Alt-J
Alt-J, the Leeds-based band who won the Mercury Music Prize for their debut album An Awesome Wave, will give us their sophomore disc in September.
“Hunger of the Pine” is from the forthcoming This Is All Yours.
The Oedipus Project
Jonathan L, an international perspective.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Rob Decoup “Anastasia (I Want Your Soul)” (Austria)
*Morrissey “World Peace Is None Of Your Business” (U.K.)
*Carnival Star “What Difference Does It Make” (Inverness)
*Wumpscut “Wreath Of Barbs” (Instinct..mix) (Bavaria)
*Milagres “The Black Table” (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
*Warshow Angels f/ S. Yaffa “This Is Not A(Hit Song)(N.Y.C.)
*The Hertz Complex “Bassy” (London)
*Kate Tempest “Lonely Daze” (South East London)
*Two Tone & guests “Señorita” (Dubai)
*Cazzete “Sleepless” (Stockholm, Sweden)
*The Watchmakers “Illumination” (Manchester, U.K.)
*Xandria “Until The End” (Bielefeld, Germany)
*Only Real “Punks And Potions” (West London)
*The Flavr Blue “Surrender” (Seattle)
*The Sons “I’m Not Happy” (United Kingdom)
*The Howls “No Man” (Los Angeles)
*The Last Vinci “Free From Yourself” (Italy)
*Röyksoop & Robyn “Do It Again” (Norway)
*Villiers “Shadows” (Lancashire, U.K.)
*Tree Dwellers “Come Up And See” (Manchester, U.K.)
*The Phantoms “Stop” (W. Lothian, Scotland)
pGarage “Kick The Ball (Trip To Brazil)” replay (Berlin)
*Band Of Holy Joy “When A Gift Is A Curse” (London)
*Broken Chords “Stray Cats” (London)
*The Aikiu f/JD Sampson “Win” (Paris, France)
*Postcards From Jeff “Veronica” (Manchester U.K.)
*Epica “Canvas Of Life” (The Netherlands)
*Kajak “Gold Crowned Eagle” (Iceland)
The Antlers have a new album.
Familiars is the 5th from this quiet late-night Brooklyn trio with the distinctive voice of lyricist Peter Silberman.
“Palace” and “Hotel” are the first two singles.
“Palace”
“Hotel”
Jonathan L in Berlin.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Peter Matthew Bauer “Latin American Ficciones” (N.Y.C.)
*Berndsen “Planet Earth” (Iceland)
*Broken Chords “Rollin’ On” (London)
*Villiers “The Dancer” (Lancashire, U.K.)
*Ring Ring Rouge “Lost And Found” (Burnley, Lancashire)
*Elastic Sleep “Leave You” (Cork, Ireland)
*pGarage “Kick The Ball (Trip To Brazil)” (Berlin, Germany)
*Able Archer “Ghostmaker” (Ireland)
*Little Barrie “Sworn In ” (London)
*Gamma Ray “Time For Deliverance” (Hamburg, Germany)
*Pixies “What Goes Boom” (Massachussets)
*Xandria “Dreamkeeper” (Bielefeld, Germany)
*Tourist “I Can’t Keep Up” (London)
*Only Real “Cadillac Girl” (West London)
*Carnival Star “Walk Away” (Inverness, Scotland)
*Samuel L Cool “Quicksand” (Phoenix, Los Angeles)
*The GOASST “Poor Paul Getty” (Sean Lennon, N.Y.C.)
*Chaos Rising ” Weine Nicht” (Moscow)
*7Horse “Carousal Bar” (Los Angeles)
*Lovestarrs “Dukes Up” (London)
*The Sons “Relic” (United Kingdom)
*Epica “Unchain Utopia” (The Netherlands)
*Tycho “Awake” (San Francisco)
*Paul Weller “Brand New Toy” (Woking, U.K.)
*Asonat “Rather Interesting” (Iceland)
*Ummagma “Lama” (go nogo remix) (Ukraine)
*Uke-Hunt “Prettiest Star” (San Francisco)
JOAN JETT SONG OF WEEK: “Fragile”
*Pet The Preacher “Marching Earth Pt.2” (Copenhagen)
Perfect Pussy is not for the faint of heart.
