Posted on 11 March 2010
Moon Duo is the San Francisco twosome of Sanae Yamada and Wooden Shjips’ Erik Johnson. It’s not surprising they mention Suicide, Silver Apples, and Royal Trux as influences. As the last name in that series hints, they’re also into soulfully noise and jazzed-out experimentation (Coltrane, Rashied Ali show up in their one-sheet). They recently released […]
Posted on 11 March 2010
I’m into different kinds of music for different reasons. Not everything goes down easy, so it’s a treat when something’s as unabashedly catchy and straight-up fun as 17-year-old Tampa rapper Dominique Young Unique’s “Show My Ass.” And it’s a plus when a summer jam involves this much (actual) personality and skill. The video was shot […]
Posted on 11 March 2010
If “Odessa” has you impatient for Caribou’s Swim, which is a perfectly rational position to assume, then jump in on Dan Snaith’s similarly liquid, techno-stroked reworking of “Eleanor Speaks” by Danish indie-psych outfit Oh No Ono. For fans of Caribou’s new Whitest Boy Alive dance moves: Oh No Ono – “Eleanor Speaks (Caribou Remix)”
ONO’s Eggs […]
Posted on 11 March 2010
In its initial form, Here We Go Magic was the 4-track project of Luke Temple. Since then, he’s surrounded himself with a few friends — Kristina Lieberson, Michael Bloch, Jennifer Turner, and Peter Hale — who you’ll eventually hear playing together on the band’s second album Pigeons (out 6/8 on Secretly Canadian). For now, get […]
Posted on 11 March 2010
Pure Ecstasy are from Austin, TX, so maybe the trip to SXSW won’t be as exciting for them as it will be for anyone hoping to catch them live. Their tracks on their MySpace are promising, but “Voices” is the best of the bunch. Here singer Nate Grace offers soft pleas over watery guitar chords. […]
Posted on 11 March 2010
Annie Clark doesn’t mention the album they tackled, but the St. Vincent mastermind did Tweet that she teamed up with Tropicalia stalwarts Os Mutantes and Liars for one of Beck’s Record Club collaborations and that it’ll be online “soonish” and was “serious fun.” (Guess: First Suicide record?)
Posted on 10 March 2010
Actually, on latenightwithjimmyfallon.com. This hasn’t even aired yet. “Terrible Love” is our first listen from and the first track on the National’s forthcoming LP High Violet. Are you ready for some good music?
The band will play Brooklyn’s Bell House tonight and tomorrow. Tickets sold out in less than a minute.
High Violet is out 5/11 on […]
Posted on 10 March 2010
It’s been a while since we checked in with mellow Jersey Shore/Galaxie 500 fans and BTW Real Estate. Turns out they were hiding in an actual real estate office and performing “Suburban Dogs” for the company holiday party. Pass the spiral ham, please.
Real Estate is out via Woodsist. While we’re here, revisit “Green River.”
Real […]
Posted on 10 March 2010
Yves Saint Laurent reinterpreted ’70s Paris for their Fall/Winter 2010 show, with long, waist-length medallions, little capelets, and mid-calf skirts dotting the collection. So a new (sort of) song by LCD Soundsystem, who also performed at yesterday’s show, seems appropriate. According to DFA’s website, they performed a reinterpretation of a 1979 Peter Gordon & Love […]
Posted on 10 March 2010
Over the past few months, Alan Palomo, aka Neon Indian (et VEGA), went from the bedroom to Late Night television. Now he’s also passed through Chris Taylor’s Brooklyn-based Terrible Studios: Palomo wrote and recorded “Sleep Paralysist,” his first new post-Psychic Chasms track, and received mixing/mastering help from the Grizzly Bear. He’s described Neon Indian’s sound […]