Check out two new Animal Collective tracks on obscuresound.com.
Germans find Art Brut brilliant, give college lecture on Eddie Argos lyrics. Maybe they haven’t heard “Formed a Band”?
Cool new site ourstage.com allows users to decide the best music and film talent on the web. Artists who receive high ratings are rewarded with slots at CMJ, Bonnaroo and other festivals.
See you on ourstage Mr. McSausage
The Best of Frank Black 93-03 is due out June 19th. Here’s one of the greatest tracks off the album:
Robert Onion [mp3]
Track Listing:
1. Los Angeles
2. Ten Percenter
3. Czar
4. Old Black Dawning
5. I Want To Live On An Abstract Plain
In Debbie Downer (or Morose Morrissey) news via NME, Morrissey has announced that when his time comes, he would like to be buried in celebrity cemetery Hollywood Forever.
Better than a dumpster: Necropolis for Hollywood’s immortals
Kings of Leon, The Frames, Andrew Bird and more added to Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival.
Apparently Bloc Party are okay with drugs.
Later tonight, I have to leave a few mangled dead bodies in the Atlantic.
The new Shout Out Loud’s EP on Merge Records, Tonight I Have to Leave It, is now available. A few US tour dates:
July 16th – New York, NY – Spiegeltent
July 17th – Brooklyn, NY – Luna Lounge
July 18 – San Fran – Rickshaw
July 19 – LA – El Rey
Tonight I Have to Leave It [mp3]
Rating: 7.0
The inimitable British folk singer, Nick Drake, produced three stellar records almost forty years ago and then fell into an abyss of depression before he faded away in a suspected suicide in 1974. After his death, he was virtually unknown for at least one decade, maybe even two or three, before his popularity sharply began to rise. There have been at least three different bootlegs produced in the past that have included some rare, pre- Five Leaves Left home recordings. Family Tree sees the first official release of these tracks, most of which are covers and traditional tracks that have been floating around for years. Although it is a good collection, there is not much new material included, and some key tracks are missing along with some unnecessary additions thrown in there as well.
Saddle Creek Records open a new club in Omaha, NE called “Slowdown”. Underage girls all over the nation get fake ID’s hoping to run into/nail Connor Oberst.
Mash-up of the day: Lil’ Flip vs The New Pornographers “My Chips Versus Yours” brought to you by The Hood Internet. Also, who the f is Lil’ Flip?
Ted Leo added to Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festy.
What would you say about Dave Matthews practically going dancing nancies over the band Xiu Xiu? According to KRS, Dave says, “There’s something about it where you can’t put it down. It’s like crazy person music, but it’s really slammin’ and really beautiful.”
Barsuk Records will be releasing the soundtrack to the motion picture Kurt Cobain About A Son on Sept 11, 2007.
Rating: 7.8
Eric Woodruff’s (of Bellhingham’s spacerock strongarm Delay) new project, Prosser, aims for a more autumnal and intimate sound this time around. Armed with a cast of Seattle-area musicians, and occasionally a cellist, Eric has been canvassing the area by playing at the Tractor, High Dive and the Comet Tavern, among others. Eric Woodruff‘s not fucking around with getting the word out- and his new self-titled album, Prosser makes you understand why.