Author Archives: John Grimley

12.13.10
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Panda Bear Appears On New Ducktails Song

Panda Bear Guests on New Ducktails Song

 

Matthew Mondanile, guitarist from Real Estate, also makes music under the moniker Ducktails. He’s set to release a new album January 10th on Woodsist called Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics. The vinyl and digital releases of the album will have a special track that features Panda Bear.

The song “Killin The Vibe” will be put out as two versions, one chock full of Panda Bear and the other Panda Bear-free. The Panda-centric track will also be featured on a 12″ “Killin The Vibe” single that will be out in February.

The tracklist looks like this:
A1 Killin the Vibe [ft. Panda Bear]
A2 Couch Surfer
B1 Sit Around With Ya
B2 Killin the Vibe [ft. Spectrals]

You can hear clips from every track of the new album on the Midheaven website.

12.13.10
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Wolf Parade Take A Break

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Indie-Rock superband Wolf Parade are taking some time apart, co-leader Spencer Krug told a Toronto audience. “This is the last show we’ll play for a long time,” he said according to Spinner.

Other co-leader Dan Boeckner also acknowledged the split, according to Pitchfork he told Wolf Parade’s fan site that the band will be taking an “indefinite hiatus” after “a few shows” and the band’s label, Sub Pop, confirmed the hiatus.

Whether this split is a permanent one is something we’ll have to wait and see. Until we know more, enjoy the song “Yulia” off of the band’s last release EXPO 86.

12.03.10
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Hoofdriver Is As Awesome As Name Implies


Although honestly, a couple of the other combinations sound way cooler. Formed as a 7″ between Deerhoof and Busdriver (MC Regan Farquhar), Hoofdriver features Busdriver recording new lyrics and vocals over the Deerhoof’s song “I Did Crimes For You.”

But really, Hoofdriver is the best one? What about Busdeer? Or Deerbus? Or Deerdriver? The compilation formed when Deerhoof accidently sent Farquhar the wrong instrumental track to sing over. By the time they realized their mistake, Busdriver had already recorded lyrics too awesome to ignore.

The 7″ will be out on a limited 1,000 copy-run in yellow vinyl. Meanwhile, Deerhoof have also released a new track from their two-month CD release party. The song “Must Fight Current” can be found over at www.deerhoofvsevil.com

12.03.10
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The Knife Are Spreading Seeds


Techno group The Knife have released their first single in “Seeds”. The song will come in EP form with remixes from Portable aka Bodycode and Shinedoe.

The song is taken from the group’s album Tomorrow, In A Year which was commissioned by the Danish performance crew Hotel Pro Forma.

The project is based on Darwin’s famous and controversial On The Origin Of Species and challenges the convention of a standard opera. Adding techno is definitely a step in the right direction in that regard.

The single will be out December 6th both digitally and limited edition vinyl. In the meantime, check out The Knife’s mystifying “Silent Shout: An Audio and Visual Experience” right here.

http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/player/DelveMoviePlayer.swf

12.02.10
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Shit Robot Release Single Ft. Nancy Whang


Shit Robot just released their first album, the oh-so-clever From The Cradle to The Rave which was released into the wild in September.

Now they are readying the first single from the debut. “Take ‘Em Up” features LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang. There has already been a video shot for the track, and you can grab the digital single now from DFA records.

If you can’t wait, you can download the radio edit of “Take ‘Em Out” right now, from RCRD LBL.

12.01.10
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M83 Readies New Album

M83 Talks "Very, Very, Very Epic" New Album

 

M83’s latest work was contributing a soundtrack to a French film L’Ature Mondem or Black Heaven. As it turns out, that wasn’t the best experience.

M83 (Anthony Gonzalez) told Pitchfork that it was a “shitty soundtrack” for a “shitty movie” that left him “pissed” in France.

Luckily for him (and us), he moved back to L.A. earlier this year and has been working hard on a follow-up to the 2008 hit Saturdays=Youth. He told Pitchfork that he already had more than 20 demos ready for the studio and that he looks to record with Vocalist Morgan Kibby and Bassist Justin Medal-Johnsen.

Gonzalez is shooting for a spring release for his latest album. Oh, he’s also working on another movie soundtrack. No word on whether this one will be described as “shitty.”