STILL CORNERS SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR "INTO THE TREES" On Oct 11thStill Corners released their Sub Pop debut, Creatures of an Hour. In support of this release, the band has a new video for their song, “Into the Trees” which was directed by Ollie Murray who recently worked with The Horror’s on a video for “Still Life."Click here to watch "Into the Trees." MP3- Into the Trees MP3- Cuckoo Video- Cuckoo Video- Creatures Of An Hour (Album Trailer Video) London quintet Still Corners usually spend their time perfecting gorgeous, shimmering pop songs, watching subtitled movies and being glacial heartbreakers. (Feature 2010)- Fader ...part '60s soundtrack music, part psych pop, and a big dose of motorik Kraut, as heard in a very Neu!-esque instrumental...Still Corners know exactly what they're aiming for and have pretty much hit the bullseye. (Show Review 2011) –Brooklyn Vegan ...the band displays its knack for the aforementioned atmospherics and for succinct indie-pop songwriting, but they’re unafraid to mix in other elements, evidenced by the utterly spooky waltz of ‘Velveteen’ and the krautrock-style propulsion of ‘Submarine’. – Paste Magazine |
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11/30/2011
Still Corners "Into The Trees"
11/29/2011
Slow Club "If We're Still Alive"
THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR HOLIDAYS
Their latest video for the song "If We're Still Alive" takes footage from this trip as well as travels in the UK to give an intimate look at life in a touring band, capturing live gigs, long drives, late nights, and days off at the beach.
Slow Club - If We're Still Alive |
Stream "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home"
11/28/2011
Foxygen EP 2011
Download the new FOXYGEN EP.
Three new songs:
1. Something Changing
2. With All My Friends
3. Where's The Money?
Foxygen EP 2011: http://foxygen.bandcamp.com/album/ep-2011
11/25/2011
Best shows of 2011
1. PORTISHEAD @ Shrine Auditorium Oct 18th & 19th
2. BRYAN FERRY @ The Greek Oct 15th
3. CUT COPY @ Regency Ballroom April 16th
4. WIRE @ Slim's SF April 17th
5. CRYSTAL CASTLES @ Fox Pomona March 3rd (Photo: Alexander)
6. SWANS + DEVENDRA BANHART @ El Rey March 2nd
7. GLASVEGAS + GLISS @ Great American June 7th
8. THE KILLS + THE BLACK ANGELS @ Fox Pomona May 14th
9. LAURA MARLING + ALESSI'S ARK @ the Troubadour September 20th
10. SMITH WESTERNS + YUCK @ Detroit Bar February 3rd
All photos by Angel Ceballos (Unless noted).
11/21/2011
Noah and The Whale
All photos by Rachel Robinson. Noah and the Whale are playing at the Anaheim House of Blues tomorrow Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
11/18/2011
School of Seven Bells: Ghostory
School Of Seven Bells formed in 2006 as a trio (including Claudia Deheza)
11/15/2011
Angel Ceballos: best photos of 2011
ZOLA JESUS
WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
YUCK
WIRE
HUGH CORNWELL
THE BLACK ANGELS
SMITH WESTERNS
SPECTRUM
GREENHORNES
FOXYGEN
11/14/2011
Toro Y Moi @ Symmetry Live
W Hotels Symmetry Live presents an exclusive performance by TORO Y MOI, hosted by W Hotels' Global Music Director, Michelangelo L'Acqua. This spectacular event kicks off at W Los Angeles - Westwood on Thursday, November 17, 2011.
Following Symmetry Live, celebrate the opening of CHILL, W Los Angeles' award-winning ice skating experience. For the third year in a row, the WET pool will be transformed into a 1,600 square foot custom shaped hybrid-ice rink, styled by Chad Hudson Events and outfitted with an elegant mix of modern décor from Z Gallerie. From November 18 - January 1, guests are invited to enjoy signature food and cocktails from The Ice Bar as they ice skate amidst a backdrop of bright lights, fanciful candlelit votives and snowfall every hour.
- Symmetry Live is Thursday, November 17, 2011
- 7:00-9:00PM - Opening of CHILL
- 8:00PM - VIP & Celebrity Arrivals
- 8:00-11:00PM - Symmetry LIVE in Whiskey Blue
11/12/2011
Trentemøller "Sycamore Feeling"
Makes Late Night TV Debut On 'Last Call with Carson Daly'
"Reworked/Remixed remains a compelling cross-section - and introduction to - Trentemøller's
catalog. " - ALARM 'This Week's Best Albums'
"It was a thrilling, all encompassing performance, where Goths, rave fans, and indie kids all elated.
A master class in leaving it all onthe stage." - Under the Radar
"The album's wide range of instrumentation... truly explains why Trentemøller is one of the most talked about producers working in electronic music." -Zink
Watch "Sycamore Feeling (Marie Fisker Version)" at the Stereogum premiere or YouTube
Download Trentemøller's Remix of "Neverglade"
Danish electronic artist Anders Trentemøller has debuted a brand new video with Stereogum for the opening track "Sycamore Feeling (Marie Fisker Version)" on his recently released double CD, Reworked / Remixed. The video features the Danish singer stoically sifting in and out of people's apartment's and thoughts. After an incredible spring tour including performances at this year's SXSW, Ultra Music Festival, and Coachella, resulting in Yahoo! Music saying he was the "biggest breakout of Coachella 2011...perhaps he'll be headlining Coachella in 2012," Trentemøller just wrapped up his second exhilarating full-band run through North America this year including an amazing NYC set with expert theremin player Dorit Chrysler and Coco Sumner (I Blame Coco). The producer and his lauded band will make their late night television debut next week on Last Call with Carson Daly. Tune in Wednesday night Nov. 16th/ Thursday morning at 1:35am EST.
