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Mount Eerie – Ocean Roar (P.W. Elverum & Sun) Ry Cooder – Election Special (Nonesuch) Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough? (Nonesuch) The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros)
New Music from Brooklyn Brothers
Brooklyn Brothers' sound teeters between the wide-eyed optimism of a grade school kid and the jadedness of a brokenhearted twentysomething. The songs were written by singer Ryan O'Nan and his two friends from college, whose band inspired the Brooklyn Brothers' "The Shins meets Sesame Street" sound. The group's solitary sound could be attributed to the […]
Lianne La Havas Mercury Prize 2012 Nomination – Tour Update
UK native Lianne La Havas continues to win over American listeners every week. England has already recognized the young artist with sites like The Guardian and Telegraph gushing about her debut album. She made another splash this week with Is Your Love Big Enough? receiving a nomination for this year’s Mercury Prize. The ceremony will be […]
Nominate A man A plan A canal for a 2012 CMJ Award
A man A plan A canal can’t wait to make it to NY for CMJ this year! This year we’re looking to bring home some oversized poster board. Nominate A man A plan A canal for the following awards: Promoter of the Year: Erik Felix – A man A plan A canal Promotion Company of […]
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Ry Cooder – Election Special (Nonesuch) So Many Wizards – Warm Nothing (JAXART) The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros) Infantree – Hero’s Dose (Vapor) The Daredevil Christopher Wright – The Nature of Things (File Under: Music) Gaz Coombes – Here Come the Bombs (Hot Fruit) Imaginary Cities – Temporary […]
New Music from Sun Araw – Digital Servicing Only
Sun Araw is the musical alias of Cameron Stallones. After putting out cassette and vinyl only releases on Not Not Fun and limited releases on Woodsist & Thrill Jockey, Stallones began releasing his persistent output on his own label Sun Ark with the help of Drag City. His musical offerings are shaped by psychedelia, funk, prog, […]
Mount Eerie Debuts at #63 – Pitchfork Album Review – Tour Update
Mount Eerie's second album this year has Phil Elverum taking his reflections into darker corners. His first release, Clear Moon, saw flourishing walls of synthesizers and pensive moments of fantasia. Now on his latest record, Pitchfork sees "The midnight-black Ocean Roar" as "an experiment in imagined homelessness…as if Elverum steeled himself and left his house […]
New Film Screening Opportunity – Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
A man A plan A canal is excited to present free film screening opportunities for Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best – a quirky, dark comedy about a recently dumped twentysomething from New York who is on the verge of giving up on his goal of becoming a musician when his friend convinces him to go […]
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So Many Wizards – Warm Nothing (JAXART) Ry Cooder – Election Special (Nonesuch) Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough? (Nonesuch) The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros) Infantree – Hero's Dose (Vapor) The Daredevil Christopher Wright – The Nature of Things (File Under: Music) Onuinu – "Happy […]
So Many Wizards Going For Adds
LA-based So Many Wizards are releasing their debut record, Warm Nothing, on boutique label JAXART. The band is part of the vibrant Los Angeles DIY music scene, rooted at all-ages venues like The Smell and Pehrspace. After releasing two EPs and a 7" that received attention from Pitchfork, Aquarium Drunkard, and Filter Magazine, the group […]
Yael Meyer Music Video Premiere; See Her Tonight at School Night!
Yael Meyer has released a brand new video for her lively track "Used To Be" this week. The video shows Yael dancing amongst friends & features choreography by Sophie Olson who is best known for her work with She & Him. Watch the video here here. For those in Los Angeles, Yael will be performing […]
Ry Cooder on Tavis Smiley
Ry Cooder's Election Special arrived just in time for the RNC in Florida. If you missed it, Cooder shared his thoughts on the Republican Party over at The Guardian just before the release of the record. Then on Labor Day, when most of America took the day off, Cooder appeared on PBS's Tavis Smiley to […]
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Mount Eerie – Ocean Roar (P.W. Elverum & Sun) Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough? (Nonesuch) The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros) Infantree – Hero's Dose (Vapor) The Daredevil Christopher Wright – The Nature of Things (File Under: Music) Onuinu – "Happy Home" / "Ice Palace" […]
New Music from So Many Wizards
LA-based So Many Wizards are releasing their debut record, Warm Nothing, on boutique label JAXART. The band is part of the vibrant Los Angeles DIY music scene, rooted at all-ages venues like The Smell and Pehrspace. After releasing two EPs and a 7" that received attention from Pitchfork, Aquarium Drunkard, and Filter Magazine, the group […]
Mount Eerie’s “Ocean Roar” Music Video Premiere
Ocean Roar, which you received digitally last week, is the second of two releases from Phil Everum's Mount Eerie. The album's title hints at the songs heavier tendencies, calling to mind his ventures into black metal. Elverum still "remains somber" on the title track and even brings a "hopeful vibe to the mix" says Consequence […]
Lianne La Havas Breaks Top 50 and “Forget” Video Premiere
The last time we checked in with Lianne La Havas, her debut record was hovering right outside of the top 50 on CMJ’s Top 200. This week finds Is Your Love Big Enough? at #46 on the charts and continuing to pick up. Make the record available if you haven’t already and suggest it to […]
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Ry Cooder – Election Special (Nonesuch) The Flaming Lips – The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends (Warner Bros) Infantree – Hero's Dose (Vapor) The Daredevil Christopher Wright – The Nature of Things (File Under: Music) Onuinu – "Happy Home" / "Ice Palace" – (Bladen County/BadCopBadCop) Gaz Coombes – Here Come the Bombs (Hot Fruit) Imaginary […]
Mount Eerie Going for Adds – Digital Servicing Only
After the tour behind his album Wind's Poem, deemed the "loudest album (he's) ever made", Phil Elverum returned to Anacortes, WA to start working on new music. About two years later, he emerged from a church-turned-recording studio called "the Unknown" with not one, but two new albums. May 2012 saw the release of Clear Moon, […]
Ry Cooder: Four Stars in Rolling Stone
The new politically charged record from Ry Cooder is "protest music delivered with a patriot's gifts – the American-roots beauty and expert fire in [his] playing – and long memory". Rolling Stone shared these thoughts in a four-star review you can read here. Election Special serves as a wake up a call for the 2012 […]
Yael Meyer Live at School Night on 9/10!
After releasing her sophomore record last year, playing Lollapolooza Chile, and touring the east coast, Yael Meyer returns to her home in Los Angeles to play a special show at School Night at Hollywood's Bardot. The weekly event is put together by KCRW's Chris Douridas and has hosted such acts as Moby, Kimbra, Tycho, Lucinda […]
