After The Internet recent release of the Cocaine EP featuring their track of the same name, The Internet is ready to share Swedish pop titans Little Dragon's remix of "Cocaine"...!!
Listen to "Cocaine" (Little Dragon Remix) - DOWNLOAD MP3
Odd Future's The Internet (Syd The Kyd & Matt Martians) will release their debut album Purple Naked Ladies featuring "Love Song -1", "They Say" and "Cocaine" on Odd Future Records digitally on December 20th. The physical version featuring 3 bonus tracks and exclusive art and packaging will be in stores Jan 17th. Digital release tracklisting below.
But first...
Odd future, yadda yadda, that's cool and all, but the point of this post is more to share this amazing Little Dragon performance of "Forever" from 2007. Old, sure, but age is made up for by minimalism, beauty, delicacy, endless wonder, etc. etc.
THE INTERNET - PURPLE NAKED LADIES (ODD FUTURE RECORDS) TRACKLISTING Release Date: DEC. 20, 2011 (Digital)
1. Violet Nude Women
2. They Say/Shangrila (ft. Tay Walker)
3. She Dgaf
4. C*nt
5. Cocaine/Tevie (ft. Left Brain)
6. Ode to a Dream (ft Kilo Kish & Coco O.)
7. Gurl (ft. Pyramid Vritra).
8. Love Song -1
9. Lincoln (ft. Mike G & Left Brain)
10. Web of Me
11. She Knows
12. Fastlane
13. Visions (ft. Coco O.)
14. The Garden
A new Javelin track that's like a spaced-out New York city brand of reggaetón -- but not nearly as annoying as music in that subgenre can often be.
The sound uses sounds sampled from around the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, and I guess it's for a PureVolume-related music series brought to you strangely by ASUS -- a computer hardware company -- and Intel. Everyone's trying to get a bit of the musical pie.
Dntel, Anamanaguchi, Teen Daze, Raleigh Moncrief and more join Baths for select dates through North America. Baths also covers Moncrief's "I Just Saw," which you can stream/download below!
Listen to "I Just Saw (BATHS Cover)" - DOWNLOAD MP3
BATHS TOUR DATES * w/ Anamanaguchi, Ki:Theory
$ w/ Dinosaur Feathers, Ki:Theory
# w/ Teen Daze, Morgan Greenwood
^ w/ Dntel, Raleigh Moncrief
11.30 - Philadelphia - The Arch *
12.1 - Cambridge - The Middle East (Downstairs) *
12.2 - New York - Bowery Ballroom $
12.3 - Washington - Black Cat *
12.9 - Seattle - The Neptune #
12.10 - Vancouver - Electric Owl #
12.15 - San Francisco - Slim's ^
12.16 - Santa Cruz - Kuumbwa Jazz Center ^
12.17 - Los Angeles - El Rey Theatre ^
The legendary KATE BUSH releases a brand new studio album 50 Words For Snow on Anti-Records on November 21.
The album features 7 new tracks set against a background of falling snow, with a total running time of 65 minutes; through a highly evocative musical and lyrical landscape this haunting album once again pushes the boundaries.
" I can feel him melting in my hands…."
50 Words For Snow is KATE's second album release of 2011, following Director's Cut which was released in May to massive critical acclaim.
The new album features a small number of special guest musicians including Elton John, Andy Fairweather Low and, on the title track, the British writer/broadcaster/raconteur Stephen Fry.
KATE BUSH has been cited as a huge influence on a range of artists from newcomers like Florence and the Machine and Feist to established artists like Tori Amos and Bjork; she has also been praised by figures as diverse as OutKast, Tricky and Sex Pistol/PIL legend John Lydon who said; "Kate Bush supplies me with all the clues and it's up to me to put the answers together, and that surely is what we are all looking for".
Writing about Director's Cut British rock weekly NME said; ‘Kate Bush is the most influential British female artist ever. No Kate Bush – no PJ Harvey, Cocteau Twins, Bjork, Tori Amos, Joanna Newsome, Goldfrapp, Bat for Lashes; it's not only female solo artists either – Radiohead, Suede and Patrick Wolf are all fans whilst her distinct falsetto is evident in the output of Anthony and the Johnsons".
