Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 2007-06-16 12:28:00 With a history of stellar records, Spoon
has topped themselves with Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, a thrilling album recorded throughout 2006 in Austin by the band and Mike McCarthy (except "The Underdog," recorded in Los Angeles with Jon Brion.) The Britt Daniel originals on Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga comprise possibly his most heartfelt batch of songs since 2001’s Girls Can Tell.It's worth pointing out that Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is comprised of ten songs, the perfect number of songs for an album (see Fulfillingness' First Finale, Seventeen Seconds, Back In Black, The Queen Is Dead, The Charm of the Highway Strip, Nebraska, Nashville Skyline, Heroes, Unknown Pleasures, The Violent Femmes, The Woods, Sticky Fingers, etc.). We’ve also got it on good authority that 36 minutes is the ideal album length.Site : Spoon Similar Artists: Wilco, Modest Mouse, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Yo La Tengo, Hot Hot Heat
The Apples In Stereo - Science Faire 2007-06-16 12:28:00 Maybe it's not quite rocket science, but "Science
Faire" is an interesting compilation for any fans of the Apples
in Stereo
. Compiled out of EPs and singles that the band created during the early 90s, it's rough and unpolished, but has a certain exuberant charm.Fun percussion and a driving riff start off the fun "Tidal Wave," before the dense fuzz-rock of "Motorcar" and "Not the Same," and the rural pop sound of "Turncoat Indian." And some songs like "Running in Circles just exude fun and enthusiasm, with a simple dancey melody and some heavy instrumental layers. But only "Hypnotic Suggestion's" twisting electric riffs hint at the less conventional possibilities that lie under all the fuzz and hooks.Usually there is a reason why songs are released in these compilations -- often they're not so good. The Apples in Stereo don't fall prey to that, although there isn't really a standout track here -- they're all pleasant, but none will make listeners shriek "wow!" and hit the repeat
Liars - Liars 2007-06-16 06:56:00 On August 28, the folks at Mute will release Liars
' Liars, the band's fourth long-player. Yes, a self-titled album from the band that brought you They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top and They Were Wrong, So We Drowned. (Looks like their first choice , We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, was already taken.) Apparently, this new album serves as Angus Andrew's big Neil Young moment. Says Andrew: "I'd never felt like a songwriter 'til this album... If you said I'd be playing guitar solos, I'd have called you a liar." So that's the "chilled out vibe" they muttered about on last check, eh? Liars will come three ways: on a CD, a slab of albino vinyl, and through the magic of computer technology. The tracklist is posted below; you'll note the utter lack of longwinded statements-as-titles this time out, a trick Modest Mouse can apparently keep for themselves.Site : Liars Similar Artists: Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, TV On The Radio, The Fiery Furnaces
The White Stripes - Icky Thump 2007-06-15 14:25:00 Album number six from the Detroit based garage rock duo is the follow up to 2005's Grammy Award winning 'Get Behind Me Satan.' Produced by Jack White
himself and recorded over a period of three weeks in Nashville, 'Icky Thump
' signals a welcome return to the band's trademark blues rock sound, yet with a few surprises thrown in. Flamenco rhythms, bagpipes and trumpets are just some of the unexpected elements that make an appearance over the course of the album, giving the band a new dimension whilst retaining their raw playing style and unquestionable songwriting skill.Site: White StripesSimilar Artists: Detroit Cobras, Soledad Brothers, The Dirtbombs, The Sonics
Elf Power - Nothings Going To Happen 2007-06-15 12:19:00 There are plenty of reasons to be excited about an Elf Power covers album. For one thing, the band hit a creative and technical high with last spring's Creatures, so the promise of any new Elf Power is a strong temptation. Then there's the group's choice of covers, which is certain to excite any rock fan; Nothing's Going
to Happen includes songs written by Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, The Buzzcocks, The Misfits, The Frogs, Gary Numan and Chris Knox, as well as an entire suite of Roky Erickson tunes.Site: Elf PowerSimilar Artists: The Apples In Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, Beulah, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, Circulatory System, The Mountain Goats
Elf Power - The Winter Is Coming 2007-06-15 12:16:00 Elf Power's fourth full length CD, The Winter Is Coming, is the cleanest distillation so far of their melodic psychedelica. Taking their cue from both the gentler and dronier aspects of The Velvet Underground, co-founders Andrew Rieger and Laura Carter steer their artsy collective towards a fascinating middleground. The John Cale influenced "Wings of Light" could be a prime Velvet Underground and Nico outtake. "The Sun Is Forever" unfolds as a folksy nugget. For the most part these songs are idylls, free of either angst or subtext. The titles tell you more than the songs - "Embrace the Crimson Tide", "Green Sea Days", "Birds in the Backyard". The titles are, in fact, all the songs are about whereas with the VU a title like "Heroin" was just a beginning. If you're willing to let Elf Power's neo-psychedlica wash over you, though, they occasionally provide a compelling trip.Site: Elf PowerSimilar Artists: The Apples In Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, Beulah, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of M
Elf Power - Daytrotter Session 2007-06-15 12:15:00 There wasn’t much that was bigger for me than the Elephant 6 Collective, during my collegiate years, not all so long ago. The funny thing is that I didn’t smoke weed, had only glimpsed at a bong for an uncomfortable, short period of time, had never gotten into Tolkien or even thought to consider illogical prose cathartic – the highest form of beautiful inspiration. It could have been that course on literature of the fantastic, where I was forced – by a bespectacled, middle-aged man with a permanent frog in his throat — to read Lewis Carroll in a different light and I was introduced to the illogical mastermind of Italo Calvino. I found the Fairy Tails of Hermann Hesse, which are some of the most underrated pieces in the category that I’ve ever come upon. I’d be reading these books – these works that opened up worlds of implausibility – in the afternoons and evenings and sometimes during the same time or afterwards, I’d be making new friends with Kevin Barnes, Andrew
Yourcodenameis:milo - Ignoto 2007-06-15 11:43:00 Ignoto is one of the most unique and exciting British debuts in recent years. Yourcodenameis:Milo have drawn comparisons with acts as diverse as Joy Division, Fugazi, Radiohead and Mars Volta and their Flood-produced album justifies all of this. These five extremely creative young men have made an uncompromising album that is clear from the opening bars of "I Am Connecting Flight", through to the live favourite "Schteeve" and the single, "17".
