sloan turns twenty with 'the double cross'

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As we mentioned a few months back, Canadian rock stalwarts Sloan are on the verge of twenty years and ten albums together.

The Double Cross comes out in two weeks, but Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland, Jay Ferguson and Andrew Scott have been dissecting the album on the band's youtube channel for those of us who care. Per usual, all four guys split up the songwriting - which contributes to the eclectic nature of their sound and the occasional misguided Beatles comparisons.

Have a bit of a preview here, as we match up the commentary with the appropriate track. You'll notice several mentions of 1996's One Chord To Another, which bodes well for the new album. Here's Chris and "Follow The Leader":






Get the idea? Now here's Patrick and "Unkind":






Now Chris is back again for "Shadow Of Love":






Unfortunately, soft spoken Jay gets the shaft here... but here's drummer Andrew — who always seems to write my favorite Sloan songs, like "People Of The Sky" — with his take on "She's Slowin' Down Again":






Not bad for a bunch of old Canadians, eh? The Double Cross is out May 10 on Yep Roc.

hooray for earth 'true loves' video

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Brooklyn electropop act and onetime Twin Shadow collaborator Hooray For Earth is set to release debut album True Loves June 7.

This week, a video for the title track was posted, featuring plenty of middle earth mysticism. "True Loves" gives you a pretty good idea of Hooray For Earth's percussion heavy synthpop:




"True Loves" is available as a single on iTunes with a half dozen remixes thrown in. Here's the Cereal Spiller Remix, which gives it a more traditional dance floor thump:




Hooray for Hooray For Earth!

'sadness is a blessing' lykke li video

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Directed by Tarik Saleh and starring veteran character actor Stellan Skarsgård, Lykke Li's latest video for "Sadness Is A Blessing" is an uncomfortable watch. Saleh lets the tension of a dinner date gone horribly wrong for a good 1:53 before the music kicks in. Have a look:




If the setting was a Chili's, that would encapsulate my dating life.

ford & lopatin x-ray 'emergency room' single

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The duo formerly known as Games, Ford & Lopatin, will release their debut Channel Pressure June 6 on Mexican Summer.

As a teaser, they've pressed a limited run of x-ray picture discs featuring the single "Emergency Room." The album version is on the a-side, while a dub version mixed by The Bug and this version — remixed by former LCD Soundsystem member Gavin Rossum — comprise the b-side:


(via onethirtybpm)


As you can tell from the album version, these guys drink copiously from the font of 80's synthpop:




Pretty tasty if you ask me.

cut copy 'need you now' remix trifecta

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Australia's Cut Copy recently wrapped up the first leg of a North American tour. Today, they issued a yet another remix of "Need You Now," the lead single off Zonoscope.

The Gavin Russom Remix takes the already midtempo jam and gives it a more chill, thoughtful spin:




If you think that was slow, check out the remix produced by fellow Aussies Architecture In Helsinki. It turns "Need You Now" into a Roy Orbison style epic ballad:




To end on a high, here's the Carl Craig Remix — which is basically the extended dance floor mix...  or the version that would have appeared on In Ghost Colours:

download: old waver april mix tape

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As the January, February and March mix tapes have done before, this is the audio distillation of the last month on Old Waver. I hope you'll download and enjoy it — or at least stream it and give it a "meh."

Once again, please listen and purchase what you like.. this mix is a single track intended for sampling purposes only.

download:
old waver april 2011 mix tape (85MB file)

tracklist:

1. Say It - Beastie Boys
2. Glitch - Brian Eno
3. Mindkilla - Gang Gang Dance
4. Try It On (Salem Remix) – Interpol
5. A Chore - Tom Vek
6. Face In The Crowd - Cat's Eyes
7. Up on the North Shore - The Sea and Cake
8. Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair - Arctic Monkeys
9. Nosebleed – Deerhunter
10. Your Love Runs Still - Thieves Like Us
11. Supercollider – Radiohead
12. Interleave With You (ft. Alexis of Hot Chip) - WIN WIN
13. Puppets (Royksopp Remix) - Depeche Mode
14. Love Makes The World Go Round (Madonna cover) - You Say Party
15. What About Us - Handsome Furs
16. You and I (ft. Caroline Polachek) - Washed Out

streaming version:




UPDATE:

Check out the May mix tape here.

holy ghost dad! - 'wait and see' video

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NYC electropop duo Holy Ghost! are coming off a tour with Cut Copy and released their debut album earlier this month. Now the duo of Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel are sharing in their success with their fathers.

