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Spot-On: Dakota Drive

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:20:00 +0000

Dakota Drive is a music project that has a variety of different sounds. Whether it be writing for itself or for other artists, it is an open ended project that has no boundaries. The main goal of Dakota Drive is to put out MUSIC in any way, shape, or form. So far, most of the material is just demos; basically a garbage can full of ideas. Whether any of it is any good, well I guess that's up to you:) As of right now, Dakota Drive is having a blast making music and is looking forward to the future with whatever life brings!

Everything is free, so download if you like!
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White Lung - Sorry (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:20:00 +0000

Only time will tell if White Lung's sophomore effort "Sorry" will take the top spot in Exclaim!'s year-end punk list the way their debut disc "It's the Evil" did in 2010, but the Vancouver troupe's fast and furious follow-up is certainly going to be a contender.

Full of concentrated blasts of punk adrenaline, the 19-minute album came out yesterday (May 29th) through Deranged, and you can stream the whole thing now below thanks to Exclaim.ca.
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Nico Muhly - Drones & Piano EP (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:20:00 +0000

Though known for his work arrangement work for Will Oldham, Antony and the Johnsons and Grizzly Bear, avant garde musician Nico Muhly is an accomplished composer in his own right. Following last year's collection of violin concertos, Seeing Is Believing, Muhly has now offered up a new EP called Drones & Piano.

Composed by Muhly but performed by pianist Bruce Brubaker and violist Nadia Sirota, the EP fittingly delivers exactly what the title implies. Brubaker alternates between lovely ivory lines and frantic, freeform eighty-eights pounding, while Sirota tends to supply sublimely droning string swells in the background.
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Sharaya - The Road to ... (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:58:00 +0000

If you're in the Melbourne area you can still get tickets for tomorrow's (May 31st) album launch at The Corner Hotel.

Imagine Garbage on steroids, the energy of the Foo Fighters, throw in a little Evanescence … then add to the mix a montage of blues/rock influences from Janice & Zeppelin to Heart & Aerosmith, and you’ll discover the undeniable uniqueness of Melbourne rock band SHARAYA, with their distinctive and dynamic sound.
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Suis La Lune - Riala (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:20:00 +0000

Suis La Lune recently released their new album, Riala. You can stream the album in its entirety below.
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Joe Walsh - Analog Man (RS album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Wed, 30 May 2012 02:20:00 +0000

It's been 20 years since Joe Walsh's last solo record, 1992's Songs for A Dying Planet, but on June 5th the Eagles and James Gang guitarist will break that silence with the release of Analog Man. Filled with steady rockers like "Hi-Roller Baby" and "Wrecking Ball," not to mention heaps of hot licks (check out the beginning of "India"), Analog Man can be streamed in its entirety here

ATTENTION: autoplay is ON, it will start playing right after you click Read More... (Oh come on, don't be such a wimp, turn UP the volume ;))
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Crocodiles - Endless Flowers (RS album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:20:00 +0000

San Diego indie rockers Crocodiles are about to follow up their 2010 record Sleep Forever with their third LP, Endless Flowers, which is out on June 5th. The group's first LP for new label Frenchkiss is filled with hooky, fuzz-bombed cuts like the title track and "Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)," as well as standouts like the peppy, swooning ode "No Black Clouds for Dee Dee" and the grit-flecked sweetness of "Bubblegum Trash."

