Featured Releases
Dante Roaming Empire Havoc
Daedelus Love To Make Music To Ninja Tune
Solos In Stereo II Various Artists Solos Records
Windmill Puddle City Racing Lights Friendly Fire Recordings
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GOING FOR ADDS 07/07 to 07/08
Daedelus
Love To Make Music To
Ninja Tune
* Top 200 & RPM *
His most accessible work yet, ‘Love To Make Music To’ finds Daedelus (AKA Alfred Darlington) loosening his Victorian ascot and getting down with the kids, with tracks heavily influenced by his teen experiences with UK rave culture. The album mixes Daedelus’ daring use of cut-n-paste samples with feel-good synth melodies and 90’s-inflected arrangements. Featuring guest spots from Michael Johnson, N’fa, Paperboy and Laura Darling of the Long Lost Institute, this album is as catchy as it is innovative, and one of Daedelus’ best LPs yet! We like 3-6, 8, 11. FCC on #2.
Alaska In Winter
Dance Party in the Balkans
Milan Records
* Top 200 *
The project of art student Brandon Bethancourt, 'Dance Party In the Balkans" finds him teaming up with Zach Condon of Beirut and fleshing out songs he wrote in a cabin on the south coast of Alaska. Matching the Eastern European melodicism of Beirut and Gogol Bordello with sweet synth-pop akin to Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, "Dance Party in the Balkans" lives up to its name with drum machines matching romantic melody. They opened for Beirut in 2007, but it won't be long before they're headlining and capturing hearts with their own yearning pop gems. FCC CLEAN. Start with 1, 6, 8.
Solos In Stereo II
Various Artists
Solos Records
* Hip Hop & RPM *
The second compilation of Solos Records artists, this disc shows the effort of a burgeoning electronic scene to push beyond their humble beginnings as a music co-op and show the world at large the diverse artists they've cultivated since 2003. On this, the label's 2nd compilation, the diverse sound of this Bay Area collective shows their respective artistic growth, from Bookworm's sample-based beats to CB Radio's synth-disco. It's a crew that'll be turning heads and getting noticed, so check these kids out now! For fans of Madlib, Daly City and Girl Talk...yeah, it's that diverse. Start with 2, 3, 4, 5, 14. FCC on 13.
The Faint
The Geeks Were Right [single]
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"The Geeks Were Right" is from the Faint's first album in four years--Fasiinatiion --set for release on August 5th through their own, newly-formed label, blank.wav. Fasciinatiion, The Faint's fifth album, is the first in the band's ten-year history to be written, recorded, produced, art directed and released entirely on their own. The band will embark on a 30 date N. American tour on July 27th.
GOING FOR ADDS 07/14 to 07/15
Windmill
Puddle City Racing Lights
Friendly Fire Recordings
* Top 200 *
Windmill is 28 year old Matthew Thomas Dillon, emerging as one of the UK’s best singer-songwriters with his early 70s melancholia and twisted folk-pop reminiscent of early Why? and the Flaming Lips. “Plastic Pre-Flight Seats” and “Asthmatic” provide the driving peaks of the album, adding texture with epic choir parts chiming in. The piano-driven melodies, guilt-ridden vocals, and bombastic orchestration provide for an impressive album, one that reminds the Independent of “Mercury Rev making a break up album.” FCC 1, 9. We dig on 5, 3, 7, 11, 1.
Factor
Chandelier
Fake Four Inc.
* HIp Hop *
One of Canada’s hardest-working DJ-producers, Factor has made beats for the likes of the Shapeshifters, Living Legends and Swollen Members as well as toured as the DJ for Busdriver and Subtitle. Now he's dropping a solo outing for Fake Four Inc. that's driven equally by pop songwriting as it is by sonic pastiche, resulting in psychedelic sample-based hip hop that sounds like 60's FM radio chopped up by DJ Shadow. Check the guest spots by Awol One, Myka 9 and Kirby Dominant, who try to keep up with Factor’s ambitious productions. Start with 3, 4, 8, 9, 11.
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Terrorbird @ the Missouri Lounge!
