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“Heart Is Strange (Active Child Remix)” — School of Seven Bells 

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Lefse Records has recently announced a split 7” from School of Seven Bells and Active Child. Each remixing the other’s tracks. This limited edition 7″ is on mixed color vinyl that’s unique to every other one. It will be available via Lefse, October 26th. Both are also currently on tour and one of the dates is an exciting date at The Social in Orlando.

Side A: School of Seven Bells “Heart Is Strange (Active Child Remix)”
Side B: Active Child “I’m In Your Church At Night (School of Seven Bells Remix)”


Pre-order your copy HERE.

Sep 30, 2010
#school of seven bells #active child
F Kenya RIP Highlife

“F Kenya RIP” — Highlife

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Highlife is a band featuring Doug Shaw, of White Magic, and various members of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti and Gang Gang Dance. Quite the combination for this afro-pop goodness, who has toured with Animal Collective in the recent years. “F Kenya Rip,” also features vocals from Mira Billotte (White Magic). Their EP, Best Bless, was released through The Social Registry on Sept 28th.

Sep 30, 20101 note
#Highlife #afro-pop
Sep 29, 2010
#yeasayer #poster
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“Search Party” — Small Black

“Small Black succeeded in melting together locked and popped drum-shudder, gauzy spirographic synths, and subtly contagious, half-remembered melody into ebullient bursts of evocative, subliminal, and thoroughly modern pop.”

Off of the debut album, New Chain. Really excited to put down a few listens to this Jagjaguwar release.

Sep 29, 201040 notes
#small black #electronic
Branches fox hands

yvynyl:

Fox Hands - Branches

Love this track by Virginia Beach’s pop experimentalists. Bendy, wavey and scrunched up into a sound salad of only the freshest greens - I think the croutons were made of Panda Bear.  Grab the whole four-song Peoplenoswan EP over yonder. Don’t forget the dressing.

Right now I’ve got this song synced up to a little led light show and it’s really awesome.

Sep 29, 201019 notes
#fox hands
Today, in philosophy class,

kelseyyrose:

I mentioned Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and everyone looked at me as if they were mentally thinking:

“UGHH — HIPSTER.”

Something kinda the same happened to me in my intro to philosophy class. My professor was referencing Dexter as he was talking about hedonism and it turns out that even though we live in FL, not that many people watch it.

Sep 28, 20106 notes
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#not music
Sep 28, 2010245 notes
RUNNING My Friend Wallis

“RUNNING” — MY FRIEND WALLIS

If you like Tennis, this group is definitely worth checking out. My Friend Wallis has an EP and some demos up on their bandcamp made available for free.

Sep 28, 2010
#my friend wallis
Sep 28, 20105 notes
#st. vincent
We Get By 'Collaborations'

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Isolated at a remote area without a trace of our origin. Almost as if we were dropped from the sky and we’ve landed in a place we’ve dreamed about but never thought to actually exist. It’s a bit frightening but there’s a familiar melody humming around. Setting up for something a bit different, we take a couple of steps back and there’s an asphyxiating tempo where an inspirational harmony breaks in.

Transitioned as if it didn’t, we find a chorus we can look at in a different light. It’s pleasant and we aren’t really sure why. Finding our way through wonderful memories, we want to escape (“Don’t ever look back”). The scene collapses and we realize how lucid the environment is. It’s picked up and it turns out we were wrong. This is real and it’s almost unfortunate but it quickly dissolves. The scene is desaturated for a moment, independent of place and time but still universally existent.

We see things from a different angle and it’s expounding, we learn a great deal. Vocals pan in and out and we’re guided through a narration only to be left with a panorama of strings through various events in time. Naive and accepting, we go back and repeat our process. This time we get it right. We’ve now awoken and we find someone significant waiting for us, only to learn they were there every step of the way.


The production that’s taken place in this is outstanding. Thanks to Dead As Digital, Stadiums and Shrines and The Road Goes Ever On for this. Get your physical copy here if you haven’t already.

mp3//Self Love Star Slinger and Pandit

mp3//Teenage Dream (Katy Perry cover) Weeds and Foxes In Fiction

Sep 27, 20103 notes
#collaborations #wegetby #review
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“Vesuvius” — Sufjan Stevens

It’s going to be a pretty good week.

