New Album: The Mars Volta – “Noctourniquet”

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Very Warm

The Mars Volta have released details on their upcoming album titled “Noctourniquet.” It will be released (hopefully) on March 27th and the tracklist is as follows:

1. The Whip Hand
2. Aegis
3. Dyslexicon
4. Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound
5. The Malkin Jewel
6. Lapochka
7. In Absentia
8. Imago
9. Molochwalker
10. Trinkets Pale of Moon
11. Vedamalady
12. Noctourniquet
13. Zed & Two Naughts

If you’ve never heard The Mars Volta, here’s a few samples:

Mars Volta was one of my favorite bands in my early High School days, when all I listened to was Led Zeppelin and Rush; heavy guitar bands like that. Mars Volta was a great band to add to that group since they were so progressive and different. I really like their first full-length, “Deloused in the Comatorium” and I ranked it pretty high in my “Top 100 of the 00’s” list. They’re a lot more in-your-face than the other stuff that I feature on here, but I like them still nonetheless.

Have yourselves a great day!

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Stream Porcelain Raft’s debut album “Strange Weekend”

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Very Warm

Hype Machine just gave the internet a stream of Porcelain Raft’s debut album “Strange Weekend” and from what I’ve heard of it so far, it’s very very good. I’ve named “Unless You Speak From Your Heart” Radical already and this whole album should be getting one soon considering how it’s turning out so far. Hit it up, kids!
http://hypem.com/soundcloud-embed.php?&size=big&p=PorcelainRaft

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New & Radical: Sleigh Bells – “Comeback Kid”

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Very Warm

Hey y’all,

Sleigh Bells just dropped another song from their album coming out this year, Reign of Terror, and it is one of the best tracks I’ve ever heard from them. It’s also the poppiest track of theirs to date. The vocal melody is super upbeat and catchy, while the guitars are as crushing as ever. The drum beat in the back sounding like pinball machines with snaps thrown in also cements that signature “Sleigh Bells” sound, conjuring up images of kids hanging out after school in an arcade, with some kind of brawl going down. Wonderful.

Reign of Terror comes out on February 21st and if you pre-order this album on iTunes you get this song as a free download.

Have a nice day, everyone!

 

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Reasons Why 2012 is Going to be Awesome

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Very Warm

So after looking at all of the facts, it seems as though 2012 is going to be such a great year for music and movies. I’ve compiled a MASSIVE list here that should get you as excited as I am about this year.

It’s broken up into three parts: determined album releases, to be determined or rumored releases and movies.

Music

Chairlift – Something [January 24th]

Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend [January 24th]

Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory [January 24th]

Nada Surf – The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy [January 24th]

Lana Del Rey – Born to Die [January 31st]

of Montreal – Paralytic Stalks [February 7th]

Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune [Febraury 7th]

Grimes – Visions [February 21st]

Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror [February 21st]

School of Seven Bells – Ghostory [February 28th]

Die Antwoord – TEN$ION [February]

Andrew Bird – Break it Yourself [March 6th]

Magnetic Fields – Love at the Bottom of the Sea [March 6th]

The Men – Open Your Heart [March 6th]

The Shins – Port of Morrow [March 20th]

Bear in Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool [April 3rd]

Black Dice – Mr. Impossible [April 10th]

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Radical Track! Amadou & Mariam – “Dougou Baria (feat. Santigold)”

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Very Warm

 

 

Alright, I know I’ve posted three other posts today, but this song just NEEDS to be posted. It might be my favorite song of this year so far. So many great things are going on in this song, have it be Mariam and Santigold’s vocals winding together, the great layers of guitar work or the chanting choruses. This song really is a tour-de-force that deserves to be listened to. There will be an EP with this song and three others released on January 24th and a new album, Folila, will be released March 27th. I have something new to look forward to now! Excellent!

Have a FANTASTIC day!

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Radical Tracks! Blood Diamonds, The Shins, John Maus and MORE

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Very Warm

Hey y’all!

So as you can see, there’s a new layout on the blog! Hope you all like it! On to the music!
Most of these songs came out last year and I’m just now coming around to truly feature them on the blog.

Blood Diamonds – Dreams

The first song I’m featuring is one that came out last year by electronic producer Blood Diamonds. His style can be easily described as a sort of tropical r&b infused with some mellowing, psychedelic drugs. I like this song, and a lot of his other songs a lot and I can’t wait to see what else he comes out with in 2012.

The Shins – Simple Song

http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F32881757%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-k0Rs7&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=a65b58

The only recent song on this list! How wonderful! It truly sounds like its name, which could sound like a bad thing but it really isn’t. After the 3rd or 4th listen of the song, it gets it’s groove going and it really proves itself to be one of The Shins greatest tracks.

