A reflection for the week that was.
Dead Man's Bones - Pa Pa Power
Japandroids - Wet Hair
Gorillaz - Rhinestone Eyes
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Plastic Beach
The new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach was released March 9. The badass video for the track "Stylo" was made available today. The semi-animated video features a car-chase with none other than the original badass himself Bruce Willis.
Forthcoming
Wow 2010. So much good music already, so much more to look forward to. 2010 is easily becoming the year of indie music. Here is a select list of artists coming out with new albums in Q2.
Broken Socail Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record (May 4th)
As reported here, Broken Social Scene return with a relatively slim core-five members. A revolving door however it would seem, this listener has learned that Feist, Emily Haines, Jason Collett and Amy Millan will all make appearances on the album. "World Sick" is
the first preview we have of the new album.
01 World Sick
02 Chase Scene
03 Texico Bitches
04 Forced to Love
05 All to All
06 Art House Director
07 Highway Slipper Jam
08 Ungrateful Little Father
09 Meet Me in the Basement
10 Sentimental X’s
11 Sweetest Kill
12 Romance to the Grave
13 Water in Hell
14 Me and My Hand
Broken Social Scene - World Sick Edit: Link removed
Foals - Total Life Forever (May 10th)
An early favourite for album of the year based solely on the strength of first single "Spanish Sahara" Foals return in 2010 with Total Life Forever. A complete 180 from their math-rock mania that was 2008's Antidotes, "Spanish Sahara" is a slow burner with a progressive build that borrows heavily from electronic influence.
Foals - Spanish Sahara Edit: Link removed
Band or Horses - Infinite Arms (May 18th)
Americana folk rock band, Band of Horses release their third album Infinate Arms. Co-founded in 2004 by Mat Brooke and frontman Ben Bridwell, the group has seen a continuous turn-over in group members in their relatively short lifespan. After 2006's triumphant Everything All the Time, song collaborator Mat Brooke left the group and the remaining members reloacted to South Carolina. 2007's Cease to Begin surely has its highlights but was missing the punch that found their debut album so listenable.
2010's Infinite Arms was written and recorded by 2009's touring band and based on their July performance in Vancouver, one might find this album a little too heavy on the twang.
Wintersleep - New Inheritors (May 18th)
East-coast Canadian rockers, Wintersleep return with their fourth studio album. Building momentum with each successive release, the hibernating quintent hope to build on 2007's break through single "Weighty Ghost." No sneak preivews from the new disc have been leaked as of yet, however, lead singer Paul Murphy teams up with his brother and lends his grating yet very listenable voice to side project Postdata.
Postdata - In Chemicals Edit: Link removed
Nada Surf - If I had a hi-fi (June 8th)
Perhaps one of the most unexpected projects of the year, Nada Surf are set to release an album of covers. The album will be made available to concert goers commencing March 25 and then will be released physically to mass consumption on June 8th. I am digging cool faux-retro album cover.
01 Electrocution – Bill Fox
02 Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
03 Love Goes On – The Go-Betweens
04 Janine - Arthur Russell
05 You Were So Warm – Dwight Twilley
06 Love and Anger – Kate Bush
07 The Agony of Laffitte – Spoon
08 Bye Bye Beaute – Coralie Clement
09 Question – Moody Blues
10 Bright Side – Soft Pack
11 Evolution – Mercromina
12 I Remembered What I Was Going to Say – The Silly Pillows
Nada Surf - Electrocution (Bill Fox). Edit: Link removed
Stars - The Five Ghosts (June 22)
The Montreal-based group will release its fifth album, The Five Ghosts, on June 22 on their own Soft Revolution Records. Ghosts was produced by Tom McFall, who also worked on the band’s 2005 album Set Yourself On Fire.
01 Dead Hearts
02 Wasted Daylight
03 I Died So I Could Haunt You
04 Fixed
05 We Don't Want Your Body
06 He Dreams He's Awake
07 Never Been Good With Change
08 The Passenger
09 The Last Song Ever Written
10 How Much More
11 Winter Bones
Broken Socail Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record (May 4th)
As reported here, Broken Social Scene return with a relatively slim core-five members. A revolving door however it would seem, this listener has learned that Feist, Emily Haines, Jason Collett and Amy Millan will all make appearances on the album. "World Sick" is
the first preview we have of the new album.
01 World Sick
02 Chase Scene
03 Texico Bitches
04 Forced to Love
05 All to All
06 Art House Director
07 Highway Slipper Jam
08 Ungrateful Little Father
09 Meet Me in the Basement
10 Sentimental X’s
11 Sweetest Kill
12 Romance to the Grave
13 Water in Hell
14 Me and My Hand
Foals - Total Life Forever (May 10th)
Band or Horses - Infinite Arms (May 18th)
Americana folk rock band, Band of Horses release their third album Infinate Arms. Co-founded in 2004 by Mat Brooke and frontman Ben Bridwell, the group has seen a continuous turn-over in group members in their relatively short lifespan. After 2006's triumphant Everything All the Time, song collaborator Mat Brooke left the group and the remaining members reloacted to South Carolina. 2007's Cease to Begin surely has its highlights but was missing the punch that found their debut album so listenable.
2010's Infinite Arms was written and recorded by 2009's touring band and based on their July performance in Vancouver, one might find this album a little too heavy on the twang.
Wintersleep - New Inheritors (May 18th)
East-coast Canadian rockers, Wintersleep return with their fourth studio album. Building momentum with each successive release, the hibernating quintent hope to build on 2007's break through single "Weighty Ghost." No sneak preivews from the new disc have been leaked as of yet, however, lead singer Paul Murphy teams up with his brother and lends his grating yet very listenable voice to side project Postdata.
Nada Surf - If I had a hi-fi (June 8th)
Perhaps one of the most unexpected projects of the year, Nada Surf are set to release an album of covers. The album will be made available to concert goers commencing March 25 and then will be released physically to mass consumption on June 8th. I am digging cool faux-retro album cover.
01 Electrocution – Bill Fox
02 Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
03 Love Goes On – The Go-Betweens
04 Janine - Arthur Russell
05 You Were So Warm – Dwight Twilley
06 Love and Anger – Kate Bush
07 The Agony of Laffitte – Spoon
08 Bye Bye Beaute – Coralie Clement
09 Question – Moody Blues
10 Bright Side – Soft Pack
11 Evolution – Mercromina
12 I Remembered What I Was Going to Say – The Silly Pillows
Stars - The Five Ghosts (June 22)
The Montreal-based group will release its fifth album, The Five Ghosts, on June 22 on their own Soft Revolution Records. Ghosts was produced by Tom McFall, who also worked on the band’s 2005 album Set Yourself On Fire.
01 Dead Hearts
02 Wasted Daylight
03 I Died So I Could Haunt You
04 Fixed
05 We Don't Want Your Body
06 He Dreams He's Awake
07 Never Been Good With Change
08 The Passenger
09 The Last Song Ever Written
10 How Much More
11 Winter Bones
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