In the new video for "Wait And See," the dads — who have taken pretty good care of themselves if I may say so — guest star as their sons. It's played straight, but it's very Vice Versa in concept:




While we're here, Holy Ghost! are no stranger to special guests. If you hadn't heard, they got THE Michael McDonald to provide backing vocals on album closer "Some Children":




Glad to see those Holy Ghost! kids respect their elders. Fine young men.

the prodigy 'world's on fire' concert film

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Remember when electronica was going to take over the world? For you youngins, way back in 1997 everything we knew about music was about to change with the release of The Prodigy's Fat Of The Land.

While that album was massive — debuted at #1 in the US and sold 2 million copies — it didn't quite kick off an electronic movement. If anything, it spawned retaliatory rap-rock.

Now, 14 years on, The Prodigy are back with a live album and DVD that wants to finish what they started. World's On Fire, out May 23, compiles live footage from the Invaders Must Die tour — particularly from their Warrior's Dance Festival at Milton Keynes Bowl last July.

Having seen Liam, Keith and Maxim at Coachella in 2005, I can attest that they put on one of the loudest, most intense live shows you'll ever see. Check out the official trailer for a taste:




And here's the brand new teaser trailer that leaves a little more to the imagination:




The Prodigy have a few overseas festival dates booked this summer, but nothing in the states as of yet. World's On Fire might be your best chance to get your face melted.

Just for grins, here are "Breathe" from FOTL and "Take Me To The Hospital" from Invaders...  enjoy:

cat's eyes 'I'm not stupid' live studio performance

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The Horrors frontman Faris Badwan is paired with classically trained Canadian musician Rachel Zeffira in his new project, Cat's Eyes.

The duo's self titled debut is just released in the states, but it's already making waves in the UK. Badwan and Zeffira recently stopped by the studio at Guardian UK for a tender, heartbreaking performance of "I'm Not Stupid":



If you wonder why Zeffira has such a complex, just listen to Badwan in current single "Face In The Crowd":




And I can't have a Cat's Eyes post without referencing their December performance at the Vatican of "I Knew It Was Over":




Beautiful.

the wombats new album, not techno fans

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Liverpool's The Wombats return with album number two today, This Modern Glitch. As the couple of EPs released leading up the album — Jump Into The Fog and Anti D — indicated, this is quite a departure from the schoolboy punk of 2008's A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation.

While the lads who loved that album might be disappointed, The Wombats are reaching for a wider audience. Frontman Matthew Murphy has embraced his Korg and the band are going for bigger choruses and thicker hooks.

Murphy can still turn a phrase, as you'll note in the video for "Techno Fan," but the sweet backing vocals and soaring keyboards overpower his prose:




Murphy has revealed a prescription pill addiction that shaped much of the record. In "Our Perfect Disease" he hints at why he may have started popping pills in the first place:




Women. Who needs them. Am I right, guys?

Catch The Wombats on tour this summer.. hopefully more US dates are on the way.

magic! epic new clams casino video

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Clams Casino? Isn't that a clam on the half shell with breadcrumbs and bacon?

Why yes, it is — but it's also the name of New Jersey based producer Michael Volpe, who will release a debut EP, Rainforest, on Tri Angle Records June 27. He's best known for creating tracks and beats for hip hop artists, but as you'll see in the video below, the dude can set a mood.

"Gorilla" is wobbly and fuzzed out like so much chillwave, but it's got a sinister edge that works hilariously well with this Jamey Harley directed montage of David Copperfield's finest hour:


(via gorillavsbear)


If you want more, and you can't wait until June, Clams Casino has a free instrumental mixtape that highlights some of his hip hop production work, sans vocals. Thanks stereogum for that one.

