Zero 7 Interview

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Today, USOUNDS talks with Henry Binns of Zero 7

USOUNDS: Billy Ocean and I chill out to your new album, The Garden all the time. Billy Ocean is actually a water pipe and not the greatest of all time rhythm and blues tinged international pop performer of this century. Anyway, your singing debut is featured on The Garden. Zero 7 is notorious for having guest singers, but do you plan on singing more tracks yourself in the future?

Henry: I really don’t know. Singing on this one was a bit of a happy accident, so, we’ll see………what do you think? Should I? Am I any good?

USOUNDS: A million times, yes. You might even think about doing a duet cover of “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love for You” with Sia and then remixing the shit out of it. Now that I think about it, if Billy Ocean ever has an accident, Peabo Bryson would make a fantastic successor. The Garden seems a little more upbeat than your previous records. Anything you wanna tell us about the new album?
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White Whale on Merge Records

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White Whale’s debut record WWI will be released on Merge Records July 25th. Stream The Admiral, a track that might make you think of Arcade Fire. This band features ex-members of Butterglory, The Get Up Kids, and possibly a few powerful joints as they seem extremely serious about unlandlocked boundless cetacean-filled seas.

Discuss White Whale in our New Music Forum

Nautical Track Listing for WWI:
Nine Good Fingers
O’ William, O’ Sarah
The Admiral
I Love Lovely Chinese Gal
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New Grandaddy Video

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Ever wonder what Jason Lytle and his ex-band would look like animated? No? Well, at least it’s not claymation. Because claymation is dead to me. You just wanna, you just wanna, you just wanna watch “Elevate Myself” on windows or quicktime.

Jason Lytle Solo Tour Dates:
July 18 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar
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Sebadoh III Reissued

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If Chuck Norris and Sebadoh had a reissue-off, Chuck Norris would win because he is able to digest food and breakdown macro-molecules of matrix cells and regurgitate reiussues and new material for any band. Regardless, the remastered reissue of Sebadoh III is still very exciting. The bonus disc includes rare and unreleased tracks that were recorded around the time of III’s original sessions. III reissued will be available July 10th in Europe and August 8th in North America.

The Freed Pig MP3
Gimme Indie Rock MP3

Full track listing available at Domino Records here.

Jim Noir Tour and MP3

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Barsuk records signed UK artist Jim Noir in May. His new album is scheduled for release in August and here is what Barsuk have to say about it:

“Tower of Love is chock full of pop songs with great harmonies and a decidedly ’60s-style psychedelia influence — think Beach Boys, Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles, early Pink Floyd, ELO and a dash of Super Furry Animals.”

So, it seems only natural to hook up some cannabis, psilocybin, mescaline and/or LSD stat, and jam out to the track Key of C. Maybe even trip out on the album cover art if you want.

Tour Dates (Most dates with JtotheEtotheRtotheEtotheMtotheY Enigk):
July 24 Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland (Free show)
July 25 Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland (Free show)
July 27 – San Francisco, CA – Popscene
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Snow Patrol Eyes Open by Brandon “Heterosexual” Horn

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Music, Food, and God

I enjoy cooking. It’s a fun, creative outlet that sometimes provides edible, and on rare occasions, even delicious results. It is somewhat fraught with disaster though, as it is much easier to produce an average or poor result than to attain culinary nirvana. Poor ingredients, random oversights, bad timing, or general lack of kitchen savviness can easily topple the palatable structure of the meal you’re attempting to create.
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Dr Octagon Decipher Series – The Final Chapter

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Rob Sonic, Mike Relm, The Gray Kid and the staff of OCD stood behind the front door staring at it. Behind them, staring along with them via webcam were the other members of the Decipher project. It was time for an epic battle, and they all knew it. They wanted to believe from everything that had happened that Dr. Octagon was trying to present mankind a path to a better world, and this pesky alien tribe of Gorillas was trying to prevent him, and so they must fight. But was it all that simple? The facts seemed so confusing. Yet, they knew the time had come…
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