The Oedipus Project
The Oedipus Project weekly broadcast every Thursday at 5 pm eastern on CyberStation USA.
And on demand thereafter.
Manchester Orchestra
Richard Ashcroft
tUnE-yArDs
Vivian Girls
The Raveonettes
The Strokes
Best Coast
Cut Copy
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
The xx
Twilight Singers
She Wants Revenge
Dropkick Murphys
The Dodos
The Dodos are the duo Meric Long and Logan Kroeber.
Originating in San Francisco, Logan is known for his multiple drumming techniques while Meric fills in with guitars and vocals.
No Color, their fourth album comes out next week on the Ides of March.
“Black Night” is the new single.
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“Black Night” by The Dodos
Wavves, (spelled with the double “v’s”), are apostles of noise-pop, a niche of alternative rock that features the melodies and song-structures of pop music combined with distorted instrumentations and elements of white noise.
With Wavves it’s warped, lo-fi intensity.
We featured Wavves here last year. With a new album forthcoming, leader Nathan Williams has posted a free download on his blog.
“Horse Shoes” is the Song of the Day.
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“Horse Shoes” by Wavves
The Danish duo Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo are The Raveonettes.
Together since 2001, they infuse male/female harmonies, melody, and a bit of noise with unexpected somber lyrics.
Raven in the Grave, their fifth album, will be released in April.
Here is a new dreamier side of The Raveonettes as we hear in “Forget That You’re Young”, a free download from the album.
In Sharin’s own words: “It’s dark but not bleak, like the single minded determination caused by crisis that is not quite hope but just as powerful. It’s the perfect winter soundtrack just in time for spring.”
Perfect indeed.
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“Forget That You’re Young” by The Raveonettes
tUnE-yArDs, spelled as you see it, is the music of Merrill Garbus.
Originally from New England, she now resides in Oakland.
Her 2009 debut BiRd-BrAiNs introduced us to her most unusual musically stylings and now continues with the song “Bizness” a free download from the forthcoming album whokill.
Uniquely fascinating.
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“Bizness” by tUnE-yArDs
An hour long broadcast of The Oedipus Project airs every Thursday at 5:00 pm Eastern and on-demand as a podcast thereafter at CyberStationUSA.
Dum Dum Girls
Foo Fighters
The Decemberists
Adele
Radiohead
Moby
Destroyer
Bat For Lashes
The Cars
Duran Duran
Gang of Four
The Joy Formidable
TV on the Radio
Manchester Orchestra
Dan Bejar is best known for his work with The New Pornographers, but he has released far more material with the band Destroyer.
Some consider Destroyer to his solo project, but Bejar insists that in spite of the revolving lineup, Destroyer is a band.
For those unfamiliar with Destroyer, the music does not sound like the name, which only makes Bejar that much more intriguing.
Kaputt is the ninth album by Destroyer and the poignant title track is the Song of the Day.
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“Kaputt” by Destroyer
Interpol is currently on tour with School of Seven Bells (SVIIB) and Matthew Dear.
All three have been featured here in the past. The “Search” button above will take you to their music.
On the Interpol website there is a free Tour EP of all three bands. Included is Interpol’s “Lights”, a pre-release free download.
I’m particularly fond of SVIIB’s “Dust Devil”.
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“Dust Devil” by School of Seven Bells
The acclaimed band TV on the Radio (TVOTR) will release their fourth studio album, Nine Types of Light, in April.
This Brooklyn five-piece has just sent us a new song from the album.
“Will Do” is the first single and this sensual groove is the Song of the Day.
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“Will Do” by TV On The Radio
Dum Dum Girls initially began as a Dee Dee solo project. She then expanded the project into an all-female four-piece with the addition of Jules, Bambi and Sandi.
Songs from I Will Be, the first album from this Los Angeles-based outfit, were included here last year in previous podcasts.
We feature Dum Dum Girls today from the new four-song EP He Gets Me High. Dum Dum Girls just keep getting better and better. The title track is the Song of the Day.
“He Gets Me High”
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Today The Oedipus Project expands as we begin broadcasting on CyberStationUSA, a premier internet radio portal.
This hour long broadcast/podcast airs every Thursday at 5:00 pm Eastern and On Demand thereafter.
Radiohead
Fleet Foxes
The Strokes
PJ Harvey
Lykke Li
Cut Copy
Crystal Castles
British Sea Power
Bright Eyes
Beady Eye
The Decemberists
The Airborne Toxic Event
Cold Cave
Dum Dum Girls
Last year, the legendary musician/poet Gil Scott-Heron released I’m New Here, his first album in over fifteen years. In our first podcast here we featured the song “Me and the Devil”.
He is considered by many to be the “godfather of rap” due to his spoken word collaborations in the late 70’s and 80’s.
Gil Scott-Heron is the man who coined the phrase “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”, the title of one of his best-known compositions. He has been an activist for change throughout his artistic career.
In his later years he served time for drug possession.
I’m Here Now has now been remixed by Jamie Smith from the xx and re-titled We’re New Here.
Gil Scott-Heron not only influenced generations of hip hop artists but this young producer as well who grew up listening to him via his parents’ record collection.
Here is the remix of the song now entitled “I’ll Take Care of U” followed by the original “I’ll Take Care of You”.
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“I’ll Take Care of U”
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“I’ll Take Care of You”
As we have discussed here in the past, corporations are increasing associating themselves with musicians in the alternative world to enhance their products. In kind, this corporate underwriting has helped these artists to survive and to create, particularly in light of the deteriorating revenue streams of the music business over the past couple of decades.
Gucci has commissioned Bat For Lashes (the wonderful artist Natasha Kahn) to cover Depeche Mode’s 1987 hit “Strangelove” as the soundtrack for the new fragrance Gucci Guilty Pour Homme.
Gucci has also made it a free download here.
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“Strangelove” by Bat For Lashes
Radiohead released their new album, The King of Limbs, suddenly on Friday. Their first since 2007’s In Rainbows.
It is available for download via their website.
The first single “Lotus Flower” is stunning, a song of layered beauty.
Love the video as well.
(We would have embedded it, but they have disabled embedding)
“Lotus Flower”
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The Glitch Mob, a three-piece electronic outfit out of Los Angeles, have released a remix and a free download of “Seven Nation Army” by the now defunct White Stripes, one of the greatest and most influential bands of the last decade.
In the Mob’s own words: “It’s no secret that we’re huge music geeks. More specifically, we love The White Stripes. We had started an unofficial remix of “Seven Nation Army” back in November and it was sitting around in a folder waiting to be finished amongst many other projects. When we heard the news about them breaking up, it was all the impetus needed for us to finish the track. Here is our homage to The White Stripes.”
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“Seven Nation Army (The Glitch Mob remix)” by The White Stripes
