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Radiohead Releasing New Album this Saturday

15 Feb

Titled The King of Limbs, Radiohead is once again surprising the world with an early release date, but unlike In Rainbows, you won’t have the option of getting it for free. Instead, it’ll be $9 for the MP3 ($14 for the uncompressed WAV version), and if you’re feeling particularly generous, you can pre-order the Newspaper Album which comprises of the following:

 

  • Two clear 10″ vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve.
  • A compact disc.
  • Many large sheets of artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradeable plastic to hold it all together.
  • The Newspaper Album comes with a digital download that is compatible with all good digital media players.
  • The Newspaper Album will be shipped on Monday 9th May 2011 you can, however, enjoy the download on Saturday 19th February 2011.
  • Shipping is included in the prices shown.
  • One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12″ vinyl.

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    All of that will set you back dearly as the cost is $48 ($53 for the uncompressed WAV version). Either way, this should be an exciting saturday for all the Radiohead fans out there.

    Lollapalooza Rumors include Muse, Foo Fighters and Eminem

    8 Feb

    It’s that time of year again, and venerable Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot has revealed that Muse, Foo Fighters and Eminem are the likely headliners of Lollapalooza 2011. Also expected to play are Best Coast, Girl Talk, Lykke Li, and Crystal Castles. The most original of the headliners given is certainly Eminem, who will certainly be a polarizing choice for many. Muse has performed at Lollapalooza in the past and had long been linked to headline in 2011, and Foo Fighters seem to be hitting as many major festivals as possible this year. Girl Talk, however, will be an interesting addition, and should fare well for those that like to get their dance on at Lolla. There’s certainly more to come, but this is a big start in indicating the direction of the festival this year.

    Sasquatch! Festival Announces Impressive Lineup

    7 Feb

    “You’ve come a long way baby,” that’s the first thing that pops to mind when reading the lineup for the 2011 Sasquatch Festival at The Gorge in Washington. Following in the footsteps of an impressive Coachella lineup, Sasquatch doesn’t look so shabby either, boasting headliners like Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie, The Flaming Lips performing The Soft Bulletin, Wilco and Modest Mouse. Other artists include Wolf Parade (likely one of the last opportunities to see them), Guided By Voices, Deerhunter, The Decemberists, Major Lazer, K-Os, and many, many more.

    View the full list of artists below:

    !!!
    Against Me!
    Alberta Cross
    Aloe Blacc
    The Antlers
    Archers of Loaf
    Axis of Awesome
    Basia Bulat
    Bassnectar
    Beach House
    Best Coast
    Black Mountain
    Bonobo (DJ Set)
    Bright Eyes
    The Bronx
    CSS
    Chromeo
    City and Colour
    Cold War Kids
    Cotton Jones
    Dan Mangan
    Das Racist
    Death Cab For Cutie
    The Decemberists
    Deerhunter
    The Drums
    Fitz & The Tantrums
    The Flaming Lips
    Flogging Molly
    Flying Lotus
    Foo Fighters
    Foster the People
    Gayngs
    The Globes
    Gold Panda
    Guided By Voices
    Iron & Wine
    Jaill
    Jenny & Johnny
    K-Os
    Local Natives
    Major Lazer
    Matt & Kim
    Modest Mouse
    MSTRKRFT
    Noah & The Whale
    Old 97’s
    Other Lives
    Pepper Rabbit
    Pink Martini
    The Radio Dept.
    Ratatat
    Rebecca Gates and The Consortium
    Reggie Watts
    Rival Schools
    Robyn
    Rodrigo Y Gabriela
    S. Carey
    Sam Roberts Band
    Secret Sisters
    Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
    Sharon Van Etten
    Skrillex
    Sleigh Bells
    Smith Westerns
    Stornoway
    Surfer Blood
    Talkdemonic
    The Thermals
    Tig Notaro
    Tim Minchin
    Tokyo Police Club
    Trailer Park Boys
    Twin Shadow
    Villagers
    Washed Out
    White Arrows
    White Denim
    Wilco
    Wolf Parade
    Wye Oak
    Yeasayer
    The Young Evils
    Young the Giant

