Underwater Peoples, 2009A2: Summer, A2: Epilogue, A3: Spring Jam, A4: Animal Tracks, B1: Prisoner of the Past, B2: Dead On, B3: Common Sense, B4: Part 2Exciting stuff - Underwater Peoples are putting out a record for Alex Bleaker and the Freaks comprising, you've gueessed it, Alex Bleeker of Real Estate, Matt Mondanile (Real Estate, Ducktails), Martin Courtney IV (Real Estate) and Julian Lynch....
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A couple of days ago La Blogotheque posted this video of Bradford Cox performing one of the songs from Atlas Sound's latest album Logos. Check out the stripped down version of Attic Lights below.[via]Speaking of Atlas Sound videos, there's a new "approved" video for the excellent Quick Canal, featuring Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab on vocals.Quick CanalOh, and that last virtual 7" is also very g...
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2009, Shdwply01. Henry; 02. The Void; 03. Ten Second Freak Out; 04. The ParadiseThe Super Vacations are an East coast five-piece who have played shows with the likes of Gary War, Wavves and Teeth Mountain. I wish I could describe this release without using the terms "lo-fi pop", "fuzzy", "hazy" and such, but I can't think of anything better right now. However unoriginal that might sound, I assu...
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2009, Not Not Fun01. Darker Sooner; 02. Sightings; 03. Heart In Ribs; 04. Who Led Me To You?; 05. Slow Gin Fizz; 06. Wear You Thin; 07. Next Level; 08. Mind PowerTopaz Rags is the "late night downer trio" of Robedoor joined by Amanda Brown from Pocahaunted. Capricorn Born Again is their first full-length, out now on Not Not Fun Records. Considering the label they're on, you know you can expect ...
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Check out the new Daytrotter session with Cymbals Eat Guitars, it's pretty good. The band played three songs from this year's fine debut Why There Are Mountains (Wind Phoenix, Cold Spring, Indiana) as well as one unreleased song.Stream/download the session and read another one of those nice Daytrotter articles at the Daytrotter site.Cymbals Eat official sites.
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2009, Alien8 Recordings1. Lost Rings pt 1; 2. Hidden Dance; 3. Gails; 4. Golden Children; 5. Lost Rings pt 2; 6. Eternal Bad Trip; 7. VH 135; 8. Aum ShinrikyoBlack Feelings are a psychic noise/new wave three piece from Montreal. Apparently they'd describe their sound as “nightmare hippy music played at lightspeed and the sounds rising up from the infinite jewel marsh at dawn.” Now I don't know
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A fine day for Thrill Jockey. New releases by Mi Ami and Trans Am are now available for pre-order and they've announced signing Future Islands - their new full-length, In Evening Air, will be released in spring.San Francisco trio Mi Ami recorded the new 12" with Trans Am's Phil Manley. It's also their Thrill Jockey debut. Pre-order the Cut Men 12" and stream both tracks here. The A-side is a li...
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Norway is the first single off of Beach House's highly anticipated upcoming record Teen Dream. The band has been performing the song live for some time now - we posted a live video back in May. However, now you can download the proper album version. Norway 7" will be released on 11th January 2010 and will be backed with exclusive track Baby.NorwayTeen Dream drops on January 26th. It will "arriv...
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2009, Volar RecordsA Lustful Fistful; B Vomit PigSan Diego based Ale Mania features members from Beaters and the now defunct The Sess, lead by Andrew Montoya (who drums for both) recording most of the bass/vocal/synth work.They have a big show with Cold Cave and Nite Jewel coming up in December at The Casbah. Catch it if you can.Vomit PigPreorder.
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2009, Life's Blood/Mirror Universe01. LC's Choice; 02. Doug Jam; 03. Grow Op; 04. Tan Dollar; 05. Untitled; 06. Little Bird; 07. Ice Palace; 08. Alive Today; 09. Something; 10. The Turning Point; 11. Strength; 12. Six Feet; 13. Epic ManaTan Dollar is a three-piece experimental/ pop band from California. Their debut full length is coming out late December/early January on Life's Blood (CD) and M...
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We decided to put together a new feature on the blog where, instead of just the regular monthly NC mixtapes, you could hear mixes that some of our favorite artists put together for us. L.A.'s Letting up Despite Great Faults are the first band we asked to do this and we're absolutely thrilled they said yes.The band brings you a mix of 11 laid back electronic and indie love songs perfectly blendi...
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RCRD LBL posted this new Why? remix a few days ago. Hip-hop producer Alias takes on One Rose, a track from Eskimo Snow - Why?'s least hip-hop effort so far. He adds some beats and Autotune (!). And it works pretty well.Stream/download the track here.Eskimo Snow is out now on Anticon, get it here. Whyspace.
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Digital Leather's new tongue-in-cheek video fits the slaphappy mood of Hurts So Bad well, only in trying to be silly it sort of ends up all cheek and no tongue. We still love the song, though.[via]Hurts So BadWarm Brother is out now on Fat Possum. Digital Myspace.
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Blank Dogs posted a new song on his Myspace page today. Goes by is slow paced, but energetic, with a dash of Super Mario, and as always burried in feedback.The haiku-like bulletin reads:"New song up, old songs gone.That's that.New LP in early 2010.Ok, bye."Does this mean that Goes by will be on the upcoming record? And is it any indication of what to expect of the 2010 full-length?
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Rory Kane a.k.a. Nick Turco is a member of Zola Jesus' live band and he got Zola Jesus a.k.a. Nika Roza Danilova to sing on his new song LA SUXXX (The Choice). That is also probably the only good song up on his Myspace page. Zola Jesus doing an Auto-Tuned synth pop song? Why not. Actually, the thing's pretty damn catchy.LA SUXXX (The Choice)In other news, Danilova recently launched a store on h...
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2009, Mental Groove01. Heavy Deeds; 02. Canopy; 03. Barstool Blues(Neil Young); 04. Horses Steppin'Sun Araw's new release is a recording of this summer's live show at l'Usine in Geneva. It's a limited edition of 50 C40 tapes."Mental Groove are super good people, and they paid to have the Sun Araw set professionally recorded, mixed, and mastered off the soundboard at our show in Geneva. The resu...
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2009, Underwater PeoplesSide A - Andrew Cedermark: 01. Untruth; 02. Hard Livin'Side B - Family Portrait: 01. Super Cool; 02. Mega SecretsThe new Andrew Cedermark / Family Portrait 7" is coming out on November 17th through Underwater Peoples. The artwork was done by Lawrence Burns.Andrew Cedermark is the former member of Titus Andronicus and Family Portrait appears to be "Evan Jay Brody's sexual...
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2009, Mis Ojos Discos01. Shy; 02. Walking Pneumonia; 03. Curse Words (A Place Where We Can Hide for a Little Bit mix)A Sunny Day in Glasgow have released a new digital single. Except for the lovely Shy, the single features a new/extended mix of Curse Words, both from their new record Ashes Grammar, and also Walking Pneumonia, a song that originally appeared on last year's You Can't Hide Your L...
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