With the series of anticipated debuts in September and October, it would seem foolish to try to release a debut album in the next two months, right? Wrong. Montreal’s CFCF is more than up to the task. He’ll be releasing his debut album, titled Continent, October 27th on the always wonderful Paper Bag Records. Michael [...]
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AU hail from Portland, Oregon, and make the kind of music that’s pretty hard to come up with a description for. Elements of pop music, combined with an experimental side, create a really nice middle ground for this duo. “Ida Walked Away” is the first single from their upcoming EP, Versions, which you can pick [...]
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So the entire Tape crew made our way downtown to check out this years very ambitious FYF Fest (formerly the Fuck Yeah Fest). After last years incredibly fun festival at the Echoplex, the jump from under 1,000 people to over 5,000 proved to be a difficult task for the FYF crew. The gates opened an [...]
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Major Lazer are adding some spice to the now traditional remix contest. In addition releasing stems to “Hold the Line,” “Keep It Going Louder” and “Pon De Floor,” you can also download the .psd of the figures above. Maybe you want to see Mr. Lazer next to a giant penis? Maybe you just want to [...]
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Alan Palomo’s mysterious project, Neon Indian, may sound like some of his other stuff (VEGA, Ghosthustler), but those two have failed to take off the way Neon Indian has.For Neon Indian, Palomo takes his signature bright synth lines and poppy vocals through a grindhouse, adding layers of gritty guitar and fuzzed up hooks. The group will [...]
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When the album’s first guitar riff begins in “The Fun Powder Plot”, I suddenly feel transported into a glorious jungle where trees shoot up hundreds of feet into the non-visible sky and the only thing guiding my path are the few scattered rays of light that managed to shine through the canopy. In [...]
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It’s been a while, but it’s back. I guess we’ll consider this the “end of summer jams” edition. Songs that were pretty big this summer and are fizzling just like the season itself. First off is Biz Markie’s classic, “Just A Friend.” If you didn’t hear this on that Heineken commercial, you probably weren’t watching [...]
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If you read pretty much any music blog, you’ve probably heard of Washed Out. If for some reason you haven’t, consider this a very late introduction. Washed Out aka Ernest Greene, hails from Georgia (originally South Carolina), and makes some amazing bedroom synth pop. The scale to which Mr. Greene has exploded onto the scene [...]
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Sorry it took me so long to talk about this, but I am now so that’s all that matters. Last Sunday night I watched No Age do a live score to the awesome “children’s” movie, The Bear. They could have done a better job leaving space for the film to breathe, but overall, the band’s [...]
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I’m a sucker for over the top, giddy, fun, pop music. Especially the kind full of chiptune like synths and Mattel percussion freaking out on acid. Before, it was David E Sugar’s “We Weren’t Put Together” that satisfied this primal love for the most sugar laced and candy coated of pop. Now, however, I have [...]
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Truly one of the best, most fun Letterman performances I’ve ever seen. “Home” is a tremendous song by a tremendous band. If you didn’t know, lead singer/songwriter Alex Ebert was also the singer/songwriter for Ima Robot.Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros- Home
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They say the third time’s a charm, but the saying is a bit irrelevant when the first two times were successes as well. Murs and Slug (Atmosphere) are getting back together as Felt, to release their third tribute album. In 2002 they took on Christina Ricci, in 2005 it was Lisa Bonet, and now it’s [...]
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White Denim, the spastic Austin trio will be releasing their highly anticipated second album, Fits on October 20th. It'll be released on Downtown Music, and if I may interject, the album is fantastic. All over the place (the good kind), Fits has no limit to its potential, impressing me more and more every time. The
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We’ve been keeping you up to date with this weekend’s FYF Fest from the get go, so let’s not stop now. The schedules have been released, and the gates will open at 1:00 PM. If you don’t have a ticket, the box office will open at 12:30. A lot of people may be wondering where [...]
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You may recognize the name from the Lefse Record Comp. I posted a while back, and if your memory is really on top of its game, you’ll remember how good the music they make is. Tape Deck Mountain is the project of San Diego native Travis Trevisan. Laid off from his job almost a year [...]
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Wild Beasts debuted this video earlier today in anticipation for their upcoming album, Two Dancers. It hits stores Tuesday (September 8th), on Domino Records. A truly wonderful album, keep an eye out for a review by us in the coming days.Pre-order the album here (LP or CD), and check out the first single, “Hooting & [...]
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Anything Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio) does is cool by us, especially when it’s great. Some may have heard that Kyp will be releasing his solo debut under the moniker Rain Machine, and I couldn’t be more excited. The album’s set for a September 22nd release, on the wonderful Anti- records. “Smiling Black Faces” [...]
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Our homie Aria Jalali, aka Railcars has his new album up for pre-order right now! It comes out October 6th, but don’t sleep on the pre-order. I know what you’re thinking, “why pre-order an album when I can just buy it when it comes out?” Here’s the answer: if you wait that long, you’re stupid. [...]
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2009 has been a fantastic year for music. While you all know that, I’ve noticed a rather interesting trend on top of that. Many of the artists that have released or are going to release albums this year have topped their previous works, taking their band to an entirely new level. Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, [...]
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