Thank God David Copperfield is safe. He takes so many unnecessary risks.

stream my morning jacket, 'holdin on to that black metal'

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My Morning Jacket's 6th album, Circuital, is due out the end of May. Today, MMJ started streaming "Holdin On To That Black Metal" on their facebook page.

If you're a fan of horns, falsetto and childrens' choirs, then this is right up your alley:




Listening to that, and the title track below, it's apparent that MMJ will never make It Still Moves or even Z again..  but Jim James is not one to stand still:




If you're keen on that tune, download it for free by giving up your email address:

stream new beastie boys in full, not on a jam box

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It's been one stunt after another leading up to next week's release of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.

Saturday morning, the Beastie Boys streamed the whole album from a mic'ed up jam box in the middle of the Knicks logo at Madison Square Garden. Now, they've made a pristine, CD quality stream available so you can truly take in their big comeback:




And for good measure, here's the full, uncensored version of Fight For Your Right - Revisited, in case it's eluded you:

sick video for salem's 'sick'

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And by 'sick' I mean either badass or disturbing — depending on your point of view.

I fall more in the 'disturbing' camp. Watching this video makes me consider the inevitable crumbling of our society.

But then Salem are all about shock value. I think they're as much into ghetto thuggery as Slayer was into satan. Whether it's an act or not, it sure as hell is a creepy video:


(via p4k)


If you're not too unsettled, check out Salem's witch-housey remix of Interpol's "Try It On."  I'm going to pray for us.

depeche mode 'puppets' röyksopp remix

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Depeche Mode's Remixes 2: 81-11 doesn't arrive until June 6, but plenty of tracks have been floated out there over the past month.

Two remixes of "Personal Jesus" — one by Alec Metric and another entitled "Stargate Remix" — plus the Eric Prydz remix of "Never Let Me Down Again" have been streamed on the Depeche Mode facebook page.

In our original post on the subject, we dug up streams of Unkle's "John The Revelator," the Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub of "Everything Counts," and the sweet M83 rework of "Suffer Well."

If the latter was a rework, the latest peek at the remix collection is a total re-do. Norwegian dance duo Röyksopp have taken on "Puppets" from 1981's Speak And Spell:




Compare that to the relatively tinny '81 version:




Speaking of 1981, just a reminder that Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder contribute remixes to this project. See the full tracklist below:

single disc version

1. Dream On - Bushwacka Tough Guy Mix Edit (2001)
2. Personal Jesus - The Stargate Mix (2011)
3. Suffer Well - M83 Remix (2006)
4. John The Revelator - UNKLE Reconstruction (2006)
5. In Chains - Tigerskin's No Sleep Remix Edit (2011)
6. Peace - SixToes Remix (2009)
7. Tora! Tora! Tora! - Karlsson And Winnberg (from Miike Snow) Remix (2011)
8. Never Let Me Down Again - Eric Prydz Remix (2011)
9. I Want It All - Roland M.Dill Remix (2011)
10. Wrong - Trentemøller Remix (2009)
11. Puppets - Röyksopp Remix (2011)
12. Everything Counts - Oliver Huntemann And Stephan Bodzin Dub (2006)
13. A Pain That I'm Used To - Jacques Lu Cont Remix (2005)

triple disc version
disc one

1. Dream On - Bushwacka Tough Guy Mix (2001)
2. Suffer Well - M83 Remix (2006)
3. John The Revelator - UNKLE Reconstruction (2006)
4. In Chains - Tigerskin's No Sleep Remix (2009)
5. Peace - SixToes Remix (2009)
6. Lilian - Chab Vocal Remix Edit (2006)
7. Never Let Me Down Again - Digitalism Remix (2006)
8. Corrupt - Efdemin Remix (2009)
9. Everything Counts - Oliver Huntemann And Stephan Bodzin Dub (2006)
10. Happiest Girl - The Pulsating Orbital Vocal Mix (1990)
11. Walking In My Shoes - Anandamidic Mix (1993)
12. Personal Jesus - The Stargate Mix (2011)
13. Slowblow - Darren Price Mix (1997)

