The Oedipus Project
Dirty Projectors is the brainchild of David Longstreth and various cohorts.
The distinctive voices and unusual musical stylings of this ensemble are both divisive and intriguing. And uniquely their own.
Wildly experimental, Dirty Projectors has collaborated with the likes of Björk and David Byrne.
Swing Lo Magellan will be 8th album from this Brooklyn-based troupe.
“Gun Has No Trigger” is the first offering from the album.
Beach House, the Baltimore duo of Alex Scally and French-born Victoria Legrand, release their 4th album in May.
“Norway” from 2010’s Teen Dream remains as one of the best songs from the last decade.
They continue with their richly beautiful music with the LP Bloom as heard on the first single “Myth”.
Best Coast is Bethany Cosentino with musical partner Bobb Bruno.
The Only Place will be their 2nd album and songwriter Bethany once again embraces pop melodies that always remind me of summer as she did with “Boyfriend” from 2010’s Crazy for You and in 2011 with Adult Swim’s “Gone Again”.
“The Only Place” is also the first single and a free download.
The Morning Benders have changed their name to POP ETC.
After 5 years as the Morning Benders the band discovered on their first tour of the UK that “bender” is English slang for “homosexual”.
Not wanting to insult the gay community or continually distract from their music (basically “The Morning Fags” in Europe) the band has opted for a new name.
The now POP ETC has an entire mixtape of new songs on their website. Free download
“Everything is Gone” is from the mixtape.
The English trio known as Saint Etienne (Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs) has been creating delicate alternative rhythmic music since 1990.
They also write an abundance of particularly good Christmas music, a most difficult feat.
Words and Music by Saint Etienne will be their first new album in over 7 years due in late May.
“Tonight” is the single.
We know little about Vacationer save they are a band from Philly and have just released their debut album, Gone.
Their website is very clever and worthy of your exploration. And you can receive a free download.
Love the beautifully written song “Trip” from the album.
The Hunger Games film is due later this month.
Arcade Fire has contributed a new song to the soundtrack.
Listen here to “Abraham’s Daughter”.
Break It Yourself is Andrew Bird’s 6th solo album.
Violinist and multi-instrumentalist, Bird is also found of whistling.
“Eyeoneye” is the first single and a free download from Noise Trade.
“Lusitania” features St. Vincent.
“EyeonEye”
“Lusitania”
More free downloads of Indie bands performing at SXSW, today courtesy of Spin.
There are a few dups from yesterday but most will add to your collection.
A number of these bands from the past two days have been featured here in the past couple of years. Pleased to see that they are being recognized.
2:54 – “Scarlet”
Ava Luna – “Ice Level”
A.Dd+ – “Sh*t Got Crazy”
Bear in Heaven – “Sinful Nature”
Bleached – “Searching Through The Past”
Blondes – “Wine”
Blue Sky Black Death – “Sleeping Children Are Still Flying”
Chelsea Wolfe – “Tall Bodies”
Cities Aviv – “Jaguar”
Class Actress – “Weekend”
Cloud Nothings – “No Future/No Past”
DaVinci – “D.R.E.A.M.”
Django Django – “Default”
Dope Body – “Lazy Slave”
Hospitality – “Betty Wang”
Hull – “In Death, Truth”
Jacques Greene – “Arrow” ft. Koreless
King Tuff – “Wild Desire”
La Sera – “Break My Heart”
Main Attrakionz – “Bossalinis & Fooliyones pt. 2”
Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire – “The Gold Watch”
Natural Child – “Ain’t Gonna Stop”
Screaming Females – “It All Means Nothing”
Sharon Van Etten – “Serpents”
Spoek Mathambo – “Let Them Talk”
St. Lucia – “We Got It Wrong”
Star Slinger – “Dumbin’” ft. Reggie B
The Coathangers – “Smother”
The War on Drugs – “Baby Missiles”
Thee Oh Sees – “The Dream”
Thundercat – “For Love I Come”
Torche – “Kicking”
Tycho – “Hours”
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “FFunny FFrends”
Xray Eyeballs – “Four”
White Fence- “Swagger Vets and Double Moon”
Widowspeak – “Harsh Realm”
Youth Lagoon – “July”
Zola Jesus – “Seekir”
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film and Interactive Festival begins tomorrow in Austin, Texas.
The music portion takes place from the 13th to the 18th.
Over 2000 bands and artists will perform!
For a very large taste of some of the best, spinner.com is offering 129 free downloads of participating bands. Yes, you read it right: 129.
Here is the list: download at your pleasure.
