Dope Body

ARTIST / BAND: Dope Body

MP3: "The Shape of Grunge to Come"

ALBUM: NUPPING

FILE UNDER: Noise punk, Indie, Ska, Funk

LABEL: Hoss Records

INFO: Since forming in 2009, Baltimore native sons Dope Body have evolved on a truly logarithmic scale. Moving from stark, primitve punk-metal to genre-swallowing, unabashedly-90's-referencing, poly-rhythmic brutes in less than two years, the band has created a bizarre new standard for the mutant art-punk-beaster set.
Nupping, their debut full-length, manages to recall the best of the heavier, more obtuse and rhythmically inventive elements of punk rock from the past thirty years, as well as the kind of formative-influence-stuff alot of current artsy, heavy bands don't wanna acknowledge: Rage, Wu-Tang, nu-metal, Michael Jackson, The Beach Boys, and contemporary pop radio.

The Echo-Friendly

Nurses

ARTIST / BAND: Nurses
SONG (MP3): "Fever Dreams" 
ALBUM: Dracula
FILE UNDER: Indie
LABEL: Dead Oceans
INFO:Nurses return with Dracula, the follow-up to their 2009 homemade psych gem Apple's Acre. Dracula is steeped in the strange pop brew that bore Apple's Acre, with the band's unmistakable elastic melodies, heady pop hooks and unconventional knack for catchy songwriting that gets under your skin. But where Apple's Acre was an insular album, recorded primarily in an attic in Idaho using just an internal Macbook microphone and primitive recording software, Dracula is bursting. It's bolder, heavier, with deep grooves, dubby basslines and a focus on rhythm. It's an album with pure physical qualities. Apple's Acre was an album made for headphones; Dracula needs a sound system. What has not changed is the undeniable constant in Nurses' body of work: their immediate and catchy pop songs. The band embraces hooks and melodies--yes, they turn them upside down and inside out--but at their core, the band (and Dracula) are defined by pop songwriting.read more from the source...

Witches

ARTIST / BAND: Witches
SONGs (MP3):  "Count to Ten" /  "Black Dog" /"Creature of Nature"
ALBUM: Forever 
FILE UNDER: Indie, rock
LABEL: Bakery Outlet Records
INFO:Punk by allegiance and attitude, pop by virtue of their wistful melodicism, Witches are a band borne of singularly American originality. Cara Beth Satalino is a New York-born chanteuse with a rougher than typical edge. Michael Clancy, a fellow Yankee, is a self-taught drummer of natural ability and feel. Jared Gandy, veteran of Athens groups with both DIY punk and Elephant Six Collective pedigree alike, rounds out the band's lineup on bass guitar. The band takes touches of the Breeders' feminine boldness, Des Ark's brusque emotional stance, and the wide-open, true rock n' roll worldliness of Midwestern punk idols the Replacements. read more from the source...

finding fiction

Yourself and The Air

ARTIST / BAND: Yourself and The Air
SONG (MP3)Trampolines
ALBUM: Who's Who In The Zoo EP
FILE UNDER: Indie Pop
LABEL: Hands Organics Records / lujo records
INFO: Hailing from Chicago’s lower west side, Yourself And The Air combine Midwest atmospherics with the sweeping sprawl of a skyward city built on electricity and steel. Take flight over Lake Michigan and this is your soundtrack. Songs to think to. Songs to dream to. At one moment the infinitesimal line between water and sky, the next the buzzing neons of the boulevard at night, escaping crowded bars for desolate alleys — you and a memory, Yourself And The Air.read more from the source...

The Luyas

ARTIST / BAND: The Luyas

SONG (MP3): "Too Beautiful To Work" / "Tiny Head"

ALBUM:Too Beautiful To Work

FILE UNDER: Experimental / Indie 

LABEL: dead oceans

INFO:The Luyas are four musicians named Jessie Stein, Mathieu Charbonneau, Pietro Amatro and Stefan Schneider. They made a record called Too Beautiful to Work at 6 Nassau in Toronto, Ontario, and call Montreal, Quebec home. read more from the source...

Pepper Rabbit

ARTIST / BAND: Pepper Rabbit

MP3: 'Rose Mary Stretch'

FILE UNDER: Pop / Psychedelic

LABEL: Kanine Records

INFO: While they now live in Los Angeles, Pepper Rabbit was practically born in New Orleans. In fact, the NOLA sessions for their debut LP (Beauregard) left such a lasting impression on the young duo that it continues to haunt this summer’s Red Velvet Snow Ball album, from the surreal art on its sleeve to the cake-flavored snow cone that gave the mind-expanding record its name.

