September 2009
162 posts
Spectrals – 7″ →
Spectrals – 7″ Out now on Captured Tracks
LHB’s Shorties (David Byrne, Built To Spill and... →
David Byrne talks to New York Magazine about his new book, Bicycle Diaries.
Byrne has lent his name and talents to the pro-bicycling movement, speaking at forums and designing a series…
New Best Coast, “Wish He Was You” →
“Wish He Was You” is a great new Best Coast song, and it’s now streaming on her Myspace.
When Bands Throw Food At You →
I am very excited about seeing Phoenix perform tomorrow night in Central Park. I know most people are just really into the songs, and yeah, they’re great, but I mostly go to Phoenix gigs for the…
Moon Duo – “Killing Time” EP →
Moon Duo – Killing Time EP Out soon on Sacred Bones LP • MP3
Moon Duo is the krautrocky side-project of Wooden Shjips’ Ripley Johnson (along with collaborator Sanae…
MP3: Sleep Whale – “Cotton Curls” →
Sleep Whale – “Cotton Curls” From the Denton, TX band’s forthcoming full-length, Houseboat, out 11/10 from Western Vinyl.
Score: 20 Years of Merge Records – The Remixes →
Score: 20 Years of Merge Records – The Remixes Out 11/17 on Merge CD • MP3
Live: The Antlers, Criminal Records In-Store →
Frank YangEverything I have to say about The Antlers’ record Hospice has already been said, so I’ll focus squarely on their live performance which I was able to witness…
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – “Summer of Fear” →
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Summer of Fear Out 10/6 on Saddle Creek CD • 2xLP • MP3
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – “The Sound”
Girls – “Album” →
Girls – Album Out now on True Panther/Matador CD • LP • MP3
Girls – “Hellhole Ratrace” MP3: Girls – “Lust For Life” MP3: Girls – “Solitude” (non-album…
This Song Is An Aftermath →
Rattail - “Go Green” When I was a kid my family moved around a lot, because of work and other things. We had trouble affording to live on our own a lot, so we would live with extended…
Poster: Andrew Bird by Aesthetic Apparatus →
Andrew Bird Aesthetic Apparatus, 2009
New Horrors Single, “Whole New Way” →
This follow-up to their “Who Can Say” single is out on iTunes on 9/29 and 7″ on 11/3 (on XL), of course).
Video: Kelpe – “Microscope Contents” →
Kelpe – “Microscope Contents”
Molina & Johnson – s/t →
Molina & Johnson – s/t Out 11/3 on Secretly Canadian
A collaborative effort featuring Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Co.) and Will Johnson (Centro-Matic).
MP3: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – “The Sound” →
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – “The Sound” From his forthcoming album Summer of Fear, out 10/6 from Saddle Creek.
Poster: Blitzen Trapper by Methane Studios →
Blitzen Trapper Methane Studios, 2009
Family →
Cave Weddings - “Bring Your Love” On the subject of the inter-mingling of the senses, I’ve heard much talk about the colour of music or the smell of a dream or a memory. If you’re a reader here,…
Bear In Heaven – “Beast Rest Forth Mouth” →
Bear In Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth Out 10/13 on Hometapes
Bear In Heaven – “Wholehearted Mess” MP3: Bear In Heaven – “Lovesick Teenagers”
Review: Richard Hawley’s “Truelove’s Gutter” →
richardhawley.co.ukRichard Hawley is one of those rare artists for whom when I’m in the mood to hear their stuff, I can reach for pretty much any one of their records and it will…
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire – “The Swimming Hour”... →
Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire – The Swimming Hour Out 10/20 on Ryko
Remastered 2xLP edition of Bird’s 2001 album, with new artwork by Jay Ryan.
I Feel Much Stranger About You →
Little Dragon - “A New”Some singers rely on lyrics that convey their meaning with directness and precision, but Yukimi Nagano is the type to let her words roughly sketch out a feeling that she…
MP3: The Amazing – “Code II” →
The Amazing – “Code II” From the band’s forthcoming 10″ on Mexican Summer (the one we mentioned here).
(via Fader)
MP3: Asobi Seksu – “Suzanne” (at Olympic Studios) →
Asobi Seksu – “Suzanne” (at Olympic Studios) From the band’s “acoustic album,” Rewolf, out 11/10 from Polyvinyl.
Ganglians – “Blood On The Sand” 7″ →
Ganglians – “Blood on the Sand” b/w “Make It Up” 7″ Out now on Captured Tracks
New Real Estate MP3, “Beach Comber” →
Real Estate – “Beach Comber” From their forthcoming LP for Woodsist.