disc two

1. Wrong - Trentemøller Club Remix (2009)
2. World In My Eyes - Dub In My Eyes (1990)
3. Fragile Tension - Peter Bjorn and John Remix (2009)
4. Strangelove - Tim Simenon/Mark Saunders Remix (1998)
5. A Pain That I'm Used To - Jacques Lu Cont Remix (2005)
6. The Darkest Star - Monolake Remix (2006)
7. I Feel You - Helmet At The Helm Mix (1993)
8. Higher Love - Adrenaline Mix Edit (2004)
9. Fly On The Windscreen - Death Mix (1985)
10. Barrel Of A Gun - United Mix (1997)
11. Only When I Lose Myself - Dan The Automator Mix (1998)
12. Ghost - Le Weekend Remix (2009)

disc three

1. Personal Jesus - Alex Metric Remix Edit (2011)
2. Never Let Me Down Again - Eric Prydz Remix (2011)
3. Behind The Wheel - Vince Clarke Remix (2011)
4. Leave In Silence - Claro Intelecto 'The Last Time' Remix (2011)
5. In Chains - Alan Wilder Remix (2011)
6. When The Body Speaks - Karlsson And Winnberg Remix (2011)
7. Puppets - Röyksopp Remix (2011)
8. Tora! Tora! Tora! - Karlsson And Winnberg (from Miike Snow) Remix (2011)
9. Freestate - Clark Remix (2011)
10. I Want It All - Roland M. Dill Remix (2011)
11. A Question Of Time - Joebot Presents 'Radio Face' Remix (2011)
12. Personal Jesus - Sie Medway-Smith Remix (2011)

more new beastie boys - stream 'say it'

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This is becoming a daily occurrence. Someone on the Beastie Boys PR team deserves a raise.

First there was the Fight For Your Right - Revisited trailer and the "Make Some Noise" single, then the "Make Some Noise" video, then the full Fight For Your Right - Revisited, and now this:




It's "Say It", courtesy of somekindofawesome, a dirty jam that indicates Hot Sauce Committee Part Two might be the return to form we all hoped for with To The 5 Boroughs.

Below, you can catch the "Make Some Noise" video if you missed it the first time and the full uncensored version of Fight For Your Right - Revisited:






And here's the complete stream and tracklist of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two:

1. Make Some Noise
2. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
3. OK
4. Too Many Rappers [new reactionaries version] (feat. NAS)
5. Say It
6. The Bill Harper Collection
7. Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (feat. Santigold)
8. Long Burn The Fire
9. Funky Donkey
10. The Larry Routine
11. Tadlock’s Glasses
12. Lee Majors Come Again
13. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
14. Here’s A Little Something For Ya
15. Crazy Ass Shit
16. The Lisa Lisa/Full Force Routine

'a chore' - new video from tom vek

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If you're like me, you may not know who Tom Vek is. Turns out, he's kind of the English version of Beck. Apologies for the broad comparison, but he is a singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist with a genre spanning sound and a knack for a good beat.

He's been off the map since his 2005 debut, We Have Sound, but the UK music press has been buzzing about his rumored return.

Well, it's rumored no more. Leisure Seizure will be released June 6 via Island Records. It's highly anticipated over there, but here we're just catching on. He recently debuted lead single "A Chore" on Zane Lowe, and now said single has a clever Ollie Evans directed video:




Encouraging discovery in my book. Here's the full tracklist for Leisure Seizure:

1. Hold Your Hand
2. Aroused
3. A Chore
4. We Do Nothing
5. World of Doubt
6. Seizemic
7. A.P.O.L.O.G.Y
8. Someone Loves You
9. Close Mic’ed
10. On A Plate
11. You Need to Work Your Heart Out
12. Too Bad

flaming lips gummy skull tracks

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That Wayne Coyne is one crazy sumbitch. Last month, he hand-delivered a 12" of acid jams recorded with Neon Indian to record stores in Oklahoma City and Dallas. Yesterday, he made the same trip — with a stop in Austin thrown in — to present these:

Gummy skulls. Yes, they are edible. And yes, those are vaginas on top.

