I usually like to underpromise and overdeliver, but I’ll go ahead and say it… I think this month’s mix turned out pretty, pretty, pretty good. It’s more remix heavy than usual, with great collaborations between I Break Horses and Man Without Country, Errors and Maximo Park, Mylo and M83, [...]
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download errors remix of maximo park ‘hips and lips’
As noted here, latter day Britpop icons Maximo Park return this summer with The National Health. The second single from the forthcoming album is the broken-hearted lament “Hips And Lips.” It’s a nice departure, which we’ll get to in a [...]
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watch/download purity ring ‘belispeak’
As I get older, one of the many things I grapple with is the blurring of lines between musical genres. Kids these days have much more diverse record collections, and subsequently much of what young artists create is an amalgam of myriad influences. Case in point are Canadian duo [...]
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new no joy single, ‘junior’
As my end of the month cleanup continues, I’d be remiss if I didn’t belatedly post this thrashing new single from Montreal shoegazers No Joy. Self-described as “party anthems for depressed people,” they hit the sweet spot between Swervedriver, Pale Saints and Lush. The latter comparison might be [...]
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download california wives ‘marianne’
Some time ago the Chicago band California Wives were brought to my attention, and while I remember enjoying 2010 EP Affair, I really hadn’t thought of them since. A recent check of the inbox revealed that they’ve signed to Vagrant and are currently working on a debut full length [...]
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man without country ‘closet addicts anonymous’
Next week, Wales electro duo Man Without Country will release their debut full length Foe. Their sound melds the shoegaze sweetness of Mew and M83 while letting loose on the throttle, producing bionic earworms like “Closet Addicts Anonymous”: For a more measured take on the [...]
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download new dan deacon ‘lots’
Baltimore electronic wiz Dan Deacon has announced the follow-up to 2009′s critically acclaimed Bromst. On August 27th, Deacon will release America, his first for new label Domino. To hear the label tell it, this is the watershed moment of the composer’s eclectic career: “There’s a subtler approach [...]
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watch m83 ‘reunion’ video, stream mylo remix
The supernaturally challenged kids from the “Midnight City” video are back, and this time they’re on the run. Anthony Gonzalez and M83 have just released the second video from Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, the equally buoyant and almost as catchy “Reunion.” Watch as the bad guys [...]
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watch the cure in concert from pinkpop
Robert Smith and The Cure have begun their summer festival circuit, headlining Pinkpop in Landgraaf, Netherlands over the weekend. It’s the first of more than a dozen shows across Europe and Russia between now and September featuring the current lineup of Smith, keyboardist Roger O’Donnell, bassist Simon [...]
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japandroids ‘celebration rock’ full album stream
Whether your ideal summer day is spent at the lake, out by the pool or on the open road, Vancouver duo Japandroids intend to be right there, urging the party to go on just a little longer. Guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse release their second full [...]
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stream new liars lp ‘wixiw’
Next week, NYC’s Liars will release WIXIW (pronounced “wish you”), the trio’s sixth full length. It’s a sea change for the band, pushing their experimentalism to electronic extremes. NPR makes a comparison to Kid A, but that’s a bit flippant. There’s much more kraut in Liars’ rock, [...]
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diiv ‘how long have you known?’ video & ‘doused’ single
Just before we included the impeccably catchy “How Long Have You Known?” on last month’s mix tape, Brooklyn’s Dive abruptly changed their name to DIIV. The cryptic, phonetic change was made in deference to a 90′s industrial band of the [...]
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watch/download a place to bury strangers ‘you are the one’
New York City feedback merchants A Place To Bury Strangers will release third album Worship next month. After 2009′s excellent Exploding Head and the solid teaser EP Onwards To The Wall earlier this year, APTBS are poised to take a significant leap forward. Lead single “You Are [...]
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watch sigur rós ‘ég anda’ & stream full ‘valtari’ lp
Rather suddenly, we’ve been presented with the unexpected gift of a new album from Icelandic experimentalists Sigur Rós. Valtari officially arrives next week, but the band orchestrated a unique global listening party last week. “Valtari hour” was 7 p.m. in every time zone, with fans around the [...]
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new metric single ‘speed the collapse’
Canadian new wave revivalists Metric are set to release their fifth album, Synthetica, on June 12th. 2009′s Fantasies was a bit of a breakout for them, so there’s a reasonable amount of anticipation this time around. New single “Speed The Collapse” is another fine vocal performance from [...]
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m83 live in dallas
(photo dallas observer) Because it was the end of this leg of M83‘s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming tour — and because Saturday night’s show at Granada Theater sold out in a heartbeat — Dallas was treated to a rare encore performance. Last night, another arguably over-capacity crowd eagerly [...]
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vince clarke remixes liars ‘no.1 against the rush’
On May 28th, Liars will officially release the first single from their forthcoming album WIXIW. The “No.1 Against The Rush” 12″ will feature a previously unreleased b-side and two remixes. Evidently it pays to be signed to the same label as Yaz & VCMG, because Liars have scored [...]
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download the ice choir ‘teletrips’
When last we heard from The Ice Choir, it was an enticing, embryonic look at the new side project from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart’s Kurt Feldman. Now it’s nearly fully realized, with debut LP More >
download the soft moon + john foxx ‘evidence’
The Soft Moon, San Francisco’s Luis Vasquez, gained our attention with last year’s ominously excellent Total Decay EP. Vasquez now has a full band and is currently working on a full length debut for Captured [...]
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health ‘tears’ from max payne 3
It’s not real indie to talk about “revenue streams,” but L.A. electronic experimentalists HEALTH have figured out how to get paid. Best known for their split 7″ singles with Crystal Castles, and notable for their often hilariously dark tweets, they’ve decided to follow up 2009′s acclaimed Get [...]
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