MGMT has announced their second album, Congratulations, is set for release April 13th!!!
Tracklist:
1. It’s Working
2. Song for Dan Treacy
3. Someone’s Missing
4. Flash Delirium
5. I Found a Whistle
6. Siberian Breaks
7. Brian Eno
8. Lady Dada’s Nightmare
9. Congratulations
I can only imagine what “Lady Dada’s Nightmare” is going to sound like. Eeeeek! I’m so anxious!
Filed under Highly Anticipated, new albums
Post punk, indie pop rock band The Drums are catching on EVERYWHERE and I LOVE it!!! Definitely look out for these guys this year!
I can’t get enough…if you love New Order and The Cure, you won’t be able to get enough either!
Filed under Check 'em Out!, Newest Love, video
I am looking for EVERYONE’S contributions for a project of mine. You don’t have to know a lot about music, you don’t have to write well, this is something for everyone.
You know how when you hear certain songs, you’re taken back to a different time in your life? Like every time you hear Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” you think about the night you and your college buddies drank too many shots of Surfers of Acid and played too much air guitar?!! Or how Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings” reminds you of helping Grandma clean the house?!
We all have these musical memories. There is a link in the brain between music familiarity, memories and emotions. I’m asking for you to email me YOUR musical memory. It can be heartwarming, funny—anything really. Just start it out with the name of the song and the artist, then tell me your story that goes along with it. By emailing me your musical memory you give me permission to use it for possible publication (so if you don’t want you real name used, let me know!).
I’m going to be working out some sort of incentive for this, too — it will have something to do with Visa gift cards and/or mix cd’s.
Thanks!!! 🙂
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Pretty Good Dance Moves = ingenious band name!
Formed in Chicago, IL and now based out of Brooklyn, electro-pop duo Pretty Good Dance Moves will release their long-awaited new EP, PGDM on March 9. The duo, Jimmy Giannapoulos and Aaron Allieta, created an EP full of slinky synthesizers and seductive dance beats. The duo scoured the globe for vocalists and found voices to complement their laid-back, synth-pop sound, recruiting several important guest stars, including Chicago vocalist Angelina Lucero and singer-songwriter Heather Christian. You can hear the results on the band’s single “Leave Me Alone,” which features Swedish pop legend Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn & John on vocals and also as co-writer. Stereogum premiered the track, calling it “a triumphant little electro-pop track that tickles hearts and synths.” Preview it here.
PGDM’s first EP was released in 2006. The video for their single “Demons Dancing,” stars Flight of the Conchord’s Kristen Schaal!
Track Listing for PGDM
1. Sample Your Body (ft. Angelina Lucero)
2. Leave Me Alone (ft. Bjorn Yttling)
3. 600 Days (ft. Heather Christian)
4. Tear Us Up (feat. Sydney Wayser)
5. Alive Tonight (ft. Angelina Lucero)
6. Leave Me Alone (Infernal Devices Remix)
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Be on the lookout for the upcoming debut album from Free Energy. Produced by DFA’s electronic musician James Murphy of LCD Soundsytem, Free Energy’s release Stuck on Nothing will hopefully please. From what I’ve heard so far, I know I am pleased.
From the press release:
As an early treat, the band released a digital EP in September featuring two album tracks and a B-side, “Something In Common”. Free Energy’s debut full-length album, Stuck On Nothing, will be released digitally on March 9 and physically on May 4 via Astralwerks/DFA Records. The band is embarking on a national tour throughout February and March with Foreign Born. For a preview of the album, check out the “Hope Child” MP3 on Pitchfork here!
Free Energy Tour Dates
* = with Foreign Born
02/22: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
02/23: Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
02/24: San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Shop *
02/25: San Francisco, CA @ Popscene
02/26: Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
02/28: Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey *
03/03: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
03/04: Madison, WI @ The Frequency *
03/05: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *
03/06: Bloomington, IN @ Video Saloon *
03/08: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern *
03/09: Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo *
03/10: Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit’s Soundlab *
03/11: New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge *
03/12: Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory *
03/13: Philadelphia, PA @ Marathon Lounge *
03/14: Washington, DC @ DC9 *
Filed under Check 'em Out!, Highly Anticipated, new albums, Shows
Here’s another awesome new single titled “Paper Romance” from Groove Armada’s new album Black Light (out March 2)! Cannot wait!
Filed under new albums, video
Why hasn’t this been thought of before?
A joint venture between Girlie Action and L.A.-based innovator Invisible DJ, The Music Tee is a new and unique way for musicians to sell their music while creating a new outlet for fans to experience music and album art together again. It’s a shirt that has ‘cover art’ on the front and a track list on the back. Each shirt comes with a hang tag with a unique URL to download the music from TheMusicTee.com. The Music Tee is registered with Nielsen SoundScan, so each download counts as an album sale. The point is to help artists find a new platform to actually sell their music again while combining fashion and music. Past artist tees that are still available include The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Kid Sister, The Dim Mak Dance Compilation #1, Monsters of Folk, Mos Def and more!
“As fashionistas everywhere know, Saks Fifth Avenue and Barneys are two of the best places in New York to update your closet, but now they are also two of the best places to load your iPod. Thanks to the Music Tee…”
– New York Times
Here’s my personal favorite:
The Magic Wands
Magic Love & Dreams EP
Filed under Check 'em Out!, Random, Whoa!
The Shins’ frontman James Mercer has teamed up with Danger Mouse to form Broken Bells.
As soon as I heard a sentence similar to that, I immediately had to check out the video for their first single “The High Road.”
You can listen to the song through YouTube above, or you can click here to check out the actual video.
(Album comes out March 9th. Mark your calendars and begin the countdown!)
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Here are 2 albums that you should look into getting immediately:
Four Tet There Is Love In You
AND Citay Dream Get Together
You’re welcome.
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Pete Yorn’s track “Lose You” is from his album Musicforthemorningafter from 2001. It’s BY FAR my favorite Pete Yorn album.
If you want to download it for free, click here!
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Musically Amusing 