This powerful punk band from Syracuse features the frenetic vocals of Meredith Graves.
“Driver” is from their debut album Say Yes to Love.
Formidable musician Jack White has released his 2nd solo album Lazaretto.
The vinyl album itself creates an actual hologram when played.
“Three Women” is the first track.
Jonathan L, only on Mondays here on The Oedipus Project from Berlin.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Denotes first time song debuts on show
Midtfyns Efterskole “Try And Try” (Fyn, Denmark)
The Shy Lips “That’s Where I Belong” (Gothenburg, Sweden)
*Inouwee “Explode” (Dynatron remix) (Copenhagen)
*Movits! f/ Zacke) “Huvundvarken” (Sweden)
*Oh, Harry “He Is Not The One” (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Skatebård “Cosmos” (Norway)
*Swedish Egil (Groove Radio) Testamony
*Ronny Morris “So Young” (Malmo, Sweden)
*MØ “Maiden” (Odense, Denmark)
Deportees “Island And Shores” (Sweden)
*Mental Monky Ballet “Breaking The Law” (Stockholm)
*Greenleaf “Equators” (Borlange, Sweden)
*Within Temptation “Edge Of The World” (Orig.) (Finland)
Redrama f/ Aj Mclean “Clouds” (Helsinki, Finland)
*Vintertur “Beaches” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
*Tuomas Holopainen “The Last Sled” (Finand)
*The Great Dictators “Wine” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
*Kalandra “Onto The Fire” (Norway/Liverpool)
Endless Shame “The Reaper” (Sweden)
Waldemaar “Joko” (Malmo, Sweden)
The Blue Van “Wake The Tiger” (Bronderslev, Denmark)
Shout Out Louds “Glasgow” (Stockholm, Sweden)
Sibille Attar “Hotel Room” (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Villainy “Miss Golightly” (Gothenburg, Sweden)
I Break Horses “Denial” (Stockholm, Sweden)
Eliphant f/ Skrillex “Only Getting Younger” (Stockholm)
Keema “Bliss-O” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Jonathan L from Berlin, our Monday exclusive.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*PoiL “MAO” (Lyon, France)
*Stumbleine f/Violet Skyes “Sunset Boulevard” (U.K.)
Doro “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” (Dusseldorf, Germany)
*Edguy “Alone In Myself” (Fulda, Germany)
*Hooten Tennis Club “Kathleen Sat On The…”(Liverpool)
*Amy Lynn & The Gunshow “Don’t Trip On The Glitter” (N.Y.C.)
*Twin Shadow “To The Top” (Brooklyn)
*The Singles “(She’s Got) A Heart Of Stone” (Los Angeles)
*Greenleaf “Our Mother Ash” (Borlange, Sweden)
*Ring Ring Rouge “Today” (Burnley, U.K.)
*Nostalghia “I’d Still Kill You” (Los Angeles)
*Tuomas Holopainen “Glasgow 1877” (Finland)
*Broken Chords “Get Some” (London)
*Epica “The Essence Of Silence” (The Netherlands)
*Calling All Astronauts “I Wanna Be Your Dog” (London)
*B-Movie “Razor’s Edge” (Mansfield, Nottingham U.K.)
*Jake Evans (Bad Lieutenant) “This Is Life” (U.K.)
*Ayreon “Quid Pro Quo” (The Netherlands)
*Klangliebe “Lost In You” (Tunnelvision remix) (Germany)
The Mission “Sometimes The Brightest Light…” (Leeds, U.K.)
*Elliphant “Revolusion” (Stockholm, Sweden)
*Toddzero “Go” (Los Angeles)
*The Shapes “Not A Sad Song” (Palermo, Italy)
*Aldo Rox “This Is Gonna Hurt” (N. California)
*The Black Angels “Diamond Eyes” (Austin, Texas)
*Genna Marabese “Lost For Words” (United Kingdom)
*Chaos Rising f/Ahrue Luster “Sinful Messiah” (Moscow)
*Kiven “I Can Take It” (Los Angeles)
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “Nag”
Jonathan L Mondays only on The Oedipus Project.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Chris Malinchak “So Good To Me” (N.Y.C.)