Reworked / Remixed is out now on Trentemøller's own label In My Room and celebrates some of the producer's favorite remixes he's crafted for other artists, as well as his own songs that other musicians have reworked. Featuring UNKLE, I Blame Coco, Depeche Mode, Modeselektor with Thom Yorke, Efterklang, Mew, Kasper Bjørke and many more, CMJ says, the "beats are crisp and instruments are perfectly mixed, mastered and balanced, fitting together like pieces in a very exact glass puzzle."
11/09/2011
WIRE "Black Session" live album
Black Session, Paris - 10th MAY 2011 (pf19)
As Wire nears the final leg of this extraordinary year of activity, pinkflag is announcing the next release. Recorded back in May in Radio France's Paris studios in front of an invited (and enthusiastic) audience this live album captures the band razor sharp from 4 months of touring distilling the set and featuring many of the songs that made it special for many.WIRE - Black Session, Paris - 10th MAY 2011 (pf19)
01. Adapt
02. Comet
03. Smash
04. Please Take
05. KIdney Bingos
06. Clay
07. Map Ref 41°N 93°W
08. Moreover
09. Two People in a Room
10. Down To This
11. Drill
12. Red Barked Tree
13. Pink Flag
Although not available in shops or even via mail order until next year this live album WILL be exclusively available on CD during the upcoming UK tour (alongside new t-shirts & tote bags)
A Place To Bury Strangers EP
A Place To Bury Strangers Announce EP Onwards To The Wall New Release Due on Dead Oceans February 7 | |
A Place To Bury Strangers is pleased to announce their Dead Oceans debut release, Onwards To The Wall. The EP contains 5 brand new, pummeling tracks that will melt the smile off a listener's face. The band has also released their first MP3 from the EP, "So Far Away," to the public via Pitchfork. "So Far Away" takes all the pure pop perfection of The Box Tops' "The Letter" and shoots it through with a barely-harnessed dark energy and snarling propulsion. Onwards To The Wall packs every bit of the searing sonic maelstrom listeners have come to expect from APTBS. Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by APTBS themselves, this is the sound of a band in control of making out of control music. Now joined by bassist Dion Lunadon, formerly of The D4, lead singer and guitarist Oliver Ackerman has found a crucial companion in pulling timeless melodies from their jet engine textures. The adroit songcraft that's always been there is brought to the fore, with familiar pop hooks repurposed for maximum carnage. A handful of contemporary bands are currently exploring the new limits of loud. Here, APTBS proves that they have not only been leading that charge, but that they are also evolving and maturing on those front lines. Onwards To The Wall is a fresh, complete artistic statement from APTBS. It’s a new chapter, a prelude for what awaits us on the horizon. It is a taste of greatness to come. Tracklisting: 1. I Lost You 2. So Far Away 3. Onwards To The Wall 4. Nothing Will Surprise Me 5. Drill It Up | |
PRAISE FOR APTBS "A Place to Bury Strangers can pull beauty out of eardrum-puncturing bleakness…" -PITCHFORK "Drawing inspiration from shoegaze, classic indie rock, and atmospheric and dark sounds of all stripes...[APTBS have] honed their songcraft as well as their committment to beautiful noise." -ALL MUSIC GUIDE "...now in their eighth year of making cochlea-assaulting rock music in the most classic vein, which somehow achieves the decibel level of a jet engine with the crisp fidelity of a Bose commercial." -CAPITAL NEW YORK | |
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Tennis SINGLE 'ORIGINS' TO BE RELEASED AS 7" ON FOREST FAMILY RECORDS
SINGLE 'ORIGINS' TO BE RELEASED AS 7" ON FOREST FAMILY RECORDS
output is a great indicator of the chemistry the band shared wi th Carney. On the Origins 7" double
far away as Moscow, Riley and Moore returned home and realized what was initially a bedroom-
recording project had quickly evolved into a band. The challenge of a second record was upon
them, but songwriting came quickly and in three months the duo had most of the material for
their new album. The goal this time was to mature and vary their sound. Riley describes the new
direction as “Stevie Nicks going through a Motown phase.” By the time they hooked up with Carney,
they had fleshed out most of the songs that w ould comprise Young and Old. With their friend and
mentor at the producer helm, the recording progressed naturally and within 3 weeks the album
was done. While their debut was written with a third touring member in mind, the new album is
written and recorded with the addition of a fourth.
including “Is It True” by Brenda Lee and their take of “Tell Her No” by The Zombies. To
support the new 7” and road rehearse new songs, the band will embark on a December
run of west coast dates with The Miniature Tigers supporting. See below for dates.
11/08/2011
First Aid Kit @ KCRW
FIRST AID KIT is playing Morning Becomes Eclectic KCRW today, November 8th at 11:15am. Also playing tonight at the Troubadour with Slow Club.
11/07/2011
Alessi's Ark: live stream tonight
Tonight, Nov. 7: Club Passim in Cambridge, MA
Sunday, Nov. 13: The Dunes in Washington, D.C.
Monday, Nov. 14: Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, Nov. 16: Mercury Lounge in New York City
The 12-track Time Travel keeps alternating between anxiety and joy, between childlike wishes and grown-up truths - how change can force us apart but also signify growth. "Run" acknowledges that you must let friends go, "to chase their dreams, even if it takes them away from you". "Wire" imagines a man who knows he hasn't chased his dreams, and time is running out. The album's one cover version, Lesley Gore's 1965 smash "Maybe I Know," is a classic from the '60s girl-group glory days of teen angst disguised as sweet and innocent pop. "On the surface, the song is very pretty but the lyrics are very sad and dark."
"The understated arrangements suggest you're listening to a woman with impeccable taste...4 Stars" - MOJO