A Classic Education , ‘Forever Boy’
Alice Russell, ‘Got the Hunger’
Andrew Bird, ‘EyeonEye’
Apparat, ‘Sayulita’
Balkan Beat Box, ‘War Again’
Band of Skulls , ‘Blood’
Beach Fossils, ‘Youth’
Bear Hands, ‘What A Drag’
Bear in Heaven, ‘Fake Out’ (Glass Ghost Remix)
Beat Connection, ‘In The Water’ (E Russell Remix)
Big Deal, ‘Chair’
Blitzen Trapper, ‘Heaven and Earth’
Cassettes Won’t Listen, ‘Dirt on Purpose’ (Remix)
Sally Shapiro, ‘Time to Let Go’ (CFCF Remix)
Chad Valley, ‘Fast Challenges’
Chairlift, ‘Evident Utensil’
Choir of Young Believers, ‘Claustropho’ (Peter Antlers Remix
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, ‘Statues’
Cloud Nothings, ‘Should Have’
Com Truise, ‘Cathode Girls’
Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons, ‘Home in the Woods’
Cotton Jones, ‘Glorylight and Christie’
Crocodiles, ‘Sleep Forever’
Crooked Fingers, ‘Phony Revolutions’
Crystal Antlers, ‘A Thousand Eyes’
Dark Dark Dark, ‘New York Song’
Deleted Scenes, ‘The Days of Adderall’
Diamond Rugs, ‘Mellow Doubt’
Dirty Ghosts, ‘Ropes That Way’
El-P, ‘Flyentology’ (CWL Remix)
Elizabeth & the Catapult, ‘Taller Children’
Emil & Friends, ‘Prescriptions’
Eternal Summers, ‘Pogo’
Fake Problems, ‘Soulless’
Family of the Year, ‘St. Croix’
FIDLAR, ‘Oh’
Flosstradamus, ‘Big Bills’ Feat.CAROLINE POLACHEK (Flosstradamus Power House Remix)
Fort Lean, ‘Sunsick’
Mexicans With Guns, ‘Highway To Hell’ Feat Freddie Gibbs and Bun B
Freshkills, ‘Positive Vibes’
Futurebirds, ‘Nearsayerfive’ (Eddie the Wheel Cover)
Ganglians, ‘Sleep’
Gemma Ray, ‘Fist of a Flower’
Girl in a Coma, ‘Smart’
Guards, ‘Do It Again’
Gypsyblood, ‘My RKO is MIA’
GZA and Blacklips, ‘The Drop I Hold’
Harriet, ‘I Slept With All Your Mothers’
Hey Marseilles, ‘Rio’
Horse Feathers,’ Curs In Weeds’
Hunters, ‘Brat Mouth’
Indian Jewelry, ‘ Oceans’
Ivan & Alyosha, ‘Glorify’
Jennifer O’Connor, ‘Here With Me’
Jukebox the Ghost, ‘Empire’
Julia Nunes, ‘I Think You Know’
Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band, ‘Between the Concrete and Clouds’
Korallreven, ‘As Young As Yesterday’
Laura Gibson, ‘La Grande’
Lee Fields and The Expressions, ‘Love Comes and Goes’
Lightouts, ‘The Eloise Suite’
Lily & the Parlour Tricks, ‘The Good One’
Lissy Trullie, ‘Madeline’
Lovedrug, ‘Pushing the Shine’
Lushlife, ‘Meridian Sound [Part Two]’ (Abacus Remix)
M. Ward, ‘Never Had Nobody’
Madi Diaz, ‘Gimme a Kiss’
Magic Wands, ‘Black Magic’ (The XX Remix)
Margot and The Nuclear So and So’s, ‘Lunatic, Lunatic, Lunatic’
Miike Snow, ‘Animal’
Mind Spiders, ‘No Romance’
Miniature Tigers, ‘Cannibal Queen’
Miracles of Modern Science, ‘Eating Me Alive’
Motion City Soundtrack, ‘Her Words Destroyed My Planet’
Motopony, ‘King of Diamonds’
Neon Indian, “Should Have Taken Acid With You’ (Future Rock Mix)
Niki & The Dove, ‘The Fox’
Nite Jewel, ‘Am I Real?’
Oberhofer, ‘Gotta Go’
Papa, “I Am the Lion King’
Pennywise, ‘We’re Gonna Fight’
Plants and Animals, ‘Lightshow’
Princeton, “A Rememberance of Things to Come’
Pujol, ‘Mayday’
Reptar, ‘Stuck in my ID’
Rubblebucket, ‘Michelle’
Saint Motel, ‘Puzzle Pieces’
Santigold, ‘Creator Main’
Savoir Adore, ‘Dreamers’
Say Hi, ‘Devils’
Screaming Females, ‘Wild’
Sean Bones, ‘Dancehall’
Sepalcure, ‘I’m Alright’
Sharon Van Etten, ‘Serpents’
Shearwater, ‘Leviathan Bound’
Shout Out Out Out Out, ‘Dude You Feel Electrical’
Slam Donahue, ‘It’s Scary’
Slow Club, ‘It Doesn’t Have to Be Beautiful’
Strange Boys, ‘Me and You’
Talkdemonic, ‘Revival’
The Big Pink, ‘Velvet’
The Big Sleep, ‘Pinkies’
The Black Angels, ‘Telephone’
The Drums, ‘Down By the Water’
The Ettes, ‘No Home’
The Good Natured, ‘Be My Animal’
The Heavy, ‘That Kind of Man’
The Henry Clay People, ‘Your Famous Friends’
The Spinto Band, ‘Pumpkins and Paisley’
The Ting Tings, ‘Hands’ (Passion Pit Remix)
The Wooden Sky, ‘Child of the Valley’
Titus Andronicus, ‘Titus Andronicus’
Toddla T, ‘Cherry Picking’
Tribes, ‘We Were Chosen’
Tristen, ‘Baby Drugs’
Two Gallants, ‘Seems Like Home to Me’
Tycho, ‘Hours’
U.S. Royalty, ‘Equestrian’
Ursula 1000, ‘Baby Laser love’ (DJ Love Remix)
WATERS, ‘O Holy Break of Day’
White Rabbits, ‘Percussion Gun’ (Live)
William Elliott Whitmore, ‘Hope for You’
Y La Bamba, ‘Juniper’
YACHT, ‘Dystopia’
YAWN, ‘Acid’
Young Buffalo, ‘Only We Can Keep You From Harm’
Young Magic, ‘Sparkly’
Yukon Blonde, ‘Choices’
Zola Jesus, ‘Sea Talk’
The animated group Gorillaz has teamed up with Andre’ 3000 (from OutKast) and James Murphy (from the now defunct LCD Soundsystem) for a one-off. Sort of a Gorillaz supergroup.
“DoYaThing” is a free download from Converse. You can view the video here as well.
There’s even a Chuck Taylor Gorillaz Collection.
