The Minneapolis-based band’s new album Shulamith drops October 22nd courtesy of Mom + Pop Records (US), October 21st on Memphis Industries (UK), and October 18th on Inertia (Aus). Check out the band’s latest track Smug, it’s pretty much it more of the same ole good stuff from spectacular band. I am so looking looking forward to this sophomore LP release more than I’m looking forward to Christmas! Peace. Continue reading “poliça // smug”
nico // these days + shinichi osawa edit
It’s been over a year since I first heard Nico (The Velvet Underground alum) let loose into my world his debut solo album Chelsea Girl (circa. 1967), and even though 365 + days may be time enough to get over some things, such is not the case when talking about the stand out track These Days. This song, as delicate in introspective as they come still haunts the hollows of many a ear. I’ve also shared a more recent treatment, the These Days (Shinichi Osawa Edit), it takes liberties but the end result is just a bunchful of smoothness and distilled radiance. Peace. Continue reading “nico // these days + shinichi osawa edit”
wild ones // keep it safe
As their name implies there is nothing boring about Portland-based Wild Ones. And although things are decidedly much less hectic than way back in the days when respective band members were suffering collapsed lungs and blown out eardrums. Now, fit of body and mind (mostly), the five-member Rock/Folk/Pop makers of the good stuff are out touring and singing and playing the living daylights out of the songs from their July 2013 release Keep It Safe. Continue reading “wild ones // keep it safe”
grizzly bear // will calls + marfa demo
Grizzly Bear are re-issuing the album Shields not to be vainglorious but perhaps (fingers crossed) as preemptive strike to our hearts and souls to a maybe forthcoming release. This one will be an expanded version with bonus tracks and demos from the Shields sessions, also expect a few remixes and such. Street date is November 12th via Warp Records. Check out the track Will Calls and its ok, go ahead a swoon a little bit. Get the lyrics too after the jump. Peace.
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tancred // the ring
Current Minneapolis resident Jess Abbott and Now, Now alum is gearing up for the release of new self-titled Tancred album on Topshelf Records. The first single The Ring is a bouncy personal affair and I lean in to catch the intimate lyrics. The full-length drops October 15th. You can get the album and merch HERE. Peace. Continue reading “tancred // the ring”
toro y moi // campo
Following his acclaimed full-length album, Anything In Return, Chaz Bundick‘s latest 2013 entry as Toro Y Moi is the Campo 7-inch, available exclusively on his fall North American tour. Peace. Continue reading “toro y moi // campo”
luke temple + eliot krimsky // suffer
Perhaps 2013 will go down as the year of White Soul. There has been a fistful of acts and artists channeling their inner-soul man for all to hear. From James Blake, How To Dress Well, Hayden James, Shy Girls, Basecamp, and Mayer Hawthorne just to name a few (notice I omitted J. Timberlake and Robin Thicke). And to add to the high quality fray there is Luke Temple (forerunner to all previously mentioned artists). Listen to his collabo with fellow bandmate Eliot Krimsky on the track Suffer. This timeless Curtis Mayfield cover is steeped in the deep depths of the nostalgic magic that was the late 60’s and 70’s soul music. The track Suffer was performed and perfected in Temple’s live show, and it is an appropriate preview of Luke’s new solo album, Good Mood Fool out October 15th courtesy of Secretly Canadian. The new album showcases Temple at his most minimalistic best, utilizing only his voice, a drum machine, a bass guitar, and a Juno-1 synth to produce the soulfully bare and sultry sounds of his fifth solo album. Peace. Continue reading “luke temple + eliot krimsky // suffer”
junip // walking lightly
What’s up with Junip? Well, they’re gearing up for their fall tour and are eager to see you out and about at their shows! First, check out the new video for their single Walking Lightly here. The video for Walking Lightly was directed by Fredrik Egerstrand who you might recognize from his documentary The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González. Beautiful and simple, the video let’s the band’s beautiful melodies and José’s vocals shine through without any interruptions.
The single Walking Lightly will be available on September 17th, via Mute featuring remixes from electronic producer John Roberts, Tobacco, To Rococo Rot, Maps and others. For complete tracklisting after the jump.
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the family crest // love don’t go
Liam McCormick (lead vocals, guitar) and his friend, John Seeterlin (bass) have a good thing going. And when the first bars of the song Love Don’t Go, comes stomping through your head and heart you’ll likely want to hear more from the San Francisco band The Family Crest. This is good music without a doubt, the kind that’ll get stuck under your nail beds and sleep beneath your skin. This wonderful and powerful song is taken from the band’s The Headwinds EP out now via Tender Loving Empire. Peace.
So you lost your head inside your heart, and the waity world that tore you apart. And you’ve all but given up on the stone you call a heart.
You sing it out woah woah, oh oh. Sing it out, woah woah oh oh.
Oh, the love you’ve placed inside my hands. Oh, the fervor that your heart demands. Well, we went off with this spark, but you were left out in the dark.
You sing it out, woah woah, oh oh. Oh, you sing it out, woah woah oh oh.
Well, old love, you wanna step outside, find a place to run and hide? It isn’t that it’s dark. Oh, I don’t say I love you enough. Take your shaky bones and step out on your own. Oh, the winter never stops.
Oh, old love, you wanna step outside, find a place to run and hide? Oh, it isn’t that it’s love. Oh, baby, I still don’t say I love you enough. Take your shaky bones and go.
And there’s nothing left inside my heart. No, there’s nothing left for you. Oh, there’s nothing left inside my broken heart.
You say, “yes,” and I say, “no.” Love don’t stop, and love don’t go. Love don’t go, love don’t go. (x2)
heaven // telepathic love
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Matt Sumrow and Mikey Jones formed the Brooklyn-based dream pop & new wave-ish indie band Heaven. They’ve recently released their single Telepathic Love, and as you can hear for yourself its quite yummy. The track is taken from the bands forthcoming and self-titled debut album Telepathic Love via Goodnight Records out now. Peace. Continue reading “heaven // telepathic love”