kid cudi
Mr. Rager A little darker than I though it would be, Kid Cudi’s new track, Mr. Rager. This song will come from Kid Cudi’s upcoming release Man On The Moon 2: The Legend of Mr. Rager is set to come out October 26th.
AB & the Sea
Bone Dry Good news from the California coast. San Franciscan (by way of Wisconsin) band AB & the Sea writes wonderfully feel good pop songs. After saying good bye to the midwest, they packed their van, headed for the west coast and made their way to San Francisco. Busking downtown
Basement Jaxx
White Sky (Remix) This came across my inbox this morning, and I’ve sat on it until now. It’s really kind of awesome. Basement JAXX remixing Vampire Weekend’s song White Sky, from their album Contra.
Far Away
Coming from Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption soundtrack, Jose Gonzalez really pumps up the gloom and doom on his song Far Away. As usual, it’s a beautiful song, and his voice lends itself perfectly to the lonely emotion the game promotes. Gonzalez will be here in Boston with his
Son C As part of their newsletter, Frightened Rabbit gave away a gift today. It’s a package including this unreleased track ‘Son C’ and some Lomo photos taken over the summer. Enjoy the new track, and get over to their website and sign up for their newsletter and receive
Gary Lightbody
Tired Pony, if you haven’t heard of it, is a side project from Peter Buck from REM, Richard Colburn from Belle & Sebastian, Gary Lightbody and Iain Archer from Snow Patrol, Garret Lee, Scott McCaughey and Troy Stewart. The band also features some back up from M. Ward, Tom
chief
I’ve posted a video of Chief here before, and actually posted this same song. But this one stands out, it’s an acoustic performance in London. The performance is hypnotizing, its a really great song, and sounds so fantastic.
Dent May
A new single from Mississippi’s Dent May is here and if you liked That Feeling, check out the smooth Love Boat-like Eastover Wives featuring Charles Roy Washington on sax. Both tracks were mastered by Rusty Santos, and will likely appear on Dent’s forthcoming Paw Tracks full-length. Pre-order here.
blitzen trapper
Blitzen Trapper plays their unreleased track ‘Takin it Easy Too Long’ a song that I just heard them play live at Newport Folk Festival. The video was recorded at in-studio at thealternativeside.org. Check out the TAS blog which includes a video recording of ‘Below the Hurricane’ Don’t forget
Dan Auerbach
Outta Here Lonely Lonely Night Juston Stens, former drummer of Dr. Dog, is offering up his debut EP for the cost of an email address. With that payment, you’ll be the proud owner of Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang’s EP. The sound is quite similar in
demo
Hands off My Cash, Monty Two Door Cinema Club recently released an unreleased demo of theirs. If you haven’t heard it already, their album, Tourist History, is highly recommended. If you’d like to hear more from them, check their myspace, or read / listen to some of the posts
Inverted
Jimmy Eat World – “My Best Theory” by Some Kind of Awesome Their first album in three years, Inverted, is due out September 28. Is it just me or are you hearing Duran Duran in this? What do you think?
