Check out a great live performance that Papercuts did of “Do You Really Wanna Know” for Yours Truly. It’s a track from their new album, Fading Parade, coming March 1st via Sub Pop. This is as top notch of a live performance as you can expect. Where has this band been all my life?
As We Listen For You points out, you can grab two album tracks, and one exclusive via the widget posted below. All they ask is an e-mail. Fair trade, if you ask me.
Justin Taylor first caught my ear with the xx sampling “Good Night Introduction”. He’s a promising young rapper that joins Emay as one of my must watch rappers of 2011.
It’s been some time since that song dropped. It’s taken from his upcoming mixtape, Questions & Answer, which you can now hear a part of.
The first 4 songs from that mixtape are now available to stream. The fifth and final single, “Good Morning” is coming next week on February 7th. Embedded below is the sampler. Stream the tracks and let me know what you think.
Questions & Answers (The Sampler) by Justin Taylor
Win Win is the duo of producers XXXchange, and Devlin. Their self titled debut album comes out on February 15th via Vice Records. They recently premiered a song called “Interleave” on Pitchfork’s Forkcast. It features guest vocals from Hot Chips’ Alexis Taylor, whos vocals are a perfect fit for the spaced out electro-ballad. This is a very chill tune
Download it below:
[mp3]: Win Win – Interleave (Feat. Alexis Taylor)
The National stopped by Letterman last night to give a devastating performance of “Conversation 16″. Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Perry was there to back them up. The band does their thing, as usual.
Watch below:
Waking up to the news that The White Stripes have called it quits isn’t the best way to wake up. I can’t say it’s surprising news, though. The band didn’t seem interested in doing much together anymore. Even so, I didn’t think they would just end it like this.
The band posted the grim news on their site saying that the breakup isn’t for a fight or differences. Rather, it’s to preserve the memory of The White Stripes. They say The White Stripes are now ours, and we can do whatever we want with their memory. Read the full statement here.
Sad news, but no one can say the news is that surprising. It’s just sad we didn’t get one final album or goodbye tour. I knew I would regret not buying those MSG tickets on Ebay to see them…Damn.
Thanks for the great memories Jack & Meg:
We Are Losers are a Dublin, Ireland based guitar band. They just sent me their new song “Cheerleader” and I want to share it with you. It’s a delightful piece of lo-fi garage rock that is easy to like. It just may get stuck in your head.
Stream it below:
You can also listen to their self titled EP via their bandcamp.
On April 19th, 4AD will release w h o k i l l, the new album from the quirky tUnE-yArDs. The album art is posted above.
It’s the second album from Merrill Garbus. She combined her live approach to her studio approach, and the result is w h o k i l l. She produced the album herself.
More on the album soon. Check out tour dates after the jump (via 4AD):
The Naked and Famous are quickly becoming one of my favorite new bands. Let’s face it, I am a sucker for good sounding electo-pop. Their debut album, Passive Me, Aggressive You, was #1 in New Zealand, and now they’re making their ways over here. Passive Me, Aggressive You, comes out on March 15th. Don’t worry, I got some goodies that you can win.
For one lucky winner, I have a 7″ Vinyl of Young Blood that comes with the B side of “Crazy? Yes. Dumb? No!”. That’s not all. The winner will also get an autographed “Passive Me, Aggressive You” poster.
Sounds like a good deal, right? To win, all you have to do is leave a comment below listing some of your favorite electronic/dance albums of all time. I’ll pick one winner by February 15th.
Good luck!
Here’s a live performance of a song called “King Crawler” that Miles Kane did at RAK Studios. He sent it to fans that subscribed to his mailing list.
Grab it below:
[mp3]: Miles Kane – King Crawler (Live At RAK Studios)
Forgot to post the new(ish) single from Freelance Whales called “Day Off”. It’s still worth posting, though. It’s a big dreamy song that shows what the band can do with some studio money. They sound bold and confident as all hell.
It’s a good look for them.
[mp3]: Freelance Whales – Day Off
