphia at the age of 38. This news is still fresh to us and we’re still trying to process it. Jack was a [...]
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01. The ChildrenThe album opens in a manner quite radically different from the organic sound of the band’s debut. Crunching digital sounds are underpinned by a simple, steady thump from the bass drum, and the vocals are digitally mastered in a style akin to The Knife, rendering them completely unintelligible. Throughout the song, various instruments [...]
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Before we start, I apologise for any lack of objectivity there may seem to be during this review. There will be every intension to stray away from hyperbole, but if any creeps through, please understand, it’s only due to the amount of sheer adoration I have for the musicians featured in this show. I should [...]
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Jónsi Birgisson, singer of Icelandic outfit Sigur Rós seems to have a new project, at least according to the clips on his new website jonsi.com.This follows on from his album earlier this year Riceboy Sleeps with partner Alex Somers. One listen to these three short clips will immediately tell you that this project seems to [...]
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Cold War Kids are returning very soon with an EP entitled Behave Yourself due out officially on January 19th, but it will be available from iTunes starting December 21st.However the opening track, “Audience,” is available right now for free to stream or download just below.MP3: Cold War Kids – “Audience”
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Today the Sundance Institute announced the lineup of films selected to screen in the out-of-competition sections of Premieres, Spotlight, New Frontier and Park City at Midnight at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Amongst the films that were listed was Animal Collective's "visual album" project with director Daniel Perez. Straight from the Sundance website: ODDSAC / USA (Director:
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Beak>[Ipecac; 2009] Links: Beak> | Ipecac | Purchase on InsoundPosted by David Breese on 03 December 2009Having recovered off the back of last year’s return of the eponymous Portishead – with album Third and subsequent touring duties – the multi-instrumentalist and producer-cum-record-label-owner Geoff Barrow is back with a new project. Famed for being one-third [...]
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Athens, GA rock band Drive-By Truckers have announced ten new shows for late January and February next year. The dates that have been announced so far take the Truckers through Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia and they’ve already announced three shows in their hometown Athens, Georgia in early January.2009’s been a busy [...]
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Scott ‘Spiral Stairs’ Kannberg has explained that Pavement are very likely to write new music after their incredibly hyped 2010 reunion tour. Kannberg said, “If it’s enjoyable for us, I think it is inevitable that we’ll make some more music.” Looking from the point of the view of new-Pavement-material-craving fans, he knows people would like [...]
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