From the new LP, Moon Food, which you can stream in its entirety on Bandcamp, or pick up on disc here from Parasol. ALSO, there are apparently a few copies remaining of Unbunny’s limited-edition Record Store Day 7″ (ft. “Cell Phone” (alt) b/w “Winning Streak” (alt)). And, of course, you can still grab a copy of Catbird’s limited Black Strawberries LP, too, if you somehow still haven’t picked it up yet.
The Japan Times examines the chillwave music genre.
So what exactly is, ahem, chillwave? At its core, it is melodic, blissful electronic grooves influenced by 1980s synth pop and shoegaze. Often self-recorded on laptops, the use of different effects and filters add a lo-fi, psychedelic edge to the songs. The mellow dance tracks are suited well for sunny afternoons spent reminiscing.
Today's additions to the 2010 Bonnaroo downloads page include Jimmy Cliff, Kris Kristofferson, The National, and more.
Click Track asks, "Which music video best steals from modern art?"
Flavorwire lists songs inspired by modernist literature.
We All Make Music is an online guide to help "musicians thrive in a post-label world."
Canada's Polaris Music Prize has named the 40 albums longlisted for the 2010 award.
Tamaryn – The Waves
Out 9/14 on Mexican Summer
Baths - “You’re My Excuse To Travel” There’s a fair amount of negative space in this track, but it’s mostly just to leave enough room for the vocals, which push to the outer limits of shrill emoting without crossing the line into being unlistenable. That said, I’d totally understand if the singing here was a deal-breaker for you. I think this song is mostly sweet, despite the lyrics being fairly difficult to decipher. The general mood is bittersweet and a bit a impatient, the track kinda rocks back and forth between this humid post-rain feeling and nervous passion. If you think of songs as being like a snapshot of a person in the middle of some kind of emotional experience, I get a very good sense of who this is and what’s going on from this piece.
Buy it from Amazon.
Diamond Rings – “Show Me Your Stuff”
Let’s Wrestle – “I’m So Lazy”
The Boston Phoenix talks to Joe Pernice about Pernice to Me, a book collecting the singer-songwriter's Twitter posts.
Today's additions to the 2010 Bonnaroo downloads page: Against Me!, The Flaming Lips, Nas & Damien Marley, the XX, The Dead Weather, Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem and more.
Mumford and Sons
Nas & Damien Marley
Phoenix
Tori Amos
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette profiles Blitzen Trapper.
Blitzen Trapper, which formed in Portland a decade ago and broke out last year with its Sub Pop debut "Furr," is at the forefront of the beardo folk-rock scene along with bands such as Fleet Foxes and Midlake, all harking back to the late '60s/early '70s era. Along with obvious influences such as Bob Dylan and CSNY, Blitzen Trapper assimilates it with pieces of the Beatles, Bowie and Queen.
Continuing its series of unpublished essays by Steven Wells, the Guardian Music Blog explains why rock stars should become aristocrats.
On sale at Amazon MP3: the 36-track Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox compilation album (featuring Jeff Mangum, the Mountain Goats, Stephin Merritt, Portastatic, and many others) for $3.99.
She and Him visit The Current studio for an interview and live performance.
