The Oedipus Project
5 years later we now have a new Arctic Monkeys album.
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is a gorgeous new direction for the band and to my ear a very Bowiesque turn.
Listen here to the first track Star Treatment (with a classic line “I just wanted to be one of the Stokes, now look at the mess you made me make…”) and the new single Four Out of Five.
Star Treatment
Four Out of Five
Daft Punk, the French electronic duo, have released their monumental 4th studio album Random Access Memories.
Using mostly live instruments along with their synthesizers the band puts some soul into electronic dance music along with nods to the past as the title of the album suggests.
The ubiquitous “Get Lucky” is pure disco.
I’ve also included “Instant Crush” featuring Julian Casablancas of The Stokes.
“Get Lucky” (featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)
“Instant Crush” (fFeaturing Julian Casablancas)
It’s been awhile as I have been on the road touring Australia but there is so much new good music to share so let’s begin.
And what better way than with new Strokes music.
Comedown Machine, their 5th album, is scheduled for the end of March.
This band is the sound of New York City as heard on the first single “All the Time”.
Also included here is “One Way Trigger”, a slightly different sound for them and a song that was a free download for a time on their website.
All the Time
One Way Trigger
It’s been ten years since The Strokes album, Is This It, debuted.
This seminal record catapulted New York City once again to the forefront of rock ‘n’ roll, something we hadn’t experienced since the early days of punk.
Stereogum has compiled a free tribute album celebrating Is This It, featuring such bands as Peter Bjorn and John, Real Estate, Owen Pallett, and the Morning Benders.
Like most tribute albums, the covers are hit or miss, versions of favorite songs worthy of deep praise or intense resentment.
I particularly like Frankie Rose’s rendition of “Soma”.
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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
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
Expect a new Strokes album in late March. Their first since 2006.
Angles is the title and the first single, “Under Cover of Darkness”, is a free download.
The Strokes we know and love return to form.
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“Under Cover of Darkness” by The Strokes
