From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: French Miami, Live@Chessvolt Studios with Video and Mp3s

08.30.2009

Supercoiled intensity. San Francisco’s French Miami packed in a maelstrom to the studio for their live Luxury Wafers Session. We’d already been listening to their gems at damagingly high volume before they arrived and digging the stir of internal storms they inflamed, but we had no idea how much fun French Miami would be in [...]

The Very Best: Warm Heart of Africa feat. Ezra Koenig, Rain Dance feat. M.I.A.

08.29.2009

Rain Dance featuring M.I.A. [mp3] Warm Heart of Africa featuring Ezra Koenig [mp3] The Very Best is a project of European production duo Radioclit and Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya. This stuff is so fantastically refreshing. The super saucy Rain Dance – a kitchen sink of natural sounds, African rhythms, whistles and bells, party beat plus [...]

San Francisco’s Outside Lands 2009… Haps, mp3s plus a Tenacious D treat

08.29.2009

Outside Lands 2009… so far good weather, more than 100,000 people and around 100 bands lined up for the 3 day music fest in San Francisco’s stunningly large, green Golden Gate Park. Day one (Friday) brought Pearl Jam, Incubus, Thievery Corporation, Tom Jones, Silversun Pickups, The National, Q-Tip, Built To Spill, Midnite, Kinky, Tea Leaf [...]

Ola Podrida’s Belly of the Lion, Your Father’s Basement (mp3)

08.29.2009

Your Father’s Basement [mp3] David Wingo’s 2nd album as Ola Podrida, Belly of the Lion, is coming to us soon, not soon enough, via Western Vinyl (11/10/09). This is Love with a capital L. I can hardly wait for the whole affair. Your Father’s Basement enthralls sonically and vibes with warmth from a fair distance. [...]

Yo La Tengo: Popular Songs (9/8/09, Matador); Here to Fall, Periodically Double or Triple (mp3s)

08.29.2009

Here To Fall [mp3] Periodically Double or Triple [mp3] Review by Benham Jones Excepting the three epic closers that account for more than half of the record’s length, Yo La Tengo’s forthcoming Popular Songs (Matador, 9/8/09) is a sweet little listen that moves quicker than a jukebox full of your best friend’s quarters.  And “jukebox” [...]

Emily Neveu – double, triple the pleasure, plus Lefse

08.27.2009

Oh, no, no, no. I don’t believe she’s a twin. I don’t mean she’s a stripper or hermaphrodite or anything weird like that. Heavens no. I mean here are Two, two! amazing tracks from Emily Neveu. Swallowing A Swallow [mp3] – a beautifully simple, old-style round of piano, accordian and Neveu’s velvety soporific voice. I [...]

New from The Dutchess & The Duke – Hands (mp3)

08.27.2009

Hands [mp3] Here’s the first song from The Dutchess & The Duke‘s upcoming sophomore album, Sunset/Sunrise (Hardly Art, 10/6/09). Off the cuff, I’d say Hands has the feel of The Doors in a Spanish Western. Their voices are totally yummy – his cognac, hers suede. The Seattle duo, Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison, recorded Sunset [...]

Wye Oak: The Knot, Take it In (mp3)

08.26.2009

Take It In [mp3] I know Wye Oak’s record, The Knot (Merge, 7/21/09), has been out since late July, but it’s so engrossingly good (I’m talking genius) I must take the time to tell you about it (or at least remind you to pull out your headphones, turn on the music and jump in again). [...]

múm from Iceland, Illuminated [mp3] and Moon Pulls video

08.26.2009

Illuminated [mp3] With a gentle touch, Icelandic band, múm paints an epic soundscape fit for a fantasy movie scene with Illuminated from their new album, Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know(2009/on groovy German label, Morr Music). Their name sounds like this – “miooyyuujm” – maybe not what you’d think, but the sound of their [...]

A A Bondy: When the Devil’s Loose (Available 9/1), I Can See The Pines Are Dancing (mp3)

08.25.2009

I Can See The Pines Are Dancing [mp3] When the Devil’s Loose [mp3] A A (Scott) Bondy‘s eagerly awaited new album, When the Devil’s Loose, will finally be available next week, September 1st, on Fat Possum. Bondy’s lovely, road-weary voice conveys depth of experience and soul knowledge. Pleasantly hoarse at times while incorporating jangly piano [...]

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