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Megan Bonnell - South Korea

Megan Bonnell - South Korea by killbeatmusic

The End Records Summer Sampler

Tracklisting:

1. Oh What A Night - Guano Apes    
2. Dreaming Light - Anathema
3. Unprofessional Wrestling - Art Brut    
4. Utopia - Brendan Perry
5. Only Man - Audio Bullys
6. This Electric - Badly Drawn Boy    
7. The Great God Pan! - Spirits Of The Dead    
8. Beautiful Now - James Maddock    
9. My Foolish Pride - The Charlatans UK
10. Underneath - Tarja    
11. The Great Disruptors - Sweethead
12. Wicked Self - Too Late The Hero

Click here to download the free Summer Sampler

Peter Wolf Crier

ARTIST / BAND: Peter Wolf Crier
SONG (MP3): "Right Away"
ALBUM: Garden of Arm
FILE UNDER: Indie Rock
LABEL: Jagjaguwar
INFO:It is not so much a sound as a spirit. You don't need to name it to know it or to trust it. Peter Wolf Crier's second album Garden of Arms is a document that paints a vivid portrait of all the pain and beauty of growth. Written with the at-home repose demanded by performing a hundred shows in six months, these eleven tracks were nurtured from their hushed origins with a new-found footing of confidence and experimentation. Adapting the tenets of the grinding live show, the duo of Peter Pisano and Brian Moen transformed the fuzzy distortion, rolling and crashing drums, and laser-focused purposefulness into an intensely dynamic yet supremely polished album.  read more from the source...

Future Islands

ARTIST / BAND: Future Islands
MP3: Before The Bridge
FILE UNDER: post wave
LABEL: Thrill Jockey
INFO: Too many bands in the era of buzz and the blog are taken before their time. The spotlight hits hard and finds a group who has not yet developed, not yet put in the work to find their sound and hone it and make themselves better, and just as quickly they’re gone. Future Islands are not one of those bands.
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Dark Mean

 

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Happy Banjo from Dark Mean on Vimeo.

HOLY OTHER

HOLY OTHER

Holy Other is a Mancunian musician based in Berlin.
The sound he creates are hyper-aggressive, violent but amazingly calming that feels like slow, pulverizing pounds of lush, raw ambient surrounded by drones and screwed samples then drained by layers of orchestral soul enshrined in burial inspired dubstep beats.

mp3s:
Holy Other :: Touch

Holy Other :: Yr Love

Latest tracks by HOLY OTHER

Laurence Made Me Cry

DIGITALISM

My Morning Jacket

ARTIST / BAND: My Morning Jacket

MP3: Holdin On To Black Metal

ALBUM: Circuital

FILE UNDER: Psychedelic rock

LABEL: ATO Records

INFO: “The new record, Circuital, is named after the title song,” explains Jim James, of My Morning Jacket’s sixth studio album. “On that song I sing about ending up in the same place where you started out. And that makes a lot of sense for this album… I hate the phrase ‘going back to our roots’, but for this record we came home and made it in Kentucky. And it just felt a lot like it did when we were first starting out…”

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Fink

 

Making Friendz

ARTIST / BAND: Making Friendz
MP3: "Situation"  / Situation (Teen Wolf Mix)


ALBUM: Social Life
FILE UNDER: lo-fi punk/ pop
LABEL: Last Bummer Records
INFO: Nearly ten years after her two solo records, New York Times “Artist to Watch” Tami Hart is back with the debut album from the latest of her many projects, Making Friendz.Social Life, her much anticipated return, is a sweet, sweaty mixture of lo-fi punk and glossy pop, R&B and disco, rooted in a spirit of collaboration with fellow artists and friends. But make no mistake, Making Friendz is Tami Hart.
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Telepathe, "Destroyer"

Telepathe, "Destroyer" by The FADER

Nom de Guerre

 Nom de Guerre - Drama Queen by Tapete Records

This Summer For Free

Silver Swans

 









ARTIST / BAND: Silver Swans
MP3: Mother of Pearl
ALBUM: Forever
FILE UNDER: Indie Pop
INFO: The Silver Swans are three fictional characters in the Wonder Woman stories. Each Silver Swan has the ability to create powerful sound waves with her voice. Her "swan song" is capable of devastating a small area of land with its destructive force. By creating a low-level humming, the Silver Swan can form a protective shield around herself that can deflect bullets and projectiles. They also have the telepathic ability to control birds and re-arrange matter with the sound they generate.
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NYC Popfest 2011: Silver Swans performs "Let It Happen" at The Rock Shop, Brooklyn from BlearyEyedBrooklyn.com on Vimeo.

