Episode047: MP3/Feed\Archive
Previous: Episode046 - The Feeling Kind
****************************************
♬Liner Notes♬: Welcome back to another sweet slab of Brand new song of the day sounds from Johnny Marr, Nick Cave, Jamie Lidell, Indians, Atlas Genius and much more... Now let's sit back, put our headphones on and Pump Up Tha Volume!
Mount Moriah
"Bright Light"
'Miracle Temple'
Merge, 2013
Note: Pitchfork says "Mount Moriah are commonly identified as a collaboration between longtime friends/bandmates/business partners Heather McEntire and Jenks Miller, who have played in French pop band Un Deux Trois together, and run the indispensible Chapel Hill label Holidays for Quince. "Bright Light", the second release from their upcoming sophomore full-length and Merge debut Miracle Temple, shows the duo in fine form." BTW: I just scored a promo copy of their forthcoming full-length album.
(More Info)
Johnny Marr
"The Right Thing Right"
'The Messenger'
Sire, 2013
Note: The record label's press blurb says "Johnny Marr, one of the most celebrated guitarists in the history of contemporary music, presents his debut solo album, The Messenger. The album features Marr front & center on vocals & guitar, & represents our first chance to capture Johnny Marr s musical vision exactly as he envisioned on the first true solo album of his career. The Messenger was written & produced by Marr himself. Best known for his work alongside Morrissey as the creative force behind The Smiths, Marr has continued his career as an official member or touring guitarist for a diverse array of acclaimed bands since." Back in 2002, I got to see Johnny at the CMJ Music Marathon. He was only doing a Q&A at the conference, so I knew I had to go check it out. While waiting for the doors to open, I could see Les Claypool entering another hall for his Q&A! But I got in, sat in the front row, and was enraptured by Johnny. I didn't ask him a question, but I immediately hopped up to get an autograph and he signed my program and said "Hope you weren't bored!"
(More Info)
Wild Yaks
"Father"
'Million Years'
Ernest Jenning Record Co., 2012
Note: Song source KEXP says "To quote the New York Times, Brooklyn’s Wild Yaks are “a roman candle of a band” - they light up, shoot off, explode, and then fade out. What Wild Yaks lack in finesse is more than made up for in their enthusiasm, which in a post-Strokes world, is a refreshing change of attitude from the slew of too-cool indie rock bands. A highlight from their second album, Million Years, “Father” is a two minute, twenty four second tribute to... well, everything."
(More Info)
Jamie Lidell
"What A Shame"
'Jamie Lidell'
Warp/Fontana North, 2013
Note: Stereogum says "The willfully weird electro-soul loverman Jamie Lidell will release a self-titled album early next year, and he appears to be tapping deeper into his weird side than he’s done in a while. On first single “What A Shame,” he throws his honeyed falsetto all over a wriggling post-dubstep drunken monster of a track..."
(More Info)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
"We Real Cool"
'Push The Sky Away'
Bad Seed Ltd., 2013
Note: The Clevescene music blog says our second track on PUTV from the latest Nick Cave record "returns to the band's gravelly sweet spot. Even at the heaviest points of the album, like in this tune, the music never seems to rise above a whisper." We last heard from the one and only Nick Cave a few weeks ago on Episode044.
(More Info)
Your Youth
"Thick Gold (Bodies)"
'Battery'
Old Flame Records, 2012
Note: Song source KEXP says "A self-described “loud alternative band that doesn’t totally exist”, Your Youth combines all of 1994′s (the last year the word “alternative” meant anything) trademark sounds - lo-fi filters, anthemic slacker vocals, subtle pop melodies - and throws them into a garage-rock blender."
(More Info)
Indians
"I Am Haunted" (Jason Lytle Remix)
'Somewhere Else'
4AD, 2013
Note: Last heard on Episode043, the 4AD artist returns with an exclusive remix on KCRW. "It's a big year for Jason Lytle. He reunited with his band Grandaddy for a series of shows and now offers his take on "I Am Haunted" from 4AD artist Indians, the musical alter ego of Copenhagen resident Søren Løkke Juul."
(More Info)
Speck Mountain
"Badwater"
'Badwater'
Carrot Top, 2013
Note: "Formed in 2005 by vocalist Marie-Claire Balabanian and guitarist Karl Briedrick, Chicago’s Speck Mountain falls somewhere between the texture-based, psychedelic sounds of’60s and the ethereal, alluring haze of ’00s space rock."
