Canadian indie-electronic artist Caribou, comprised of Daniel Snaith and friends, first received wide international attention with their 2008 LP Andorra, winner of the 2008 Polaris Prize. Now, with another full-length on the way (Swim), anticipation of new music from this band continues to build, especially with the release of a video for one of the ...
I think you’re in for a real treat. This week’s playlist is brand new, as in finished yesterday. It’s also been in the works for some time now, which (hopefully!) means it’s especially beautiful and well crafted. The theme for this week should be pretty clear: fairly mellow songs with the acoustic guitar being the centerpiece. ...
Brooklyn indie-rockers The National have announced their tour dates for 2010, during which they will also release a new album, their fifth full-length. They’ll be sharing the stage with bands like Pavement, Ramona Falls, and even a show with Beach House at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Here are the dates: 3.26-3.28 – Tennessee Theatre ...
News of The Strokes’ work on a fourth full-length has been met with much relief. Fears have been stilled and hopes fulfilled. Possibly as evidence of their forthcoming fourth, possibly on accident, but most likely simply because of the sort of people they are, The Strokes have released a video of their work in Manhattan’s ...
Long broken-up rock legends Pink Floyd live on, through the appreciation of their music by psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips. The Lips recently rerecorded Dark Side Of The Moon with Stardeath and the White Dwarfs (frontman Wayne Coyne’s nephew’s band), following it up with a hugely successful New Years’ Eve show in which they played ...
Released last year on Subliminal Sounds, Swedish folk/psych-rock band The Amazing’s self-titled LP is a fair sea, rising on songs like opener “The Kirwan Song” and “Code II” and gently falling into acoustic troughs on songs like “Beach House” and “Is It Likely,” before finally coming to rest on “The Strangest Thing.” Sound intriguing? ...
Sleeping At Last says it best for this one, in my opinion: “Love is tension and thrill.” Hence the title of this week’s playlist, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Other than that I’ll let the songs speak for themselves. *In the above 8track version of Tension & Thrill, the song “If You Live” by Matt Pond ...
It may seem an unlikely combo if you’ve ever heard Paper Route (undoubtedly you have heard Owl City), and indeed it is an odd match-up, but understandably so. With a style falling somewhere between the pop-punk rock sounds of Paramore (whom they previously toured with) and the electro-synth pop, Postal Service-like sounds of Owl City ...