really happy to post about these fellas once again. after we became BFFs at last year’s houston stop of the glassjaw tour, these brooklyn boys have been playing shows and writing new songs, the first of which can be heard via drummer francis’ tumblr account.
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-grizzly
the pharrell produced trio engages in their typical fare of fusing elements of electronic music, pop, r&b and hip-hop to create a new EP, entitled lightyears, which is available now on most digital retailers. but common sense kicks in for some, as the group have put the entire EP up on soundcloud for your streaming pleasure, in case you need a convincing.
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mansions on the moon – lightyears [EP]
-grizzly
the more shins in our life, the better. and while port of morrow doesn’t drop until march 20th, the folks at listenbeforeyoubuy have the exclusive stream of their latest track, “the rifle’s spiral.” there’s plenty of live footage of this song floating around, but it’s nice to have a CDQ of it.
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the shins – the rifle’s signal
-grizzly
posted the demo version before, but here we have the first stream from the audition’s new ep, chapter II. nothing but love for this band for their consistency over the years. check out the track via alt press below. chapter II drops valentine’s day. a more fitting song title please?
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the audition – you make me sick.
- panda
are you mad about things? if so, you’ll dig the first song stream from break anchor, a working man’s band fronted by jason navarro. navarro is the former vocalist for the suicide machines, who were one of the first punk/ska bands i got really into growing up (destruction by definition anyone?!). fans of (an angrier) gaslight anthem, the bouncing souls, i am the avalanche, etc, get with it.
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break anchor – a failure of epic proportions.
- panda
i had no clue kenny vasoli was in a new group, but here is vacationer, a pop-oriented outfit from the former (?) starting line/person L frontman. you can stream “gone,” the title track of the EP they just released to itunes today. their debut LP, (also titled gone) will drop march 20th.
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-grizzly
and here’s the follow up to “brake” from cudi and dot’s WZRD, and i gotta say, this is one of the few good songs cudi’s done as of late. lyrics are classically dumb in that earnest cudi way, but it’s quite catchy.
-grizzly
one of my all time favorite songwriters rocky votolato has recently raised 38K via kickstarter (almost twice his 20K goal) to fund a new album. as an early treat, he’s released a stream of a new song and an updated website. you can also check out a q&a session he did with absolutepunk, in which he hints at a possible waxwing reunion. that’s a whole lot of amazing news. television of saints will be out in april.
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rocky votolato – little spring.
- panda
seriously, how good is this band? is it too soon to call AOTY? can i at least call top 5? whatever.
-grizzly
kasher and company drop a stream of “the cat & mouse,” which is super ugly organ-esque (seriously) from the pending i am gemini, dropping on february 21st. color me excited.
-grizzly
my good man malcom has just dropped a brand new EP. the folks at p4k seem to like his lead-off “single” in “streams/at night,” which you can download here. the EP can be streamed for free via JUKEBOXR, where you can order a vinyl copy that will drop on valentines day, 2012.
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arrange – five years with the sun [EP stream]
-grizzly
i don’t care what any of you sons of bitches say, i love this band. for the price of a facebook like, you can hear a hell of a new demo. more new material coming sooner than later.
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the audition – you make me sick (demo).
- panda
another day, another song from lana. thus far, she’s impressed me more than enough – i’m ready for born to die on january 31st.
-grizzly
somewhere between the amy winehouse buzz of 2004ish and the lady gaga buzz of 2009ish comes lana del ray, who keeps her buzz going with a brand new song, “off to the races.” and so far, she’s doin’ quite well. hopefully her album comes through in spades.
-grizzly
as long as good bands keep the christmas covers comin’, i’ll be posting em.
-grizzly
lookit that: a king of limbs b-side. normally, i’d say “not a single fuck was given” because of how bored i was with KOL, but “staircase” is arguably better than any of the albums’ tracks. that’s one groovy bassline.
-grizzly
christmas came early, because stereogum has the exclusive premiere of one two THREE new roots jams, all from undun, dropping december 6th.
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the roots – redford/possibility/will to power
-grizzly
here goes grizzly being a teenage girl, posting about trey songz again. SORRY DOE. i can’t deny that r&b. inevitable drops 11/29.
-grizzly
common drops the artwork for his upcoming single, which puts the ‘sense’ back in common sense. also, the video for the single is currently streaming on com’s ustream page, and for a dollar donation, you can check it out and help a good cause. all proceeds are going to the J/P haitian organization. show some love, hip hop.
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- panda
i wanna like hawkboy a lot more than i do, simply because of cody bonnette and his awesome skills behind the mic. unfortunately for me, i can’t get out of the as cities burn shadow. but for those interested, stream hawkboy’s latest EP via soundcloud.
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hawkboy – king folly [full EP stream]
-grizzly
bun b finds himself with the winner of a red bull challenge, producer 14KT, who personally chose bun b. it autoplays, so hit the jump for the stream.
-grizzly
another great release from our friends from denver. after last year’s wonder age, the band recorded this EP in california and even did a track in austin. day escape is 6 brand new songs, and all sound pretty great. you can stream the whole thing at bandcamp and purchase it for $6 there or iTunes digitally, or be a real doll and order a hard copy bundle at their merch store.
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-grizzly
new justice is finally coming october 24th via ed banger. doesn’t that sound weird? doesn’t it feel like 2007 again? are you drunk in the middle of the week? anyway, the folks behind the album have put together a four minute medley of an album that’s probably over 40, so get the best preview they want to give you, via consequence of sound.
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stream: justice – audio, video, disco [medley]
-grizzly
baltimore synth-poppers future islands are set to release their third album, the intensely yearning on the water, this october 11th, but thanks to the courteous folks at npr, you can stream the album in its entirety now just by clicking here.
added bonus: the band also swung by the offices a few months ago and performed what might be one of the most intense tiny desk concerts i’ve ever seen. check that out (and hold it all in) by going here.
- sunbear
this is a sleeper hit album in the making. 3 for 3 so far, you brooklyn bastards. i wasn’t too big on the self-titled record, but “amsterdam” just adds to the greatness of “holy fuck” and “brooklyn dodgers,” ensuring that this album is on track for some excellent jams by the former movielife frontman’s new group.
head over to their facebook to hear all of em, and grab a free mp3 of “brooklyn dodgers” while you’re there.
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i am the avalanche – amsterdam
-grizzly