Terrorbird Presents A.D.D.!
Saturday, June 28th, 10pm-2am
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2600 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA
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News
06/25/2008Sébastien Tellier Teams Up Sexuality and Sportswear!
Record Makers set to release Sébastien Tellier's Sexuality in North America, available exclusively at American Apparel stores nationwide!
MP3: http://terrorbird.alphapupserver.com/music/04SexualSportswear(Donovan%20remix)1.mp3
Record Makers is proud to announce an agreement has been reached with American Apparel, which will make Sexuality available at all American Apparel locations throughout North America in an exclusive pre-release beginning July 22nd (full release to follow in October). This is the first time in the history of the Los Angeles based clothier that music will be sold at store level, whilst marking the first foray of the Parisian indie-label Record Makers (founded in 2000 by Marc Teissier du Cros and Stéphane Elfassi) into the world of clothing retail.
This unique collaboration began with a special pre-release of the album at the retailer's German locations, before expanding to the rest of Europe and now North America. Sexuality will be available on CD and vinyl LP formats alongside the new single Divine (7" and 12" versions) in store and online at www.americanapparel.net. To promote Sexual Sportswear, the album's first single, American Apparel created two exclusive garments - the SexualiT and SexualiTank - which will be in stores for a limited time only.
Sebastien Tellier, essential music pioneer, and the unique voice of modern French electronic-edged pop, returns with a seminal new studio album Sexuality. Produced by Guy Manuel De Homem-Christo - astonishingly the first full artist project that he has produced outside of Daft Punk - this album is Tellier's musical statement of intent for lovemaking:
emotional, hypnotic and oozing with sensuality, a perfect fit for American Apparel.
Viva Radio, American Apparel's in-house radio station, will be showcasing Sebastien Tellier content throughout, programming tracks for in-store play and offering album preview streams online. In addition, Sebastien will be contributing select content for the Viva Radio airwaves in-store and online.
Sexuality and the accompanying singles, Sexual Sportswear and Divine, have been released already in Europe receiving critical acclaim from the likes of NME, The Times, The Observer, Mixmag, Pitchfork and VICE Magazine. Divine also made history as the first English-language song in 55 years to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008.
James Pants Release Party in NYC!
Shit Disco DJ Tour
Thursday June 12 at R Bar, with it's fancy stripper poles, tasty dancefloor and excellent sound system.
It's the James Pants release party for his new album 'Welcome' and there will be free-give-aways!
Shit Disco will be DJing, along with Alex English plus more guests to be announced.
Sparks Power Hour Promotion - 10pm-11pm
(just tell the bartender you are there for the Sparks Power Hour and they will hook you up!!)
Free with RSVP http://newyork.going.com/discopants
New James Pants Video and Too Short remix!
Here we have the new video for Cosmic Rapp from the new James Pants record "Welcome" out May 27th on Stones Throw as well as a brand new REMIX of the Bay Area Legend Too Short.
The record is already on (early) sale at iTunes and Stones Throw will make it worth your while to buy it from there now...with 3 exclusive bonus tracks AND a chance to win limited Parra (artist of Ed Banger fame) stickers, it's Pants time!
Check this link for more info on the contest: http://www.stonesthrow.com/jamespants/stickers.html
Video: James Pants "Cosmic Rapp"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4pPllLhQ7BU
MP3- Too Short- 'I Ain't Trippin' (James Pants Ruff Remix):
http://www.terrorbird.alphapupserver.com/music/02%20I%20Ain't%20Trippin%20(James%20Pants%20ruff%20remix).mp3
04/30/2008 James Pants tours, announces dates with Jamie Lidell, does Fabric podcast with Peanut Butter Wolf and more!
Just wanted to give you all the heads up...James Pants is touring including dates with Jamie Lidell!! This go around he'll be manning the turntables to bring you DJ sets the Pants way. Be on the lookout though, starting in July there will be a FULL BAND set-up for dates throughout the summer.
