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Total Slacker - Oblivion (Grimes cover)
Total Slacker recorded a cover of Grimes’ “Oblivion”. They kept the same bass line but gave it a soft-rock feel and added some guitar flair. A job well done, in my book.
The Tallest Man On Earth - 1904
Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man On Earth, dropped a new track “1904” from his album There’s No Leaving Now (out 6/12). Matsson’s songs all have a pretty similar, distinct sound that I enjoy. I’ve been looping this track and watching the rain, and it’s put me in a sort of a lull. His songs always seem to ground me.
Fiona Apple - Every Single Night
So Fiona Apple’s back. I guess I missed that. ”Every Single Night” is off her upcoming album The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do out June 19th. It’s so good to hear new material from her.
We’d like to invite anyone that’s interested to do their own remix of I Want Yr Love. i’ve uploaded the stems of the song (Vocals, Horns, Bass, Percussion, Piano, and Drum Set) into a folder, so that you can take them and make something new out of it.
Click here to download the stems. (or right click-save as)
When you are done, send an MP3 of your remix (320 kbps please) to yellowostrichband@gmail.com with the subject REMIX.
We will listen to everything we get, and THEN, we will put our favorite remixes up for listening on our website. (we’ll put most of them up — unless you submit a 30 minute sample of elephants fucking, we will probably put it up on the site. actually…maybe ONLY if you submit that sample…)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros will be releasing their sophomore album Here on May 29th. The album succeeds Up From Below, which blew up in the spring/summer of 2010 and even got mainstream recognition. The release timing surely hints at another record full of summer anthems.
Azealia Banks has been picking up speed lately and her EP, 1991, is set to be released digitally on May 29th through Interscope. The physical copy will be available June 12. No word as to what’s going to be on the EP, but check out the video for “Jumanji’” below.
To all those dreading the end of the weekend (me! me!), Animal Collective made it a tad sweeter by dropping two new tracks, “Honeycomb” and “Gotham” which will be on their new 7” single. If you preorder the physical copy, you’ll get downloads of the MP3s too.
@3 weeks ago with 3 notesKanye recently released the video for “Lost In The World” off the 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which featured Bon Iver. It was directed by Ruth Hogben and has some pretty striking aesthetics (no surprise there, though, really).
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal
Similar: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons
Hailing from Iceland, Of Monsters and Men’s debut album My Head Is An Animal drops April 3rd in the US/Canada. The title track of the album has been playing in my head all day so I thought I’d share. I can’t wait for the release.
You can stream their EP Into The Woods on their Facebook.
What’s great about Yellow Ostrich is that their growth can be so easily traced. I remember being enraptured with “WHALE” on the initial The Mistress release, then seeing it performed live with new members (drummer Michael Tapper and instrumentalist Jon Natchez) and finally hearing the final studio version on the re-release of The Mistress. But even before that, there was a version of “WHALE” on the 2010 EP Wild Comfort. Strange Land marks the first release of original work from what has evolved from a Wisconsin-based solo project by Alex Schaaf to a full-fledged band. Schaaf summed it up well by saying, “The Mistress was a guy in a bedroom. Strange Land is a band. In a slightly bigger room.”
Strange Land’s opening track, “Elephant King” (actually an older track from when YO was just Alex Schaaf) is the quintessential beginning. It sets the stage for what is to be one of the solidest albums I’ve heard so far this year. “I Want Yr Love” especially emphasizes the new diversity in instrumentals, including a killer brassy part and a drum beat the continues throughout. The repetition of lyrics “I want your love” turns almost haunting at the end. Other highlights include “Daughter”, which YO has been playing for the past year at live shows, and “Up In The Mountains”, where Schaaf’s vocals sound more mature and tight.
@2 months ago