LA’s Cameron Mesirow aka Glasser, is one-woman-band, whose stage name was inspired by “a midnight vision of a figure hovering over water”. Her debut full-length album, Ring was released on 9/28/2010, but you can download her single “Home” here!
See Glasser at Popscene in San Francsico on 11/4/2010…
Glasser – Home
http://www.myspace.com/glasssser
Way to go Giants! One win down, three to go!!!
Sweden’s Lykke Li drops her new 7″ “Get Some” b/w “Paris Blue” on 11/1/2010, but you can download them both for FREE here!
Lykke Li – Get Some
http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli
The Fresh & Onlys must be competing with Thee Oh Sees as the hardest working band in San Francisco as they have just released their latest LP, Play it Strange on 10/12/2010, which is their *third* full-length album to be released in just two years.
Check out The Fresh & Onlys when they open up for Clinic on 11/19/2010 at The Independent in San Francisco…
The Fresh & Onlys – Waterfall
http://www.myspace.com/thefreshonlys
Avey Tare aka David Portner, is one of the founding members of Animal Collective. His debut solo album, Down There was released today. The album has been described as “a murky world of sound, an alien death world of soul grooves that is both honest and otherworldly. Wait for sundown and turn it up loud. Take a ride on this haunted boat and let yourself be guided through deep sloshy rhythms, waterlogged bass, and moonlit breaks in the canopy that reveal a crisp crystalline pop buzz.”
Avey Tare – Lucky 1
Sun Airway is a project from ex-A-Sides Patrick Marsceill and Jon Bathmus. The band are scheduled to release their debut full-length album, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier on 10/26/1010 and has drawn comparisons to Animal Collective‘s Merriweather Post Pavilion. You can see Sun Airway open up for Bear in Heaven on 11/5/2010 at The Independent in San Francisco…
Sun Airway – Oh, Naoko
http://www.myspace.com/sunairway
The Big Pink are an electro rock duo that formed in 2007 in London, England. The group consists of Robbie Furze (vocals, guitar) and Milo Cordell (keyboards, synths, vocals). Their debut album, A Brief History of Love was released last year. The band’s label, 4AD describes the album as “eleven stunning tracks that chart the trials of the heart, set within a sound world that combines melody and beautiful noise in equal measure.”
The Big Pink – Velvet
http://www.myspace.com/musicfromthebigpink
Arianna Forster, aka Ari Up, who was the lead singer of the British punk group, The Slits, passed away yesterday at age 48. Johnny Lydon (Rotten) was Arianna’s stepfather and made the following announcement on his website:
“John and Nora have asked us to let everyone know that Nora’s daughter Arianna (aka Ari-Up) died today (Wednesday, October 20th) after a serious illness. She will be sadly missed. Everyone at JohnLydon.com and PiLofficial.Com would like to pass on their heartfelt condolences to John, Nora and family. Rest in Peace.”
The Slits – Typical Girls
http://www.myspace.com/theslits
Arianna Forster
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It’s official: MizMuze has caught her first cold of the season. But even with the sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, and needs to rest, I have mustered up enough strength to bring you the Song of the Day…
The King of Trip Hop, Tricky, released his ninth studio album, Mixed Race on 10/5/20/10 (on 9/27/2010 in the UK). Tricky’s label, Domino Records describes the single “Murder Weapon” as “a reworking of the classic dancehall hit from Jamaican-born Echo Minott, originally released in the early ’90s. Tricky fell in love with the track and was determined to hear how it would sound with a female vocalist (in a similar fashion to his reworking of “Black Steel” with Martina Topley-Bird). Tricky here enrolls Irish-Italian Franky Riley, who has toured as Tricky’s vocalist for two years and makes her recording debut on his new album Mixed Race.”
Tricky will be rockin’ a rhyme that’s right on time at The Independent in San Francisco on 12/21/2010…
Tricky – Murder Weapon
http://www.myspace.com/trickola
England’s cheerleading indie rock/hip hoppers, The Go! Team are scheduled to drop their third album, Rolling Blackouts on 1/31/2011 with collaborations from Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast and Satomi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof to appear on the album.
The single, “T.O.R.N.A.D.O.” was released last week and can be downloaded here for free! Much like the title of the song, lead singer, Ninja, runs around the stage like a Tasmanian Devil with a vortex of energy.
You can hear the studio version in the link below…
…or check out Ninja and The Go! Team performing T.O.R.N.A.D.O. live at the Summer Sundae Festival in England on 8/14/2010…
The Go! Team – T.O.R.N.A.D.O.
http://thegoteam.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/thegoteam
Covering the Roger Alan Wade single, “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough” Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs contributes to the Jackass 3D Soundtrack.
The song keeps it all in the family, as Roger Alan Wade is Johnny Knoxville’s cousin, and Karen O used to date Spike Jonze, who happens to be one of the film’s producers.
Karen O – If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough
