May 2009
9 posts
2 tags
Mew - Introducing Palace Players
The first track from the forthcoming Mew album, and it’s shaping up to be, well, a bit weird. First that title, then the absurd cover art, now the first minute or so of this track, where I’m not entirely sure what’s going on. Thankfully, things get better as the track goes on and it’s more of the ethereal Scandinavian pop we’ve come to expect from them. The...
New Pelican
Chicago post metallers Pelican are currently on tour in the States, on this tour they are selling a limited edition EP called Ephemeral, as from June 4th the EP will be available to purchase as mp3 or LP. In anticipation of this they posted a song from said EP, it’s called ‘Embedding the Moss’. I have embedded it below. Thank you. If you enjoyed that slab of metal then you can...
2 tags
Cassettes Won't Listen
More electronic stuff for you, here’s the first single from upcoming Cassettes Won’t Listen album ‘Into the Hillside’. It’s a lot more upbeat than most of his previous stuff, and despite being built around what sounds like some ridiculous kind of nordic fiddle it still manages to retain some groove. I quite like it anyway, the album is due to drop on June 16th so...
3 tags
In Memory of The Lucksmiths
It’s with a heavy heart that we must bid a fond farewell to Australia’s premier twee pop darlings The Lucksmiths. Last week the band announced that after sixteen years and nine studio albums they’ve decided to call it quits. In a message on their website they said that the decision was not based on any fall out between band members or any other such drama but that the band was...
3 tags
New Twilight Sad
A fully mastered and extended version of the track which leaked last week has been released online. ‘Reflection of the Television’ is from the new album ‘Forget the Night Ahead’, due in September. It’s an interestingly restrained noise to hear coming from The’Sad, building slowly around the distant fuzzing guitars and giving way to the considered vocals of James...
2 tags
New Mulatu Astatke Album
Influential Ethiopian Mulatu Astatke has a brand new album out. Released by Strut Records as part of their ‘Inspiration Information’ Series, Volume 3 sees the big man collaborating with The Heliocentrics. You can preview a track from the album and purchase over on the Strut website. Whilst we’re at it though here’s a cool behind the scenes video and a pretty awesome fan...
3 tags
Olafur Arnalds' Found Songs
Last month the supremely talented Olafur Arnalds set himself a challenge to write one song per day for a week, posting the results online. He succeeded and then some,’Found Songs’ is a collection of truly stunning songs, made all the more impressive by the conditions under which they were made. You can listen to and download all seven tracks here at erased tapes. If you’re not...
4 tags
Park Avenue Music
Park Avenue Music is Wes Steed and Juju Faith, a couple from Sacramento who make sprawling piano laments then more often than not overdub the hell of them with scores of reverberating synth and electronic glitches. This is itself is pretty cool to behold, but the true magic of Park Avenue Music (or Hearts + Horses as they’re soon to be known) doesn’t really unveil itsef until Faith...
Atlas Sound virtual 7"
Number 7 in Bradford Cox’s series of free Atlas Sound Virtual 7“‘s is now available to download from his blog here. Or you can click on the image above, where I’ve linked it for convenience. You really ought to bookmark the blog though, he’s forever posting great music up there for free download. In related news, the new Deerhunter EP ‘Rainwater Cassette...
