Cloud Control – KEXP In-Studio – US Tour Dates
KEXP recently posted video of an in-studio session with Australian band Cloud Control. You can watch the band’s performance from their latest album Dream Cave here. As we mentioned before, Cloud Control will be kicking off a U.S. tour in January so check the dates below and be sure to go see them when they’re near you! 1/11 – […]
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The Melodic – Effra Parade (Anti-) Mount Eerie – Pre-Human Ideas (P.W. Elverum & Sun) Paul Ruske – “Days Like This” [digital single] (self-released) Kan Wakan – Forever Found EP (Verve) Boreal Sons – Threadbare (self-released)
Oh Land: At Alternative Specialty – Myspace Video Interview
Myspace recently followed Oh Land backstage before her show at the New York Gramercy Theatre for their new series, “Five Minutes to Stage”. They shot a five-minute video explaining the pre-show rituals, and how she deals with pre-show jitters. You can watch it here via Nylon. We continue to see spins on new tracks each week for Oh Land with […]
Paul Ruske – Going For Adds
The new single “Days Like This” from Paul Ruske is going for adds this week. This record from the Melbourne based singer/songwriter, features a timeless songwriting style that echoes greats such as Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon. A multi-instrumentalist, Ruske‘s music includes a variety of instruments including guitar, bass, and piano. His signature […]
The Melodic – Late Night TV Debut
The Melodic made their late night TV debut last week with an interview and performance on Last Call With Carson Daly. If you missed it, you can watch it here. In it, they talk about their influences and the instruments that make up their album. “The Melodic is a group of twenty-somethings with a passion […]
Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack – Out Now
The Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack for the new Coen Brothers movie is out now. Last week, artists from the soundtrack, including Oscar Isaacs and the Punch Brothers, performed at a tribute party for the movie in Santa Monica, California. The night even included Steve Martin playing banjo with the Punch Brothers. To read about the event and watch […]
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Mount Eerie –Pre-Human Ideas (P.W. Elverum & Sun) Kan Wakan – Forever Found EP (Verve) Boreal Sons – Threadbare (Self-released) Cut Chemist – “Work My Mind” [digital single] [featuring Chali 2na & Hymnal] (A Stable Sound)
Oh Land: At Alternative Specialty – Wishbone Album Review
Oh Land‘s third album Wishbone continues to get attention every week at Alternative Specialty. “What becomes apparent from the very opening seconds of Wish Bone [sic] is that this is music crafted by an unconventional artist”. The albums unique sound can be attributed to TV on the Radio‘s Dave Sitek, who produced most of the album. […]
New Music From Paul Ruske – Digital Servicing Only
Melbourne based singer/songwriter, Paul Ruske (pronounced “Rusk” – the “e” is silent), is out with a new single, “Days Like This”. Ruske’s timeless songwriting style echoes that of greats such as Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon. A multi-instrumentalist, Ruske‘s music includes a variety of instruments including guitar, bass, and piano. His signature style is laced with soulful, gospel-tinged […]
Mount Eerie ‘Pre-Human Ideas’ – Pitchfork Review
Phil Elverum, known to most as Mount Eerie, has a new release that is unlike any other he has made before. His new album Pre-Human Ideas is a reimagining of previous material in a synthetic manner. Recently, Pitchfork reviewed the album and said “There’s never a feeling that these are cheap 8-bit remixes, but rather these are experiments in how […]
Record Store Day – Back to Black Friday 2013
Thanksgiving is almost here and that means so is Black Friday. If fighting the crowds at a giant big box store doesn’t suit your fancy, you should definitely check out what’s going on at your local independent record store. November 29th marks the annual Record Store Day’s Back to Black Friday event which celebrates those places that […]
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Various Artists – Inside Llewyn Davis – Original Soundtrack Recording (Nonesuch) The Melodic – Effra Parade (Anti-) Kan Wakan – Forever Found EP (Verve) Boreal Sons – Threadbare (Self-released) Cut Chemist – “Work My Mind” [digital single] [featuring Chali 2na & Hymnal] (A Stable Sound) Dr. Dog – B-Room (Anti-) Cloud Control – Dream Cave […]
Cass McCombs: At Triple A Radio – Tour Dates – Pitchfork Album Review
Cass McCombs will head out on tour this month in support of his double album, Big Wheel and Others. The album is a bundle of 22 songs that includes, in varying degrees, genres of: road songs, rock songs, folk songs, blues songs, country songs, rhythm and blues songs, skronk non-songs, cinema songs, cult songs, poem songs, jams, and ballads. The […]
Mount Eerie – Going For Adds
Mount Eerie’s album Pre-Human Ideas is going for adds this week. The album features all previously released songs, reinterpreted through a synthetic channel. Originally, these tracks were meant as exploratory and instructional demos to teach the songs to various touring bands. But after adding layers of severely pitch shifted and auto-tuned voices and singing newly written […]
The Melodic – Effra Parade Review – On Tour
The Melodic‘s Effra Parade is starting to pick up at college / non-commercial radio with stations like KTXT, KUCR, and WVIA/WVYA debuting it this week. Detroit’s alt weekly newspaper Metro Times says, “This band has the nifty gift of blending world music with traditional folk, and making it sound both intrinsically English…and natural”. To read the full review, click here. The album is […]
Boreal Sons – Live Session
Boreal Sons recently did a live music session with Toronto based video production company Wood and Wires. In the session, the band plays a stripped-down, but still powerful version of “Sparks” off their self-released album Threadbare. You can check out the performance for yourself here.
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Various Artists – Inside Llewyn Davis – Original Soundtrack Recording (Nonesuch) Kan Wakan – Forever Found EP (Verve) Cut Chemist – “Work My Mind” [single] [featuring Chali 2na & Hymnal] (A Stable Sound) Dr. Dog – B-Room (Anti-) Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – North 7″ [digital servicing only] (File Under: Music) Cloud Control – Dream […]
Oh Land: At Specialty Radio – Noisey Interview
Danish singer, songwriter and producer Nanna Øland Fabricius, also known by her stage name Oh Land, recently sat down for an interview with Noisey to talk about her new album Wish Bone,her incurable awkwardness, and her encounters with Rihanna and Dave Sitek (of TV On The Radio). Oh Land also touched upon realizing her dream of moving to America and how sometimes the message of the “American Dream” can be […]
New Music from Mount Eerie
From Mount Eerie comes his latest album Pre-Human Ideas. The album is unusual in that it is essentially auto-tuned versions of previously released Mount Eerie songs. The original songs mostly come from last year’s Clear Moon and Ocean Roar. On this album, the songs are recorded on a computer and include synthetic, digitally garbled voices. Originally, these tracks […]
Inside Llewyn Davis – NPR First Listen
The Inside Llewyn Davis soundtrack, for the Coen Brothers movie of the same name, has been featured on NPR’s First Listen. 12 tracks of the album were written specifically for the movie, and NPR describes the music as, “integral to Inside Llewyn Davis, from the moment it opens with Isaac’s roughly five-minute performance of the traditional ballad […]
