Formed out of the ashes of Breather Resist, Louisville, KYs Young Widows are a force to be reckoned with. This is demonstrated on Old Wounds, their forthcoming sophomore effort and first release for Temporary Residence Ltd. However, in a recent interview with Exclaim!, vocalist and guitarist Evan Patterson suggested there will be many releases to come with the experimental label, beginning with a set of split seven-inches due early 2009. (More after the jump.)...
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It's Tuesday, and that means it's time to break open the piggy bank once again. Check out this week's picks to find out which album best suits your current listening needs. For the week of August 26, we feature new ones by the Verve, the Duhks, Motφrhead, and more....
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For nearly a year now, violin-sporting experimentalist Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy, has been dropping hints about his He Poos Clouds follow-up, Heartland, and its accompanying EPs. And while Heartland is still without any firm release schedule, there are finally some dates for the mini teaser albums, Spectrum, 14th Century and Play to Please. (More after the jump.)...
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The Red Bull Music Academy is coming to Toronto. Learn, create and perform with the players, arrangers and producers who wrote modern musics history, as well as those who continue to rewrite and resample the book...
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Perhaps what I love most about hip-hop is its impulsive nature, especially a personality like Kanye West, who just gathers his chums and drops a hot track whenever he chooses. So, what do you get when you take T.I., Jay-Z, Kanye and Lil Wayne and throw them on top of a West-produced joint that samples M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes"? Why it's the "RAP OLYMPIC TEAM!"...
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Taken from her new album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, "This Bird" shockingly samples Scottish duo Boards of Canada's "Slow This Bird Down" (from 2005's The Campfire Headphase). Notoriously shy from both the public and the press, Boards of Canada (aka Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin) are one of the last acts you'd expect to allow a mainstream artist to borrow a sample, however, here it is - on the new album by Beyoncι's younger sibling, Solange....
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Like Radiohead's In Rainbows and Girl Talk's Feed the Animals, I felt it necessary to weigh in on Bloc Party's new one, Intimacy, as soon it was put online by the band. Announcing on Tuesday that they would drop their third album with only a few days notice, the ballsy move seems to have garnered even more attention for the band than normal, much like the aforementioned releases. It's exciting that Bloc Party have appeared out of thin air with only two days notice, great, yeah, but is Intimacy any good?...
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For Chad VanGaalen, a subconscious mind is a terrible thing to waste. He should know the Calgary songwriter has built an entire career out of bringing his innermost thoughts to life and putting them on display, in song as well as in art. Whatever he finds lurking in those deep recesses, its all fair game, the weirder, the better. If a ghost wants to suddenly leak from the ground and search for love, so be it. If VanGaalen morphs into a headless corpse, thats okay. If the entire human race is suddenly ruled by a sinister, freedom-sucking blood machine, VanGaalen can roll with that too, because, well, the subconscious is pretty awesome.
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New And Forthcoming Album Release Dates 8/26/2008
The 88 Not Only...But Also (Island)
A Dying Dream Now Or Never (EMI)
A Heartwell Ending Trust Us We Lie (EMI)
Alias Resurgam (Anticon)
As Blood Runs Black Allegiance (EMI) ...
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Stereolab - Chemical Chords
Seventeen years and 11 albums in, whats left to say about Stereolab? Their signature sound is so distinctive that its hard to itemize their catalogue ideas flow across records, and each one is so varied. Still, Chemical Chords has an organic warmth that distinguishes it from other...
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Hugh Dillon
Six years ago, Hugh Dillon, then making a living full-time as the frontman for Can-rock mainstays the Headstones, answered What does your mom wish you were doing instead? with More films. Mama Dillon must be pretty pleased with the career trajectory of her son; despite a few critically acclaimed roles in films like Hard Core Logo and Dance Me Outside in the 1990s, Dillon's interest in acting remained secondary to his music and his well-documented battle with addiction. Since the Headstones called it a day in 2003, though, Dillon has made...
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It's Tuesday, and that means it's time to break open the piggy bank once again. Check out this week's picks to find out which album best suits your current listening needs. For the week of August 26, we feature new ones by the Verve, the Duhks, Motφrhead, and more....
For nearly a year now, violin-sporting experimentalist Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy, has been dropping hints about his He Poos Clouds follow-up, Heartland, and its accompanying EPs. And while Heartland is still without any firm release schedule, there are finally some dates for the mini teaser albums, Spectrum, 14th Century and Play to Please. (More after the jump.)...
Taken from her new album, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, "This Bird" shockingly samples Scottish duo Boards of Canada's "Slow This Bird Down" (from 2005's The Campfire Headphase). Notoriously shy from both the public and the press, Boards of Canada (aka Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin) are one of the last acts you'd expect to allow a mainstream artist to borrow a sample, however, here it is - on the new album by Beyoncι's younger sibling, Solange....
Like Radiohead's In Rainbows and Girl Talk's Feed the Animals, I felt it necessary to weigh in on Bloc Party's new one, Intimacy, as soon it was put online by the band. Announcing on Tuesday that they would drop their third album with only a few days notice, the ballsy move seems to have garnered even more attention for the band than normal, much like the aforementioned releases. It's exciting that Bloc Party have appeared out of thin air with only two days notice, great, yeah, but is Intimacy any good?...
For Chad VanGaalen, a subconscious mind is a terrible thing to waste. He should know the Calgary songwriter has built an entire career out of bringing his innermost thoughts to life and putting them on display, in song as well as in art. Whatever he finds lurking in those deep recesses, its all fair game, the weirder, the better. If a ghost wants to suddenly leak from the ground and search for love, so be it. If VanGaalen morphs into a headless corpse, thats okay. If the entire human race is suddenly ruled by a sinister, freedom-sucking blood machine, VanGaalen can roll with that too, because, well, the subconscious is pretty awesome.
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Seventeen years and 11 albums in, whats left to say about Stereolab? Their signature sound is so distinctive that its hard to itemize their catalogue ideas flow across records, and each one is so varied. Still, Chemical Chords has an organic warmth that distinguishes it from other...
Six years ago, Hugh Dillon, then making a living full-time as the frontman for Can-rock mainstays the Headstones, answered What does your mom wish you were doing instead? with More films. Mama Dillon must be pretty pleased with the career trajectory of her son; despite a few critically acclaimed roles in films like Hard Core Logo and Dance Me Outside in the 1990s, Dillon's interest in acting remained secondary to his music and his well-documented battle with addiction. Since the Headstones called it a day in 2003, though, Dillon has made...
