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Check out the new single “We Are Golden” from our friends Black Light Dinner Party that’s...
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Biscuits and Gravy, Rustic Overtones (Church 2/1) [Click here to read the review]
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Just doing a little @armyoftoys promo. Nothing to see here!
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There might not be mail today in the USA, but that didn’t stop The Postal Service from announcing their return (via The Postal Service is...
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@anniehoffman got a new slip cover for her bass cab…
Take A Picture by Filter
Dear “Paradise”, I wish you weren’t so far away. -J
“I feel like newborn
And I feel like a newborn
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
I feel so real
Could you take my picture
Cause I won’t remember
Could you take my picture
Cause I won’t remember…”
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6/22 can’t get here fast enough I “Promise”….
Fool’s Gold by Fitz and the Tantrums
Spent the day engrossed in this amazing Sophomore album “More Than Just A Dream!” It’s a change of pace from their infused Indie Motown Soul and Rock. WIth songs like Fools Gold, Raindrop and Out Of My League they have propelled themselves into a new magical potion of Indie Rock Wave Pop. You can still hear the old FITZ in House on Fire and The Walker, complete with horns! The songs make you bounce around and head bob, but the lyrics are of desperate love lost and deep emotional turmoil. It’s truly hard to pick a favorite off this album. I love them all for such different reasons. Enjoy!
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The Soft Attack by The Daysleepers
“I remember the coastline
I remember the colors in my head
I remember the breeze was cool
And it drags me down…..”
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The rumors are true, vinyl copies of #Cartography exist! Buy one by midnight and get a free shirt! *WARNING: Do not eat*
The Rat by Dead Confederate
“Throw your judgements
across the breeze
Bag and burn
Bang Bang…”
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Zedd - Clarity (ft. Foxes) by Zedd
So this isn’t a typical post for me, but I have been hooked on this song over the past few days. Great beat to run to. Lyrics are completely simple and clear…relatable.
Cause you are the piece of me I wish I didn’t need
Chasing relentlessly, still fight and I don’t know why
If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?
If our love’s insanity, why are you my clarity?
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Trying to Be Cool by Phoenix
I’ve been listening to this new album all week. This has been my go to song. This album is def a little different from their previous albums. It takes a bit of getting used to, but Phoenix’s brilliant, original sound is still there.
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Starstruck by Santigold
Was driving with the window down on this beautiful day and this song came on. It just seemed to fit my mood, and needed to be played very loud.
“I, I see you fade
I, I see you fade away
I, I see you fade
I, I see you fade away…”
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tnaf:
We have put together a special limited edition vinyl 12” with our UK label Fiction Records for Record Store Day featuring all the b-sides from “Passive Me, Aggressive You”, plus one new collaboration / remix with our friends Kids of 88.
Being a limited edition pressing, it’s available from today only by heading into record stores throughout the UK (and maybe some international stores who stock imports).
If you miss out, don’t worry we will make it available online very soon and will put up links with more news around this project after the weekend.
So excited! Wish I was in the UK to get it! :(
Yet another amazing festival line-up this summer!
Coming May 17th! Counting down the days….
My Morning Jacket - The Tennessee Fire
{Press play above and then start reading!}
We’re spinning back six years to the beginning of My Morning Jacket today and highlighting the 1999 release of The Tennessee Fire, the group’s first studio full length release. On the whole, this album contains songs that lean closer to straight up alt-country, and at first pass sound much less polished than those found on Z. While the distinction is obvious when heard in direct comparison, stop to think about this release in the context of the late 90s and the lo-fi fuzz makes sense. The cracks and pops heard on the tracks due to the analog tape machines and live recording add character and show off the instrumental production done by the ever-eager Jim James.
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This was the initial incarnation of My Morning Jacket, a quartet of friends from Louisville who got together and started recording any where they found space. Johnny Quaid, the original guitar player, hosted the band on the Quaid family farm, with J. Glenn on drums, and Jim James and Tom Blankenship rounding it out. The wide open spaces they tracked in are forever imprinted on the recording, and there are definite Pavement and other indie influences winding their way throughout the songs.
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With the longest tune *only* stretching to 5:07, there are just the faintest hints of where the band might eventually evolve. Even so, The Tennessee Fire holds its own in the My Morning Jacket catalog, with several high points: “Evelyn Is Not Real” and “Heartbreakin Man” are two standout tracks.
Embedded above are tracks 2 and 3, “They Ran” and “The Bear” (which starts at 3:40 in). These mark some of one of the first time the world heard James’ soaring vocals, utilizing the tones of his voice as an instrument to convey feelings and emotions more than words.
There’s still time, for you,
to change your mind or whatever else you do.
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Although I tend put little to no stock in P4k ratings, I’ll put this here just in case: the album received a stellar 8.0/10 there.
This is the MMJ I fell in love with.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs at NPR’s SXSW showcase at Stubb’s in Austin.
Photos by Adam Kissick for NPR.