Jens Lekman, JFK from MSTRKRFT, The Head and the Heart, The Drums and Thao With The Get Down Stay Down to Play Special TIMF Shows in SF!
The 2011 Treasure Island Music Festival, presented by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment, has announced their full confirmed schedule! See it on the Treasure Island website here HERE or scroll down for the full lineup.
In addition to these incredible bands, TIMF will be giving fans even more to enjoy between now and the festival when they present six very special night shows throughout SF. These shows will be headlined by the likes of hotly-tipped up-and-comers The Head and the Heart, acclaimed artist JFK of MSTRKRFT, Sweden’s own Jens Lekman, the acclaimed Bay Area artist Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, and woozy popsters The Drums.
Says Bryan Duquette, Festival Producer from Another Planet Entertainment, “Treasure Island Music Festival doesn’t only encompass the island, but the entire city of San Francisco for 3 days beginning Friday night with our first night show at The Independent. On Saturday and Sunday, the festival continues after the last note on the island back in San Francisco with more exciting night shows. It’s a full weekend of sonic bliss.”
Tickets for these shows are on sale NOW. To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.treasureislandfestival.com.
CONFIRMED SCHEDULE FOR TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2011 Bridge Stage
9:35 – Empire of the Sun
7:55 – Cut Copy
6:15 - Chromeo
4:35 – Dizzee Rascal
3:00 – The Naked and Famous
1:30 – Shabazz Palaces
12:00 – Geographer
Tunnel Stage
8:45 – Death From Above 1979
7:05 – Flying Lotus
5:25 – Buraka Som Sistema
3:45 – Battles
2:15 - Yacht
12:45 – Aloe Blacc
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 2011 Bridge Stage
9:20 – Death Cab For Cutie
7:40 – Explosions in the Sky
6:00 – Beach House
4:20 – Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
2:50 – St. Vincent
1:25 – The Antlers
12:00 – Thee Oh Sees
Tunnel Stage
8:30 – The Hold Stady
6:50 – Friendly Fires
5:10 – The Head and The Heart
3:35 – Wild Beasts
2:05 – Warpaint
12:40 – Weekend
CONFIRMED TIMF NIGHT SHOWS
JENS LEKMAN
Geoffrey O'Connor
Miles the DJ
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
6PM / $12 / 21+ BUY TICKETS
THE DRUMS
io echo
Friday, Oct. 14, 2011
THE INDEPENDENT
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA
8:30PM / 9PM / $15 / 21+ BUY TICKETS
JFK of MSTRKRFT
The Chain Gang of 1974
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011
MEZZANINE
444 Jesse Street
San Francisco, CA
9:30PM / 10PM / $20 / 21+ BUY TICKETS
THE HEAD AND THE HEART
Release the Sunbird
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011
THE INDEPENDENT
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA
9:30PM / 10PM / $15 / 21+
SOLD OUT
THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN
Bare Wires
The She’s
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011
THE INDEPENDENT
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA
8:30PM / 9PM / $16 / 21+ BUY TICKETS
ABOUT NOISE POP
Established in San Francisco in 1993, Noise Pop is the leading independent music festival in the Bay Area. Over the last 19 years Noise Pop has provided exposure to some of the top emerging artists, many of whom have gone on to widespread acclaim, including the White Stripes, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes, Magnetic Fields and Wolfmother. In 2006 Noise Pop began expanding the scope and presence of its established brand into year-round events (including the Treasure Island Music Festival) in the Bay Area and beyond that celebrate all forms of independent culture, music, film, art and merchandise to an ever expanding community. www.noisepop.com
ABOUT ANOTHER PLANET ENTERTAINMENT
Since its inception in 2003, Another Planet Entertainment has produced and promoted events with artists as diverse as Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, Daft Punk, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Metallica, Paul McCartney and Kanye West. In its first year of operation, Another Planet was selected by a vote of its concert industry peers as "Promoter of the Year" in the United States by Pollstar Magazine. Now a Bay Area staple, Another Planet is the exclusive promoter for the Greek Theatre (Berkeley), the Fox Theater in Oakland, The Independent in San Francisco and Harvey's Outdoor Amphitheatre in Lake Tahoe. In 2010, APE was honored to be awarded the exclusive contract to operate the historic Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. APE also produces two major yearly festivals in San Francisco – Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival (beginning in 2008) and Treasure Island Music Festival (beginning in 2007). www.apeconcerts.com
What's the first thing you think of when someone mentions Thee Oh Sees? Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a guitar-chewing, melody-maiming John Dwyer careening across your cranium, rounded out by a wild-eyed wrecking crew that drives every last hook home like it's a nail in the coffin of what you thought it meant to make 21st century rock 'n' roll?