Sep 25, 20101 note
#sufjan stevens
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Sep 25, 20101 note
#twin.sister
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“Dog Days Are Over” (Yeasayer Remix) — Florence + The Machine

disconaivete:

Recently Yeasayer surprised me with their astonishing live performance on Pukkelpop; today they surprise me with a blissed out psych-pop remix of Florence + The Machine’s Dog Days Are Over.

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (Yeasayer Remix)

I’ve heard nothing but good coming from their live shows. I’m excited.

Sep 25, 20109 notes
#yeasayer #florence + the machine
Sep 25, 20101 note
#festivals i wish i could go to
Jennysexual

wineintowater:

Since I feel like people have been talking about sexuality a lot lately, I’ll say that more than anything I would consider myself Jennysexual. I am primarily into men, but I’d totally consider fucking a woman, but mostly I just want to have sex with Jenny Lewis. Which is pretty much why I went to see Jenny and Johnny tonight, because she is just so goddamn sexy. I couldn’t get over it when I saw her last year, and yep, it still holds.

Orientation: Jennysexual

Sep 25, 201012 notes
#jenny.and.johnny
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“Dust Me Off” — Tilly and the Wall

This is my tilly-and-the-wall-i’ve-got-a-lame-weekend-ahead-but-cheer-up-song.

Sep 24, 20104 notes
#tilly and the wall
Mini-Doc on Girl Talk's New Year's Eve Show

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Short documentary on the impressive show pulled off by my all time favorite mashup DJ. If I ever get the chance to meet Greg Gillis, it would be one of those flustering moments where I’ve got so many things to say to him that I would not know where to start. There really is a talent in what he does and it really shows in this documentary. The production put into this is incredible and even at $35, it had to have been worth it.


Part 1 — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmzFte9uG6o

Part 2 — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7LA8yrHEA

Part 3 — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spq45wA9RkY

Sep 24, 20102 notes
#girl.talk
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“Communion” — Maximum Balloon and Karen O

TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek has released his debut under the name Maximum Balloon today. With guest vocalists such as, David Byrne, Karen O, and Little Dragon, it produces an interesting sound. Especially the song done with Karen O. Almost as if the song was created to introduce music to a species from another planet. Not sure why I feel this way about it, but it’s there.

Sep 24, 2010
#karen o #maximum balloon
Tennis Daytrotter Session → daytrotter.com

rosekohl:

they really sound good, i’m just missing alaina dancing.

Tennis, probably the most promising new duo this year.

Sep 24, 20106 notes
#tennis #indie.pop
Belle & Sebastian's new album leaked.

Funny how things work sometimes.

Sep 24, 2010
I Want The World To Stop Belle & Sebastian

lightningcollective:

(Listen to “I Want The World To Stop” by Belle and Sebastian)

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN | I Want The World To Stop

Belle and Sebastian is a band from Glasgow. Led by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Murdoch, the seven-piece band has an intimate, majestic sound that is equal parts folk-rock and ‘60s pop. Murdoch has a gift not only for whimsy and surrealism, but also for odd, unsettling lyrical detail which keeps the songs grounded in a tangible reality.

It’s nice to see that Norah Jones and Carey Mulligan has parts on this album too. We love Belle and Sebastian and it’s nice to hear that they’re releasing a new album soon! It’s expected to come out in the US on October 12, so get your hands on this! Take a gander at this new track that is featured on their website for their TV production that they’re making. Click here to view it.

Enjoy some new Belle and Sebastian.

LC

Thanks for the reminder. I had looked forward to the new album, earlier this summer, but all the other awesome releases must have pushed my anticipation for this aside. I’m excited again though, especially after listening to this song.

Sep 23, 201019 notes
#belle.and.sebastian
Weezer finally confirms the Blue/Pinkerton tour

Now all that’s left to do is hope for some FL dates.

Sep 23, 2010
#weezer
The Noise Boys The Dewars

katiepierce:

The Dewars - The Noise Boys

Yet another great band has emerged from West Palm Beach, FL.  Anthony and Zachary Dewar, aka The Dewars, started from humble beginnings, giving away home recordings and hosting large house parties that sometimes ended with a brush with local law enforcement. Fellow Floridians, Surfer Blood, have given The Dewars their stamp of approval, and have taken them on the road for their current national tour.  SB guitarist, Thomas Fekete says:

“The Dewars are a lot like The Addams Family… they are a family with so many odd little qualities you can’t help but be fascinated by the way they interact with the world outside.” - Weird Wives Blog

You can grab their 6-song EP, Songs from the Neverglades, on their bandcamp for a few bucks. 