Buried inside the skulls is a USB featuring four new Flaming Lips songs. I don't want to know how you get it out.

Anyway, the tunes themselves are less experimental than the Neon Indian collaboration, but still pretty bizarre — along the lines of Embryonic. Here they are, beginning with "Drug Chart":




"In Our Bodies Out Of Our Heads":




"Walk With Me":




"Hillary's Time Machine":




For more photos of the gummy skulls, and to see what Coyne might be up to next, follow his Twitter page.

beastie boys premiere 'fight for your right - revisited'

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The Beastie Boys 8th album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, is still a couple weeks away, but the promotion is heating up.

If you'll recall, just a few weeks ago a star-studded trailer for Fight For Your Right - Revisited was released. Yesterday, the video for single "Make Some Noise" premiered — and it's an slice of the alternate reality created in Fight For Your Right - Revisited, with Elijah Wood as Ad-Rock, Danny McBride as MCA, and Seth Rogen as Mike D:




Check out the complete cast at IMDB.


UPDATE:

Now you can watch the uncensored version of the full 30 minute short fim:

morrissey 'glamorous glue' b-side rarities

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Morrissey has yet another best-of collection coming out next week, and yesterday he re-released Your Arsenal (pity about that Tottenham comeback today) single "Glamorous Glue."

The single was originally released in the US, but never in the UK. This time, it was made available in several formats — a 7" picture disc, 7" single, CD single and digital single — each with its own bonus material.

Of the most interest are the b-sides of the vinyl singles, which are previously unreleased Viva Hate demos. On the flip side of the picture disc is the perfectly titled "Treat Me Like A Human Being":




"Safe, Warm Lancashire Home" is the b-side on the other 7":




And if you don't quite remember "Glamorous Glue," here's the video for the Alain Whyte/Boz Boorer dueling guitar stomp:




Morrissey and slide guitar. Weird.

coachella 2011 - duran duran

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I promised I wouldn't post any more Coachella sets with three exceptions: Cut Copy, Chemical Brothers and Duran Duran.

Well, theaudioperv has done it again, so here's the full hour of Duran Duran. It's broken into two clips, so if you really <3 "Ordinary World," you'll have to put up with a brief interruption. Otherwise a solid set from a band in the midst of a textbook comeback:






Here's the complete setlist if you'd like to follow along:

1. Planet Earth
2. Hungry Like the Wolf
3. All You Need Is Now
4. Notorious
5. Safe (In The Heat Of The Moment) - (with Ana Matronic of Scissor Sisters)
6. The Chauffeur
7. Ordinary World
8. Girl Panic!
9. (Reach Up For The) Sunrise
10. Rio
    
    Encore:
     
11. Bond Medley
12. A View To A Kill
13. Girls on Film

neon indian 'heart: attack' video clip

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Alan Palomo, aside from throwing down some acid jams with Wayne Coyne, has been working on the follow up to his Neon Indian debut, Psychic Chasms.

Those sessions have been happening over in Helsinki, Finland. Must be nice.

Today, one of Palomo's bros, gorillavsbear, posted a short film shot by Austin filmmaker Sean Lopez in Helsinki. The clip features an excerpt of "Heart: Attack," which will appear on LP number two when it comes sometime this fall:




Kind of frustratingly awesome. Tease.

watch cat's eyes 'face in the crowd'

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The Horrors have confirmed three UK festival dates this summer and are finishing up their third album. In the meantime, frontman Faris Badwan is touring with his new project, Cat's Eyes.

Paired with classically trained Canadian musician Rachel Zeffira, Badwan gets to show a softer side — if still dark and mysterious.

The duo's self titled debut was released in the UK last week, but won't arrive in the states until May 17. Badwan hesitates to call it goth, but it is at times brooding and atmospheric. Take the most recent single "Face In The Crowd":




However, as a December performance at the Vatican shows, Cat's Eyes can be beautiful — even emotionally powerful:




While the album version of "I Knew It Was Over" doesn't quite pack the punch of that performance, there are moments of heartbreaking brilliance like "The Best Person I Know":




If you want to hear more, look for the free mp3 link on the band's website for a copy of "Not A Friend." Nice one, Faris.

friendly fires '89 rave flashback video

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The second album by London afrobeat disco act Friendly Fires, Pala, hits May 24 on XL.