That restlessness extends to everything from the towering, 13-minute title track of 2010's Warm Smile LP to the mercurial moods of 2008's The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In. And then there's the Bay Area band's recent track record, as Thee Oh Sees chased the home-brewed symphonies of Castlemania with the scrappy high wire hooks of Carrion Crawler/ The Dream. Originally envisioned as two EPs, it was cut live to tape in less than a week at Chris Woodhouse's Sacramento studio in June, reflecting the battering ram bent of the band's live show better than any bootleg ever could.
Here is the first "single" from the album: Listen to "Carrion Crawler" - DOWNLOAD MP3
Along with a track from the previously-released Castlemania: Listen to "I Need Seed" - DOWNLOAD MP3
“As I'm sure most would agree,” explains Dwyer, “Castlemania was more of a vocal tirade. This one's meant to pummel and throb.”
That it does, whether you blast the slow, speaker-bruising build of “The Dream,” the sunburnt organs and dovetailing guitars of “Crack In Your Eye,” or the interstellar instrumental that is “Chem-Farmer,” a perfect example of what happens when you take a well-oiled machine—a gang of rabid road warriors, really—and add a second, groove-locked drum set to the mix. To listen is to realize that Dwyer's music is as manic as the underground comic inclinations of his artwork; colorful and confusing in a way that's more than welcome. It's downright refreshing, like a slap in the face at 5 in the morning.
Or as Dwyer puts it, “You have to leave a mark somehow."
1. Carrion Crawler
2. Contraption / Soul Desert
3. Robber Barons
4. Chem-Farmer
5. Opposition (with maracas)
6. The Dream
7. Wrong Idea
8. Crushed Grass
9. Crack In Your Eye
10. Heavy Doctor
THEE OH SEES TOUR DATES * w/ Demon's Claws
^ w/ Total Control
# w/ Chapter 24
! w/ Easy Tiger
@ w/ Paul Cary
** w/ Grave Babies
& w/ Bronze
10/16 - Treasure Island Music Festival - San Francisco, CA
10/19 - Halifax Pop Explosion - Halifax, NS
10/20 - Cabaret du Mile End - Montreal QC *
10/21 - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON
10/28 - Alex's Bar - Long Beach, CA ^
10/31 - Bar Pink - San Diego, CA ^
11/02 - Low Spirits - Albuquerque, NM ^
11/04 - Fun Fun Fun Fest - Austin, TX
11/05 - Prophet - Dallas, TX ^ #
11/07 - Dean - Houston, TX ^ #
11/08 - Siberia - New Orleans, LA ^
11/09 - Hi Tone - Memphis, TN ^
11/10 - The Bottletree - Birmingham, AL ^
11/11 - E.A.R.L. - Atlanta, GA ^
11/12 - Krankies - Winston-Salem, NC ^ !
11/13 - Sonar - Baltimore, MD ^
11/14 - PhilMOCA - Philadelphia, PA ^
11/17 - 285 Kent - Brooklyn, NY ^
11/18 - Le Poisson Rouge - New York, NY ^ @
11/19 - Soft Approach - Providence, RI ^
11/21 - The Bug Jar - Rochester, NY ^ @
11/22 - Lager House - Detroit, MI ^ @
11/23 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL (early show)
11/23 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL (late show) ^ @
11/25 - Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS ^
11/26 - Moe's - Denver, CO ^
11/29 - Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, WA ^ **
11/30 - Doug Fir (All Ages) - Portland, OR ^
12/01 - Doug Fir (21+) - Portland, OR ^
12/04 - Verdi Club - San Francisco, CA ^ &
In 2008, the Wikipedia page of actor Emile Hirsch informed us that his "band goes by the name of Emil and Friends and is currently touring the United States." Ever a beacon of factual credibility, Wikipedia was innocently reflecting rumors started by one rapscallion, Emil Hewitt, who was the real Emil behind the music, and who had propagated the hoax in a shameless effort to get his music heard.
