April 3rd, 2010

Delorean “Stay Close”

Delorean

Delorean is an alternative dance band from Barcelona and the most recent signee to True Panther Sounds, the NYC-based indie label that was purchased by Matador Records late last year.  True Panther is best known for putting out Album by Girls, one of last year’s most critically acclaimed indie records.  If you want a cheap [...]

March 31st, 2010

Cults – 7″

Cults

Bandcamp is a free, no frills website creation tool for musicians looking to post a few songs to share with friends, family, and (if they’re lucky) fans.  A little over a month ago, three songs, “Go Outside,” “Most Wanted,” and “The Curse,” were posted on the profile of a totally unknown artist named Cults.  Over [...]

March 26th, 2010

The Notorious XX

The Notorioius XX

If you’re a fan of mashups you might dig this new mixtape by Wait What that I found over on Seizure Chicken.  It’s worth checking out for the randomness of the pairing alone.  The Notorious B.I.G. is probably the most mashed up artist of all time, but I’ve never heard him mixed with a new [...]

March 26th, 2010

LCD Soundsystem “Drunk Girls”

LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls

It’s going to take a few days to fully digest this, but the first single from the third and possibly final LCD Soundsystem LP just hit the web a few hours ago.  I don’t really expect the as-yet-unnamed album to be as good as their last album, 2007’s Sound of Silver, which was my #1 album [...]

March 25th, 2010

The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio”

The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio

There are lots of great bands with new records coming out this year, in fact it’s getting harder every day to name one that isn’t and it’s only March.  Another addition to the list is The National who recently announced the release of their new album, High Violet, which will be out in May.  That’s [...]

March 24th, 2010

Blitzen Trapper “Heaven and Earth”

Blitzen Trapper

Punk rock and the indie movement it spawned are historically seen as an adverse reaction to the 1970’s easygoing brand of hippie rock and its prevalence on American radio.  The popularity of this music hasn’t waned a bit as classic rock is still one of the go-to radio formats, but for new artists making this [...]

March 18th, 2010

Video: Hot Chip “I Feel Better”

Hot Chip - One Life Stand

UPDATE: Apparently this video now has embedding blocked, you can watch it in HD on YouTube here.
This is easily the best music video I have seen in a long, long time.
“I Feel Better” is off the excellent new Hot Chip album One Life Stand. Some other great tracks from the album are “Take It [...]

March 16th, 2010

T.I. “I’m Back”

TI - Im Back

East Coast and West Coast rap may have dominated the nineties, but whether you’d like to admit it or not, the Dirty South owned the last decade.  To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t a huge fan, as I know many devotees of the early ‘90’s NYC sound weren’t, but I tried to look past the [...]

March 10th, 2010

MGMT “Flash Delirium”

MGMT - Flash Delirium

As reported earlier today by pretty much every other music blog on the entire internet, there is a new MGMT song.  It is the first to be released off the new album Congratulations, which I wrote about in a recent post, and it is currently available as a free download on the band’s website, where [...]

February 24th, 2010

M.I.A. Tweets New Video

According to a recent tweet by the artist known as @_M_I_A_, her new album may be out as soon as June. She recently posted a video for one of her new tracks “Space Odyssey,” which she also used her Twitter account to announce. Who needs public relations anymore? Check out the video [...]