Leila - “Welcome To Your Life” (video)
It’s glitchy, bass-heavy and full of life. Turn this one up loud …
Just when you thought The Pirate Bay was down as a place for you to find new music, comes a Pirate Bay alternative. And it’s being launched by the Pirate Bay itself. Called The Promo Bay, it gives independent musicians the ability to promote themselves. It’s not just limited to music, independent film makers, authors and artists can get in on the action too. Find out more.
The Big Pink release their new album Future This this week, a fresh set of track for the electro-rock / shoegaze inspired band from London. Check out some of the new songs in action on their spankin’ new 4AD Session.
Exitmusic: coming across with vocals like a new Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, Aleksa Palladino wails with exhaustion and strength as the songs go back and forth from quiet loud quiet loud, building in intensity each time.
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There’s a new David Lynch remix out for the Zola Jesus song “In Your Nature,” in which he applies his “Lynchian” cinematic vision to an already surreal soundscape of Zola Jesus’ music. David Lynch picked the song himself off of the album Conatus.
Grinderman are set to release a Grinderman remix album titled Grinderman 2 RMX on Mar. 12/13 via Mute Records. Nick Cave and co. recently called it quits on the Grinderman experience in an effort to move on to new projects.
Rdio CEO Drew Larner on whether streaming music sites like his will replace music downloads: “Absolutely. That’s the goal: from ownership to access.”
Flaming Lips famously went all out on their cover of Dark Side of the Moon in it’s entirety in both the release of an album and a tour, could the same be said for their new cover of “I Am the Walrus” by The Beatles? The Flaming Lips launch into a full-on, distortion-soaked version of “I Am the Walrus,” in their studio, complete with some sort of plastic device to modify the sound of Wayne Coyne’s vocals.
Small Black have been working with Das Racist’s Heems on some new music, and a new track has surfaced with “Two Rivers.” It’s a slow mover, vibe-oriented thing that slacks along. There’s a new Small Black mixtape titled Moon Killer due on Nov. 11, and a full-length new Small Black album due out next year. Stream courtesy of The Fader.
The Small Black sound is slightly lo-fi-ish with programmed beats and an understated anthem quality to it. There was a “small” Small Black tour earlier this year with Cults, check out what they sound like live in a performance at KEXP. Also try videos of “PhotoJournalist” and “Bad Lover.”