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Fuzzy Freebies #261: Free Downloads Of The Day

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:20:00 +0000

Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.....
One Dae - Time Lapse (EP)
Ned Collette & Wirewalker - Long You Lie
Sophie Auster - Wicked Word
Bro Safari & Knuckle Children - Mr Nice Guy
Band Of Horses - The Funeral (Sound Remedy Remix)
Zulu Winter - Silver Tongue (THE DARCYS Remix)
K-Holes - Frozen Stiff
Frankie Rose - Night Swim (Live at Converse Rubber Tracks)
Cisco Adler - You're A Fool (ft. G. Love)
Kodachrome - Frank Sinatra (Cake cover)
DJ Vadim & The Electric - Toot Toot (Zeds Dead Remix)
DJ Fyne - Marvin Gaye Mixx
Childish Gambino - Black Faces (Ft. Nipsey Hussle) (prod. Boi-1da)
Viva Viva - Snakes In The Shadows
Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird

Click Read More below, listen... and if you like them... grab them. Enjoy!
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Spot-On: Talia Billig Band

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:20:00 +0000

Take note of who's in your classes, because they just might be in your band one day. At least, that's how it went for the Talia Billig Band. The quartet met while studying at The New School for Contemporary Jazz and Music, and with Billig's warm vocals at the core, went on to work and play together. Their new song, "Travel On", also speaks volumes to their training and unity as a band. Blending jazz, folk, and heart, this song showcases Billig's dreamy vocals seamlessly weaving through ethereal instrumentations.
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Rock Am Ring 2012

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:49:00 +0000

Up next, after Pinkpop opened the major European festival season this year last week-end, is of course the German Classic, the Rock Am Ring Festival. From Friday morning to Sunday evening - well... Monday morning is more likely ;) - the Nürburgring in the German Eifel area will be rocking again. And of course there's the sister event Rock Im Park in Nürnberg as well, with the same line-up but on a different day. Headliners this year are Linkin Park, Metallica and Tote Hosen. See the full line up below.

Good news for fans of headliner Metallica, they will stream their full performance to a global audience and they will be performing the Black Album in full. And to get you in the mood, below we have an extensive selection of some older Rock Am Ring performances, they're the full concerts and most of them are in HD so... enjoy!. And send us a tweet from the festival if you happen to go this year ;)
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Boxed Wine - EP (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:20:00 +0000

We play fun indie guitar rock and want you to listen to it.

We are from New Jersey.

It's not as bad of a place as you think.
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Marty Marquis - Switched-On Goodbye Bread (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Tue, 29 May 2012 06:20:00 +0000

Blitzen Trapper's Marty Marquis has apparently had some free time on his hands, which he's devoted to creating a reworked, all-synthesizer version of Ty Segall's 2011 album Goodbye Bread.

Going by the name Switched-On Goodbye Bread, the title's a nod to Wendy Carlos' 1968 all-synth re-imagination of Bach, Switched-On Bach.
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First Listen: Kelly Hogan - I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:20:00 +0000

The singer and prolific go-to collaborator steps into the spotlight for the first time in 11 years, recording songs written just for her by M. Ward, Andrew Bird, Stephin Merritt, Vic Chesnutt, Robyn Hitchcock, and more.

Kelly Hogan's new album, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain, comes out June 5.
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Major Tom - Live @ Pinkpop 2012

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:58:00 +0000

Major Tom is a Dutch quartet, founded in Tilburg (NL) in september 2010. For fans of bands like dEUS and Johan. This is their full set as it was streamed/broadcast.
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Bruce Springsteen - Live @ Pinkpop 2012

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:46:00 +0000

A bit disappointing that so little is coming through of this year's Pinkpop festival... so we'll have to do with these four "official" clips for now...
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:20:00 +0000

It's been nine years since Neil Young and Crazy Horse put out an album together (2003's Greendale) and 16 years since Broken Arrow, Young's last LP with the complete Crazy Horse lineup of Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Frank "Poncho" Sampedro. On June 5th, the supreme team returns to full force on Americana, filled with gritty, ragged and rocking renditions of American folk classics like "Oh! Susanna," "Gallows Pole" and "This Land Is Your Land," plus a stomping, album-closing version of "God Save the Queen."

