Foals’ Spanish Sahara
With their new album Total Life Forever due in May, Foals have returned with a slow-burning number with no discernible comparison to the freneticism of their debut album Antidotes. It’s a grower however.
Watch/ listen at East LA
Owensie
Formerly of Dublin rock bands Puget Sound and Terrordactyl, Owensie’s new solo project is a much gentler affair akin to Jose Gonzales’ finger-picking folk with great tunes to boot.
http://owensie.bandcamp.com
The Very Best’s You’ve Got The Love
Remixing a remix should feel like spreading things a little thin, but The Very Best have successfully taken The XX’s remix of Florence And The Machine and added some light to the shade thanks to the warm vocal tones of Esau Mwamwaya.
Listen at the Hype Machine
Cults
Not much is known about Cults apart from the fact that they are a boy/girl duo from New York and their playful happy-pop has been debuting on a lot of music blogs this week. Download their free digital release.
http://cults.bandcamp.com
Pitchfork’s 500 songs of the decade
A mammoth list of the influential U.S. music site’s top 500 songs of the noughties kicks off their “decade in music” retrospective.
http://pitchfork.com/p2k
Neon Indian
Beautiful dream-pop psychedelia from New York/Austin duo that sounds like 80s smash hits updated by hipster kids.
http://short.ie/neonindian
Fake Blood remixes The Gossip
A dancefloor banger if there ever was one. Fake Blood and Simian Mobile Disco remind us of how good Beth Ditto can be in the space of a couple of weeks.
http://short.ie/bethfake
The Very Best 7” download
Ahead of their self-titled album release in September, Malawi’s Esau and London’s Radioclit are offering their current seven inch single for free download.
http://short.ie/whoa
Franz Ferdinand Remixes
With No You Girls now released as a single, the Scots have been given the remix treatment by “wonky” electronica enthusiast Zomby, Danish DJ Trentemoller and DFA luminary The Juan McClean.
http://tinyurl.com/nygremix
The Very Best – W.H.O.A
W.H.O.A or ‘Warm Heart of Africa’ in long-form is the title track from The Very Best – a collaboration between UK dance producers Radioclit and Malawi singer Esau. The track’s uplifting summer vibe is bolstered by a hook provided by Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig.
http://tinyurl.com/whoamp3
Continue Reading..»
