“One Spring Away” is a very catchy track off the forthcoming album Fair Isle by From. The record is due to be released in late fall and I’m very curious to hear more.
In the meantime, feast your eyes on the very beautiful Roni Brunn, the sole member of this “one woman band.”
The new Annuals album Such Fun will be released on October 7th and is already my top pick for the “Best Album of the Year with Bob Ross Artwork” award.
Listen to the song “Confessor”:
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Enjoy the beautiful cover and may the “happy little trees” bring back memories of what it was like growing up in the 80’s and 90’s.
I’ve been counting down the days until the releases of Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour, but after seeing this video, that wait is going to be even harder to swallow!
Rachael Yamagata will be releasing her long-awaited follow-up to her debut Happenstance on October 7th. A Record In Two Parts…Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart, is just as the title suggest: an album consisting of two parts: Elephants and Teeth Sinking Into Heart. Elephants is said to be the darker of the two offerings and very orchestral, while Teeth Sinking Into Heart is more driven and guitar-oriented.
Rachael will also be hitting the road to promote A Record In Two Parts starting September 20th. The full tour dates are as follow:
Listen to “Elephants” from the Elephants portion of the record here, and “Sidedish Friend” from Teeth Sinking Into Heart here.
Lastly, for your viewing pleasure, here is an album video preview:
One of my most anticipated albums of 2008, The Streets‘ Everything is Borrowed, is quicky approaching release. (September 15th in the UK to be exact, US date TBA.) The first single and video off the record is called “The Escapist” and I’m already obsessed. Enjoy:
I first became a Dave Matthews Band fan right around the time Crash was released. I was given free tickets to see the band play at Madison Square Garden when I was in high school and the only reason I accepted was because Soul Coughing was the opening act. Prior to seeing them live, I wrote DMB off as “hippie shit” and never gave them a second listen. What I saw on stage that night blew me away.
If you could hand pick a group of some of the most talented musicians on Earth and put them on one stage, you would have The Dave Matthews Band. Every cog in this group has a mastery over their instrument rarely found in popular music today. One of the biggest cogs in this well-oiled machine was LeRoi Moore, in both size and importance.
LeRoi Moore never ceased to amaze. His talent on brass and woodwinds was one of the biggest contributors to DMB’s trademark sound. LeRoi passed away due to complications from an ATV accident he suffered in June. His death is a tragic loss to the music world and to fans like myself who stood in amazement every time he put his lips to an instrument.
For those of you not familiar with DMB or simply as close-minded as I was at one point, I urge you to listen to a live show or listen to an album. Dave Matthews Band is not fairly represented by their singles. Any fan will tell you the true magic from this group comes from their album cuts.
For your listening pleasure, here is the beautiful closing track off of Under the Table and Dreaming called #34. It is a great showcase to the talent of Mr. LeRoi Moore.
Lykke Li is the latest artist from Sweden to break into the indie music scene. The 22-year-old singer is releasing her debut album Youth Novels in the US on August 19th and is has already created quite a buzz with sold out shows in NYC and LA and well deserved critical acclaim.
Youth Novels is the culmination of 10 months of work with her mentor and album producer Bjorn (of Peter, Bjorn and John.) The album features Lykke Li’s beautiful, innocent and airy voice over eclectic European pop.
Lykke Li reminds me a lot of Caroline, who’s 2006 album Murmurs was one of my favorite albums of the year.
Download Lykkie Li’s “Little Bit (Loving Hand Remix)” here.
The Cure have announced that some of music’s most annoying and talentless rockers will be remixing their music for an upcoming EP.
Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Pete Wentz/Patrick Stump (Fall Out Boy), Jade Pudget (AFI), Jared Leto (30 Seconds To Mars) and 65 Days of Static have all contributed to Hypnagogic States EP which will be released physically and digitally on September 13th. All royalties from the EP will go to The International Red Cross.
Hypnagogic States EP features remixes from from all of the songs released this summer from The Cure as part of their Mix 13 series building up to the October release of their as-of-yet-untitled 13th studio album.
I will obviously buy this EP because it’s The Cure and I would pay money for a record of Robert Smith farting into a microphone if need be, but I do have to say that I’m very disappointed by the complete crap “artists” remixing these songs here. I will give 65 Days of Static a pass because while they were boring live, they do make some interesting music, but Pete Wentz, Gerard Way and Jared Leto? Give me a break. What’s the matter, was Fred Durst too busy directing movies to contribute to this project too?
I guess this just further proves that Robert Smith has bad taste in music these days!
I couldn’t have said this any better myself. Well played Antiquiet, well played!