Attention bedroom remixers, ableton jive talkers and fruity loopers! Phoenix, obviously revelling in the fact that their album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix has spawned a plethora of remixes, have decided to make the multitracks available for download so there can be even more!
Follow this link to get the individual stems (the bass, the vocals, the guitars, the drums etc.) for each track and get busy.
In addition to the brilliant news that Marnie Stern will be taking her fiddly guitar shredding live show to the UK in November, it has been announced that she will be performing two London dates.
Her forthcoming self-titled album is the third full-length studio release to come from the DIY technoise songwriter, and is due on October 18th through Souterrain Transmissions. Download a cut from the new album ‘For Ash‘ after the tour dates.
November
18th – Nottingham, Bodega
19th – Brighton, Audio
20th – Bristol, Thekla
21st – Sheffield, The Harley
22nd – Glasgow, Captains Rest
23rd – Manchester, The Deaf Institute
25th – London, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen (GASH)
26th – London, The Lexington (White Light)
In an essay for Index On Censorship, Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood has spoken on about the digital landscape musicians have to release music into in a radically different industry just three years after the release of In Rainbows changed more or less everything.
In his interesting post (read it here, you should) he discusses how Radiohead are currently in the process of deciding how to release their latest bunch of songs, which yes, they have indeed finished. A new album is due, but who knows what format it could arrive in.
Rest assured though, if it’s in the hands of those who influenced how music can be released and distributed for the greater benefit of artists in the last few years then it’ll be something likely to change everything, again; much more so than a bloody iPhone. And if the new songs are anything like ‘These Twisted Words‘, which leaked last year then we can only assume that they will be awesome.
Four Tet have announced an all-night show at The Coronet Theatre in collaboration with Eat Your Own Ears.
The night will feature performances from Caribou, James Holden, Nathan Rake, Rocketnumbernine and more acts to be announced alongside a live set from Four Tet himself.
Four Tet has already established himself as one of the most fascinating live electronic acts to see over the past few years and with a line-up as strong as those mentioned above this could shape up to be one of the raddest nights of the year. London heads stand up and get down.
It all goes down at The Coronet Theatre on November 19th, doors open at 9pm.
Are you perhaps a little tired of the brash electronic landscape of too many DJs and too many Sebastians? Have a look at the stunning animated video for Badly Drawn Boy’s ‘Too Many Miracles‘ then and chill.
The video was directed by Sam Mason, brother of the only folk artist our own beat-connoisseur Abjekt will listen to, Willy Mason, and is really quite special. Check it out below.
The single is due out on October 3rd digitally and October 4th physically and will appear on his upcoming album ‘It’s What I’m Thinking Part 1: Photographing Snowflakes‘.
Next month these shores will be graced by the live sounds of Sublime With Rome as they prepare to embark upon their first UK tour.
Featuring the original members of what some consider to be the definitive stoner-ska-punk act, Sublime, with their new frontman Rome, these following dates aren’t to be missed.
October 7th – O2 Academy 2, Manchester
October 8th – O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
The Oregan indie troupe who have been frequently compared to the astronomic indie-folk heights of both Neutral Milk Hotel and Beirut, Musée Mécanique, have posted the video for ‘Fits & Starts‘ online.
The single is due for release on September 20th and features on their debut ‘Hold This Ghost‘.
Musée Mécanique – Fits And Starts (Official Video) from Souterrain Transmissions on Vimeo.
Sometimes it’s the simpler concepts that are most effective, and the debut video from UK punks Rooks is a prime example of that.
In the video for ‘Bet It All On Black‘ the camera doesn’t shift away from the trio, sitting on a white table, wearing white shirts and heaving up black vomit over all of it. Surprisingly, it’s more compelling than it is disturbing so click play below to watch it, providing you haven’t been drinking a large supply of uncouth black liquids as this won’t help.
The fantastic new album from everyone’s favourite Brooklyn art-skate-punk inspired rockers, Root for Ruin by Les Savy Fav is currently available to purchase digitally from the Les Savy Fav online store. Head over here for our review of the album.
The deluxe edition of the album comes packaged with a limited edition signed Les Savy Fav skateboard and a Root For Ruin logo t-shirt.
To get hyped for a shred, frontman Tim Harrington has recently made a 90s heavy playlist on Myspace called ‘Get Sighked‘. Click here to have a listen.
The Dismemberment Plan have been contrapuntally dormant since they decided to call being one of the most exciting live bands on the planet a day in 2003. However, their recent announcement that they are reuniting for some more shows (US only for now, sadly) has already geared up fans to recall those exciting memories and throw hopes of a new album into the less than optimistic ether.
Bassist Eric Axelson has commented: ‘We’re not planning a new record. But we’re doing these shows and taking it day to day after that.’
Keep your ears close to the ground then. Until further notice, you’ll be pleased to learn that their 1999 album Emergency and I is due for a double LP release on January 11th.