Archive for June, 2009

Sondre Lerche to Release New Album

Sondre Lerche has announced plans to release a new album on September 8th. The album will be titled Heartbeat Radio. Those are all the details their giving at this point. Hopefully there are more on the way soon. I don’t like teasers.
Tracklisting:
1. Good Luck
2. Heartbeat Radio
3. I Cannot Let You Go
4. Like Lazenby
5. If Only
6. [...]

Grizzly Bear Perform “Cheerleader” on Jimmy Fallon

Check out Grizzly Bear’s recent performance of “Cheerleader” from their new album Veckatimest.

Beirut Does La Blogotheque Session (again)

Zach Condon and his cohorts in Beirut have lined up another La Blogotheque session that is fantastic. You can check out the video over at their website. If you’ve never checked out the site before this is a site to bookmark and frequent. Some of the best original musical content on the web.
Beirut is [...]

The Score: Free downloads that didn’t make the list….

Deer Tick recorded a Daytrotter Session.
Love is All recorded a Daytrotter Session.
And one more Daytrotter Session, from the Mt. Saint Helens Vietnam Band.
A Sharon Van Etten live set from the Taper.
White Lies recorded a Daytrotter Session.
The Rest live at Monster Island from NYC Taper.
John Fernandes live at Caledonia.
Barbara Cue live at the Georgia Theatre.
Daniel Martin [...]

The Dusty Shelf: Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician

[The Dusty Shelf is a weekly column that showcases a tragically overlooked album from the music snob's library.]
I can honestly say without a shred of doubt that there never was, is not now, and never will be another band like the Butthole Surfers.  What the hell were they? Some saw them as avant-garde pioneers, [...]

The Score: Best Free Downloads of the Week

1. Try this download of Sunn O))) live at Primavera Sound, courtesy of WFMU’s ongoing releases of live sets from Primavera. Their most recent album Monoliths and Dimensions is one of the best albums of the year, so far. Their haunting brand of metal is like something out of an Argento film.
2. A band I’ve [...]

Bishop Allen: New Video, New Tour Dates, Not-Quite-as-New, but free, MP3s

Brooklyn’s Bishop Allen are still out supporting their most recent release Grrr…, and have just announced plans to take to the road in Europe for the summer, mostly focusing on the western edges of the continent. They’ve also just released a new video for their track “Shanghaied” from the same album. So, if you’re in [...]

New Mars Volta Video: “Since We’ve Been Wrong”

In an effort to continue bringing the prog to all the boys and girls The Mars Volta have debuted a new video for their track “Since We’ve Been Wrong,” from the brand new album Octahedron.
Since We've Been Wrong

Phoenix Plays Lisztomania on Kimmel

Check out the below clip of Phoenix performing “Lisztomania” on Jimmy Kimmel last week:

Cursive Stop By KEXP

Check out their in-studio performance of “Caveman” and “From the Hips” from their most recent album Mama, I’m Swollen.