Thursday, February 14, 2008

Murder By O'Death; Islands Swim To Anti; Otis Redding's 'Blue' Ambition; Something Like A Phenomenaut; Free YMD MP3


THAO NGUYEN 'BRAVES' THE ROAD Thao Nguyen, the latest fresh-faced Kill Rock Stars artist, is taking... (more)
MURDER BY DEATH, O'DEATH COME ALIVE We've already announced Murder By Death's new album, which hits... (more)
ISLANDS SIGN TO ANTI After releasing their stellar debut, Return To The Sea, on new, tiny indie Equator Records in 2006... (more)
CLOUD ROOM CONCEIVES VIRTUAL VINYL Brooklyn-based Cloud Room has conjured a special, somewhat... (more)
EX-RAINER MARIA SINGER'S SOLO V-DAY Can't find the perfect song to cap off that Valentine's mix tape? Well, take... (more)
OTIS GOES 'BLUE' April 22 will go down in the books as a monumental day for the kings of reissues. Rhino will not... (more)
PHENOMENAUTS ANNOUNCE APRIL LAUNCH The Phenomenauts will release their third full-length album, For All Mankind... (more)


YMD
Excuse Me, This Is The Yah Mos Def
Taking the idea of "hardcore hip-hop" to a most illogical conclusion, Philadelphia duo the YMD come off like the spawn of the Beastie Boys and the Blood Brothers that the world never asked for but had coming nonetheless. The group's debut, Excuse Me, This Is The Yah Mos Def (named in honor of their original, lawsuit-bating moniker), finds MC's B. Awesome and Distro giving props to Omar from The Wire, the Bouncing Souls and their own... (more)

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KHALED FLAUNTS WE THE BEST As divulged by Chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid of Island Def Jam Music Group, Miami... (more)
GROOVE MOBILE GOES INDIE Mobile music service provider Groove Mobile has announced a global licensing deal with... (more)
BEAR CREEK STUDIO TURNS 30 Seattle-area Bear Creek Studio, which has been used by everyone from Soundgarden to Lionel... (more)




Which of these artists are you secretly crushing on this Valentine's Day?

Cat Power
The Thermals' Hutch Harris
Conor Oberst
Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes
Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis




TW
LW
ARTIST & TITLE
LABEL
1 3 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend XL
2 1 CAT POWER Jukebox Matador
3 2 BAND OF HORSES Cease To Begin Sub Pop
4 6 ROBERT PLANT AND ALISON KRAUSS Raising Sand Rounder
5 11 BRITISH SEA POWER Do You Like Rock Music? Rough Trade
6 12 JACK JOHNSON Sleep Through The Static Brushfire
7 5 YEASAYER All Hour Cymbals We Are Free
8 16 NADA SURF Lucky Barsuk
9 7 IRON AND WINE The Shepherd's Dog Sub Pop
10 10 BLACK MOUNTAIN In The Future Jagjaguwar
11 4 SPOON Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Merge
12 8 DENGUE FEVER Venus On Earth M80
13 38 XIU XIU Women As Lovers Kill Rock Stars
14 13 HELIO SEQUENCE Keep Your Eyes Ahead Sub Pop
15 22 BOB MOULD District Line Anti
16 20 STEVE EARLE Washington Square Serenade New West
17 23 INGRID MICHAELSON Girls And Boys Self-Released
18 88 BOYS NOIZE Oi Oi Oi Last Gang-Turbo
19 14 LIAM FINN I'll Be Lightning Yep Roc
20 40 JASON COLLETT Here's To Being Here Arts And Crafts

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LW
ARTIST & TITLE
LABEL
1 2 CAT POWER Jukebox Matador
2 7 HOT CHIP Made In The Dark DFA-Astralwerks
3 4 BRITISH SEA POWER Do You Like Rock Music? Rough Trade
4 1 RADIOHEAD In Rainbows ATO
5 5 MAGNETIC FIELDS Distortion Nonesuch
6 3 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Vampire Weekend XL
7 26 BOB MOULD District Line Anti
8 23 HELIO SEQUENCE Keep Your Eyes Ahead Sub Pop
9 11 LIAM FINN I'll Be Lightning Yep Roc
10 - NADA SURF Lucky Barsuk
11 - THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN We Brave Bee Stings And All Kill Rock Stars
12 9 SIA Some People Have Real Problems Hear-Conchord
13 8 SOUNDTRACK I'm Not There Columbia-Sony
14 29 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS Brighter Than Creation's Dark New West
15 14 YEASAYER All Hour Cymbals We Are Free
16 18 DENGUE FEVER Venus On Earth M80
17 6 KATE NASH Made Of Bricks Fiction-Geffen
18 17 JUNO Soundtrack Rhino
19 15 BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Down In New Orleans time life
20 39 RAY DAVIES Working Man's Cafe V2

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