Category: MP3

Marching Band to follow up spectacular debut album, Spark Large, with Pop Cycle

Best news of the week day past hour! Marching Band, those Swedish wunderkinds, are back! The duo is set to release a sophomore LP entitled Pop Cycle in May 2010 on U & L Records. Pop Cycle is said to be slightly darker than Spark Large, which has to be expected, considering Spark Large had… Continue reading Marching Band to follow up spectacular debut album, Spark Large, with Pop Cycle

Josh Ritter to release new album, So Runs the World Away

Yay! One of the most awesomest songwriters you may or may not have heard of, Josh Ritter, has just announced his sixth album, So Runs the World Away, will be released on May 4th in the U.S. This will be his first since 2007’s The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, and it will also be… Continue reading Josh Ritter to release new album, So Runs the World Away

Phenomenal Video Saturday: Sunny Day Real Estate

Old news, you guys: Sunny Day Real Estate played some shows a while back! I probably heard it was going down when the band announced it months ago, but I had never really been a fan of the band, so I didn’t care too much. Now, I’m not going to say that this video you’re… Continue reading Phenomenal Video Saturday: Sunny Day Real Estate

[MP3] Squirrelhouse: “All That Shit,” “Jolene”

Tuscaloosa’s Squirrelhouse dropped us a very brief e-mail that included two new tracks, “All That Shit” and “Jolene.” The songs are way more mature and developed than their earlier material. Very good music these guys are making! I remember back when they were sending press pictures shot in their little basement (so fast they grow… Continue reading [MP3] Squirrelhouse: “All That Shit,” “Jolene”

[MP3] Twin Shadow: “Castles In The Snow”

I don’t know that the bedroom solo projects of people recording under monikers will come to an end anytime soon. Sure, we’ve heard the “chillwave” of Washed Out and Toro Y Moi and we’ve heard the lo-fi experimental stuff of tUnE-YaRdS and U.S. Girls, not to mention countless others (Wavves, to mention one glaring omission),… Continue reading [MP3] Twin Shadow: “Castles In The Snow”

U.S. Girls plays off impulses, raw emotion on Go Grey

If 2008 was the year for lo-fi and 2009 was the year for thoughtful experimentation (not necessarily so, but), perhaps 2010 will be the year for thoughtful lo-fi experimentation. Perhaps. Or perhaps it will just be the year that U.S. Girls came onto the scene with a wonderfully lo-fi experimental album that fuses basic tribal… Continue reading U.S. Girls plays off impulses, raw emotion on Go Grey

[MP3] Her Magic Wand: “Mistakes”

Nothing like some dreamy pop to start your no longer dreamy day off, am I right? Her Magic Wand, a one-man project out of Paris, France, is equal parts smooth and sugary, with a pinch of a darker undertone. This is some mighty fine electronic pop – reminiscent of Letting Up Despite Great Faults, but… Continue reading [MP3] Her Magic Wand: “Mistakes”

[MP3] Little Girls: “10 Mile Stereo (Beach House Cover)”

Little Girls (aka Josh McIntyre) recently covered “10 Mile Stereo” by the current rulers of dream-pop indie, Beach House. It’s a pretty nice, more lo-fi version of the song (which JUST came out btw) that keeps the dreamy aspect alive. Which, as we all know, is very important (??). Regardless, it’s another current indie artist… Continue reading [MP3] Little Girls: “10 Mile Stereo (Beach House Cover)”

Why wasn’t Malachai’s Ugly Side Of Love released here ages ago??

Ok, somebody please explain to me how this whole album releases in the U.S./UK thing works, because I’m LOST (no appropriately timed pun intended). Bristol band Malachai released their debut full-length, Ugly Side Of Love, last year in the UK, but it didn’t make it across the Atlantic until this week. What’s the deal? Is… Continue reading Why wasn’t Malachai’s Ugly Side Of Love released here ages ago??