Oh boy, here we go again. Now that most of the world has looked beyond the controversy of DJ Danger Mouse’s Grey Album, another group of likeminded experimentalists have gone and stirred up the copyright pool (and coffers) of 60’s pop. The group: artists on Manchester-based internet label Hippocamp. Their target: the […]
Way to go Matador Records for making the best song from Spoon’s latest available as a free download. The track, “I Turn My Camera On,” is a pre-punk disco-falsetto funk, unlike anything else in Spoon’s fine catalog. It reminds me of You’ve Got to Hear the Music, the excellent CD from New Zealand’s […]
Not sure what to make of the ridiculously hyped M.I.A.? NME is offering her debut Arular as a free high-res RealAudio stream. I’m still not sure what to make of it, but that’s a good thing. Definitely worth the bandwidth.
In describing his 8.6 Arular rating, Pitchfork’s Scott Plagenhoef writes “it’s a taut, […]
Everyone’s favorite Vancouver power-popsters The New Pornographers have released “Twin Cinema”(MP3), the title track from their upcoming full-length (due August 23, 2005). It cranks up the guitars more than anything on A.C. Newman’s outstanding The Slow Wonder, and mixes things up nicely with an impressive bridge interlude.
Thanks to Matador Records for making this available […]