Category Archives: Album Preview

02.22.11
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New Music: Panda Bear’s “Last Night At The Jetty” From Forthcoming ‘Tomboy’


Panda Bear’s forthcoming album, Tomboy will be released on April 12, 2011. The highly anticipated side project of Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox  ranges from splayed but lyrical noise, florid acoustic arrangements, and guitar-centric psychedelia, he and his bandmates have covered a vast musical territory that blurs the line between pop and experimentalism.

In advance of the release, fans can download”Last Night At The Jetty” here for free.

Fans in New York can attend a free Tomboy listening party at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street) on February 16th at 6pm (rsvp ) or at 7:30 pm (rsvp closed).

02.18.11
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The Wombats Release Free Single, “Addicted To The Cure”

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While final details on The Wombats’ highly anticipated sophomore album are still pending, the UK trio’s momentum towards the April 26th U.S. release date of This Modern Glitch on Bright Antenna/ILG continues with the free download of the infectiously energetic new track, “Addicted To The Cure.” The club-friendly track features frontman Murph presenting himself with a cigarette in his mouth, in a room strewn with used nicotine patches, asking “When did we get addicted to the cure?” When, indeed!

This Modern Glitch features production by Rich Costey (Muse, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand), Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol, R.E.M.), and Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age). The collection includes both recent Top 20 UK hit “Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)” – with an accompanying video that has reached over 1.2 million plays – and the successful follow-up single, “Jump Into The Fog.”

The band is about to start an already-sold out UK tour next month, with word on a US tour to be released later in the spring.

To download “Addicted To The Cure,” simply follow this link for the special download widget here.


02.17.11
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Chateau Marmont announce tour dates, release mixtape

Synth Paris-based band Chateau Marmont are set to release their new digital mixtape, C-M-X Tape, and to celebrate it, they are going on a select date tour in North America. The mixtape is made up of reworkings of disco songs, all in the style of Chateau Marmont. But this isn’t the last you will see of the band this year, they are set to release a compilation of three of their EPs via Institubes Records. In the meantime, check out their track “One Hundred Realities” here and make sure to check them out when they’re touring near you!

Mar 9 – The Abbey – Chicago, IL
Mar 10 – The Drake Hotel  – Toronto
Mar 11 – The Studio at Webster Hall  – NYC
Mar 12 –  Le Belmont – Montreal
Mar 14 – The Velvet Lounge – Washington, DC
Mar 18 – SXSW – Austin, TX
Mar 19 – SXSW – Austin, TX
Mar 20 – SXSW – Austin, TX

02.17.11
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The Strokes go all Escher for Angles cover

The Strokes have finally unveiled what is to grace the cover of their hotly-anticipated/jesus christ, it’s finally coming out fourth album, Angles.  Take a good look up there, because those groovy,  impossible stairs are a long way developed from this.  The impossible stairs, of course, were made famous by Dutch graphic artist and Knight of the Order Orange-Nassau, M.C. Escher.  Let’s hope the cover isn’t symbolic of The Strokes seemingly reaching new heights but then realizing they’re actually right back where they started.

I wouldn’t worry about that too much based on this:

02.17.11
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Joan Of Arc Releases Limited Edition Instrumental LP Featuring Zach Hill

Veteran indie rockers, Joan Of Arc, have compiled four incomplete albums into their latest LP Oh Brother. Each of the four albums are fragmented, broken up and spliced together into long, noisy, meditative, instrumental movements.

Oh Brother is a vinyl & digital-only release. Every copy of the vinyl edition includes high-quality MP3 and FLAC downloads. The hand-numbered double LP is limited to just 500 copies.

Oh Brother can be ordered & downloaded here

Download a 9 minute sample of the song “Oh Brother #2”

02.15.11
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The Strokes Release First Single Off New Album, “Under Cover Of Darkness”

For a very long time it seemed like this album was never coming, but all of a sudden, we are so close to it being released! The Strokes’ newest effort, Angles, will be available on March 22nd via RCA records in the US but the first single off the album, “Under Cover of Darkness,” is streaming on their website HERE and will be available to purchase online through iTunes U.S on February 15th. Check it out to see whether the wait since 2006’s First Impressions Of Earth was worth it!