And the story of Emil & Friends came into our world thusly–via a
fuzzy, falsified connection to a celebrity. Fortunately, the backstory was accompanied by music bright with fresh basslines, colorful guitar riffs and the whimsical charm of Emil’s vocals. Three years and many buzzy HypeMachine remixes later, after moving to New York and refining his sound, Emil has established himself as a riser in the NYC music scene. The artist formerly known as Emile releases his full-length debut Lo And Behold on Cantora Records.
Somewhere at the confluence of Emil’s chief inspirations–Queen, French house music and Timbaland–blended together with his flair for musical theater, he arrives at Lo And Behold, an eccentric musical journey he self-classifies as weird Pop. Beginning to end, the album is deliciously fantastical and schizophrenic, from the loungy banger "C.U.P.I.D." to the dreamy ballad "Prescriptions," to the disco shaker "Raincheck." Emil’s debut is an exotic palette of musical moods, with tracks that sizzle, others that stir, and others still that soothe.
LO AND BEHOLD TRACKLISTING
1) Flashback
2) Crystal Ball
3) Endless Waves
4) Typing Machine
5) Prescriptions
6) C.U.P.I.D
7) Rain Check
8) Ali Baba
9) Cat's Pajamas
10) Mask Like Face
11) Lo & Behold
New Orleans-based Sun Hotel have spent the better part of the last two years blazing their own narrative of what it means to be a bona fide rock and roll band – in an era over-congested with charlatanistic pseudo-artists dead set on making indie gold – by applying a punk ethic to the familiar sounds of post-gospel. The four-piece – led by the hauntingly brusque vocals of songwriter Tyler Scurlock – has prided itself on telling a colorfully authentic story of coming-of-age Americana from the unified point of view of a group of young men with a perceptiveness far beyond their years without losing grasp of the fiery, manic creativity that informs every part of their youth.
After self-releasing several digital EP's in late 2009 and early 2010, they, along with best friends and sibling band Caddywhompus, decided to found Chinquapin Records as an avenue to officially manifest their shared appreciation for the infinite creative, artistic and personal rewards to be reaped from operating a purely DIY organization. In the short time since, Chinquapin has become a flourishing center of activity for a modest but growing community of people with the singular goal of creating quality music.
Their latest offering, Gifts (October 11), may prove to be the most earnest quintessence of the uncompromisingly guarded yet wholly collaborative nature of Sun Hotel's songwriting. Suffusing every guitar string, bass rattle and whisper with wave after wave of echo-imbued reverb, in-house living room recording prodigy Ross Farbe manages to balance the pop leanings of the album's infectious hooks with deafening walls of white noise while the concussive rhythms of their multi-percussion setup create a chaotic rumble throughout. Elsewhere, the bass and lead guitar tandem of John St. Cyr and Alex Hertz, respectively, overlay each track's epic structure with a thick, warm tone equal parts nostalgia and melancholy as Scurlock wistfully sings of a subject matter that charmingly belies the raucous, visceral thrill of a live Sun Hotel experience.
GIFTS TRACKLISTING
1) Talks
2) Got Along
3) Alchemy
4) Ease
5) House Pride
Empty Space Orchestra unleashed the impressive instrumental heft of its new Robert Cheek (Deftones, Tera Melos) engineered, Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Pearl Jam, ISIS) mixed self-titled album back in May 2011.
Their recently released self-titled album is a hook-laden marriage of heft and harmony that veers far away from the navel-gazing jamming often associated with music of such explorative origins. Elements of The Mars Volta's most frenetic moments merge with soaring post-rock of Russian Circles, as well as hints of King Crimson, Deftones, Dub Trio and lilting chamber pop all colliding in brilliant synergy from one song to the next.
Now they have released a 2-song, 18inute digital single for FREE download via Bandcamp. GET IT HERE, stream it below, or watch a video for their single, "New Breed Of Skank," at the bottom of the page.
