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!
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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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March 2nd is the lucky day! Click here to check out AND DOWNLOAD (for free!) their new track “Shameless” featuring Bryan Ferry!
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Almost 2 years ago, LCD Soundsystem came out with their album 45:33. The first 6 tracks were known only as Part 1, Part 2, Part 3…, with the last 3 tracks (which were originally only available in the UK) having actual names.
Now, they’ve got a whole list of DJ remixes for the release earlier this week of 45:33 Remixes.
I’d take a listen on Amazon before purchasing it, though. I’m a big fan of LCD Soundsystem, but I didn’t find this album worth the $10 mp3 album download.
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This month, new artist Anjulie has began her tour with Shwayze. Her music video for her smash dance hit “Boom” was up for nomination for “Breakout Video” at the MTV Video Music Awards. Her songs have also been featured on shows like “The Hills” and “The City”.
But, I’m more excited to share that Shwayze (Aaron Smith) will be performing with Anjulie in Pittsburgh on October 3rd, at Diesel in the Southside.
Did you hear his hits “Buzzin” and “Corona and Lime” last summer? I did, and I immediately liked this California chill-hop rapper. He works a lot with Cisco Adler, too, who you may (or may not) remember as being an old flame of Mischa Barton’s.
In March 2009, Shwayze released a non-album track called “Rock n’ Roll” for free download on his MySpace page. They also released a music video on YouTube. The new album, Let it Beat, will be released November 3rd.
Anjulie / Shwayze Tour Dates:
9/15: Houston, TX @ House of Blues
9/16: Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
9/17: Lawrence, KS @ Grenada Theatre
9/22: Milwaukee, WI @ TBD
9/23: Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
9/24: East Lansing, MI @ The Small Planet
9/25: Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s Concert Club
9/26: Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Theatre
9/28: Norwalk, VA @ Norva
9/29: Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
9/30: New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
10/1: Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
10/2: South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock
10/3: Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
10/4: New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
10/6: Providence, RI @ Lupo’s
10/7: Boston, MA @ Harper’s Ferry
10/9: Buffalo, NY @ Frightworld Buffalo
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Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson
A few years ago, Pete Yorn recorded some duets with Scarlett Johansson. September 15, the album Break Up will finally be released!
Click here to watch the exclusive video for “Relator”.
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Pete Yorn’s new album will be out tomorrow! I already have the pleasure of owning it, (I’m a huge fan!) and Back and Fourth is just another great addition to his previous albums.
Tonight, he’ll be performing his song “Don’t Wanna Cry” on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Check it out, it’s a great song!
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Brothers Brad and Matt Shultz along with three of their friends make up Cage The Elephant, are here with their self-titled debut album, which was released last month. After much success with their single, “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” they are ready for everyone to have a listen to “Tiny Little Robots”.
The Shultz bros, drummer Jared Champion, guitarist Lincoln Parish, and Daniel Tichenor on bass, are hitting up all the cool festivals this summer, too. Check out their tour schedule:
06/14: Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
08/01: Jersey City, NJ @ All Points West Festival
08/09: Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
(Check their website (which is v. cool and colorful btw) for more info.)
-terrorizing, amp-jumping, accidental vomiting and shambolic, Southern-fried riffs — like if the Kings of Leon loved Iggy Pop and didn’t care about their hair.”
Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly, April 2009
Click here to have a listen to “Tiny Little Robots”
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I found k-os’ music to be fresh and uplifting when I first heard it. “Crucial” was a great jam, and so was “Sunday Morning”.
When I signed on to Amie Street today to try to find some new songs, I was excited to see the front page telling about his new album, Yes! I didn’t even know to keep a look out for a new album, and yet there it was!
From Wikipedia:
His music incorporates a wide variety of music genres including but not limited to rap, funk, rock, and reggae. The lyrics frequently focus on promoting a “positive message” while at times expressing criticism of mainstream hip hop culture’s obsession with money, fame and glorification of violence.
The new album has some gems, including a track featuring Nelly Furtado that’s set to the melody of Phantom Planet’s “California”.
Check out the video for another song off Yes!, called “4, 3, 2, 1“.
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If you were at this year’s SXSW festival in Austin, hopefully you got a chance to catch Melissa McClelland. Her third album Victoria Day is being released this month.
From her website:
Melissa and husband/producer Luke Doucet masterfully deliver us rebel-rouser guitars in 1950s Hollywood- style infused with a southern-country twang.
The songs capture all of the beauty and charm of the girl next door while lacing the punch at the sock hop with home-made moonshine.
We know you’ll be fall down drunk in love with it and can’t wait for you to see Melissa perform these songs live — check out her shows in Ontario with Justin Rutledge and shows out west with Jason Plumb.
She’s worked with Randy Newman, Bruce Springsteen, and she used to be backup for Sarah MacLaughlin.
I was really entertained and liked what Uptown Magazine had to say:
This is what Jewel might have become if she hadn’t gone to pop-radio hell. Melissa McClelland is a singer-songwriter at heart – she’s been doing it since she was four years old – but she also isn’t afraid to kick in a little distortion, play with drum loops or experiment with her sound. The result is a mixture of slow, woman-with-guitar tunes and uptempo plugged-in tracks that push the folk/guitar-pop envelope.
Have a listen to one of the song’s from her new album, “Glen Rio” here.
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Musically Amusing 