By Jennifer Marston on May 20, 2010
London-based label Something in Construction just made everyone’s day with its Better Pop Music sampler, available as of this morning. The 19-song compilation is a grip of tracks from the likes of Air France, Freelance Whales, Caribou, Phoenix, and some up-and-comers, like Elizabeth Harper’s new project, Class Actress, and Bristol-based outfit Fitness Club Fiasco. Forests and tigers are apparently the theme for Summer 2010, and Memory Tapes (or his alter-ego, Memory Cassette) wins the award for most cameo appearances here.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged Acrylics, Air France, Caribou, Ceremony, Class Actress, Fear of Tigers, Fitness Club Fiasco, Freelance Whales, Jessica Lee Mayfield, Memory Cassette, Memory Tapes, Miniature Tigers, New Moods, Phoenix, Rest, The Forest & The Trees, The Silent League, There Will Be Fireworks, Washed Out
By William Cody Humston on January 24, 2010
Whether it’s Julian Casablancas performing “I Wish it Was Christmas” with the Roots, Bright Eyes smashing the hell out of a trumpet onstage, or Ben Harper, Beck, and Billy Gibbons joining Will Ferrell and Conan for a rendition of “Free Bird,” late-night television affords us a wealth of entertaining performances (and just sheer entertainment) as far as musical guests go.
Ergo, each week, we round up every show’s scheduled performances and place them in a handy little list.
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Posted in News | Tagged Franz Ferdinand, Julian Casablancas, Mayer Hawthorne, Phoenix, Wilco
By William Cody Humston on December 15, 2009
Glaringly obvious oversights aplenty, P4K’s “Top 100 Tracks of 2009” is, if nothing else, predictable. The list features multiple entries from many of this year’s love ‘em or hate ‘em indie acts (e.g. Animal Collective, Phoenix, Dirty Projectors, Girls) while striking the usual balance with guilty-pleasure pop and mainstream hip-hop. Grain of salt recommended.
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Posted in News | Tagged Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Dirty Projectors, Fever Ray, Girls, Kurt Vile, Phoenix
