“Something Or Nothing” comes courtesy of new London based band Netherlands. The group’s pleasant well-crafted Dream Folk is already in rotation at b3sci HQ and will no doubt make it’s way in our next road trip mix. The band recently recorded their debut EP with respected production team Jimmy Robertson and Demien Castellanos whose credits include Florence & The Machine, Anna Calvi, and Exlovers to name a few. Hear more tunes from their forthcoming EP at the bands homepage HERE.
In fine ambient fashion, the BretonLABS collective deliver “The Commission”. It’s our first glance at their fourthcoming debut Other People’s Problems LP expected February 2012.
Rolling Stone unveiled on Wednesday a new track from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s fourth full-length, Tape Club, set for release on October 18th via Polyvinyl. The promo trailer bills the LP as a double album of rarities and unreleased tracks, including “Let’s Get Tired” and “Song W and Song L”, eternal bangers originally released on the 2004 Gwyn and Grace EP.
“Yellow Missing Signs” is both a great introduction to the band’s sound and a reminder of synchronicity to their most zealous supporters. This is SSLYBY at their best, a return to Broom’s mastery, autochthonous music married to its place of creation, Springfield, MO. The opening lyric “somebody in this town knows where you’ve been,” captures so perfectly what it means to be young and disaffected and from the Midwest. There is a pathos that was somewhat missing on Let It Sway, as “Yellow Missing Signs” has that ‘proper purgation of emotion’ highlighted by Aristotle as essential to any great art. It reminds me of how much I idolized them when I first saw them play in front of 20 other people at Detroit’s Lager House in February, 2006. – Chris Gedos
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Yellow Missing Signs
“2 Roadrunners” comes from Fruit Bats frontman Eric D. Johnson’s recent work on the Our Idiot Brother soundtrack. The folk-inspired good nature of the track suits the film’s free spirit vibe as well as its recurring Willie Nelson theme. Check it out:
Whoa. What do we have here? “Cujo” is the sort of track that captures a moment and a mood that feels right. The east coast girl gone west coast shines a nonchalance about her seemingly gifted ability to strum out a simple, gorgeous (and fucking rocking) song. We love it.
Colleen Green – Cujotrack removed by label request
Regardless of beliefs, over 80% of the US agrees that the political climate in Washington blows. Stephen Malkmus and his Jicks are back with a new album. Check out his take on our politicians. The song includes the line “what the Senator wants is a blowjob”, and that’s just part of his message. Contributed by Bruce Rave
Hmmmm. Much like that Afrojack/”Guetta” “Lunar” song this one sounds zero like the Guetta man and everything like the collaborative artist, in this case one of the hottest electrobro stars in the world, Avicii. How does Guetta do it?! “Sunshine” will make you feel like your Friday morning is being experienced inside a video game. (Which sure beats experiencing it otherwise). Nothing But the Beat is due next Fri.
Night Moves are three-piece from Minneapolis that play big 70’s/glam inspired rock and roll. Like as big as it gets rock and roll without devolving into some sort of Emerson Lake (Greg we still love you!) and Palmer shiz or summat. No this is expansive, glacial, rock and roll that still maintains a rudder of proficient pop songwriting. The melodies are really really good. Listening to “Headlights” is some trip.
CG is gorgeous gospel-influenced folk from Alabama. “I Have Heart, I Have a Heart” is just one of many gutwrenchers these guys have put to record. We highly highly recommend the duo’s LP Circles which you can stream in full on their Bandcamp.
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