LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy has decided to give “Bye Bye Bayou” for free in high quality because of last week’s leak. That was really, really cool of him, don’t you think?
“Bye Bye Bayou” will still be released on vinyl November 7th. LCD Soundsystem is also on Twitter. Download “Bye Bye Bayou” here Continue reading →
Addictive looping keyboard beat? Mid-tempo dance groove? Nonchalant confident delivery? And a video launching the singer into space? Sounds like DFA has another hit on their hands with the Juan Maclean’s “Happy House”.
In the closing song on their second LP The Future Will Come John Maclean brings a great beat and head-bob ensuing keyboard work to Nancy Whang’s serenading voice for twelve minutes of fun.
The video consists of Whang and backups dancing in white with lights shining all over. The best part though is when Whang commands “Launch me into space” and the colors in the video are flipped.
http://www.vimeo.com/6035234If you can’t quite spend 12 minutes of fun with the Juan Maclean, the video and radio edits are still definitely worth the listen. However the build up and the space section which the radio edit cuts out are very entertaining.
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from The Future Will Come (2009)
The fine boys over at Free Energy have made a great music video for their eponymous single, “Free Energy.”
This song is a perfect listen for the days when you can feel summer winding down, washing off shore. It’s time to do something. Pretty soon we will be bundle our necks with scarves to stop the shivering and we will wonder where summer has gone.
Free Energy will be around to tell us to get over it and sing along.
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Previously: Dream City | Dark Trance
Catch them live: Continue reading →
James Murphy’s DFA Records will release a collection of remixes inspired by LCD Soundsystem’s supercharged, brilliant 45:33. Originally, 45:33 was a collaboration between James Murphy and Nike, meant to inspire us to purchase Nike shoes and run. Since then, 45:33 has been given an exuberant physical release, due to an overwhelming demand.
Since its release in late 2007, 45:33 has received universal acclaim from leading critics like Stylus, Pitchfork, AV Club, and cokemachineglow.
James Murphy is currently in the studio, working on a follow-up to his glorious Sound of Silver. In the mean time, sink into the 45:33 remix collection. An mp3 and the tracklisting after the jump Continue reading →
Here is another track off Free Energy’s upcoming debut album, Stuck on Nothin’. DFA’s Free Energy continue to deliver the hooky, classic rock goodness with “Dark Trance,” this time soaring above their current 7″ self-titled single.
Just a note, “Dark Trance” is streaming on Free Energy’s Myspace and Facebook pages, but when I saw it on my inbox today, the mp3 was tagged with “Midnight Sun” as the title. I’m going to go with “Dark Trance,” but I wouldn’t be surprised if its changed by the time the LP is out.
Even though “Dark Trance” is a goodie, but I doubt anything they write will be as great as “Dream City.” Listen to it here. Continue reading →
Free Energy, the band, have just released an mp3 for “Free Energy,” the song. “Free Energy” can be found on Free Energy’s debut 7″ out on July 21st on DFA. The single will be backed by “Something In Common” and will be limited to 350 copies.
If you remember, Free Energy were responsible for the great, great summer jam “Dream City.” The new single never quite reaches the excellence that is drenched in “Dream City,” but it’s still a great hooky track, tinged with that muddy garage-band feel that made you fall in love with the Strokes and Little Joy.
Download it here Continue reading →
YACHT
See Mystery Lights
DFA
out July 28th
51/100
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I sincerely believe that there came a moment in everybody’s lives early last year when they first heard the Ting Tings’ “Shut Up And Let Me Go”. There we were, listening to the most hotly tipped music this side of Little Boots, smugly nodding along to a pretty decent song. But then… that yelp! “HEY!”. Computers exploded everywhere, speaker systems were quickly turned off, and thousands of hypem.com perusers trotted down to the nearest Doctor’s surgery to have their ear drums checked for signs of permanent damage. I may still have use of my ears, but Yacht’s latest album, “See Mystery Lights”, contains far too many moments like that. Depressingly, these moments scar an album that is, for the most part, an exceptionally impressive artistic statement and further proof of the genius of James Murphy’s DFA. Continue reading →
It’s no coincidence that I just got through talking about how great summer songs are. Now YACHT are just making it to easy. This cut, off their upcoming See Mystery Lights due out July 28th, is simply called, “Summer Song.” Given my personal working definition (”luscious, almost eatable…hey fill the time between Memorial Day and Labor Day, scoring every ice cream cone, beach party, bon fire, and that afternoon hammock nap”), naming a track “Summer Song” is quite ambitious. Luckily for YACHT, I respond well to ambition and in the case of “Summer Song,” it pays off generously.
“Move your feet to the summer song,” we are urged throughout this bouncy and unquestionably danceable track. Will it be at the top of everyone’s playlist this summer? Continue reading →
YACHT may have just produced the song of the summer with “Psychic City (Voodoo City),” a glorious cut from their upcoming See Mystery Lights (with some of the coolest album art ever!). I’ll admit that I haven’t really been a follower of YACHT’s music and, what I hear are exciting shows, but when I heard “Psychic City (Voodoo City),” I knew that I had fallen in love. The new single is YACHT at their merriest — this song shuffles through propelling beats, strategically-placed handclaps, and strumming guitars, while project the thoughts of a band without a care in the world, a band that lives in a city where your friends throw parties for you everyday, in a city where kitchen sinks speak, and in a city where you fall in love. This Psychic City, Voodoo City, and Heartbeat City are the three worlds YACHT want to immerse you in, a place where “your dreams would come true.”
Another band sanctioned by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphey, YACHT’s new album is something I am definitely looking forward to this summer. See Mystery Lights is out July 28th via DFA. Read on to download “Psychic City” Continue reading →
Before I say anything, just be warned… once you download this song, you will, and I mean you will have it stuck on your head and be singing along like a fool which might cause you embarrassment.
Philly’s Free Energy is the fantastic new talent signed onto DFA. “Dream City,” the first single from the band’s forthcoming debut, Stuck on Nothin’, oozes city fun outside that so-hipster realm that seems to follow city fun around. I suggest you catch on fast, because Free Energy will be riding the Pitchfork and James Murphy hype train all the way to the big leagues, and as far as I can tell, they belong there. Here are a few dates to catch them live.
| Public Assembly w/ solid gold & tanlines | Brooklyn, New York | ||
| The Bell House w/ so cow & diehard | Brooklyn, New York | ||
| Kung Fu Necktie w/ harlem shakes | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
| Mercury Lounge w/ with Paper Chase & Girls | New York, New York |
Read on to listen to “Dream City” Continue reading →
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