Clap Your Hands Say Yeah‘s debut album was my #1 of 2005. This indie rock gem seemed to come out out of nowhere. It was the first truly Internet-based release I had experienced. These guys from Pennsylvania and New York did not have a manager, a label or distribution. They were hand pressing the...
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Urban Outfitters is offering free tracks from itunes right now. Leading up to their SXSW presence they have collected 25 songs from artists that are going to be at the music conference in Austin in March. These are some great tracks from some great artists, including Beach House, Cold Cave, Retribution Gospel Choir, Fanfarlo,...
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Beach House are the featured band on Daytrotter today. They perform 4 songs from their new album, Teen Dream. Worth checking out…both the session and the album!
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It’s really a shame that the new Editors album is so disappointing. But I haven’t given up on them. The first two albums were so good and I won’t forget that. I just hope they play a lot of material from those first two when I see them in San Francisco next month (Feb....
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A mixtape that include 27 tracks of Wu-Tang acapellas over samples from Beatles songs. Produced by Tom Caruana. I haven’t actually listened to this all the way through or anything, but it sounds interesting from what I’ve heard. It’s no Girl Talk, Jaydiohead or even Grey Album, but it’s the right price…free! Enter The...
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Woodsist is a record label founded by Jeremy Earl of the band Woods. This label has been coming up more and more within my reading-circles on the web. The first release I heard on Woodsist was Woods’ Songs of Shame, which actually made my Best of 2009 list. This label put out the first...
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Brooklyn-based Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller represent everything that is wrong or right with music today. The answer depends on who you ask. As Sleigh Bells, they are performing and posting some lo-fi material that will either get your head bobbing or have you running out of the venue or hitting delete before you...
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Spencer Krug. Lead singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist for the amazing Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. Also a member of Swan Lake and a former member of Frog Eyes and the now defunct Fifths of Seven. He has been called the next Thom Yorke (by me). He is the single human being on the planet...
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