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Band of Blogs: Aloe Blacc, The Morning Benders, Japayork, NWA – the explicit version

The best music on the web this week.
Aloe Blacc
Channeling Bill Withers turns out to be a good idea for Aloe Blacc. His great new song, I Need A Dollar is featured as the theme song in the HBO series How To Make It Big In America.
Listen at Stones Throw

The Morning Benders
Heartbreaking indie-pop from a San Francisco band whose debut album Big Echoes was produced by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor and is out soon. Watch the winsome video performance of Excuses as your intro and fall in love.
Discover at Nialler9
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Band of Blogs: The Redneck Manifesto, Broken Social Scene, Apparatjik, Operator Please

Operator Please
Former Australian teen-band return with Logic, a catchy garage-pop stomper from their second album due out later this year. It’s a free download too.
Listen & download at State

Broken Social Scene debut new song
After the announcement that the followup to the Canadian supergroup’s self-titled album is to be called Forgiveness Rock Record, the band debuted a new track called World Sick on their site.
http://www.brokensocialscene.ca

Apparatjik
Odd supergroup of the week award goes to Apparatjik which is made up of Coldplay’s Guy Berryman, A-ha keyboardist Magne Furuholmen and Mew singer Jonas Bjerre. The band got together to record for a charity compilation and have now quietly released a debut album which is a mix of ethereal vocals, electronics and Scandinavian pop.

http://www.myspace.com/apparatjik

The Redneck Manifesto return
It’s been six years since the influential Dublin band released I Am Brazil. In late March, they’ll release Friendship. Listen to Black Apple, the stonking opening song from the record.
Listen & download at Nialler9

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Band of Blogs: Janelle Monae, Peggy Sue, The Cast of Cheers, Ali Love

Janelle Monae and Big Boi
More people need to know about the singular talent of Janelle Monae who mixes soul, funk, R&B with her own distinct style. Hopefully, Tightrope featuring Big Boi of Outkast will help that cause.
http://short.ie/janelle

Peggy Sue
Following in the tradition of English folk acts like Laura Marling and the under-rated Nancy Elizabeth, welcome this Brighton trio who release their album Fossils And Other Phantoms in April on Wichita. They play The Academy 2, Dublin on March 10th.
http://www.myspace.com/peggywho

The Cast of Cheers
Dublin band The Cast of Cheers’ debut album Chariot is a stunning first missive of post-rock and post-punk which recalls at once Battles, Foals and Death From Above 1979. Best of all, it’s available now for free download.
http://thecastofcheers.bandcamp.com

Ali Love
Anyone crying out for a modern equivalent of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Relax might find their appetites somewhat sated by the disco-electro sound of the Londoner’s single Love Harder.
http://www.myspace.com/mralilove

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Band of Blogs: No Monster Club, Donal Dineen, Quadron & more

 No Monster Club free album
Not content with channeling his energies into his other band Dublin Duck Dispensary, young Dubliner Bobby Aherne has started another lo-fi pop project with two volumes of Tropical Decibels releases on the way. Check out the surf-pop of ‘Wish Me Well’.
http://www.myspace.com/nomonsterclub
 
Donal Dineen First Fifteen Mix
The Small Hours Today FM DJ has a 15-track compilation of recent delights available on Soundcloud with tracks from Joy Orbision, Patrick Kelleher, Floating Points, Invisible Conga People and Soap & Skin.
Listen at Soundcloud
 
Denmark’s newest export
Quadron are Denmark’s hottest new silky soul-pop export and after you hear songs like Slippin, Average Fruit and Pressure you’ll know exactly why.
Listen at Nialler9
 
Hear Florence Welch & David Byrne’s collaboration
Taken from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s concept album about Imelda Marcos, Here Lies Love is a sweeping big band number with a ’70s disco interlude turn featuring Florence of Florence & The Machine on vocals.

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Band of Blogs: Wu Tang vs The Beatles, Joanna Newsom, Gil Scott Heron & Ellie Goulding

Wu Tang vs The Beatles mashup album
Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers is a remix/mashup album incorporating Wu Tang Clan acapellas with songs and covers of The Beatles.
Get at Tea Set records

Hear new Joanna Newsom material
Have One On Me is the new triple album from the indie-harpist singer to be released later this month. Sample ‘81′ a gorgeous, chiming little ditty from it on her label’s site.
http://www.dragcity.com

Gil Scott Heron returns to music
16 years since his last album, the spoken word poet returns with a remarkable vitality on new album I’m New Here. Get a free download and watch the video for Me And The Devil.
Watch and listen at Nialler9

Ellie Goulding gets NYC remix treatment
New York’s Penguin Prison and rapper Theophilus London give Goulding’s Starry Eyed a suitable disco workover.
Listen at Neon Gold

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Band of Blogs: Gorillaz, State mixtape, Groove Armada & new Daft Punk?

