The Archives
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01.06.10Video Watch: Islands – "No You Don't""No You Don't" is the latest video from Montreal, Canada's Islands off their 2009 release Vapours. Arrested Development fans (or, I guess, Juno and stuff, too) might want to pay attention to this one, as it stars the ever-awkward but endearing Michael Cera. The lesson here, I think, is not to do drugs or not to hang out with Canadians. Or, listen to more Islands...I'm not quite sure.
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12.23.09Video Watch: NME's Best of '09 Video PlaylistBest of the year lists are out with a vengeance, and I thought it was great to see NME put some videos along with it. Check out their youtube playlist, playing their top 50 songs of '09 by clicking over to youtube through #50 on their list by Bombay Bicycle Club.
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12.09.09Video Watch: Sufjan Stevens – "That Was The Worst Christmas Ever"If there's one thing I love, it's indie rock bands covering Christmas classics. If there's one thing I uber-love, however, it's indie rock bands penning their own Christmas hymns. Which is why the multi-album, Sufjan Stevens Christmas collection is my holiday go-to for merry music. To get us in the spirit, let's check out my favorite of his originals, "That Was The Worst Christmas Ever", which - as it so happens - is not too merry, after all.
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12.07.09New Release UpdateHere's What's Hitting The Shelves This Week STS9-> Ad Explorata 1320 Records-> Sound Tribe Sector Nine (or STS9 to their best of friends) is an instrumental "post-rock dance" 5-piece that's been around since 1998. Ad Explorata is their 6th studio release on their self-run label, 1320 records. If you like their multi-sound infusion, be sure to check out one of their many side projects. In the meantime, stream "Oil and Water" below. [I'll buy that!] MP3: STS9 - "Oil & Water" The King of Rocksprings-> The Milkman Vs. The Postman Problem self-released The Milkman Vs. The Postman Problem is the debut EP from Brooklyn artist and musician Scott Sosebee. ...
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12.02.09Video Watch: Dodos: "Longform" + Tegan and Sara "Hell" (Acoustic)Pitchfork just posted the newest video from San Francisco trio The Dodos. "Longform" is the second track on their Frenchkiss release Time To Die. How badly do you wish you were living inside this music video? Seems nice. If you've been missing their acoustic styles after the October release of Tegan and Sara's electrical Sainthood, consider this a treat. Here they are performing single "Hell" in some hallway for Fly TV...acoustic.
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11.18.09Video Watch: White Rabbits + Britt Daniel / Gainsbourg + BeckThis week we're video watching a pair of excellent pairings. The first comes from a recent White Rabbits show in San Francisco where the Brooklyn-based six-piece was joined on stage by Spoon's Britt Daniel for a fairly excellent cover of John Lennon's "Instant Karma". Enjoy it, below! I first fell in love with Charlotte Gainsbourg when she starred in the Michel Gondry French-flick, The Science of Sleep. After netflixing everything of hers I could get my hands on, I then moved on to her music catalog, namely 2006's 5:55. Last month she started releasing tracks from her third and Beck-produced album IRM, ...
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11.11.09Video Watch: MOF on Fallon and the new Grizzly BearJimmy Fallon knows good music, or at least someone who books his talent does. Last week the Ward/Oberst/Mogis/James super-group Monsters of Folk swung by the show to perform their title track "Dear God", and house band The Roots couldn't keep themselves from being involved. That's a lot of good looking and good sounding talent, kids. (Side Note: How awkward does Oberst look in that suit and behind a bass? I love it) (video has expired!) Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear have one of the best albums of 2009 on their hands with Veckatimest, along with some of the weirdest videos to go along with ...
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11.09.09New Release UpdateHere's What's Hitting The Shelves This Week Asobi Seksu -> Rewolf Polyvinyl -> NYC's favorite Japanese-shoegaze duo Asobi Seksu brings us an interesting re-record of past matieral on Rewolf, one of the last albums recorded at the infamous Olympic Studios (See: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, etc). Expect mostly acoustic re-interpretations of your favorite Seksu tracks, such as "Thursday" from 2006's Citrus, streaming below. (Side Note: Asobi Seksu means "casual sex" in Japanese. Naughty!) [I'd like to buy that, thank you] MP3: Asobi Seksu - Thursday Ola Podrida -> Belly of the Lion Western Vinyl -> Belly of the Lion is the second LP release from ...
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11.02.09New Release UpdateHere's What's Hitting the Shelves this Week Julian Casablancas -> Phrazes for the Young Rough Trade -> You Probably remember Julian Casablancas as the vocalist and lead songwriter behind one of our favorite "The" bands of the early-2000's - The Strokes. Casablancas's foray into the world of solo-musicdome comes on the heels of side-project releases from bandmates Hammond, Fraiture, and Moretti. On paper this album sounds good, what with being produced by Jason Lader (Rilo Kiley) and Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk), and taking its name after a piece by Oscar Wilde. And actually - it sounds pretty good on ear, ...
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09.25.09This Week In Mixery… September 25Islands - Vapours [mp3] [audio= http://drop.io/download/public/8gl95oybhcxvnnjq9kae/4da95f898540dafbb6d1b3c54ca580a85eef821a/0c68c910-8ceb-012c-7250-f0e1dbeeb2b9/5baec160-8cec-012c-d558-fcb2b014cbd1/v2/content|bgcolor=f5f1d6] J. Tillman - Year In The Kingdom [mp3] [audio=http://drop.io/download/public/8gl95oybhcxvnnjq9kae/4fd1b1ea06c9f7a35f5fe9a44d8478173b0c7630/0c68c910-8ceb-012c-7250-f0e1dbeeb2b9/2e400990-8cec-012c-812c-f87c7f8d05c5/v2/content|bgcolor=f5f1d6] Monsters of Folk - Temazcal [mp3] [audio=http://drop.io/download/public/8gl95oybhcxvnnjq9kae/9e61f139f27bbabd97afcba3142ffaee44e52535/0c68c910-8ceb-012c-7250-f0e1dbeeb2b9/01b89550-8cec-012c-37a3-ff9bc0814a32/v2/content|bgcolor=f5f1d6] Sea Wolf - Turn The Dirt Over [mp3] [audio= http://drop.io/download/public/8gl95oybhcxvnnjq9kae/ab7f35dd025a5e87e1ce4c7dc7249ca7c834f612/0c68c910-8ceb-012c-7250-f0e1dbeeb2b9/ab80ae30-8ceb-012c-926c-febf4999d181/v2/content|bgcolor=f5f1d6] Sufjan Stevens - Theres Too Much Love (Live) [mp3] [audio= http://drop.io/download/public/8gl95oybhcxvnnjq9kae/c5a3cb869621021f6d2e8fd493cced6914a961f4/0c68c910-8ceb-012c-7250-f0e1dbeeb2b9/62db3560-8ceb-012c-5dd8-fa66bd330abf/v2/content|bgcolor=f5f1d6]
