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Kelsey Brown: Piccadilly Circus
September 1, 2010
Kelsey Elise Brown was born in Little Rock, AR in 1992. She sang with her grandfather’s bluegrass band at a young age and moved to Texas in 1997. She has been classically trained in voice, but began writing music and taught herself piano in 2007 and ukulele in 2009.
Kelsey is attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and is influenced by Regina Spektor, Joanna Newsom, Fiona Apple, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Beirut, Laura Veirs, Tegan and Sara, Camille, and more. [last.fm]
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Song of Return: The Story of a Cell
August 30, 2010
This is the new name for the Glasgow, UK based band Union of Knives, changed up in early 2010. We discovered this Glasgow, UK based group through Admiral Fallow’s Facebook page. They were posting about a compilation album that this specific track will be featured on in the near future.
This release is apparently an effort to help support a new venture in the south side of Glasgow called ‘Glad Cafe’. The album will drop on OCTOBER 4th.
Check out this track and more at the SoundCloud link below.
- Song of Return’s Website
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- Listening Station: SoundCloud
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Sleeperstar: We Go Tonight (Say It Again)
August 28, 2010
Sleeperstar is a predominantly pop-rock group started in Dallas, Texas in 2007. Chris Pearson sings lead vocals and is joined by Nick Box on guitar, Jake Lester on keyboard, Shaun Menary on drums, and Brandon Rosas on bass. Pearson had his start with Barefoot before joining with Box and Lester of Iron Giants to start Sleeperstar. [last.fm]
- Sleeperstar Website
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Pete Yorn: Velcro Shoes
August 26, 2010
On September 28th, Vagrant Records will release the latest studio album from Pete Yorn. Produced by Frank Black (The Pixies), this visceral 11-song collection follows Yorn’s two 2009 releases.
Yorn’s forthcoming album, a self-titled volume with a plain black cover, was recorded on the spur-of-the-moment, in the summer of 2008. Yorn was in the middle of making Back & Fourth in Nebraska when he got an email from Black suggesting that they record some tunes. Intrigued by the notion of experimenting with Frank, Yorn hopped a plane to Salem, OR, where the two set up an impromptu studio. They recorded the album in a mere five days – even though the singer-songwriter-guitarist came down with the flu two days into the process.
“Frank didn’t give a shit about getting sick, so we stayed in the flow,” recalls Yorn. “He has an incredible ability to distill a song down to its core.”
Frank recalls, “Pete told me he wanted to better define himself as an artist. I think he just wanted to rock out. But as we headed down a path of realization I stripped him down a whole bunch. We battled in the best sort of way. I tried to get the session into a fearless and raw place, and to his artistic credit Pete took his songwriting to a fearless and raw place. This listener will find his or herself sitting right next to Pete on the couch. And the record totally rocks out.”
Yorn will be touring in Fall 2010 in conjunction with the new album’s release. Tour dates will be announced shortly. [vagrant]
- Pete Yorn’s Website
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- Vagrant Records
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Tiddabadés: Colours
August 24, 2010
Tiddabadés is a Wellington based dancecore four piece in New Zealand, apparently self-proclaimed as ”The Most Mispronounced Band In The Southern Hemisphere ™ “.
Formerly Batman Tiddabadés, they weld the influence of early British Post Punk, New Wave & Electronica, The E.P is the result of The Tiddabadés collective passion for guitar & synth based music.
From the looks of it, Tiddabadés is currently touring throughout Japan the entire month of September.
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Smoking Popes: Sandra
August 22, 2010
All the songs in this collection “It’s Been A Long Day” were recorded from 1991-1998. All have previously been released on various compilations and 7 inches with the exception of “Long Day”, which was recorded in 1992 but never released. The tape was lost up til’ last year, when the band found it in the corner of their basement. [ioda]
- Smoking Popes Website
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Smoking Popes
“Sandra” (mp3)
from “It’s Been A Long Day”
(Asian Man Records)
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Bottomless Pit: 38 Souls
August 20, 2010
Bottomless Pit was formed in the fall of 2005 by erstwhile Silkworm members Tim Midgett and Andy Cohen. Their longtime friends Chris Manfrin (Seam) and Brian Orchard (.22) complete the quartet.
Blood Under the Bridge is the third record and second full-length by Bottomless Pit. The album explores the awful and thrilling randomness of fate, with a hard fix on the future. Affectionate and brusque, languid and bracing – it is nearly peerless modern postpunk. [ioda]
- Bottomless Pit Website
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Bottomless Pit
“38 Souls” (mp3)
from “Blood Under the Bridge”
(Comedy Minus One)
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Ra Ra Riot: Boy (RAC mix)
August 18, 2010
New York’s Ra Ra Riot recently sent out a free gift to their fanbase to all those that had downloaded the original version of “Boy,” the very first single from their album The Orchard, which drops in a few days.
This remix of “Boy” was basically given out as a thank you for all the fans support. It’s done by the Remix Artist Collective and can be found over at SoundCloud for free download for all.
- Ra Ra Riot Website
- Remix Artist Collective Website
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Matt Skiba: S.O.S.
August 16, 2010
Somewhere in between breaks during Alkaline Trio’s relentless touring schedule, Matt Skiba found time to demo and record a whole slew of new songs. It’s been more than ten years since his last solo album (a split with Kevin Seconds), so enjoy “Demos.”
Album Notes
-first release in 10 years
-all home recording done by Matt on his laptop
-all unreleased songs
- Matt Skiba’s Wiki
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Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra: You Were Right + It’s OK
August 14, 2010
What smells like special and sounds like awesome?
Dubbed ‘Best Lounge Act of 2009’ by New York Magazine, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra play a brand of uncategorizable folk/jazz/country/lounge- lizardry that’s drawn comparisons to the music of Leon Redbone, They Might Be Giants, Randy Newman and Tom Waits. They released their sophomore studio album HONKER on June 29 of this year.
With melancholy wit and a cockeyed worldview, sepia-toned singer-songwriter Lipton and band-mates Eben Levy (guitar), Ian Riggs (bass) and Vito Dieterle (sax) deliver songs steeped in irreverent sincerity and soul.
Featuring guest vocals from Matt Berninger of THE NATIONAL, Cynthia Hopkins of GLORIA DELUXE and a chorus of middle-school students, HONKER was funded entirely by fans around the world through funding platform Kickstarter, and continues Lipton’s unique gift of conveying thoughts and emotions most don’t want to admit.
“I’m worried about how the soul is doing, mine and other peoples,” acknowledges Ethan. “I’m worried about what the world is doing to the soul, how it’s giving the soul a hard time. And I’m trying to give the soul a little comfort, a pat on the back, a reason to laugh at itself, or even just a clearer picture–a more compassionate explanation–of why, no matter how hard it tries, it’s never going to win.”
“We’re here to represent the half-empties of the world,” declares Ethan Lipton of his band, now entering its fifth year as a quartet. “We know there’s some good news buried in all the bad, and we’re trying to dig it out and get it to the people who need it—on finger sandwiches of delight, if possible.”
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