Sic Alps made some minor waves back in 2008 when their track “Message from the Law” appeared at number ninety on Pitchfork’s top 100 tracks of the year. ”Message from the Law” was a gritty garage anthem, perhaps most notable for its ability to eschew the trappings of ‘garage rock’ that had become so prevalent [...]
A couple of days ago, 21 year-old Londoner James Blake performed three new songs from his upcoming self-titled album, set for release in February. The album itself actually leaked last week and made its way around the internet with pretty much everyone loving it, including myself. I’ve probably listened to it about 15 times in [...]
It’s weird how things happen. I was just looking at the pre-order page for Tennis’ debut album “Cape Dory” (January 18th on Fat Possum) and they have the lead track from the album as a stream. One minute later I checked out my Google Reader feed and there’s Pitchfork with the MP3 of the song. [...]
Being Scottish and living in the U.S. it’s guaranteed that people will make fun of my accent, but it’s also guaranteed I’m gonna make fun of theirs too. At a point of frustration or when something happens that they kinda wish hadn’t, people here will say “Awww man”, but to me it sounds more like [...]
I’ve been sitting on this for a while now, and even though he’s been around for over a year, he’s really only starting to gain momentum, so that’s why it’s an “Introduction” piece. When listening to either of James Blake’s three EPs (all released in the last 10 months) or his couple of singles (one [...]
About six or seven weeks ago I posted the full album stream for “Nothing Hurts”, the debut album from London’s Male Bonding, and since then (with absolutely nothing to do with me) they’ve gone on to get some of the best reviews around for said album. Unfortunately the stream is no longer online but they [...]
Frightened Rabbit have announced a North American tour (which does include Canada), a contest to win tickets to not only see them live in either the U.K. or U.S. with an opportunity to meet them after the gig, but also a new video for “Nothing Like You” from their upcoming and highly anticipated 3rd album [...]
The National singer Matt Berninger speaks to Pitchfork about their upcoming album, the process of recording it, why they won’t be calling it “Summer Lovin’ Torture Party”, their appearance in a Google commercial, and their collaboration with Sufjan Stevens. Here are some highlights: Pitchfork: Is the new album finished? Matt Berninger: No, it’s close. We’re scheduled [...]
Today’s stories and wee baby news items you might’ve missed: Olafur Arnalds announces the title for his new album on Twitter. ”…and they have escaped the weight of darkness” …. “(That’s the title for the new album btw. Who can guess where i got it from? )“ Camera Obscura are added to the already impressive [...]
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