Jamie xx
Jamie Smith aka Jamie xx is one of the members of the famed band the xx.
He is also a producer, remixer and solo artist.
His latest solo release is the double-sided single “She”/”Sleep Sound”.
Listen here to “Sleep Sound”
Lopsided World of L
As always Jonathan L from abroad begins our Monday.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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Biffy Clyro “Bubbles” (Glasgow, Scotland)
The Alarm “Superchannel” (Wales)
*The Clocktower “Feel The Highs” (Wolverhampton)
Glasvegas “Shine Like Stars” (Glasgow, Scotland)
We The People “Hollow Thoughts” (replay) (Ireland)
Wire “Magic Bullet” (London)
Peyote “Shoot Me” (replay) (London)
*Silver Arm “He Of The Slow Creep” (London)
British Sea Power “Luna” (Brighton)
Manraze “Running Me Up” (London)
Mutant Vinyl “Lavender” (replay) (Liverpool)
*The Battles Of Winter “Where Did You Get..(London)
*Sir Paul McCartney “Looking At Her” (England)
Wideboy Generation “Typical Blonde” (replay) (Enfield)
Land Lovers “Vittima di Cucina” (replay) (Dublin)
The Black Delta Movement “MacBeth” (replay) (Hull)
*The Fratellis “Rock n Roll Will Break…” (Glasgow)
*John Lennon McCullagh “North South Divide” (Donacaster)
*Honey Bane “Ya Got Me All Wrong (Dressed)” (London)
*Dead Wolf Club “Metropolis” (London)
Travis “Mother” (Scotland)
*Ka tet “Shere Khan” (Galway, Ireland)
*The Whereabouts “In Spite Of All The Danger” (Cavan, IE)
Kooks “Fuck The World Off” (Brighton)
*The Strypes “Heart Of The City” (Nick Lowe) (Cavan, IE)
*Sulu Babylon “See It In Colour” (Goole, near Hull)
Kascarade “Notebook” (replay) (Bradford)
Frightened Rabbit “Wedding Gloves” (Selkirk, Scotland)
Watchtower “Under Your Thumb” (replay) (Liverpool)
*Katalina Kicks “She Goes Where” (London)
*The Crookes “Playdumb” (Sheffield)
Hamilton Leithauser
While The Walkmen are on “extreme hiatus”, lead singer Hamilton Leithauser has recorded his debut solo album.
“Alexandra” is the lead single from the forthcoming Black Hours.
Future Islands
Future Islands, the band now based in Baltimore, has just released their 4th album, Singles.
A daring title, but the first single “Seasons (Waiting on You)” is one of the best songs of this young 2014.
and the video of their live Letterman performance is amazing:
Suzanne Vega
For those of us who prefer a black wardrobe, this is our song.
“I Never Wear White” by the wonderful Suzanne Vega (from her recent record Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles).
Incan Abraham
2 ½ years ago we highlighted the EPs from the Los Angeles indie quartet Incan Abraham.
Next week the band with the unusual name will finally release their debut album entitled Tolerance.
“Concorde”, the first single, exceeds expectations.
Plus a free download of the song here.
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L from Berlin, a European perspective.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Skinny Puppy “DaddyuWarbash” (Vancouver)
*Little Dragon “Klapp Klapp” (Gothenburg, Sweden)
*Freddie & The Filos “Guide Me Home” (Spain)
*Deltron 3030 “What Is This Loneliness” (L.A./Space)
*Miss Rabbit “Naive” (Switzerland)
*U.S. Royalty “Lady In Waiting” (Washington, DC)
*Ali Ingle “The Locker” (Liverpool)
*Seabound “Nothing But Love” (Germany)
*Brandon Boyd (Incubus) “Lady Black” (Los Angeles)
*Black Lips “Dog Years” (Atlanta, Georgia)
*Inouwee “Explode” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
*Satellite Stories “Australia (Don’t…) (Oulu, Finland)
*Ume “Black Stone” (Austin, Texas)
*The Vincents “Who’s That Boy” (Cork, Ireland)
*Vintertur “Yeah” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
*Theophilus London *Based God” (Brooklyn)
*Axel Rudi Pell “Hey Hey My My” (Western Germany)
*Council “Lithium” (N.Y.C.)
*The Battles Of Winter “My Friend The…”) (London)
*Stumbleine f/Violet Skies “And Then He..” (U.K.)
*Trapped In Autumn “Circles” (Manchester, England)
*Electric Litany “Silence” (Athens, Greece)
*Camilla Sparksss “Killer” (Switzerland)
*Bigelf “Alien Frequency” (Los Angeles)
*Victor Ward “Some Other Time” (Manchester)
*Nina Persson “Animal Heart” (Malmo, Sweden)
*Anette Olzon “Falling” (Gothenburg, Sweden)
*Clan Of Xymox “Your Own Way” (Berlin/Leizig)
JOAN JETT SONG OF WEEK: “Ridin’ W/ James Dean”
Elbow
The Take Off and the Landing of Everything is the title of the new album from Elbow.
These former Mercury Prize winners lead with the beautiful melancholy of “New York Morning”.
tUnE-yArDs
Eccentric, unique and wonderful, the music of tUnE-yArDs.
She gave us one of the best in 2011 with Whokill.
Nikki Nack is due in May with the new song “Water Fountain”.
Lopsided World of L
I have been underwater literally and figuratively in Indonesia for the past weeks. Now that I have surfaced, expect more new music postings following our Monday man Jonathan L from Berlin.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Nostalghia “Homeostasis” Los Angeles)
*Yuri’s Accident “No Correlation” (Athens, Greece)
*The Battles Of Winter “The Engine (Of Civic…)” (London)
*Audrey Turner “I Smell Trouble” (San Francisco)
*The Strypes “What A Shame” (Cavan, Ireland)
*The Stranglers “Giants” (Surrey, England)
*Theophilus London “Do Girls” (Brooklyn)
*Council “Rise” (N.Y.C.)