Okinawa Lifestyle / Underwater EP

 

RYAN DRIVER

ARTIST / BAND: RYAN DRIVER
SONG (MP3): Am I still too late /  Everything Must Spin
ALBUM: Who's Breathing?
FILE UNDER: Folk / Lounge / Psychedelic
LABEL: Fire Records
INFO:Ryan Driver is this unstoppable, quietly torrential flow of music, that has been coming out of Toronto, Ontario for a number of years now. He’s been a key member of a number of the most interesting ensembles in the city. He’s worked with Sandro Perri , Eric Chenaux and Jennifer Castle and he has his own mutant jazz standards group, The Ryan Driver Quartet. He plays guitar and sings, but while he’s recognised as an accomplished improviser he has also just made the greatest soul record of the decade read more from the source...

B-Roc Does Memorial Day Weekend in Ibiza

B-Roc Does Memorial Day Weekend in Ibiza by The Knocks

Arcade Fire – Culture War/Speaking in Tongue

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Arcade Fire - Speaking in Tongues (feat. David Byrne) by MergeRecords

Arcade Fire - Culture War by MergeRecords

Baby Baby

ARTIST / BAND: Baby Baby
SONG (MP3):  "Kidz" / "Breakin"
ALBUM: Money
FILE UNDER: fun rock
LABEL:The Gospel of Rhythm 
INFO:"At first glance, the motley crew of Fontez Brooks (Vocals, Guitar), Kyle Dobbs (Bass), and Grant Wallace (Drums), along with newcomer Colin Boddy (Percussion) do not seem like serious musicians. It might be the fact that they are constantly shirtless, wearing only fluorescent colored short-shorts. Maybe it's the tribal face paint that they sport at shows. Or it could be that they named their last album something as nonsensical as Wabadabadaba. Whatever the case may be, one thing is for certain, Baby Baby is very serious - about having fun.  read more from the source...

Las Kellies

ARTIST / BAND: Las Kellies
SONG (MP3): "Perro Rompebolas"
ALBUM: Kellies
FILE UNDER: punk, indie
LABEL: Fire Records
INFO:There’s only thing you can bank on when you’re confronted with Las Kellies: to expect the unexpected. From the raw rock & roll of their 2007 debut Shaking Dog – described by the great Everett True as “entirely ace” – to the Devo and ESG influenced sound of 2009’s follow-up Kalimera, this Argentinian three-piece have carved out a reputation for ripping up the form-book, delving into their box of magic tricks and serving up something entirely different. And so it is again on their third album Kellies: whether it’s embracing what they term as their “new sound” of groove-laden and irresistibly catchy post-punk or recruiting reggae legend Dennis Bovell to help in the studio, it’s the sound of a band who always keep things fresh.  Kellies will be released in the United States on July 5th. read more from the source...

Fan Modine

ARTIST / BAND: Fan Modine

MP3: "Through The Valley"  / "Julu Road"

ALBUM: Gratitude for the Shipper

FILE UNDER: indie pop

LABEL: Daniel 13 Press

INFO: Since the release of Slow Road to Tiny Empire, Fan Modine’s first album, in 1998, Gordon Zacharias has been known as an artist who mixes buoyant orchestral pop music with oftentimes more gloomy lyrics. This disconcerting combination has won him a cult following among fans of obscure rock bands, and of indie-pop artists in particular. With Gratitude for the Shipper, Fan Modine’s first album in six years, his music adds dimensions both lyrically and sonically, drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as French symbolist poet Stephane Mallarmé and Southern pop trailblazer Alex Chilton. “Waiting for Distant Light,” the album’s finale, is a tribute to the recently-deceased songwriter, singer and guitarist.

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Qluster

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Qluster – Haste Töne
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Qluster - Haste Töne by Tapete Records

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Thundercat

ARTIST / BAND: Thundercat
SONG (MP3): For Love I Come
Wed. May 18th, 2011ALBUM: Golden Age of Apocalypse
FILE UNDER:
LABEL:  Brainfeeder
INFO:In between playing gigs with the Suicidal Tendencies and jamming with jazz groups, Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner spent a lot of time working with Flying Lotus. The bassist/singer appeared on "MmmHmm" off the producer's Cosmogramma and they joined forces to form the Infinity band, which played BBC Radio 1 in December 2010. And on the low, they were also putting together Thundercat's debut on Brainfeeder. The progressive galactic-jazz project, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, is entirely produced by FlyLo and features guest vocalists such as Erykah Badu. read more from the source...

Adele-Rolling in the deep VillA Remix

Adele-Rolling in the deep VillA Remix by VILLA Soundcloud

Friendly Fires

 

Jamie Lidell-Completely Exposed (Beck’s Remix)

Smashing Pumpkins

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Shit Robot

ARTIST / BAND: Shit Robot
SONGs (MP3):
 “Losing My Patience”  / "Tuff Enuff" / I Found Love (TBD Remix)


FILE UNDER: Electro pop / Techno / Electronica
LABEL: DFA
INFO: Working as a DJ in New York in 2000 he befriended James Murphy later of LCD Soundsystem and started a DJ partnership with him.^[2]Lambkin moved to rural Germany in 2004 and started producing his own music, with a number of releases on DFA Records from 2006.^[2] He released his debut album From the Cradle to the Rave in September 2010 to positive reviews from Entertainment.ie^[3] and NME^[4] The album features contributions from Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and James Murphy amongst others.^[2]    read more from the source...