(More Info)
Beach Fossils
"Generational Synthetic"
'Clash The Truth'
Captured Tracks, 2013
Note: Pitchfork says "Beach Fossils will followup 2011's What a Pleasure EP with a new full-length, Clash the Truth, via Captured Tracks. We've already heard "Careless" and now the band has shared the album's second cut, "Generational Synthetic", which finds a strong post-punk bass melody carrying along some relatively cutting sentiments from frontman Dustin Payseur."
(More Info)
Atlas Genius
"Centred on You"
'When It Was Now'
Warner Bros., 2013
Note: Last heard on Episode041, "Aussies Atlas Genius have been winning over fans worldwide for their catchy lyrics and buoyant beats."
(More Info)
Jenn Grant
"I've Got Your Fire"
'The Beautiful Wild'
Six Shooter, 2013
Note: "A veteran of the Nova Scotia music scene, Jenn Grant’s luminous voice has been soundtracking cold, lamp-lit nights since her 2005 debut... The second single from her fourth album, The Beautiful Wild, “I’ve Got Your Fire” is an ascending slow burn that floats on Grant’s ardent performance."
(More Info)
Gloss
"Ian's Dream"
'Front Porch' EP
Manic Pop!, 2013
Note: 1 For The People says about this Minneapolis quartet that "Since we first heard Gloss' "Front Porch", let's just say we've been waiting, fairly impatiently, for the next helping of "dreamy-ass jangle pop". It's now here in the form of "Ian's Dream", which will accompany the bands debut single, "Front Porch" on its physical release."
(More Info)
Deer Tracks
"W"
'The Archer Trilogy: PT.3'
Control Group, 2013
Note: CoS says that "On the final installment of their three-part debut, The Deer Tracks shed their doe eyes. While The Archer Trilogy Pt. 2 twitched around stilted epics, eerie lullabies, and acerbic pop bursts, Pt. 3 funnels the Swedish duo’s itchy wanderlust into a series of sinewy organisms."
(More Info)
Animals at Night
"Bare Feet and Summer Teeth"
'Animals at Night' EP
self-released, 2012
Note: And finally, song source KEXP says "“Bare Feet and Summer Teeth” starts the new EP off with a bang. Right off the bat, we get a smorgasbord of guitar noise all synchronized to form a pattern of sorts. This is only necessary until a driving drum kits pounds it’s way forward towards Markel’s first verse. Here, he sings with desperation as he name drops Queen Anne and describes the weird beauty of the Seattle summer."
(More Info)
****************************************
@PumpUpThaVolume Music News:
#Obituary: #ShadowMorton, Songwriter and Producer, Dies at 71 … #LeaderOfThePack #RememberWalkingInTheSand
Mindy McCready shot and killed dog that belonged to her late boyfriend before killing herself, sheriff says
Kevin Ayers, U.K. psych pioneer and Soft Machine co-founder, has died. He was 68.
Dave Clark Five bassist dies at age 72 #RIP
Why did Donald Byrd (RIP; died Feb 4 at 80 yrs old) become the go-to sample source for hip-hop artists?
Fire Safety on 10-Year Anniversary of Fatal Rhode Island Nightclub Fire
On the 10-year anniversary of the Station fire, SPIN looks at the decade's most disturbing live-music tragedies
It's been 10 years since The Postal Service's first album, "Give Up," debuted. Read our classic track-by-track review
Lana Del Rey named best international female at Brits
First a Grammy, now a BRIT Award. @MumfordAndSons win Best British Band at #BRITs2013
"Is this the kind of thing that will make the next punk movement happen?"
WTF is Billy Corgan doing in this ridiculous furniture commercial?
Reports of Morrissey's meatless Staples Center concert have been greatly exaggerated
If "#TheSmiths stayed together for just an album after that soundtrack, their history could have been much different"
Cannibal Ox entice fans to fund their album and label launch with a new single, "Gotham (Ox City)"
Macklemore explains why selling his anti-consumerism song to the NBA doesn't make him a sell-out
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS' 'Push the Sky Away': More horndog fire-and-brimstone from rock's most literate libertine
Inside Pickathon 2013: Feist, Kurt Vile lead the Portland music festival's off-kilter lineup
Oregon duo @HelioSequence star in the latest episode of @OfftheAvenue
@xrayfm @hollywoodtheatr I really really wish I could go to this, but I have a show to run... I'm excited for the launch of @xrayfm though!
(Thanks again to @KEXP, @KCRW, @TheCurrent and you!)