They've already made a stop at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote the album, and now they've released a killer video that suits lead single "Live Those Days Tonight" perfectly.

It's entitled the "Back to '89 Rave Montage" — so all you kids can see how ridiculous we looked back in the day:




I know you don't want to believe it, but you're going to get old one day and people will laugh at what you used to look like. It's the circle of life.

Anyway, here's the full Pala tracklist:

1. Live Those Days Tonight
2. Blue Cassette
3. Running Away
4. Hawaiian Air
5. Hurting
6. Pala
7. Show Me Lights
8. True Love
9. Pull Me Back To Earth
10. Chimes
11. Helpless

washed out signed to sub pop, stream 'you and I'

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In one glorious moment, "chillwave" has been validated. Iconic indie Sub Pop has signed chillwave royalty Earnest Greene.

Greene is also known as Washed Out, the project that got the whole woozy lo-fi synthpop thing started with EPs Life Of Leisure and High Times.

Sub Pop will release debut album Within And Without on July 12, featuring "You And I" — a collaboration with Chairlift's Caroline Polachek that appeared on Adult Swim's Singles Program:




Full disclosure, I love Washed Out. When my child was born, I dorked out and cut a family slideshow to "New Theory" — so count me among those excited by this news.

If you're nonplussed, watch this fan-made video for "Feel It All Around." I promise you'll want to jam Washed Out at all your July pool parties:




Here's the full tracklist for Within And Without, your future summer soundtrack:

1. Eyes Be Closed
2. Echoes
3. Amor Fati
4. Soft
5. Far Away
6. Before
7. You and I
8. Within and Without
9. A Dedication

new brian eno single 'glitch'

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Ambient pioneer Brian Eno will release his 42nd studio album July 5 on Warp Records. Last year's Small Craft On A Milk Sea was well received, so there's a bit of anticipation to see what Eno has planned next.

Turns out it's a collaboration of sorts with poet Rick Holland, whom Eno has dabbled with over the past 20 years or so.

Drums Between The Bells features Holland's words with Eno's signature soundscapes. For an idea of where this one's headed, here's a stream of the 'single' entitled "Glitch":




The album will be issued in all the usual formats, with the addition of a hardback 2CD edition:

Here's the full tracklist, including the obligatory "silence":

1. Bless This Space
2. Glitch
3. Dreambirds
4. Pour It Out
5. Seedpods
6. The Real
7. The Airman
8. Fierce Aisles of Light
9. As if your eyes were partly closed as if you honed the swirl within them and offered me... the world
10. A Title
11. Sounds Alien
12. Dow
13. Multimedia
14. Cloud 4
    
    Silence
    
    
15. Breath of Crows

coachella 2011 - the strokes

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Man, theaudioperv is working overtime. We've already thrown together, Tame Impala, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and Arcade Fire from the perv's archives. Now here's another heavy hitter from the Coachella weekend.

That's right, The Strokes fresh off their first record in five years were the Sunday night co-headliners with Kanye. Here's how they closed things down:




I know, it's becoming overkill. We won't repost anything else.. unless it's Cut Copy, Chemical Brothers or Duran Duran. But nothing else.

Anyway, here's the setlist for The Strokes:

1. I Can’t Win
2. Hard To Explain
3. Under Cover of Darkness
4. New York City Cops
5. Games
6. Someday
7. You’re So Right
8. The Modern Age
9. You Only Live Once
10. Taken for a Fool
11. Juicebox
12. Under Control
13. Gratisfaction
14. Reptilia
15. Last Nite
16. Take It Or Leave It

coachella 2011 - tame impala, pains & arcade fire

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We already tipped you to a few video clips and the full Interpol set from Coachella 2011. Now, thanks to theaudioperv, you can enjoy more full sets from the California desert.