*Watchtower “Under Your Thumb” (Liverpool)
*Elbow “New York Morning” (Bury, England)
*Jim Button “Sunday Morning” (Hamburg, Germany)
*Custom “Play” (N.Y.C.)
*Indica “Goodbye To Berlin” (Finland)
*Bend Sinister “You Remind Me” (Vancouver)
*IAMEVE “Walking On A Dream” (Los Angeles)
*Billy Sedlmayr “Hardbound” (Tucson, Arizona)
Movits! “Marching Band?” (Sweden)
*Love Cream “Why Not Me?” (Adelaide, So. AU)
*Blue Flower Project “Reflections” (Frankfurt, Germany)
*Miwi La Lupa “Everybody’s F*ckin’ With Me” (N.Y)
*We The People “Razorblades and Ashtrays”(Ireland)
*Levinhurst “Everything” (Los Angeles)
*Rubberlips “The Traveller” (mix) (West Yorkshire, UK)
*Peyote “We’ll Be Alright” (London)
*Augustines “Kid You’re On Your Own” (N.Y.C.)
*The Denzels “Self Talk” (Brooklyn)
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “Roadrunner”
*El Mito de las Maquinas “Ciclis” (Valencia, Spain)
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L our connection in Berlin.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*I Break Horses “Denial” (Stockholm, Sweden)
*Chaos Rising f/Jeff Loomis “A New Fiction” (Moscow)
*Levinhurst “Somewhere” (Los Angeles)
*Yellow Ostrich “Shades” (New York)
*Land Lovers “Vittima di Cucina” (Dublin, Ireland)
*Eternal Summers ” Gouge” (Roanoke, VA)
*Peyote “Quite Like It” (London)
*Annie’s Revier “Warum” (Hannover, Germany)
Waldemaar “Joko” (replay) (Malmo, Sweden)
*White Sea “They Don’t Know” (Los Angeles)
*John Lennon McCullagh “Towerland Lullaby” (UK)
*Irmin Schmidt “Le Weekend” (Dortmund/ France)
*The Men “Another Night” (Brooklyn, NY)
*The Shapes “You Are There” (Palermo, Italy)
*The Whereabouts “Fever” (Cavan, Ireland)
Jim Button “The Big Breakthrough” (Replay) (Hamburg)
*We The People “Hollow Thoughts” (Ireland)
*Sofia Talvik “Glow” (Sweden /Berlin)
*Vintertur “Without Cause” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
*Gardens & Villa “Colony Glen” (Santa Barbara, CA)
*Jointpop “Monday Morning Love Situation” (Trinidad)
*Honey Bane “This Ain’t Reality” (London)
*Katalina Kicks “145” (London)
*Combichrist “From My Cold Dead Hands” (Atlanta)
*Michael Franti & Spearhead “Let It Go” (San Francisco)
*The Vincents “Summer Song” (Cork, Ireland)
*Heavy Metal Anthem “Again & Again” (Los Angeles)
*TOY “Frozen Atmosphere” (London)
*Goldfrapp “Thea” (London)
*Ka tet “Free Love” (Galway, Ireland)
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L begins our musical week.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Leitbur “Think Of Tomorrow” (Los Angeles)
*Peyote “Shoot Me” (London)
*Jim Button “The Big Breakthrough” (Hamburg, Germany)
*Humanimals “Julia’s Scissors” (Spain)
*Yuri’s Accident “Lights On Her Eyes” (Athens, Greece)
*Until The Ribbon Breaks “Perspective” (Cardiff, Wales)
*Honey Bane “The Right Thing To Do!” (London)
*Snowmine “Columbus” (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
*Custom “House On Fire” (N.Y.C.)
*The Aviators “What Do You Want From Me” (Glasgow)
*Levinhurst “Nothing” (Los Angeles)
*Brainyboxer f/Ronny Morris “In This House” (Paris)
*Annie’s Revier “Zurück Zum Start” (Hannover, Germany)
*Liars “Mess On A Mission” (Los Angeles)
*Jacqriot “Stranger” (Los Angeles)
*N.A.S.A. f/Karen O “I Shot The Sheriff” (Brazil)
*Augustines “Nothing To Lose But Your Head” (N.Y.)
*Angel Olsen “Hi-Five” (St. Louis)
*Heimataerde “Misere re Mei” (Germany)
*Elastic Sleep “You Only Live Twice” (Cork, Ireland)
*New Madrid “Manners” (Athens, Georgia)
*Yung Stash “Alright (Don’t Like Riddim)” (Boston)
The Shapes “Time” (replay) (Palermo, Italy)
*Windings “Neverwood” (Limerick City, Ireland)
*Tony deKaro “Bright Eyes” (Frankfurt, Germany)
*Neil Finn “Flying In The Face Of Love” (Auckland)
*D. Mccoy’s T.Rex f/B.Legend “Groover The Mover”(DE)
JOAN JETT’S SONG OF THE WEEK: “Hide & Seek”
*Beck (Hansen) “Blue Moon” (Los Angeles)
Sun Kil Moon
Sun Kil Moon is Mark Kozelek’s project following the breakup of Red House Painters, his acclaimed band from San Francisco in the 90’s.
He now records with a variety of musicians or solo.
Benji, his 6th, is his latest album.
There are so many good songs on this album it’s hard to choose just one, so here is the last track “Ben’s My Friend”.