Radical hat, too
Radical Face may be an uneasy band name, but there’s nothing perplexing about the song Glory which is a finely arranged track swarming with piano, handclaps and accordion.
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RJD2 Q & A: Ask RJD2 anything you want on the XL website. We asked him which of his collaborators takes the hugest d’s.
Merge Records reports today that Superchunk is back with a brand new 7″ single recorded for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters! The B-side is a version of “Misfits and Mistakes” sung by Meatwad. (This is actually not a joke.)
News sites such as billboard.com, rollingstone.com, and dozens of others are freaking out because of the usage of bagpipes on the White Stripes’ upcoming album, Icky Thump (due out mid-June). It’s just an air supply and a bag, dudes.
New albums out today: The Fall – Reformation Post (US release, already out in the UK), Grant Lee Philips – Strangelet and Laura Veirs – Saltbreakers.
Dntel – Dumb Luck
Dumb Luck is Jimmy Tamborello’s (the other Postal Service guy, Figurine) first album on Sub Pop to be released on April 24th under the name Dntel. Vocal contributions include Jenny Lewis, Edward Droste (Grizzly Bear), Andrew Broder (Fog), Conor Oberst and others. Check out the title track called Dumb Luck an epic track layered with samples and alluring vocals.
Know Your Fields
Fields of Poland
It’s hard to keep track of “fields” these days with band names such as, The Field, Fields, Field Mob, The Field Mice, Field Day, Fielding, The Magnetic Fields, and Horsey Fields of Love. London-based 5-piece Fields are brewin’ up some noisy guitars that may make you think of My Bloody Valentine. Here’s an mp3 called If You Fail, We All Fail.
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Exciting Sasquatch 07 additions: Michael Showalter and Aziz Ansari hosting the Wookie and Yeti stages. Also added: Polyphonic Spree, Blitzen Trapper, Stars of Track and Field, Mix Master Mike, Earl Greyhound, The Blakes, and Clinic.
Pitchfork reports that Spoon will release a new, album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, July 10th. Despite being one of the whitest men alive, Brit adds the song, “Black Like Me” to the tracklist.
Kings of Leon will appear as the musical guest on Letterman tonight.
Whoa Here it comes, that funny feelin’ again when the Van Halen tour gets postponed indefinitely. Also, it is worth noting that the site Van Halen News continuously updates VH news from thousands of sources all the time.
Thanks to the fine peeps at Nonesuch records, stream the new Wilco album, Sky Blue Sky to be released on the ides of May.
Jay Reatard: Great band name, mediocre band. Regardless, here they are live in Austin.
Chromeo – Fancy Footwork
Chromeo is Montreal BFF’s Pee Thug and Dave 1. Fancy Footwork sounds like 80’s night mixed with LCD & Basement Jaxx and is probably being played at gay clubs all around the universe.
Total garbage mp3 of the day featuring Andy Partridge
Hello, cheese? NO! Cheese can’t dial a phone
Sweet Andy Partridge has been working on an experimental and improvisational collaboration called Monstrance to be released April 3rd. Here’s a track called I Lovely Cosmonaut that you might enjoy if you are currently preparing for 2007: A Space Odyssey.