Citay Preps Remixes Album →
San Francisco’s Citay have just wrapped up an LP of remixes (titled, appropriately, Remixes), that features reworkings of tracks from their 2007 album, Little Kingdom. The remix…
Majeure – “Timespan” →
Majeure – Timespan Out 10/20 on Temporary Residence
Majeure – “Teleforce”
(The side-project of Zombi’s A.E. Paterra)
MP3: Systems Officer – “Shape Shifter” →
Systems Officer – “Shape Shifter” Systems Officer (Pinback’s Zach Smith) returns in November with new album, Underslept, on Temporary Residence.
(and don’t forget that,…
Real Estate – s/t →
Real Estate – s/t Out 11/17 on Woodsist
Real Estate – “Beach Comber”
Venice Is Sinking Doing Alright with New EP, Video →
Ian DarkenSomething I learned yesterday – I wasn’t able to get by on three hours of sleep when I was young, I sure as hell can’t do it now. Blogging isn’t so easy when your brain has the…
New Releases of Note, 9/22/09 →
Undeniably, this is a really big release week (The Big Pink, Girls, Islands, and Times New Viking, to name just a few). It almost makes the release week of 10/6 look small….
Javelin – “Javelin” →
Javelin – Javelin 12″ Out 11/3 on Thrill Jockey
Limited Edition of 500, in one-of-a-kind silkscreened-over vintage record jackets.
Numero Group – “Light: On the South Side” →
Numero Group – Light: On the South Side Out 11/3 from Numero Group
A gatefold 2xLP + 132-page book set, with slipcase. First 250 copies receive a 320kbps download (otherwise,…
Fountains of Blood →
image source Jookabox - “You Cried Me” I chased your brother down the golf course, it was wobbling like the Tacoma Narrows. It was dark blue wet grass, the shapes and ovals like…
Factums – “Flowers” →
Factums – Flowers Out soon on Sacred Bones
Factums – “Split Screen”
Order soon and you can get one of the special-edition versions, with screen-printed wraparound sleeve,…
Video: Flaming Lips – “I Can Be A Frog” →
Flaming Lips – “I Can Be A Frog”
John Vanderslice – “Too Much Time” 7″ →
John Vanderslice – “Too Much Time” b/w “Moon Rocks” 7″ Out 10/6 on Dead Oceans
John Vanderslice – “Too Much Time”
Pre-order now and get an instant free download. And as a…
Fucked Up Win 2009 Polaris Music Prize (To Delight... →
Frank YangThroughout this year’s process for the Polaris Music Prize, I’ve been saying that I’m thankful that I was on the Grand Jury last year – when there were no shortage of…
The Twilight Sad – “Forget The Night Ahead” →
The Twilight Sad – Forget the Night Ahead Out now on Fat Cat
The Twilight Sad – “Reflection of the Television”
MP3: Dead Man’s Bones – “In The Room Where You... →
Dead Man’s Bones – “In The Room Where You Sleep” From the forthcoming self-titled debut from the Ryan Gosling/Zach Shields collab, out 10/6 on Werewolf Heart/Anti.
Video: Bear In Heaven (Live at Matchless... →
Bear In Heaven (Live at Matchless (Greenpoint, Brooklyn) by Ray Concepcion
IN THE BACK SPACES →
The Ukeladies - “Sleep Today” They started the band as a kind of joke. Three girls who played ukulele - haha! The Ukeladies! Yes! They would play a few nights at Stu’s, cover-songs…
New Music Tapes MP3, “For The Planet Pluto” →
The Music Tapes – “For The Planet Pluto” Finally, a free download of the track from that very cute video starring the 4th Grade class of Barrow Elementary School (Athens, GA).
15 More Mexican Summer Releases Confirmed For 2009 →
15 more Mexican Summer releases confirmed for 2009
Picture This: Your Band– Opening For Mission Of... →
Picture this: your band– opening for Mission Of Burma
Video: Shannon Stephens – “In Summer In The Heat” →
Shannon Stephens – “In Summer In The Heat”
Video: Miike Snow – “Black and Blue” →
Miike Snow – “Black and Blue”
Live: The Swell Season →
Frank YangThis was the first year in many years that I did nothing at all involving TIFF. Not a screening, not a party, nothing. But I did get to do something tangentially cinematic…
Ex-Galaxie 500′ers Damon & Naomi Touring With A... →
Ex-Galaxie 500‘ers Damon & Naomi are hitting the road with Albuquerque’s Jeremy Barnes (formerly of Neutral Milk Hotel), better known as A Hawk and A Hacksaw. NYC’ers should note…