West Palm Beach seems to spark quite the music scene. I might have to pay a visit down there to see what it’s all about, one day.

Sep 23, 201027 notes
#the.dewars
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life-aquatic:

Closed Cassette & Top Girls // For Now

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This track is another unbelievable effort off the first release by a collaborative label started by the inventive genius that is Mike from Dead As Digital.

 

For Now is dense and layered. Closed Cassette provides a charming lofi backing to Top Girls’ famous R&B influenced falsetto vocals. Top Girls does another collab on the cassette with my buddy Guerre so be sure to check that one out as well.

 

The cassette/mix is called Collaborations and is released by Dead As Digital, The Road Goes Ever On and Stadiums and Shrines. It has so many unbelievable tracks on it I had to order it. I strongly urge you to do the same. Its truly supporting great music and the idea of sharing among each other. So many talented artists have taken time to send music back and forth between each other (sometimes between continents) to make something for it.

 

Order it here.

 

mp3 : Closed Cassette & Top Girls // For Now

I’ve been convinced. I just ordered my copy.

Sep 22, 201021 notes
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“Dream Of My Love (Chasing After You)” — Abe Vigoda

Crush, is an interesting take on the electronic pop scene with its dark melodies and stark vocals. There’s an atmospheric feel to it, unlike the abruptness Skeleton had offered. Not to put down Skeleton at all. I don’t think this latest release tops it but it’s something that could grow on anyone.

Sep 22, 20104 notes
#abe vigoda #electronic
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boyattractions:

Weed + Foxes in Fiction: Teenage Dream (Katy Perry cover)

By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard about the super-wonderful Collaborations tape curated by our friends at Dead as Digital, The Road Goes Ever On, and Stadiums and Shrines. It’s the product of a lot of hard work between some pretty great artists (Teen Daze, Closed Cassette, Ghost Animal, to name a few) so go and grab yourself one if you haven’t already (its only $6!). Mike from D.A.D. was kind enough to shoot us a promo copy, which I’ve been slowly spacing out to while putting off an English paper.

Weed and Foxes in Fiction’s cover of “Teenage Dream” has quickly become a favorite, namely because a) it features two incredibly talented people and b) it’s a Katy Perry cover. Not only is it pretty faithful to the original (yes, I actually brought myself to listen to it) but hearing Anderson and Hildebrand deliver those lyrics with a straight face is something to behold. Excellent work all around, folks!

Weed + Foxes in Fiction- Teenage Dream (Katy Perry cover)

Yes. This is awesome.

Sep 21, 2010284 notes
Young Monk (in black sneakers cursing out the stars for being too dark) Guerre

unholyrhythms:

Premiere: Guerre - “Young Monk”

I’ve made it wildly known that I am in love with the work of Guerre. From the first time I heard his music, I fell head over heels. Today, I am truly honored to bring you this first exclusive track ever for Unholy Rhythms.

“Young Monk” features satin, smooth, sing-song susurrations layered over a slowed down, lo-fi, r&b beat. There is a hint of provocation and playful flirtation as he croons and snaps - coyly checking that he has your attention. And then it hits you, amongst all the lushness, the track oozes temptation. It tempts you to surrender - let yourself fully abandon any restraint and just melt into this mood.

♪ File under: lo-fi, electronic, silky smoov

Sep 21, 201029 notes
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Sep 21, 2010
#okinawa.lifestyle
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whiskeytransfusion:

Glasser - “Home”

I just finishing listening to Glasser’s Ring a few moments ago, which is the musical project of Cameron Mesirow, aka that chick in the picture above. Her style is a gorgeous and aqueous mixture of synthpop and calypso, so if that sounds like just what you need to get yrself through the colder days that are quickly approaching, don’t hesitate to give this a listen. Yes, the album isn’t perfect (“Treasury of We” and “Glad” show promise, but they never really take off), but it’s really solid for a debut album and worthy of blogger’s attention. A number of segments in the songs actually made me stop whatever I was doing and just stare at my computer, such as harmonized overdubs of her own stunning voice (I really should emphasize that—her voice is quite good) on “Home”, the tribal synth-stomp of “Apply”, or the entirety of “Tremel”, in which the closest thing I can liken it to is a space-age Jamaican beach party. In slow motion. Seriously, it’s really cool. Stream the whole thing over here at Prefix Mag. They also call “Apply”, “like “Love Lockdown” and Kate Bush bedding down for a weed dream,” which is a pretty funny image.