    New Fleet Foxes – “Helplessness Blues”

    31 Jan

    After three years Fleet Foxes are finally back with a new album in tow, Helplessness Blues. To be released May 3 via Sub Pop records, the band has also given a sneak peak at what their sophomore effort will have to offer by releasing the title track as well. It admittedly starts off sluggish as all get out with some rather clumsy lyrics, but quickly recovers before really coming together by the end. Check it out below!

    “Helplessness Blues”

    Foo Fighters Tease New Track

    20 Jan

    Foo Fighters

    In a world of album leaks, it’s strangely refreshing that Foo Fighters have managed to wait all this time to simply release a 30-second tease of their opening track “Bridge Burning” off of their upcoming album. The release date is this spring, and from the looks of things, it seems that Dave Grohl and company are looking to bring their grunge sound back. Produced by Butch Vig of Nirvana Nevermind fame and recorded entirely on analog tape, the album features Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and also marks the return of guitarist Pat Smear. While the thirty-second clip sounds very promising, we’ll have to see how the album holds up come springtime. In the meantime, enjoy the teaser.

    Coachella Announces 2011 Lineup, and It’s Amazing!

    19 Jan

    Coachella poster

    Just 19 days into the new year and the organizers at Coachella has given the world something to get excited about already. This years iteration of Coachella includes a newly reunited Death From Above 1979 (listen to “Romantic Rights”), Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire, Ms. Lauryn Hill, and many, many more. Surprisingly tickets will only set you back $269 (+$3 charity +$9 facility fee +service fees), and they go on sale starting this Friday, January 21. For more information, check out their website.

    Full list of artists below:

    !!!, 12th Planet, Afrojack, Alf Alpha, Andy C, Angus and Julia Stone, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, A-Trak, Axwell, Beardyman, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, Bomba Estereo, Boys Noize, Brandon Flowers, Brandt Brauer Frick, Breakage, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Cage the Elephant, Caifanes, Caspa, Cee Lo Green, Chromeo, Chuckie, City and Colour, Clare Maguire, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Crystal Castles, CSS, Cults, Cut Copy, Daedelus, Death From Above 1979, Delorean, Delta Sprirt, DJ Hype, DJ Kentaro, DJ Marky, DJ Zinc, Duck Sauce, Duran Duran, EE, Elbow, Electric Touch, Eliza Doolittle, Ellie Goulding, Emicida, Empire of the Sun, Erick Morillo, Erykah Badu, Excision, , Fat Freddy’s Drop, Fedde Le Grand, Fistful of Mercy, Flogging Molly, Foals, Foster the People, Francis and the Lights, Freelance Whales, fun., G.Q., Gayngs, Glasser, Gogol Bordello, Good Old War, Gord Downie, Goth Trad, Green Velvet, Gypsy and the Cat, HEALTH, Here We Go Magic, High Contrast, Hurts, Interpol, Jack Beats, Jack’s Mannequin, Jakes, Jenny and Johnny, Jimmy Eat World, Joachim Garraud, Joy Orbison, Kanye West, Kele, Kings of Leon, Klaxons, Kode9,  Kyle Hall, Laidback Luke, Leftfield, Lightning Bolt, Lil’ B, Lorn, Los Bunkers, Magnetic Man, Mariachi El Bronx, Marina and the Diamonds, Mary Anne Hobbs, MEN, Menomena, Monarchy, Mount Kimbie, Moving Units, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Mumford & Sons, Nas & Damian Marley, Neon Trees, New Pants, Nosaj Thing, OFF!, OFWGKTA, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, One Day as a Lion, Ozomatli, Paul van Dyk, Phantogram, Phosphorescent, PJ Harvey, Plan B, Ramadanman, Raphael Saadiq, Ras G, Ratatat, Riva Starr, Robyn, Roska, Rye Rye, Sander Kleinenberg, Sasha, SBTRKT, Scala & Kolacny Bros., Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, Shpongle, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Steve Angello, Sven Vath, Take, Tame Impala, Terror Danjah, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, The Aquabats, The Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, The Drums, The Felice Brothers, The Henry Clay People, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The London Suede, The Love Language, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Presets, The Radio Dept., The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Strokes, The Swell Season, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Twelves, Thunderball, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus, Tokimonsta, Trampled by Turtles, Trentemoller, Twin Shadow, Two Door Cinema Club, Warpaint, Wire, Wiz Khalifa, Yacht, Yelle, Zed Bias