The video clip below is directed by Sean Stout for TerrorEyes, and it features Empty Space Orchestra performing a song from their new Dark Matters EP.
EMPTY SPACE ORCHESTRA TOUR DATES
09/10 Portland, OR @ Widmer Brothers Brewing Company
09/24 Bend, OR @ Century Center - Bend Roots Festival
10/14 Missoula, MT @ The Badlander
10/31 Bend, OR @ Century Center
Jens Lekman's new EP, An Argument With Myself, is now available for streaming! The disc will be out next Tuesday, September 20 on Secretly Canadian (September 19 UK) and is available now for pre-order with instant download HERE.
Fans can also enter to win a copy of the EP on clear vinyl at the Paste Magazine website HERE.
An Argument With Myself follows his critically acclaimed 2007 album Night Falls Over Kortedala. Praise for Kortedala was wide-ranging and the album was named one of Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 2000s as well as Paste Magazine's 50 Best Albums of the 2000s.
JENS LEKMAN TOUR DATES
09/28/11 Hollywood, CA - Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
09/29/11 San Francisco, CA - California Academy of Sciences w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
10/01/11 Seattle, WA - Columbia City Theater w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
10/03/11 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
10/05/11 Washington, DC - 6th & I Historic Synagogue w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
10/06/11 Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Ethical Society w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
10/07/11 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg - SOLD OUT w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
10/08/11 Boston, MA - Somerville Armory w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
10/09/11 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg - SOLD OUT w/ Geoffrey O'Connor
10/10/11 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/14/11 Nijmegen, NL - The Vereniging w/ Lia Ices
10/15/11 Düsseldorf, DE - Schumannsaal Düsseldorf
10/17/11 London, UK - Heaven w/ Lia Ices
10/18/11 Bristol, UK - Thekla w/ Lia Ices
10/19/11 Manchester, UK - Band on the Wall w/ Lia Ices
10/22/11 Stockholm, SE - Södra Teatern w/ Lia Ices
10/23/11 Gothenburg, SE - Nefertiti w/ Lia Ices
10/24/11 Copenhagen, DK - Studio 2 @ Copenhagen Concert House w/ Lia Ices
10/26/11 Vienna, AT - Odeon Theater w/ Lia Ices
10/27/11 Milano, IT - Salumeria della Musica w/ Lia Ices
10/29/11 Paris, FR - Grande Halle de la Villette (Pitchfork Music Festival)
A new Javelin track that's like a spaced-out New York city brand of reggaetón -- but not nearly as annoying as music in that subgenre can often be.
Dntel, Anamanaguchi, Teen Daze, Raleigh Moncrief and more join Baths for select dates through North America. Baths also covers Moncrief's "I Just Saw," which you can stream/download below!
The legendary KATE BUSH releases a brand new studio album 50 Words For Snow on Anti-Records on November 21.
What's the first thing you think of when someone mentions Thee Oh Sees? Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a guitar-chewing, melody-maiming John Dwyer careening across your cranium, rounded out by a wild-eyed wrecking crew that drives every last hook home like it's a nail in the coffin of what you thought it meant to make 21st century rock 'n' roll?
In 2008, the Wikipedia page of actor Emile Hirsch informed us that his "band goes by the name of Emil and Friends and is currently touring the United States." Ever a beacon of factual credibility, Wikipedia was innocently reflecting rumors started by one rapscallion, Emil Hewitt, who was the real Emil behind the music, and who had propagated the hoax in a shameless effort to get his music heard.
New Orleans-based Sun Hotel have spent the better part of the last two years blazing their own narrative of what it means to be a bona fide rock and roll band – in an era over-congested with charlatanistic pseudo-artists dead set on making indie gold – by applying a punk ethic to the familiar sounds of post-gospel. The four-piece – led by the hauntingly brusque vocals of songwriter Tyler Scurlock – has prided itself on telling a colorfully authentic story of coming-of-age Americana from the unified point of view of a group of young men with a perceptiveness far beyond their years without losing grasp of the fiery, manic creativity that informs every part of their youth.
Jens Lekman's new EP, An Argument With Myself, is now available for streaming! The disc will be out next Tuesday, September 20 on Secretly Canadian (September 19 UK) and is available now for pre-order with instant download HERE.