To give you an idea of how fresh this cat really is, here is the podcast he did for the Stones Throw website(already getting love from Gorilla Vs. Bear) and the Podcast he and Stones Throw Honcho Peanut Butter Wolf did for Fabric London!
Stone Throw Podcast-
http://www.stonesthrow.com/jukebox/
Fabric London Podcast-
http://www.fabriclondon.com/podcast/
James Pants DJ Tour-
May 8: LA - Dance Right @ La Cita
May 9: SF - I Can't Feel My Face @ Amnesia
May 25: Vancouver - Jamie Lidell Tour @ Richards
May 27: Portland - Jamie Lidell Tour @ Berbatis
May 28: SF - Jamie Lidell Tour @ Bimbo's
May 29: LA - Jamie Lidell Tour @ El Rey
May 30: LA - Jamie Lidell Tour @ El Rey
May 30: LA - In-Store/Release Party @ Turntable Lab
May 31: Tuscon - Jamie Lidell Tour @ Rialto
June 2: Denver - Jamie Lidell Tour @ Bluebird
June 13: Toronto - Move @ Wrongbar
June 14: Chicago - Move @ Sonotheque
More TBC
04/28/2008 Listen to "The Ugly Truth" before it comes out!
Slated for release on May 6th, Strange Famous and Imeem have teamed up to bring you the new Prolyphic and Reanimator The Ugly Truth RIGHT NOW!!!
Go to: http://www.imeem.com/prolyphicandreanimator to be swooped away to the official Prolyphic and Reanimator Imeem page which includes two exclusive videos from the Sage Francis endorsed duo...
04/07/2008 COLIN MELOY KICKS OFF SPRING SOLO TOUR TONIGHT!
Colin Meloy, lead singer/songwriter for The Decemberists, will embark on a solo tour of the United States on April 7th. Pre-sale tickets will be available beginning today at Noon EST at http://www.colinmeloy.tickets.musictoday.com. Singer-songwriter Laura Gibson will be the supporting act.
The tour coincides with the release of his debut solo album, Colin Meloy Sings Live! – due out April 8th on Kill Rock Stars. Available in both CD and double-gatefold LP configurations, Colin Meloy Sings Live! is a 14-song collection documenting his 2006 solo acoustic tour. The career-spanning set opens with “Devil’s Elbow,” a song that harkens back to Meloy’s first band, Tarkio, and closes with the rarity “Bandit Queen,” from The Decemberists’ 2006 EP, Picaresqueties. Along the way, Meloy performs material from The Decemberists’ three full-length Kill Rock Stars albums, debuts two new compositions (“Dracula’s Daughter” and “Wonder”) and entertains the audience with banter, at one point even coaxing them into a campfire singalong. Meloy weaves bits of songs by The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and REM into the proceedings and performs the traditional folk song “Barbara Allen” in a style reminiscent of Shirley Collins, the venerable British folk singer he paid homage to with the 2006 EP Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins. That EP – like its predecessor, 2005’s Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey – was sold only at his solo shows and has since become a collector’s item. And in that tradition, a new covers EP will be available on the upcoming tour: Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke, a collection of five Cooke songs, intimately arranged and performed by Colin, with Laura Gibson singing harmonies throughout.
Meloy wrapped up a short run of dates last night in the Pacific Northwest with The Decemberists. The itinerary for his solo tour is as follows:
COLIN MELOY – SPRING 2008 SOLO TOUR
04-07 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
04-08 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
04-10 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
04-11 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
04-12 Charlottesville, VA - The Satellite Ballroom
04-13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
04-15 Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre
04-16 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
04-17 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
04-18 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall
04-19 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Hall
04-21 Chicago, IL - Park West
04-22 Milwaukee, WI - The Pabst Theater
04-23 Madison, WI - Barrymore Theater
04-25 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
04-26 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
04-28 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
04-29 Santa Cruz, CA - The Rio Theatre
04-30 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
05-02 Seattle, WA - Showbox
05-03 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
Podcasts
04/05/2007
Terrorbird Podcast #2: Spring 2007 Preview!
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02/07/2006
Terrorbird Podcast #1: 2007 Preview
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