Hey everyone i apologize for not posting much the last little while. I have been extremely busy and have been unable to. The upside to this is i have come across almost a dozen good albums aswell as some good videos/singes and bands. I promise i will post all of them later this week.
But until then i have posted two Broken Social Scene related stories below.
I would say that my favorite female musician out there today would hands down have to be Fiest. Amazing lyrics and a amazing voice. Here is a video post of her new song "He Was Free". There is yet to be a release date on her new album or even a title but i hope it comes out soon.
Head over to Broken Social Scenes website and download "World Sick"
Here is a live video of Clothes Make The Man video Dreamless Nights by by Jeff Hammond
Clothes Make The Man - LIVE @ The Garrison from Jeff Hammond on Vimeo.
Released: March 1, 2010
Genre: Indie rock, Electro-pop
I will let mark Hoppus take this one...
THE BASICS:
This Irish trio eschews a traditional rhythm section for digital loops on their debut album, Tourist History, which just came out in the U.K. -- and will see a U.S. release later in 2010. The resulting sound possesses the angular guitar thrash of Bloc Party paired with the synthetic grooves of the Postal Service. That latter reference is further bolstered by frontman Alex Trimble's voice, which occasionally bears quite a resemblance to Ben Gibbard's. The band also plays the remix game, contributing a version of Phoenix's "Lasso" to the French outfit's recent remixes collection.
WHERE HOPP HEARD THEM FIRST:
"A package arrived from Glassnote Records. Inside were a bunch of goodies, including this CD. I put it in the player for the drive home from the studio and fell in love by the time the first chorus hit."
WHY THEY ROCK:
"Dance-y, frenetic indie rock. Driving drums, scratchy infectious guitar noodles, and some damn fine singing. If you can imagine Death Cab for Cutie meets Jon Brion's 'I Believe She's Lying,' then you're starting to get the idea. Hyper, all over the place, and amazing."
HOPP'S TOP TRACK:
"I'll have to go with the track that hit me most the first time around. Anyway, 'Undercover Martyn' is the jam. My head bobs at the mere thought of it! One listen and the chorus was driven into my head for the rest of my life."
Some pretty cool Phoenix videos of them performing outside in their home town Paris
Phoenix - 1901 - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
Phoenix - Lizstomania / One time too many - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
Phoenix - Long distance call - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
So i have been seeing the name "Free Energy" posted all over many music sites and being talked about many musicians. Free Energy is getting hyped so i wasn't sure what to expect, until i heard the song posted below. I am yet to get a copy of their self titled album but cannot wait.
"Free Energy" from Free Energy on Vimeo.
Josh Ritter, who in my mind is one of the greatest lyricists out there today has a new album entitled "So Who Runs The World Anyways" set for May 4th. I strongly suggest if you havent heard his music go out and get "Animal Years" now. Or click this link to sample a new song off his new album
Mark Hoppus (Blink182, (+44)) currently has a new band called 10HRSattheMACHINE. On Marks Twitter page he posted this about the band " 10HRSattheMACHINE is not blink-182 nor solo project. It's something I'm doing with friends while Tom finishes his album. Then blink-182!!"
Here is a link he posted with him in the studio working on a 10HRSattheMACHINE song
Genre: Indie rock
Released: March 9, 2010
Broken Bells is the self-titled debut album from James Mercer of "The Shins" and Danger Mouse of "Gnarls Barkley". I was surprised to see very little hype about this album. One would think that when two members of well known music acts come together people would be talking about it. Really the only news i heard surrounding this album was that after James Mercer finished with this album, he would go back into the studio with "The Shins". I will start off by saying i rather liked this album but it is far from amazing or best thing since sliced bread. What it is, is a good starting point for the band to grow with. The album had many bright moments, but not a cd you will listen to from start to finish every time. Thus leading me to believe their next album (if there is one) could be something very special.
The High Road
Broken Bells | MySpace Music Videos
Uffle? the hipster rapper? Has anyone ever heard of her? Up until this week neither did i. So i heard the song "Mc's Can Kiss" (posted below) and was absolutely shocked at how amazing the song was. This led me to do some research on her. So apparently she was supposed to be the next big thing a few years ago, and never lived up to that hype. Largely due to only put out a few EP's over the past few years and never put out a full length album. Well she has an album set to come out later this month, which i cannot wait to get my hands on. Lots of the songs are produced by "The Neptunes" which is safe to say if the lyrics arnt good (highly doubtful) at least we know there will be good beats on it.
Genre: Indie rock
Released: April 7, 2009
First off i would say this album flew under the radar in 2009 for me. I got this album about a week ago and have been enjoying it ever since. Fans of Death Cab for Cutie or fans of Ben Gibbard be be prepared to fall in love with this album. To be honest the first time i heard a song from this album i thought it was yet another side project from Gibbard. When you look at the run time it hits just hits the 30 min mark. In today's music that's a pretty short album, but it works perfectly. With only having 11 songs you will enjoy all the songs, I know when i listen to it i dont skip any songs it gets played from start to finish.
Spinner Canada is currently streaming a new Jimi Hendrix song "Valleys of Neptune" of his unreleased album which is set to be released this year.
Possibly the best news of the day...Broken Social Scene will release their new album on May 4th of this year. It has been 2005 since their last release but in that time numerious members in BSS have released albums ie Fiest, Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning and many members have out out albums with their other bands; Stars, Metric the list goes on. While doing all of that it was pretty hard to get everyone in the studio to make another album, but they got it done. Also you would be suprised to hear that a bunch of new members have been added to Broken Social Scene on this album such as John McEntire, who plays in Tortoise and the Sea and Cake. Along with McEntire, Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop, Tortoise's Doug McCombs, Pavement's Spiral Stairs, former Death From Above 1979 singer-drummer Sebastien Grainger, Poi Dog Pondering's Susan Voelz, Helen Money's Alison Chesley, and the Weakerthans' Jason Tait can all be heard (somewhere) on the album.
So a while back i posted about the Frightened Rabbit. In that post i said how much i enjoyed their new song but still wasnt anticipating the album that much. Well seeing their new video for "Nothing Like You" the album as immediately jumped up to one of the most anticipated for me.
Genre: Indie, Rock
Release: Feb. 23, 2010
It has been about a year and a half since Butch Walker released his emotional and critically acclaimed fourth solo album "Sycamore Meadows"(in my top 3 of 2008). Its only fitting he picked up right where he left off. Each song draws you in with its great music accompanied by raw emotional lyrics. The thing you have to love about Butch is we all know he can write, record and produce with a variety of artists, but he always saves the best for himself and his fans. If you cannot wait a month for his album you can follow this LINK and listen to it.