First up, here's the excellent psychedelic stylings of Tame Impala:




And from the Mojave Tent, here's The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart:




And finally, the Grammy winners themselves, Arcade Fire. Be patient as it may take a moment to load.. while you wait, see the set list below:




Setlist:

1. Month of May Play
2. Rebellion (Lies)
3. No Cars Go
4. Haïti
5. City With No Children
6. The Suburbs
7. The Suburbs (Continued)
8. Crown of Love
9. Rococo
10. Intervention
11. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
12. We Used to Wait
13. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
14. Keep the Car Running
15. Wake Up
16. (Encore) Ready to Start
17. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
18. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

young galaxy and you say party cover madonna

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Paper Bag Records has a late addition to the Record Store Day fray. True Blue is, as you might expect, a compilation of Madonna covers. In fact, it's a complete, in-sequence recreation of the queen of pop's 1986 classic of the same name.

You can download it free here if you don't mind giving up your email, or you can stream it here.

It's all well done, but there are a couple of highlights. Young Galaxy has one of our favorite releases of 2011 so far, and the Montreal band do a terrific minimalist version of the buoyant smash hit "Open Your Heart":




Another standout is "Love Makes The World Go Round," a "deep" cut by You Say Party:




On the subject of You Say Party, some sad news. Seems they've called it a day:

"Becky, Derek and I are announcing the immediate cease to activity as YSP. Call it a hiatus. Call it a break. Call it whatever you want.

It’s been a hard year for us. Not a bad year. We’ve experienced wonderful support from people. But you gotta listen to your body and your mind when it begins to revolt against what you think it is you have to do. So we’re gonna stop for a while, and we’re gonna work on who we are as people.

We know that everyone understands exactly why and where we’re coming from. Thanks for the support over the years."

On that bittersweet note, here's the rest of the tracklist for the True Blue comp:

1. Woodhands – Papa Don’t Preach
2. Young Galaxy – Open Your Heart
3. The Acorn – White Heat
4. The Rural Alberta Advantage (We’re Scared Version) – Live To Tell
5. PS I Love You – Where’s The Party
6. Winter Gloves – True Blue
7. Laura Barrett – La Isla Bonita
8. Born Ruffians – Jimmy Jimmy
9. You Say Party – Love Makes The World Go Round

coachella 2011 in the books - watch full interpol set

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The grand dame of American festivals went down over the weekend. By all accounts Coachella was "great success."

For some nice slideshows and critical analysis, head over to Spin. If you're more interested in videos — and why wouldn't you be — the official Coachella youtube page has an archive of some daytime performances. There are a few numbers by Two Door Cinema Club that are worth a look, and this one from !!! (Chk Chk Chk):




Consequence of Sound has a great video roundup featuring The Strokes, DFA 1979, Arcade Fire and Ariel Pink's on-stage meltdown.

You can't go wrong with Pitchfork's Coachella Cliff's Notes either..  they've got some Animal Collective and Kanye, among others.

And we found a rip of Interpol's full set. Thanks to youtuber hoynosvamosjuntos, you can watch the 11-song set in three parts.. enjoy:








Setlist:

1. Success
2. Slow Hands
3. Say Hello to the Angels
4. Narc
5. NYC
6. Barricade
7. Evil
8. Lights
9. The Heinrich Maneuver
10. Memory Serves
11. Obstacle 1

the death of the stills

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New York via Montreal rock band The Stills have announced their parting of ways.

CoS points out the statement released by the band today. It reads, in part:

"After the better part of a decade together, several months ago we sat down and decided to disband The Stills and part ways. Simply put, The Stills have broken up.

...We spent the better part of the last year trying to keep it going for each other, out of love for one another and out of respect for our long past together. But ultimately, the best decision for each one of us, and in order for each of us to live fully, creatively, and freely, being true to our hearts, this had to happen...

And now our music and what it means rests in your hands. It belongs fully to the world out there, and especially to you. Make it all you wish it to be, in whichever way you most want to.

May your lives be filled with joy and happiness,

The Stills"

Certainly maudlin, but also extremely heartfelt. I remember being blown away by these guys at SXSW during a day show at Emo's so many years ago. That first album holds up for me, as a desperately-clinging-to-the-past old waver.