Glasser - “Glad” (Delorean Remix)

Glasser - “Home”

Glasser is one of those hidden gems in a record label filled with many wonderful artists.

Sep 20, 20109 notes
#glasser
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Sep 20, 201038 notes
#blackbird.blackbird
Sleigh Bells: Infinity Guitars Music Video → link.brightcove.com

After watching all those fan-made videos, it’s time to enjoy an official video, of a killer song, off of the debut, Treats.

Sep 20, 2010
#infinity guitars #Sleigh Bells
Sep 20, 2010
#Sleigh Bells
Sep 20, 2010
Found out Owen Pallett is opening for The National

At the House of Blues. That would probably make the show for me but I’m not sure If it’s enough to attend. I’ll most likely be going to the Yeasayer and Washed Out show the next day.

Sep 20, 20103 notes
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Sep 19, 201013 notes
#crystal.castles
Untitled ft Mat Cothran WALSH

“Untitled (Feat. Mat Cothran)” — WALSH

Brandon Biondo (COOLRUNNINGS) has taken us back in time folks. It is now 1983.

Sep 18, 2010
#walsh
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Sep 18, 201012 notes
MUSIC FAN'S MIC//: New The Drums track appears, is free, is brilliant. → musicfansmic.net

musicfansmic:

We say ‘new’, but this offering from The Drums has been around since the release of the self-titled in June, albeit as an iTunes bonus track. How it didn’t make it to the album is beyond us, as this is better than pretty much anything on the debut, except for perhaps ‘Down By The Water’.

‘When I Come Home’ has now been made available for free, so now even people who wouldn’t touch iTunes with a hundred-foot pole (and we can’t say we blame you for that decision) can have it. Aww, isn’t that kind.

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Love the anticipation I got from this.

Sep 16, 20102 notes
#the.drums
Added My Friend Wallis to the AWESOME BANDCAMPS list → awd-chronicles.tumblr.com

WHEN THE BLUE TURNED YELLOW is a killer EP.

Sep 16, 2010
#bandcamp
Reds Houses

“Reds” — Houses

Living on a whim. No clear future, living in the present. Just doing what you love to do. It’s hard to come by. Houses clearly embodies this and you can tell they’re passionate about it.

Sep 16, 20103 notes
#houses #lofi #electronic
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Sep 15, 201036 notes
Added Magic Man to the AWESOME BANDCAMPS list → awd-chronicles.tumblr.com
Sep 15, 20101 note
#bandcamp
this is not a question but I think you should look at http://magicman.bandcamp.com/ and consider adding them to your awesome bandcamps :D oh and also I dig your blog lots.

Only three songs into it and it’s already won me over.

Thanks! I enjoy your posts as well.

Sep 15, 2010
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sexmusic:

pit stop [take me home] // lovage

only available: amazon

Love this song.

Sep 14, 201053 notes
#lovage
All Night Houses

“All Night” — Houses


The duo that is Houses is a most-inspiring story that goes along quite nicely with the wonderful music they put out. The debut LP, All Night, is out on Oct. 19.

Sep 14, 20101 note
#houses
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theroadgoeseveron:


Kanye West :: Runaway (ft. Pusha T) [Studio Version]

Even though I think I the live version more, this new Kanye West is great through and through.

mp3 // Kanye West - Runaway (ft. Pusha T) [Live Version]

mp3 // Kanye West - Runaway (ft. Pusha T) [Studio Version]

Digging the direction Kanye is going recently.

Sep 13, 201050 notes
#kanye.west
This Is Not a Photograph → pitchfork.com

perpetua:

My good friend Eric Harvey wrote this wonderful essay about the recent trend in using found non-professional photographs as album covers. I particularly enjoy his tangents about Jandek and digital HD photography. I like his turn of phrase in describing the aesthetic values of HD — it represents “the human face and body with vicious clarity.” Yes. That’s basically why I don’t like HD much. It certainly has its value, but when it comes to art, I think photography is better when it allows for poetic abstraction and painterly qualities. I spent all my time in art school trying to do photography in a way that was the opposite of what would be the HD aesthetic. I always wanted to make photographs that did anything but accurately document reality.

Fantastic article.

Sep 13, 201028 notes
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