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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WISHING YOU A SAFE, HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

THANKS FOR MAKING 2010 OUR BEST YEAR YET!
Here is to a GREAT 2011!

xoxoxo

The Modern Mystery Staff

December 31, 2010 at 11:00 am Melissa Nastasi Leave a comment

The Gorillaz Play Santa

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Some people believe that giving is better than receiving. It seems that Damon Albarn is firmly in this camp. Gorillaz fans got the gift of a brand new album for free on Christmas morning.

Nothing better than some shiny new tunes for the holidays. The album was written and recorded entirely on an iPad (a crazy feat in itself) while the band was on tour.

The band released all sorts of artwork and wallpaper for the new album on the days prior to Christmas. You should check it out, there’s probably something up there right now.

December 30, 2010 at 4:00 pm John Grimley Leave a comment

Jimmy Fallon Welcomes Local Natives

2010 has been a particularly good year for Frenchkiss Records’ Local Natives. Under the Radar Magazine named their album Gorilla Manor the year’s greatest debut and Daytrotter said their music evokes a feeling “that you can only attain if you’re head over heels with the very thought of maximizing all that’s in your heart.”

Local Natives surely hope to use that momentum to propel them forward in 2011, and they’ll get a chance when they play Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on January 4th. Beyond that, the band also has a remix album in the works.

December 30, 2010 at 2:00 pm wesleyambrecht Leave a comment

Fujiya & Miyagi Release Second Single, “YOYO”

With the dawning of Ventriloquizzing coming closing, set for a January 25th release, Fujiya & Miyagi debut the second single of the album after “Sixteen Shades of Black and Blue,” “YOYO.”

The new record promises to be chilling and addicting, as the droning of the beats match perfectly with the vocals.

Listen to “YOYO” here

And watch the Christmas trailer here

December 30, 2010 at 1:00 pm sifreelanceguy Leave a comment

Song of the Day: The Spinto Band – “Mr. Blue Sky” (Electric Light Orchestra Cover)

The Spinto Band – “Mr. Blue Sky” (Electric Light Orchestra Cover) by ModernMystery3

December 30, 2010 at 12:00 pm Melissa Nastasi Leave a comment

Chevrolet Adopts Dawes’ “When Time Comes” for Commercial

It’s not hard to hear why “When My Time Comes” from Los Angeles band Dawes was chosen by one of the automobile industry’s leading brands, Chevrolet, to score their newest commercial. The single off the off their September 2009 released album North Hills, named for the part of Los Angeles from which they hail, is a real solid, folksy narrative and one that seems to target the Chevrolet demographic.

It’s got that blue collar pride and Springsteen spirit that accompanies all too well the Chevrolet truck and what it represents: The American Dream, more or less. The comparison between Dawes’ video of “When My Time Comes” and Chevrolet’s sampling is a progression. The band’s official video shows an early 20^th Century impoverished and enslaved life as the band plays inmates shoveling dirt on the side of the road watched over by oppressive, Aviator-adorning cops, then they escape to a haven in the woods playing makeshift instruments like pots for drums and an upright bass with one string.

The Chevrolet commercial, using effective marketing, shows the modern American life using the truck as proof of endurance and invention ranging from everyday tasks to police missions and ending with a declarative motto: “This is how America gets work done.”

December 30, 2010 at 11:00 am tunmer Leave a comment

Foxes in Fiction Premiere ‘School Night’ off “Alberto”

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Foxes in Fiction is the Toronto-based project of Warren Hildebrand, an art school dropout with much more than just visual creativity. His music is a diffused type of pop – its mix of electronic and analog artifacts make every Foxes in Fiction song into a dreamy one. With inspirations drawing from suburban life, surrealist expressionism, Brian Eno recording techniques, or even Katy Perry, Hildebrand has been able to get attention from Brooklyn’s Moodgadget Records with a record deal. His latest song “School Night” can be heard in this Pitchfork article. Check it out here, and make sure to pick up his EP “Alberto” out December last week.

December 30, 2010 at 10:00 am cristobalsaez Leave a comment

Goldenboy to Release New LP in February

Shon Sullivan, a native of Diamond Bar, CA, who has toured with Spain and Elliott Smith, and opened for Bright Eyes, Stephen Malkmus, and Grandaddy under the alias Goldenboy, will release a new on album of February 8th. Entitled Sleepwalker, the album was written by Sullivan, demoed in his garage studio and later recorded with full band in two different southern California studios.