    Girl Talk releases All Day for free, comes close to breaking the internet

    16 Nov

    In case you missed it, Gregg Gillis aka Girl Talk, surprised everyone by not just releasing his new album All Day but releasing it for free via Illegal Art. It appears that everyone and their mother is downloading the album though as the download has come to a crawl on many occasions. That being said, it’s well worth it for fans and curious listeners, and although it’s MP3-only for now, the 320kbps compression rate is respectable enough to make most everyone happy.

    Look for a proper review to be posted here as early as tomorrow for Girl Talk’s latest, but it can pretty much be summed up as follows: If you’ve always liked Girl Talk, you’re gonna love this album– but it’s not going to change the mind of any of his detractors.

    Judge for yourself though, and download the album today.

    New Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”

    14 Nov

    Just when it was just starting to look as though a Child Rebel Soldiers project would be released before we’d even have an indication of a release date for Lupe Fiasco’s highly anticipated LASERS, we now have both a single and a date in hand. March 8, 2011 is the date (at least for now), and the first single is the Modest Mouse-riffing “The Show Goes On.” While it would’ve been nice to have Matthew Santos in tow again to do the vocals (if for no other reason but to save us from the overly enthusiastic auto-tune), the song carries a heartily triumphant and anthemic sound that should do well to generate hype going into the spring. How the rest of the album stacks up will remain to be seen, but for now here’s something to enjoy. Stream the song below, and if you like it, you can buy it directly from Lupe for $1.29.

    Lupe Fiasco – “The Show Goes On”

    New Cee-Lo “F*** You”

    22 Aug

    If I can go out on a limb, I would say (or hope for that matter) that this would become this generation’s “Song for the Dumped.” Innovative, soulful, blisteringly honest and forthright, “F*** You” extends far beyond its blunt chorus, with a well-executed new-wave Motown R&B style that could rival Raphael Saadiq’s latest work. While the official music video is still in the works, the official lyric video still underscores the lighthearted yet biting nature of this superb piece of work. If the first released teaser “Georgia” wasn’t enough for you, this should certainly prove that the upcoming Lady Killer is going to be something special when it finally comes out October 4. Enjoy the video below!

    New Kanye West (feat. Beyoncé and Charlie Wilson) – “See Me Now”

    11 Aug

    No matter what Kanye decides to call his upcoming album, it looks as though it’ll be something truly special. Putting the obligatory “I’mma let you finish” jokes aside, “See Me Now” is a return to form in every sense of the word. Impressive in scope, “See Me Now” combines the best aspects of Kanye’s first two albums while maintaining the slick production that his later work has featured. As far as the guest features go, while having Beyoncé and Charlie Wilson of Gap Band fame is certainly going to draw some attention, West’s rapping takes center stage. Kanye is in a rare form that hasn’t been seen much at all recently, drawing on clever wordplay and an unrelenting flow that feels incredibly natural for him rather than forced. At the end of the six minute opus, Kanye proclaims “I know you thinkin’, this that Yeezy we all love… I’m back baby!” Yes, Mr. West, you truly are back, and this is, in essence a culmination of what the fans have loved most about your music– hopefully the rest of the album follows through on the promise of this track as well as the previously released “Power.”

    As an added bonus, you can download this song for free from Kanye’s website.

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