*RUCA “Shotgun” (Phoenix, Arizona)
*Calling All Astronauts “What’s So Good About You” (London)
*Early Morning Rebel “Shallow Breath” (Los Angeles)
*Foxhound “I Just Don’t Mind” (Italy)
*Yngcult “Piano Songs” (Los Angeles)
*Council “The World Is On Fire” (N.Y.C.)
*MØ f/Diplo “XXX 88” (Odense, Denmark)
*Carnival Star “Union City Blue” (Blondie) (Inverness, Scotland)
*Jack White “High Ball Stepper” (Detroit/L.A.)
*Genna Marabese “Toys” (United Kingdom)
*Buffalo Sunn “By Your Side” (Dublin, Ireland)
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**Set of new Ayreon**
*Ayreon “Frequency Modulation” (The Netherlands)
*Ayreon “The Teachers Discovery” (The Netherlands)
*Ayreon “Love And Envy” (The Netherlands)
*Ayreon “Magnetism” (The Netherlands)
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*Facts On File “The Flood” (Detroit/Los Angeles)
*Elliphant f/ Skrillex “Only Getting Younger” (Stockholm)
*Puma Simone “Reality” (New Haven, CT)
*Yann Tierson “A Midsummer Evening” (France)
*Sage Francis “Vonnegaut Busy” (Providence, RI)
*Con Vos “Central Park” (New Jersey)
*The Art Of Amputation “Detroit” (London)
*PoiL “Intro/BrossaKlitt” (Lyon, France)
*Edguy “Rock Me Amadeus” (Fulda, Germany)
*Edguy “The Eternal Wayfarer” (Fulda, Germany)
*Nostalghia “I Am Robot Hear Me Glitch” (Los Angeles)
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “Light Of Day”
Sharon Van Etten continues to enthrall.
Are We There is the new album (her 4th) from this Brooklyn singer/songwriter.
“Every Time the Sun Comes Up” is the last track.
Phantogram, the electronic duo we featured in 2011, released the album Voices earlier this year.
“Fall in Love” was the first single. Now “Black Out Days” is now prominent.
“Fall in Love”
“Black Out Days”
This week Jonathan L explores electronic music.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Arjen Lucassen “Lost In The New Real” (The Netherlands)
*Tensnake f/ Fiora (Berlin) “No Relief” (Sachen, Anhalt, DE)
*Seabound “Everything” (Saarbrucken, Germany)
*Supersister “Dona Nobis Pacem” (DJ Shadow remix)
*LeonxLeon “Tubular Dance” (Paris, France)
*Foreign Resort “Dead End Roads (Novablast/mx)(Copenhagen)
*Victor Ward “First Kontakt” (Manchester, U.K.)
*Klangschwester “Sisterella” (Karl Gruender mix)(Germany)
*Plastique de Reve “I Feel That Woman” (Swiss/Berlin)
*And One “Zerstörer” (Germany)
*Heimataerde “Leise fliesst der Ebro”(Germany)
*Emika “Filters” (London/Berlin)
*Go Nogo “And The Devil Too” (Heisenborg, Sweden)
*Skatebård “Cosmos” (Norway)
*Ego Likeness “Inferno” (Donna The Dead mix) (Baltimore)
Naapo “Better To Stay” (Melbourne, AU)
*Charles Bordeaux “5 Weeds” (Tronik Youth remix)(L.I., N.Y.)
*Giganta “Can’t Stop Playing” (Athens, Greece)
Tony deKaro “Bright Eyes” (Frankfurt, Germany)
*Sixth Minor “Etif” (Italy)
*enCAPSULAte “Krishna Krazy” (Israel)
Mac DeMarco recently released his 2nd album Salad Days.
This young Canadian is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist as well as an interesting songwriter.
“Chamber of Reflection” is one of the tracks that I have been enjoying of late.