The Avett Brothers
Currently gathering plaudits in the US for their new Rick Rubin-produced album I and Love and You, expect Fleet Foxes-like levels of adoration. Paste Magazine said the album was “wall-to-wall epic ballads”.
http://www.myspace.com/theavettbrothers
New Yeasayer single
The Brooklynites return with a fine slice of delay-drenched weirdo-pop from their forthcoming second LP Odd Blood due in February.
Listen at Stereogum
Thumped Irish band MP3s
Popular Irish independent music forum and a regular “a place for pricks”, Thumped has a great section of Irish indie MP3s from bands like Channel One, Le Galaxie, Sleep Thieves and Legion of Two.
http://thumped.com/news/mp3/
St. Etienne remixed by Air France
Between Richard X remaking the band’s debut as Foxbase Beta, a recent Cork gig and this remix of Spring from Swedish balearic maestros Air France, St. Etienne are well and truly back.
Listen at Soundcloud
New Simian Mobile Disco
SMD return with a new single featuring Chris Keating of Yeasayer on this contagious dance tune.
Listen at Nialler9
Summer Mixtape
I’ve compiled a list of recommended summer songs consisting of tracks chosen by Twitter followers of Nialler9 for those blue-sky days.
Listen to the Summer Twitter Mixtape
Ferranti
Rousing electro-pop in its embryonic stages from a London three-piece. Check out the demo of ‘Run’.
http://www.myspace.com/ferrantimusic
My Toys Like Me
Imagine Martina-Topley Bird singing atop some weird schizophrenic synth-pop and you’ve got the considerable gist of this London two-piece.
Listen at Aurgasm
