Postal Service covers Flaming Lips
Filed under Electronic, Instrumental, Music, Rock.
In my opinion, the new Death Cab for Cutie album can’t compare to previous efforts.
I do like this The Flaming Lips cover by Ben Gibbard’s other electro-pop project, with Dntel’s Jimmy Tamborello.
MP3: The Postal Service - Suddenly Everything Has Changed (The Flaming Lips Cover)
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New Sigur Rós
Filed under Experimental, Instrumental, Music, Rock.
This little snippet/preview got me all excited for Sigur Rós‘ new album.
Check it over at gorilla vs. bear.
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Filed under Electronic, Experimental, Music, Rock.
As an M83 listener you might be a little disappointed at first that Saturdays = Youth doesn’t sound as big or “epic” as Before the Dawn Heals Us. I had that same feeling for half a listen.
Like Stereogum says, that shit is plenty epic. Even the P4kers like it, they call it the vertical push on Before the Dawn Heals Us.
The nostalgic feel for the 80’s is what French musician Anthony Gonzalez inspired on this record. An ode to the ever great John Hughes films and the birth of electronic synths. The album cover really describes it best.
The album is full of breathy Kate Bush like vocals, melodic guitar riffs and echoed-up drums, just that classic 80’s sound with a modern electronic touch. Electro pop or shoegaze with a repetitive ending chorus for each song that doesn’t get tiresome, on the contrary, it just gives it that extra layer of power which makes it that bit more spectacular.
Not often does an album like this have such an impact on me, maybe I experienced a little too much late 80’s media. Nonetheless a highly recommended listen to an open mind.
Check the video for Graveyard Girl after the jump.
MP3: M83 - We Own The Sky
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Atlas Sound - “Recent Bedroom”
Filed under Instrumental, Music, Rock.
Really don’t like the video, looks so staged, but listen to that silky smooth song a couple of times.
dEUS - Slow
Filed under Music, Rock.
I’m pretty excited for the new dEUS album, Vantage Point. The Antwerp based band already released their groovy first single The Architect, check their myspace.
I especially like the 2nd single and video for Slow, which features Karin Dreijer Andersson from another great band, The Knife.
Check it (high-res).
Menomena - “Evil Bee”
Filed under Music, Rock, Video.
Menomena’s Friend and Foe is one of the albums I’ve missed last year and therefor unrightfully didn’t make my list. This video for Evil Bee is a very dark and captivating story about “Bees being used as slaves to the evil tank birds and their dreams of rising up”. Very strong and original video accompanied by a fantastic song.
via SRO’s Top 79 Music Videos of 2007
Architecture In Helsinki - Places Like This
Filed under Electronic, Experimental, Music, Pop, Rock.
I don’t think there’s any band that has as much fun as Architecture In Helsinki has. The six headed Australian indie pop group in known for their eclectic over-the-top feel-good musical style.
Although I like their previous album In Case We Die more, Places Like This delivers more song structure and a wider range of influences, without diverting too much of their original sound and joyous approach to making music.
This is definitely recommended to everyone as it’s catchy and easy listening, even Bruce Willis is a fan.
Psychedelic, danceable and rich easy listening melodies crafted by talented multi-instrumentalists, what more do you want.
MP3: Architecture In Helsinki - Heart It Races
After the jump you can find 3 music videos already from the new album: Heart It Races, Debbie and Hold Music. Enjoy.
Caribou - Andorra
Filed under Electronic, Music, Pop, Rock.
Andorra is the 4th full length from Dan Snaith recording under his Caribou moniker (formerly known as Manitoba – but that’s a whole ‘nother story). Andorra has more of a full band feel than some of Caribou’s earlier studio efforts. It’s still just Dan in the studio creating his singular magic, but the extensive touring that Caribou did for his last album, The Milk of Human Kindness, definitely left its mark on the arrangements. The sound is more expansive and more blissfully psychedelic than ever, which explains why Pitchfork noted the album as Best New Music. -Merge Records
Through the years Dan Snaith strongly evolved in musical styles from his Four Tet like glitch-electronica with Manitoba to this 60’s psychedelic electro-pop with Andorra.
As a longtime fan of Caribou/Manitoba I can say that Andorra might be his best work yet. His tightly structured multi-layered electro-pop songs have established him as a great singer/songwriter with an eccentric warm breathy voice.
Definitely a killer album you shouldn’t miss.
Be sure to hit the jump for the music video of the first single Melody Day and the video for Yeti off of the previous album.
