February 2012
8 posts
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33 rpm:
VM favourties, Jonquil, have finally come out with their highly-anticipated full-length album entitled, Point of Go (it’s their third, by the way). You can stream this folk-pop gem in all its neo-age internet glory over at Paste Magazine. Be sure to catch them live in Brooklyn 02 April at The Glasslands—you can’t miss it! And, if you’re in the UK, you can catch their album...
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WatchBombay Bicycle Club ‘How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep’
January 2012
5 posts
WatchDjango Django ‘Default’ off their debut album, out 30 January on Because.
Blog Spotlight:
Absolutely Incredible: Clip Art Covers (Minus the Comic Sans, but we’ll get over it)
Happy New Year! Here’s to at least another year of sounding like Patrick Bateman when talking about new albums. We’ve got to go return some videotapes…
December 2011
23 posts
peace & love in 2012
jb // ss
Shine Like Million: No. 01
Trophy Wife / Oxford, UK
If there’s one band we talked about most in 2011, it’s Trophy Wife. They crept in late last year wanting to explore a new sound all their own and these three have been making music together for what seems like forever. They broke away from Jonquil last year to pursue this project—and if you’re into Oxford Band History, then you remember them from such...
Shine Like Million: No. 02
Pet Moon / Oxford, UK
(aka Andrew Mears) is most prominently known as the frontman in the late band, Youthmovies, and the early spawning of Foals—but has evolved into one of those creative giants who seems to have their hand in almost everything.
Mears’ own vision of what joyously-dark pop music sounds like a modern day Phil Collins on salvia, and it’s refreshingly brilliant. Check...
Shine Like Million: No. 03
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs / Oxford, UK
This innovative Dubstep-Disco-House artist is one, of many, Blessing Force all stars that is single-handedly creating an entirely new music scene in Oxford, England. TEED is pretty well-known in his native England, and has sparked interest here earlier this year at SXSW as one of the best acts of the festival. He’s also one of the first...
Shine Like Million: No. 04
The Glorious Veins / New York, NY
This is the best Indie-Blues-Rock music you will ever come across. Their original song writing paired with hypnotic guitar solos and addictive beats & baselines is some of the best stuff in Brooklyn right now. Check a couple posts below for a download link to some new music and where you can catch them live after the new year.
Shine Like Million: No. 05
Purity Ring / New York, NY
This duo, has us hanging on by a thread, or rather, three songs that were only released this year. But, those tracks are the catalyst that makes us think this promising outfit be the ones to watch in 2012. Their obscure, electro sound is entirely original and notoriously sounds like a new(ish) genre called ‘Witch House’—don’t ask, we’re not...
45 rpm:
Take a little musical road trip this holiday, and listen to some unreleased & re-recorded songs by VM favourites, The Glorious Veins. This free download features tracks, both old and new, ‘Cheyenne’, ‘New Orleans’, and ‘Pittsburgh’—thus the title, Cities.
If you feel like you’re in the gift-giving mood, do feel free to donate an amount of your...
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Best of 11: No. 01
James Blake | James Blake
To be honest, we knew this brilliant, dub-step producer would be our number one choice for album of the year, the first second we heard it. Much to our surprise, we’ve gotten some dissatisfied looks over this choice—and we couldn’t possibly care less. For us, it was love at first note…
It’s seemingly gorgeous in all its minimalist manner. An...
We noticed on our Best Tracks of 2011 post, the tracks for No. 01 and No. 05 are unavailable. We’re not sure why that is, so we posted the links for you:
No. 01 Trophy Wife - ‘Wolf’ No. 05 Gotye - ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’
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Best of 11: 02 – 25
02. Jamie Woon Mirrorwriting 03. Katy B On a Mission 04. Gotye Making Mirrors 05. Wild Beasts Smother 06. The Vaccines What Did You Expect… 07. SBTRKT SBTRKT 08. The Field Looping State of Mind 09. Kurt Vile Smoke Ring For My Halo 10. Metronomy English Riviera 11. The Joy Formidable The Big Roar 12. The Antlers Burst Apart 13. Bombay Bicycle Club A Different Kind of Fix 14. Das Racist...
So, we were thinking… Since we have issues with the BBC Sound of 2012 list, maybe it’s a sign that we should conduct our own. And, we’re going to do just that.
Watchya know, just because… (foals’ pre-show dance ritual)
Best of 11:
Here’s our list for the Best Tracks of 2011: Go ahead and have a listen, courtesy of Rdio
1. Trophy Wife ‘Wolf’ 2. James Blake ‘I Never Learnt to Share’ 3. Chad Valley ‘Now That I’m Real (How Does It Feel)’ 4. Jamie Woonn ‘Night Air’ 5. Gotye ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ 6. Wild Beasts ‘Lion’s Share’ 7....
WatchBRAHMS ‘Repeat It’
RIP 2009 - 2011 You were/are truly amazing.
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Show & Tell:
A project that has been in the works for a bit has now finally come to the surface: Blessing Force’s Stutters No. 01 (and it’s available for free download via their SoundCloud). A mixtape that features the likes of all current Blessing Force Artists: Trophy Wife, Jonquil, Chad Valley, Pet Moon, Sisterland, Neon Pulse, Motherhood & Solid Gold Dragons. With just the right mix of...
November 2011
7 posts
Soundcheck:
11/11: Childish Gambino Camp / Fixers Imperial Goddess of Mercy / Florence + The Machine Ceremonials / James Blake Love What Happened Here EP / Kate Bush 50 Words For Snow / Phantogram Nightlife / She & Him A Very She & Him Christmas / Sigur Rós Inni / The Sound of Arrows Voyage / Stevie Wonder The Definitive Collection / Summer Camp Welcome to Condale / You Can Be A Wesley Nightosphere
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Can you believe it’s almost time for the Best Of… lists? Despite our sparse presence this year, we have an extensive list of stuff including a new honour, Best New Band—but, you’ll have to stay tuned to find out who it is.
You’d think a year of globe-trotting, recharging, rebuilding, writing, photo-taking, etc., would leave us time to focus on finding new...
October 2011
26 posts
Soundcheck:
10/11: Active Child You Are All I See / Björk Biophilia / Body Language Social Studies / Class Actress Rapprocher / Forest Fire Staring At The X / James Blake Enough Thunder EP / The Joy Formidable The Big More EP / Nirvana Nevermind 20th Anniv. Box Set / Purity Ring Ungirthed / Tokyo Police Club 10x10x10 / Trophy Wife Bruxism / Walls Coracle
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Foals - The Bed’s Too Big Without You (Police Cover)