John Maus – Quantum Leap

Another song from early 2011, it just now knocked my socks off. Before listening to this song, I didn’t really know what to think of it. I saw all the hype that this album was receiving and didn’t really but into it. Yeah the album was okay, nothing special. Then, I decided to listen to this song again, for the heck of it. It was my favorite off of the album, so why not. For some reason, I was 100% knocked back by the sheer brilliance that is the track. The synths, the vocals, the bass… Everything is just so great about it. Alright, just go listen to I can stop rambling.

Rustie – Surph

I featured this album on my “Should Have Been in my Top 50 of 2011” list and I thought I’d share my favorite song off of the record. The whole thing is really good, but this song takes the cake. The build up in the beginning turning into a tight groove that is held throughout the song is legendary. The snippets of the female vocals in the song really helps the depth in the song, putting something behind the crystalline, glossiness of the synths. CHECK IT OUT.

Winter Beats – I Break Horses

This last song is another that I missed the boat on, “Winter Beats” by I Break Horses. I think when I was listening to the track before I didn’t have enough patience to go through with it, so I didn’t get to the huge explosion of sound that occurred about mid-way through the song. Icy (LIKE WINTER PFFFTTTCHHH) beats characterize this song. Pretty freakin’ good.

 

Have a good day!

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Listen to Cloud Nothings’ New Album “Attack on Memory”

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Very Warm

WOW

Well, right here, we have the stream to Cloud Nothings’ new album “Attack on Memory” which was engineered by punk/rock legend Steve Albini. Previously, Cloud Nothings joined the ranks of bands that created fuzzed out lo-fi pop that had quite a following. They put out two albums and a few EPs, following that lo-fi format, yielding a few very good songs (Hey Cool Kid), but last year they released two singles from this album that were unlike anything the band had put out before. This newer sound is harsher, cleaner and more driving. It’s really cool to see a band totally evolve their sound like that and the whole album is right here for you to stream. It’s VERY GOOD. WOW. It may be early, but this is a serious contender for an Album of the Year award.

Dang the album got taken down. Oh well, if you got to listen to it while it was up, you’re very lucky! Can’t wait til it officially drops soon!

Have a great day!

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New Video: Nerves Junior – “Swimmer’s Ear”

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Very Warm

Hello all,

We’ve got a new video from Nerves Junior for their song “Swimmer’s Ear”, one of my favorites off of their exquisite debut album they released last year. They really take the seriously dark vibes that this song gives off and morph it into an equally-as-dark video. I dug it a lot, hope you do as well!

Also you can see that there’s a new layout for the site! How fun!

Have a nice day!

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New: The Shins – “Simple Song”

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Very Warm

Hey y’all

Here’s a new Shins song! I’m not one of those people who really got into The Shins back when they were in full-swing in the mid-00’s, so I can’t really compare it to many other songs. But, I like it a lot. So there’s that. Check it out at Gorilla vs. Bear, since the Soundcloud isn’t embeddable yet, I don’t think.

Also if you haven’t yet, like me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter! Well, if you want to.

Have a nice day!

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Radical Tracks! – Poliça, Lana Del Rey & Pictureplane

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Very Warm

Hello all!

Here’s a few new(well, Pictureplane is new to me) tracks that I stumbled upon recently and thought they would be very worthy to share on this fine blog.

Poliça – Lay Your Cards Out (feat. Mike Noyce)

I really had no idea what to expect when I first listened to this song. Thankfully, I was extremely pleased. The first thing that struck me about this song were the sweeping, filtered vocals. They truly are beautiful and show a good use of the vocoder instead of it being shown as a way to seem like you have a good voice. Ah well, this track is very pretty and has it’s dynamic moments taking you on a auditory ride through lush synth soundscapes and upbeat percussion. Definitely check this band out.

Lana Del Rey – Yayo

Lana Del Rey graces us with another song and this time it really showcases her voice unlike her other songs have. It’s more bare-bones than the others, mostly featuring a finger-picked guitar, a bit o’ piano, bit o’ drums, etc: but Del Rey’s is on the main stage in this song. A scene that reminds me of this song is the scene in Annie Hall where Diane Keaton is singing in the bar, but to critical acclaim. It’s has that feel of being sang to a bunch of people in a dark bar or 1920’s club, which is fantastic. Really looking forward to her debut album in a few weeks!

Pictureplane – Breath Work

Now this song has been out for awhile now, it came with Pictureplane’s great 2011 album Thee Physical which I totally overlooked. My apologies, good sir. This song is a great representation of how the album sounds, infusing 90’s pop diva attitude with trance vibes that make you picture a strange warehouse loaded with strobes, glowsticks, people on ecstasy and awesome dancing. The sample of the woman singing in the background really cements the 90’s glam diva feel, plus the hard-hitting quarter note beats help with the constant dance feel. Gah. I love it.

Have a great day, everyone!

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