By Jennifer Marston on January 6, 2010
The DFA Records crew knows that there’s no better way to usher in the new year than with free music. Hence, they commissioned NYC duo Holy Ghost! to deliver Holy Ghost! The Remixes Vol. 1 and get our collective 2010 started off on the right foot.
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By Jennifer Marston on January 6, 2010
As noted in our recent roundup of forthcoming albums, Xiu Xiu have a new one on the way, the cheerfully titled Dear God, I Hate Myself. This is the band’s seventh studio album (as well as the first for new pianist/programmer Angela Seo, added after the departure of Caralee McElroy).
Never a man to hold back, frontmand and Xiu Xiu mastermind Jamie Stewart has also provided plenty of aural/visual details in anticipation of the new album.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams, Upcoming Releases | Tagged Kill Rock Stars, Xiu Xiu
By Jennifer Marston on January 6, 2010
In 2009, Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma commissioned The Knife to write an entire opera based on Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. The highly experimental electro opera—which also saw contributions from electro-rock outfit Mt. Sims and multi-instrumentalist/experimentalist Planningtorock—was dubbed Tomorrow, In a Year and had its first performance on September 2, 2009 […]
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged Mt. Sims, Planningtorock, The Knife
By Jennifer Marston on December 15, 2009
Exciting news surfaced this morning from the Elliott Smith camp, and thanks to Kill Rock Stars, two reissues are headed our way soon. April will see the re-release of Roman Candle, Smith’s first solo album that was originally released on the Portland-based Cavity Search imprint. Says KRS founder Slim Moon of the album, “I have […]
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Posted in MP3s and Streams, News | Tagged Elliott Smith, Reissues
By Jennifer Marston on December 15, 2009
Papercuts have followed up this year’s excellent You Can Have What You Want with a new single, “White are the Waves.” Lead man Jason Quever, who recorded the melancholy number alone in his studio, broke out the epic string arrangements this time around, for a moody, introspective pop gem that’s streaming right now over at […]
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By Jennifer Marston on December 11, 2009
In the age of the flailing record label (and economy), Team Love is wrapping 2009 on something of a high. The NY-based imprint saw a year of steady releases—including albums from Omaha godfather Simon Joyner, rock quartet Capgun Coup, and sharp-voiced Southern guitar virtuoso Taylor Hollingsworth—as well as the expansion of its forward-thinking Team Love […]
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Posted in MP3s and Streams, News | Tagged A Weather, Jason Boesel, Midnight Masses, Team Love
By Jennifer Marston on December 9, 2009
The first strains of Liars’ fifth full-length have arrived, with the first track from Sisterworld up and streaming at the band’s site right now.
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By Jennifer Marston on December 4, 2009
While Wilco have spent their post-tour days playing classic psych-folk numbers, songstress Norah Jones has stayed busy covering the Chicago powerhouse itself. Specifically, she performed a version of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot‘s “Jesus, Etc.” recently for Sirius XM, and it can be heard right now.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged Norah Jones, Wilco
By Jennifer Marston on November 30, 2009
As mentioned earlier, Hans Peter Lindstrøm is putting a rather epic spin on a Christmas classic, releasing a 40-minute-long version of “Little Drummer Boy” that will be available through Rough Trade’s Album Club, website, and stores.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged Christmas, Lindstrøm
By Jennifer Marston on November 18, 2009
Even those with a serious distaste for Kanye West will get down to this particular version of “Touch the Sky,” seeing as it’s been chopped up and mashed together with snippets of Cage and Aviary tracks. And that’s just one cut of 34 on the new mixtape from the web’s most infamous duo, The Hood Internet.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged Awesome, Mixtapes, The Hood Internet