"They're songs we all know from kindergarden," Young has said of the album. "But Crazy Horse has rearranged them, and they now belong to us."
You can stream Americana in its entirety below, and pre-order it over at Amazon.
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Fuzzy Freebies #260: Free Downloads Of The Day

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 18:20:00 +0000

Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.....
Till Death - Forever
Hurray For The Riff Raff - Look Out Mama
Brick + Mortar - Other Drugs
Teenage Sweater - Coconut Water
Solid Steel Radio Show 25/5/2012 Part 1 + 2 - Coldcut
Solid Steel Radio Show 25/5/2012 Part 3 + 4 - Dobie + DJ Irk
Diplo - Sirius XM: Blow Your Head 12 MOOMBAHTON 2k12 MIX!
Afrobeta - Do You Party? (UMF Remix)
Avicii - Silhouettes [Disco Fries Remix]
Fatalgroove - Progressive Dreams 4
Orchestra Of Spheres - There Is No No
Freddie Gibbs (ft. Young Jeezy & T.I.) – Pull Up
Childish Gambino (ft. Nipsey Hussle) – Black Faces
Gucci Mane - I'm Up (mixtape)

Click Read More below, listen... and if you like them... grab them. Enjoy!
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Pinkpop 2012 - The Highlights

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:39:00 +0000

One thing up front, these will only have a limited lifetime on youtube, so get in quick, watch them now and share them with your friends, tweet them, facebook them, tumblr them... whatever... they won't last long probably.

I'll add what gets posted on youtube later on today/tomorrow to this post as well to keep an overview of what is on this blog and where.
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Seasick Steve - Live @ Pinkpop 2012

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:24:00 +0000

Steven Gene Wold, commonly known as Seasick Steve, (born 1941) is an American blues musician. He plays (mostly personalized) guitars, and sings mostly about his early life doing casual work.
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Blood Red Shoes - Live @ Pinkpop 2012

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:21:00 +0000

Blood Red Shoes are an alternative rock duo from Brighton, England. They have released three full-length albums, Box of Secrets (2008), Fire Like This (2010), and In Time to Voices (2012) as well as numerous early singles on limited 7" vinyl pressings.
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Keane - Live @ Pinkpop 2012

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:18:00 +0000

Today is really the BIG day at Pinkpop, so here is today's first full performance that made its way onto youtube.

Keane are an English alternative rock band from Battle, East Sussex, formed in 1997. The group currently comprises Tim Rice-Oxley (piano, backing vocals), Tom Chaplin (lead vocals, guitar), Richard Hughes (drums, percussion) and Jesse Quin (bass guitar, percussion), who first played with the band in late 2007 during the concerts of the single The Night Sky. Their original line-up included founder and guitarist Dominic Scott, who left in 2001.
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Spot-On: Zlam Dunk

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:20:00 +0000

Zlam Dunk are the kind of band that effortlessly blend punk, surf-rock, and dashes of post-hardcore to create a sound that's very distinctly their own. At times, it's raw and gritty and at others, it's melodic and hooky, and when you spin the premiere of their new jam, "Monterrey", we think you'll get what we mean. Between insane guitar riffs, group vocals, and a DIY flair, this one's loaded with character and peaks in its ability to deliver a refined sort of chaos. Give it a spin and make sure to grab their new album, Balcones, which dropped May 3rd.
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First Listen: Big K.R.I.T - Live From The Underground (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:20:00 +0000

Live From the Underground is a personal album by a rapper who's prepared, focused, well-versed. K.R.I.T. has gotten this far under his own power, and with his new record, he's primed to go much farther.

Big K.R.I.T.'s new album, Live From the Underground, comes out June 5.
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First Listen: Liars - WIXIW (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 06:20:00 +0000

Listen to the confounding, astounding art-rock band's sixth album until its June 5 release.
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First Listen: Japandroids - Celebration Rock (album stream)

noreply@blogger.com (mephisto) — Mon, 28 May 2012 02:20:00 +0000

The album is a collection of awesome moments, each topped seconds later by an even awesomer one.

Japandroids' new album, Celebration Rock, comes out June 5.
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