The best music on the web this week.

Gorillaz unleash Stylo
From the forthcoming third album Plastic Beach, Stylo features guest vocalists Bobby Womack and Mos Def and suggests this will be the best Gorillaz album yet.
http://short.ie/stylo

State.ie’s faces of 2010 mixtape
Sample the best of new Irish talent with this 20 -track mixtape including songs from Two Door Cinema Club, Funeral Suits, We Cut Corners, Yes Cadets, O Emperor and more.
http://short.ie/faces2010
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Band of Blogs: Toro Y Moi, The Horrors remix Florence, The Ambience Affair

The best music on the web this week.

Toro Y Moi
South Carolina man Chaz Bundick’s project displays a dizzying array of styles on his debut album Causers of This. From glo-fi ambience to keyboard-led dance-pop to bumpin’ hip-hop jams, it’s exhilarating and it’s out now digitally.
http://www.myspace.com/toroymoi

M.I.A. debuts new song via Twitter
In response to the New York Times declaring Sri Lanka one of the best places to travel in 2010, M.I.A. debuted a homemade video of the Rusko-produced Space Oddysey on Twitter in response.
Listen/Watch at The Fader

The Horrors remix Florence and the Machine
Proving that Florence Welch’s music is the perfect remix material once again, Tom from goth-rockers The Horrors twists Hurricane Drunk into a magically atmospheric interpretation.

The Ambience Affair debut material
Taken from the Dublin band’s second EP out this month, Devil In The Detail showcases the duo’s penchant for rich instrumentation and the furthering of their unique folk-rock style. The Patterns EP is out tomorrow.
Listen at Nialler9

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Band of Blogs – Róisín Murphy, The Knife, Jay Electronica, Reflection Eternal

The best music on the web this week.

Róisín Murphy – Momma’s Place
The Wicklow-born diva returns with a great pop-house number which serves as a forewarning to her new baby daughter that mama was a bad girl first and knows all the tricks in the book.

The Knife’s opera opus
A stunning 11-minute song which appears on the Swedish electro duo’s forthcoming opera side project album Tomorrow, In A Year. ‘Colouring the Pigeon’ was easily the most popular song in the music blogosphere last week.
Colouring of Pigeons  by  The Knife
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Band of Blogs: Anders Ponders, Bon Iver, Lonelady, Remixes of 2009

The best music on the web this week.

Anders Ponders
Imagine a cross between a viola-playing Final Fantasy and Belle & Sebastian and you’ve got Anders somewhat sussed out. Listen to his debut album Nodes of Overtones on DayAndNightMag.ie this week.
http://www.myspace.com/andersponders

Bon Iver goes back to school
The bearded troubadour recently rejoined his first high school band – the Eau Claire Memorial Jazz Band, in order to raise funds for their annual trip to New York. The resulting concert of Bon Iver and Duke Ellington songs has now been released on iTunes. Listen to a song via I Guess I’m Floating.
http://short.ie/boniverband

Lonelady
Warp Records will release Lonelady’s debut album Nerve Up in February. Inspired by post-punk angular riffs, 80s pop and sounding like a combination of late ’80s/early ’90s female singers (Alanis Morrisette, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey), LoneLady is an intriguing proposition. Get the single for free.
http://lonelady.co.uk/

Remixes of 2009
Before the year was up, I selected my 35 favourite remixes of the year taking in reworks from Aeroplane, Joker, Classixx, The Horrors, Crookers, Rustie, Skream, Air France and Fake Blood. Listen to them on Nialler9.com.
http://short.ie/remixes09

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Band of Blogs: Fever Ray BBC Mix, new Portishead, Biggus Diccus, Jónsi

Fever Ray Winter mix
BBC 6 Music last week aired a special Winter Solstice mix from Fever Ray preceeded by a mix from 2006 from her brother and cohort in The Knife, Olof.
Listen at BBC 6 music

Portishead for Amnesty
Gloom-hop purveyors Portishead have released a new track entitled Chase The Tear. All proceeds of the sale of the single go towards Amnesty International.
http://www.portishead.co.uk

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