Hella

ARTIST / BAND: Hella
MP3: TBA
ALBUM: TBA
FILE UNDER: math rock, experimental
LABEL: Sargent House
INFO: As high school students Spencer Seim and Zach Hill were both members of the NorCal band Legs on Earth along with Josh Hill on guitar and Julian Imsdahl on bass and vocals. The band achieved some moderate local success, becoming renowned for their wild live shows, young age, and Primus-esque sound. The band sounded similar to Primus, especially the vocals and bass but Zach Hill described it in an interview as "Devo, Talking Heads kind of thing".^[1]
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Fav videos / Directed by Tarik Saleh

Do enjoy these two very inspiring works of egytian-swedish director Tarik Saleh

Lykke Li

Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers

 

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Foster The People

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Soema Montenegro


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Ganglians

ARTIST / BAND: Ganglians

MP3: "Jungle"

Ganglians - Jungle by souterraintransmissions

ALBUM: Still Living

FILE UNDER: Post punk

LABEL: Lefse

INFO: Onetime mysterious, psychedelic Sacramento outsiders Ganglians stepped out of the shadows with a couple Woodsist albums in 2009. Then, last May, we heard an early version of “My House,” a song from their then in-progress Robby Moncrieff-produced double LP Still Living. The completed album’s due in August. Here’s another taste via “Jungle.”

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Washed Out – “Eyes Be Closed”

 

Seapony

ARTIST / BAND: Seapony

MP3: Blue Star / Dreaming

ALBUM: Go With Me

FILE UNDER: dream pop, indie

LABEL: Hardly Art

INFO:

The music of Seapony is refreshing in its simplicity. Most songs on Go With Meuse no more than three chords, with an average running time around two-and-a-half minutes. In lieu of a human drummer, the Seattle trio entrusts time-keeping to a vintage gizmo the size of a desktop calculator. The lyrics to "Dreaming," the track that catapulted them into the spotlight, are just six lines long. Like Young Marble Giants and Beat Happening before them, this young three-piece has generated excitement that belies their music's modest means. And their back story is just as no-nonsense

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Art Brut

Art Brut

Art Brut - Lost Weekend by One Thirty BPM

Info:

Brilliant! Tragic! is the fourth studio album by Art Brut, to be released on May 23, 2011. The first single from the album will be "Lost Weekend". The album was recorded in Salem, Oregon and is the second to be produced by Frank Black, best known as the frontman of Pixies.

The tracklisting and release details were confirmed in early March 2011.^[1]

Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos has already described "Brilliant! Tragic!" as his "favourite" Art Brut album, saying that it was definitely their "greatest" album so far. ^[2] "Bang Bang Rock & Roll did what it said on the tin", Argos explained, "It's A Bit Complicated was a bit complicated. On Art Brut vs. Satan we had to fight Satan. This one follows the same pattern, it is a 'brilliant, tragic', record. If it was a TV show you'd define it as a dramedy." ^[3]

 

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Finn - I Just Called To Say I Love You / CRYING IN THE RAIN

ARTIST / BAND: Finn
SONG (MP3): I Just Called To Say I Love You
ALBUM: I Wish I Was Someone Else
FILE UNDER: Folk, singer songwriter, Indie
LABEL: sunday service
INFO:Hamburg-based singer-songwriter Patrick Zimmer, better known as finn., has entertained us for the last ten years mostly with his own songs – fragile and sensitive pieces of music, which the listener has no trouble feeling close to. With his new record, finn. enters new territories by covering 13 songs, which – despite all novelty – seems very coherent a move: just like bedtime stories addressed to no-one but ourselves, the songs bring up memories long lost. finn. sings to us while we curl up in the duvet of collective memory.  read more from the source...

finn. & Dirk von Lowtzow "CRYING IN THE RAIN" from finn. on Vimeo.

Coldplay album for free

ARTIST / BAND: Coldplay

ALBUM: LeftRightLeftRightLeft (Live Album) download here

FILE UNDER: Rock, Pop

LABEL: EMI

INFO: LeftRightLeftRightLeft is a live album that Coldplay gave away at every live show from May 2009 onwards [1] (apart from festival shows). Starting with the band's first North American tour date, at West Palm Beach in Florida on May 15th 2009, every fan attending a show was given a free copy of the nine-track CD, which wasn't available elsewhere. Also on May 15th at 9am (GMT), theLeftRightLeftRightLeft live album was be made available as a free download at Coldplay.com, for everyone who submitted an email address (and for the same time period).

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