While they ultimately strayed from the sound that made me love them so much at first, I'll pour out a Molson today in their honor.

stream coachella all weekend

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There is a way for you to enjoy Coachella without driving to the middle of the California desert, pitching a tent and sweating your balls off all weekend.

As CoS notes, the Coachella youtube channel will be streaming primo content all three days for you to enjoy from the comfort of home. Here's a preview:




Pretty cool, eh? Now feast your eyes on this bonanza of live footage. Keep in mind, all times are PDT, so adjust accordingly:

Friday 

Channel 1
4:10pm – The Drums
4:55pm – Cee Lo Green
5:45pm – Moving Units
6:30pm – Ozomatli
7:25pm – Interpol
8:35pm – Ms. Lauryn Hill
9:55pm – Kings of Leon
11:15pm – The Black Keys
12:05am – Gayngs

Channel 2
4:00pm – !!!
4:50pm – Warpaint
5:35pm – Cold Cave
6:25pm – YACHT
7:10pm – Cold War Kids
8:00pm – Titus Andronicus
9:00pm – The Pains Of Being Pure at Heart
10:00pm – Tame Impala
10:55pm – Monarchy
12:00am – Flogging Molly

Channel 3
4:30pm – The Morning Benders
5:45pm – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
7:25pm – Interpol
8:20pm – Omar Rodriguez-Lopez


Saturday 

Channel 1
4:00pm – Freelance Whales
4:50pm – Erykah Badu
6:05pm – Broken Social Scene
6:55pm – Here We Go Magic
7:40pm – Gogol Bordello
8:30pm – Mumford & Sons
9:25pm – The Swell Season
10:20pm – Bright Eyes

Channel 2
4:30pm – Two Door Cinema Club
5:20pm – Cage The Elephant
7:00pm – The New Pornographers
7:55pm – The Kills
9:05pm – Big Audio Dynamite
10:05pm – Elbow
11:00pm – Raphael Saadiq
11:55pm – Scissor Sisters

Channel 3
4:00pm – Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
5:45pm – Jenny and Johnny
6:35pm – Yelle
8:00pm – Brandt Brauer Frick
10:25pm – Empire Of The Sun


Sunday 

Channel 1
4:00pm – Wiz Khalifa
5:00pm – Nas & Damian Marley
6:10pm – Death from Above 1979
7:25pm – The National
8:30pm – Ratatat
8:55pm – The Strokes

Channel 2
4:00pm – Fun.
5:55pm – Fistful of Mercy
7:25pm – Duran Duran
8:35pm – Chromeo
9:45pm – PJ Harvey
11:10pm – She Wants Revenge

Channel 3
2:20pm – MEN
3:50pm – Angus & Julia Stone
4:45pm – HEALTH
6:05pm – Best Coast
6:55pm – Foster the People

radiohead record store day release leaked

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So this is as close as we're going to get to The King Of Limbs 2. A couple of leftovers — "The Butcher" and "Supercollider" — are being released as a 12" single in the UK, Europe and Japan for Record Store Day tomorrow.

Earlier in the week, Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien told the BBC:

"'The Butcher' is from the King Of Limbs sessions. 'Supercollider' was recorded during that period and finished off after the album came out. There are songs that we have started, that we never finished, but there's not like seven or eight finished songs waiting in the wings to be released now, or in the autumn, or something."

The good news is, we've got updated high quality rips, thanks to ianbhoy. "Supercollider" is the brighter of the two and has been known to make its way into setlists on occasion:




"The Butcher" is more percussive and sounds like a late edit from TKOL:



Truth be told, only a Radiohead completist will be hell bent on finding this. It's probably for the best that this is all that's left from those sessions. As O'Brien said, "When we start a new record, we tend to start afresh. It's kind of an evolutionary thing - only the fittest survive."


UPDATE:

Thanks to SKoA for the heads up...  the "Supercollider"/"The Butcher" 12" will get a US release June 14. As for the Record Store Day version, it's got the labels on backward due to "unforeseen circumstances that we didn't foresee."

Uh oh...  collector's item alert.