Tegan & Sara are playing Orpheum Theatre in LA this Sunday, October 25th @ 7PM.
We have two tickets to give away. If you’re in the area and want to go with a friend, leave a comment with your name and valid email address. The winner will be contacted Sunday morning.
Tiësto
Kaleidoscope
Ultra Records
out October 6th
70/100
[Rating Scale]
Album giveaway details at the end of the post
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Poor Tiësto. He’s got 4.5 continents at his feet, he’s headlining DJ gigs in stadiums, he’s smashed up the worldwide charts with his trance albums, but there’s that glittering jewel of America that’s always just out of reach. Springsteen and Bono can fill stadiums in the U.S. Heck, the Oakland Raiders can fill a stadium. But the kids just aren’t into trance music here.
Tiësto’s closest equivalent is David Beckham. Both have had a fantastic decade, and both are some of the biggest names in their respective fields—fields which the U.S. happens to care very little about.
Mr. Beckham tried to take over America by ditching the prestigious football clubs in Europe and coming stateside to win us over. It didn’t really work. Tiësto’s going on offense in the U.S. by getting every indie-music darling he can find to sing on his latest album, Kaleidoscope (available in the U.S. on October 6th). Will it work? Continue reading →
“Hell” is the first single from Tegan and Sara’s newest album, Sainthood. Sainthood was written in by the girls in New Orleans and produced by Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla.
“Hell” departs from the Canadian duos somber sound and penetrates an almost punkish vibe. Their harmonic voices are channeling for the steady drumbeats and lashing guitar. It has an interesting flare, showing promise of their forthcoming album and book adventure.
As if a new album wasn’t enough for the two, they are also releasing their three book set, ON, IN, AT alongside their album. The book captures periods of the girls’ lives (2008 US tour, 2009 Australian tour and writing for Sainthood) in writing and photographs.
The duo has announced that you can start pre-ordering the album now via iTunes. The complete album is due out in late October.
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Yesterday, Stereogum premiered this brand new Tiësto track featuring Tegan & Sara, off his upcoming fourth studio album, Kaleidoscope. So far Kaleidoscope is shaping up to be one intense indie-trance-extravaganza with feat.’s by Jónsi of Sigur Rós, Kele of Bloc Party, Nelly Furtado, Calvin Harris, Emily Haines, and, of course, Tegan and Sara.
But this isn’t the first time Tiësto and the twins work together. If you remember, Tiësto remixed Tegan and Sara’s awesome single, “Back In Your Head” way back in 2007. Though I do have to say that “Feel It In My Bones” takes it to another level.
I’ve been itching for some new Tegan and Sara and hearing them go at it over a glistening, blazing beat has the nerves in my eardrums tingling. Read on for Kaleidoscope’s tracklist and to listen to “Feel It In My Bones” Continue reading →
Last post of the day, here are some great covers recently unearthed.
mp3: Plain White T’s – Umbrella (Rihanna) (REUPPED) 79%
mp3: Tegan And Sara – Umbrella (Rihanna) 81%
mp3: Franz Ferdinand Feat. Girls Aloud – Sound and Vision (David Bowie) (REUPPED) 83%
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