Posts Tagged: Neko Case

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22
Feb 10

The New Pornographers “Your Hands (Together)”

The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together) mp3

A.C. Newman, Neko Case and the rest of the New Pornographer gang is back with a new album entitled Together, which is hitting stores on May 4th — the same day the new Broken Social Scene and Flying Lotus albums come out. Matador has also announced that St. Vincent, Beirut’s Zach Condon and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff will be making guest appearances on the new album.

The New Pornographers are giving away “Your Hands (Together)”, which is, I’m assuming, where the album gets its title from. The track is also the first sample we’ve been giving from Together. You can download the track below, and pre-order the new album at the Matador online storefront.

 

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Is May 4th the new Christmas, or what? Oh and PS, seven days after the new Broken Social Scene and the new New Pornographers, we get the new National album. I know your little indie heart exploded in your little indie chest, just now.

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11
Jan 10

Basia Bulat “Go On”

Basia Bulat Go On mp3

We introduced Basia Bulat to you all a few weeks ago with her powerful single, “Gold Rush”. Well, “Go On,” another track to appear on Bulat’s forthcoming record, Heart of My Own, brings on the Neko Case-like powerhouse vocals, with a sense of urgency and excitement.

Basia Bulat never does tell us what is so urgent. Maybe it’s the release of her album, which is out later this month on Beggars Group (1/26) by the way. You can listen to and download the song below (via MBV):

 

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Podcasts — 14 Comments
11
Jan 10

pmaCAST #25

pmaCAST #25 podcastsPainting by Allison Schulnik

Here is the first non-list related pmaCAST of the 2010! I hope the new year has been treating you well and I hope you’re ready for more succinct and regular episodes of the pmaCAST. We hit another milestone of the pmaCAST with this 25th episode: it’s the podcast’s one year anniversary (approximately)! To celebrate, I rounded up one of my favorite songs of the moment, and gave the blog a nice redesign realign. For the most part, it’s familiar territory, with a few enhancements. The important thing is that it’s slick, and that’s how I like to keep it.

But enough about our facelift, go on and download Episode 25 already:

 

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21
Dec 09

The Absolute Best Songs of 2009

The Absolute Best Songs of 2009 featureArtwork by the talented and generous Adam Sarpalius.

The final list is here. We have been working on this Absolute (sarcasm) Best Songs of 2009 list all year, updating it at the end of every quarter. I was only going to have PMA’s Top 50 of the year listen, but I couldn’t narrow it down beyond the top 75. This list will represent and acknowledge some of the artists I felt had to be left out of our Best Albums of 2009 list.

As always, I upheld only one rule while making this list: a song cannot be on this list, unless it was released as a single. As a reminder, here is my definition of the word “single” — 1) A song that has been given away for free to promote an upcoming album (known as a promotional single). 2) A song that has been played on TV or the radio (two of the largest mediums of discovering new music). 3) A song with its own music video and/or EP. 4) Loophole: an album-track that has attracted enormous amounts of attention that it’s become that artist’s “calling card” of sorts.

I want to thank everyone who takes the time to leave a comment, even if its obvious that you came here through Google (PMA pops up when you google “Best Songs of 2009″). As always, don’t be shy to share your personal favorites of the year. Trust me when I tell you I didn’t go out of my way to list all of your favorite songs of the year, so if you want those songs represented, list them yourselves in the comments. I also want to thank the wonderful contributors this site has for helping me with this list. And finally, Adam Sarpalius, whose work as graced this list since July.

Now, onto the Top 75: Continue reading →

Feature / Music — 47 Comments
1
Dec 09

Best Album of 2009 POLL

We are finally here. The decade’s closing year. Over these 11 months we’ve heard some groundbreaking music from old and new favorites. As always, the shortlist for 2009 won’t please all of you, but we are trying our best to capture the zeitgeist in music in 2009. Please vote for your favorite of the bunch:

A. The Antlers – Hospice
B. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
C. The Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
D. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
E. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
F. The xx – xx
G. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
H. Japandroids – Post-Nothing
I. Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers
J. Passion Pit – Manners

A quick note on my apparent memory loss: a top ten list is just that — ten albums. For this specific one, like the other polls, I turned to prominent music critics to select albums that really captured music fans in 2009. But in a year where dozens of great albums were released, a majority of them are bound to get snubbed.

Music / Tour Dates — 1 Comment
23
Oct 09

This Week’s Touring News

This Weeks Touring News musicI don’t usually post tour dates on the blog, but I figured a lot of you might be interested in what cool shows have been announced in your area for the near future. I know I usually rummage the internet for such information.

Here is this the touring news for the week ending 10/23, including dates for JUSTICE, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Julian Casablancas, Weezer, The Antlers, Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Free Energy, The Drums and These United States. Continue reading →