Indie music preview.September Basement Jaxx, Crazy Itch Radio (XL Recordings) The latest outburst of crazyass dance madness from this Brit duo includes the pairing of Swedish pop sensation Robyn with a Balkan chorus, an orchestral interlude sung by oddball folkie folk·ie also folk·y n. pl. folk·ies 1. A folk singer or musician. 2. One who is an enthusiast of folk music. adj. Linda Lewis, and a club barnstormer built on banjo licks. (September 12) Now It's Overhead, Dark Light Daybreak (Saddle Creek) A sometime member of Bright Eyes, out gay songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and recording engineer Andy LeMaster pulls the strings of this Athens, Ga., ensemble, which includes two members of Azure Ray. The group's third full-length bristles with subtle electronic touches. (September 12) Yo La Tengo, I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (Matador) Featuring a piece for chamber orchestra, a full-on garage rock stomper, and a funky piano ditty sung in falsetto, New Jersey's finest continue to push the parameter of indie rock. Brilliant title too. (September 12) Xiu Xiu, The Air Force (Kill Rock Stars/ 5 Rue Christine) Antony and the Johnsons Antony and the Johnsons is a Mercury Prize-winning music act from New York City. The band is essentially the vehicle for singer Antony (full name Antony Hegarty). Career Antony Hegarty is the leader of Antony and the Johnsons. too subdued for you? Check out queer aesthete aes·thete or es·thete n. 1. One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature. 2. One whose pursuit and admiration of beauty is regarded as excessive or affected. Jamie Stewart and company's latest: 35 minutes of ear-tingling, out-there experimentation teeming teem 1 v. teemed, teem·ing, teems v.intr. 1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms. 2. with raw emotion and startling sonic detail. (September 12) The Hidden Cameras, Awoo (Arts & Crafts) More joyous, melodic cacophony from the sprawling Canadian ensemble of assorted genders and inclinations that brought you "Ban Marriage" and the best song about golden showers ever. (September 19) London Sinfonietta, Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters (Warp) The notorious British chamber ensemble performs arrangements of Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, alongside compositions by 20th-century innovators Stockhausen, Reich, Ligeti, Varese, and Cage. A stunning, original double CD. (September 19) October The DFA DFA - Deterministic Finite-state Automaton. See Finite State Machine. Remixes: Chapter Two (DFA/ Astralwerks) The go-to duo for all your disco-punk needs throw down their second set of untouchable, innovative remixes this year. Features overhauls of Junior Senior, Goldfrapp, Tiga, N.E.R.D., and more. (October 3) Robyn Hitchcock, Ole! Tarantula tarantula (tərăn`chələ), name applied chiefly to several species of the large, hairy spiders of the families Theraphosidae and Dipluridae of North and South America. The body of a tarantula may be as much as 3 in. (7. (Yep Roc) The grand old man of Syd Barrett-influenced alt-rock (and occasional homoerotic lyricism) recruited an absurd crew of merrymakers for his latest romp, including members of R.E.M., Minus 5, Harvey Danger, and the Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America may refer to:
Common Market, Common Market (Mass Line) Mainstream hip-hop is the new hair metal. Luckily, the national release of this award-winning marriage of soulful grooves and conscious rhymes from this Seattle duo offers a welcome respite from rampant gangsta cliches. (October 3) These Arms Are Snakes These Arms Are Snakes is a Seattle-based post-hardcore quartet currently on Jade Tree Records, featuring former members of Botch, Nineironspitfire, and Minneapolis-based Kill Sadie, with drummer/producer Chris Common joining after the recording of Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When , Easter (Jade Tree) Is it math rock, punk, or metal? Who the hell cares? This young Emerald City quartet (featuring out bassist-keyboard player Brian Cook) will pop your head off like the bloom on a dandelion and set you flailing about gleefully. (October 10) Michelle Malone, Sugarfoot (Valley Entertainment) This Atlanta lesbian is a contemporary of the Indigo Girls and Shawn Colvin, but her bluesy rock is hardly easy listening--she cites her latest as attempt to "escape the doldrums of adult reality ... bills and breakups and other necessary evils." (October 10) Bright Eyes, Noise Floor (Saddle Creek) Omaha, denizen An inhabitant of a particular place. A "denizen of the Internet" is a person who frequently uses the Web or other Internet facilities. Conor Oberst has been tantalizing tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. fans for years with myriad tribute album tracks, non-LP singles, etc. This disc collects 16 of those rarities, culled from the formative years between 1999 and his 2005 breakthrough. (October 24) |
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