Laetitia Sadier returns with her new solo record Silencio next month via Drag City. It’s been two years since The Trip and we are all set to take another with Sadier.Laetitia Sadier – Find Me The Pulse of The Universe
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The XX: Album Details
Here’s the latest on the new album from The XX. It’s called Coexist and it’s out on the 11th September on Young Turks. Here’s a message from the band:“We’re so excited to share with you the news that our second record Coexist will be released on September 11th. After a long time on the road, we took a break, created our own studio and wrote these new songs that we’re so looking forward to playing
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Sunless ’97
An atmospheric piece of summer haze for you courtesy of Sunless ’97. This is in fact the flipside to the group’s forthcoming Body Weather single due on the Not Even label on June 18th.
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tUnE-yArDs + Angelique Kidjo + Ahmir ‘?uestlove’ Thompson + Akua Naru
OK so there’s a few people involved in this one. It’s the first single from the forthcoming album (RED) Hot + FELA and is a cover of Fela Kuti’s Lady. Producer Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs said, “I wanted to reclaim Lady for women in the world today, particularly African women, who will have an important role in ending the AIDS epidemic there. I was so happy to have the powerful Angelique Kidjo p
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The Magic
The Magic are brothers Geordie and Evan Gordon, they’re from Canada and they sound like the lovechild of Talking Heads and Hot Chip. And if you think that sounds like one hell of a love-child you’d be right – this is their single Mr Hollywood. They’ve also got an album, Ragged Gold, in the can and ready for release at the end of the month (via Half Machine Records).
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Divine Fits Teaser
So we’ve already reported on the creation of Divine Fits – a band featuring Dan Boeckner (Handsome Furs and Wolf Parade), Spoon’s Britt Daniel, and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown. And now they’ve dropped a little teaser trailer for their forthcoming debut out on Merge later this year. Here it is:
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Crocodiles: Endless Flowers
I’ve certainly spent my fair share of time surfing Crocodiles clips on YouTube before. Hey, lead vocalist Brandon Welchez looks like a hip, cross-pollination of actor Ryan Phillippe and Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba. The irony of him being easy-on-the-eye is that we never see his, forever hidden behind his Wayfarers.With this third album Crocodiles continue to develop their lo-fi, post-p
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Lemonade: Diver
The sounds of Lemonade are sinus-clearing, refreshing, a palette cleanser. Like two Alka-Seltzer after a heavy night.Diver reminds me of Saint Etienne’s 2003 offering Finisterre, which I used to have on rotation after heavy nights out, in order to sooth and prepare for the next day as I went to sleep. The same could be true for this album, wherein for me lies the problem: I’m a cup of tea man the
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FILM FEATURE: FEVER YEAR
FEVER YEAR is a new film documenting the life of Andrew Bird in a year of constant tours and fevers. Beautifully directed by Xan Aranda, the film intercuts stunning concert footage with interviews and fly-on-the-wall footage. We get to follow the musician through the studios, the family farm and the hotel rooms, managing to get close to the unassuming star of the film. It’s just more proof that Bi
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Oneohtrix Point Never Gets Mixed Up
Oneohtrix Point Never’s Replica is getting the remix treatment – or some of it at least. You can see who is involved in what is a 4 track EP entitled Dog in the Fog. You can also listen to the Matmos track here.1. Oneohtrix Point Never w/ Limpe Fuchs – Replica (Matmos Edit)2. Oneohtrix Point Never w/ Roger Robinson – Replica (OPN Edit)3. Oneohtrix Point Never – Remember (Surgeon Remix)4. Oneohtrix
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Micachu & The Shapes
Micachu & The Shapes have let the first track from their forthcoming album, Never, out the bag and it’s OK (as in the song is called OK). The self-produced second album is out on the 24th July via Rough Trade.
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Beachwood Sparks
It’s been eleven long years since we heard from Beachwood Sparks, but the wait is over. They’ve got a new album coming out on Sub Pop called The Tarnished Gold – it’s due on the 25th June. And if this warm wave of woozy country is anything to go by it should be a welcome return all round.
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Julia Holter: Our Sorrows
Julia Holter’s new video was directed by Naomi Yang (Galaxie 500/Damon & Naomi) and sees Holter travelling through LA with a lot of string. We are still listening to the musician’s latest record Ekstasis on a regular basis.
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LA SERA – INTERVIEW
La Sera returned earlier this year with their Sees The Light album. It has a slightly more polished feel to Katie Goodman’s earliar work, so we tracked her down to ask how and why the La Sera sound is developing.Bowlegs: Do you write songs on the bass or on guitar? How do the ideas come together?Katie: I wrote songs on the guitar pretty exclusively. I tend to find a chord progression I like and th
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Dan Deacon
We’ve got lots of new Dan Deacon music for you here…no…wait…we’ve got a new track called Lots from Dan Deacon for you here. Actually it’s not here, it’s over at the man’s website which is this way. There’s a new album in August too.
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King Tuff: King Tuff
King Tuff make happy but nostalgic, mellow-dramatic songs. What comes to light straight away is the album’s really basic rock sensibility. There is much foot tapping, Neil Young inspired guitar followed by overtones of Zeppelin and a heap of 90s glaze. The songs are largely simple, quick-fire ear pleasers. The record has been made fast too, you can hear the recordings speeding up and slowing down
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The Mynabirds: Generals
The Mynabirds, led by singer/songwriter Laura Burhenn, return with their sophomore album, pushing the debut’s old-school soul and blues aside for a more rhythmically charged affair. These songs are built from stomping drum patterns – specifically designed to mirror and match Burhenn’s spit and spew of protest. And this is overtly a record of protest, Burhenn saying, “It’s as much a meditation on W
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King Tuff: Bad Thing
This is some scary shit – actually it’s not, but looks like a cool party. We are loving King Tuff round these parts.
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Andrew Bird: Eyeoneye
A velvety and animated Andrew Bird features in this new video for Eyeoneye – a highlight from the musician’s latest Break it Yourself
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