Yourcodenameis:milo - All Roads To Fault 2007-06-15 11:26:00 Debut mini-album from young British post-hardcore band who have been compared to Joy Division, Radiohead and Queens Of The Stone Age. The band were signed to Polydor imprint Fiction (home of Snow Patrol) on the back of the buzz caused by their live shows. Whilst sessions for their debut full lengthwere produced by Flood, this release was recorded with indie legend Steve Albini and also contains enhanced videos for two of its tracks. Read more:Fault
, Roads
Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights EP 2007-06-15 10:35:00 Death From Above 1979 Romantic Rights
EPSound Virus #161. We Don't Sleep at Night2. Romantic Rights3. Pull Out4. Romantic Rights (Girls are Short Remix)
Kasabian - S/T 2007-06-15 10:27:00 Domestic badasses are usually pretty one-dimensional. From the musclebound Joe Weider plank snapper to the wizened loose-cannon drunk or the free-swinging pro athlete, they're just different versions of the same uninteresting dolt. That's why English louts often seen more interesting to us Americans than our homegrown ones. Buoyed by football, illicit drugs, and lager-- or the remnants of mid-90s lad culture in general-- these types often take an elemental approach to bad behavior. They integrate torrents of entertaining drunk speak into fistfights both won and lost; they're boastful, prideful, or just plain full. They're going to live fast and die young, but not until after the kebab shops close. Kasabian
is the latest UK outfit to tap into this bravado conduit, and as they've shown over singles ranging back to the beginning of 2004 (all of which appear on this self-titled debut LP), the Leicester combo likes their hedonism a la carte. "Processed Beats" apes shamelessly the shamb
Figurine - Reconfigurine 2007-06-14 21:45:00 Before Postal Service In The middle some where of dntel was Figurine. Beautiful ,Futuristic love ,Modern Fairytales.What more could you want from good synth pop? .Site: FigurineSimilar Artists: James Figurine, Jimmy Tamborello Postal Service, Dntel, Boards Of Canada, Four Tete
Figurine - Eleven Number Remix 2007-06-14 21:14:00 We love a bit of Tamborello here, from the Postal Service to DNTEL to his latest album as James Figurine, the man has kept us on our toes with his distinct sound and crucial blends of pop and electronics. Now though he hands his tracks over to the careful and loving hands of Kompakt's finest - DJ Koze and Superpitcher. Koze is first up and throws together a version of 'Apologies' with the grace and style that made his debut album so affecting. Reminiscent of Farben-era Jan Jelinek (which we all know was his best work) this is a slow burning, brooding monster of a track with all the minimal charm and dancefloor push you need to get those dancing feet moving. Flip over and you'll find the Superpitcher cut, one for the sweaty clubs of Cologne this is a synth-heavy monster based on the track '55566688833' and gives the great Georgio Moroder a run for his money.Site: Sigur Ros Similar Artists: Mogwai, M83, Album Leaf, AIR, Explosions In The Sky Read more:Eleven
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Figurine - IMpossible EP 2007-06-14 21:13:00 From the home of all that's shiny and happy Monika, the return of Figurine, known for their refreshing open display of retro-future electro-pop, let's go!!! This track from their forthcoming new album The Heartfelt is just that, fresh boy/girl vocals on the swings, ice cream's with ninety nines and a flake and a happy house pop kick. Mixes come from John Tejada in new surroundings, plush broken-beat techno and then Fingernail, who take it on all Suction stylee, deep joy. Next up are Iceland’s Múm, how are you? more reflective organica from those icelandic girls and boys we (and you) love so much, truly touching. then David Figurine comes on all Phil Spector in a charming re-prise, jingle bells and all that. then we come to the dj tools for your remixing pleasure.Site: FigurineSimilar Artists: James Figurine, Jimmy Tamborello Postal Service, Dntel, Boards Of Canada, Four Tete
The Rapture - Pieces Of The People We Love 2007-06-18 19:00:00 The Rapture
wasn't the first band to revisit the clanky dance-punk sounds of bands like P.I.L. and Gang of Four. But with its DFA-produced debut, 2003's Echoes, and the accompanying underground hit, "House of Jealous Lovers," the Brooklyn quartet proved itself to be the most worthy. On its follow-up, the group makes a dramatic left turn with a new crew of producers (Ewan Pearson and Paul Epworth, plus a pair of tracks recorded with Danger Mouse of Gorillaz and Gnarlz Barkley fame) and a more sophisticated sound that yields pop gems like "Whoo! Alright Yeah… Uh Huh" and "The Devil." Reassuringly, the saxophones, cowbells and singer Luke Jenner's unintelligible yelps are still present, as is all the manic energy that goes along with it.
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