EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Au Revoir Simone - Grateful
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We imagine Au Revoir Simone as three little swallows on a snow-bitten branch. “Grateful” is the soundtrack for gazing through a wintry half-moon of glass above the bed. Gauzy swirls, tulip icicles and an entire tundra lies beyond these birds, but their hypnotic call quiets us. Such unabashed prettiness can unfurl our hearts to discover the meaning of gratitude, as it exists in our trivial and somehow all-important lives. There are no tricks on Au Revoir Simone’s third album, Still Night, Still Light, just Heather D’Angelo, Erika Forster and Annie Hart’s sweet harmony, their keyboards and drums whittling holes into a starless sky. It is both lonely and very, very, lovely.
Sounds like: Meiko, Rainer Maria, Snowblink
Previously:
Au Revoir Simone - Shadows (It's A Fine Line Remix)
VIDEO THRWBCK: Yaz - Don't Go (1982)
We saw Yaz last night and guess what? It was epic. So epic, in fact, that the sold out audience at Terminal 5 wouldn't stop thunderously applauding well after they had left the stage, and we're not talking drunkenly requesting an encore. This was on a serious, intense, 13-year-old-girl-in-1988-at-a-News-Kids-on-the-Block-show tip. You never really see that in NYC, and it just went to show how pumped fans were for Yaz's first American show in like, 800 years or whatever. Also, they opened with our two favorite Yaz songs ("Nobody's Diary" and "Bad Connection", wouldn't you know) and we kind of hate them for it as nothing will ever be that amazing. Thanks a lot, Yaz. Jeez.
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: The Frequency - All The Time + More
Last time we featured The Frequency, we hailed the LA-based band's "tingling, experimental undulations" and "shoe-gaze melancholy." Since then, winter chill has lifted, spring has come hither, summer's round the corner and we're sweating off our inhibitions. To fit the mood, we are providing you alternative accompaniment. Below we're giving you a taste of slightly edgier, more dance-friendly electronic experimentation by The Frequency. "All The Time" reminds us eerily of Cut Copy's 1980s/new wave-influenced electropop - with vivid synth structures and cooing, whispered lyrics. "We Are The Same Machine" hosts purring vocals over 960s garage rock beat, complete with tambourine and snare drum. If you want to escape sweat and sloth, check em out as they open for Primus, The Bravery, Bitter:Sweet and Matisyahu this summer.
SOUNDS LIKE: Cut Copy, Air, Mogwai
Stream: The Frequency - Talk To Me
FEATURED: Tracey Thorn x Hot Chip
Two things that we absolutely love--Hot Chip and the inimitable Tracey Thorn--have finally come together to make our aural dreams a reality. Tracey covered the Pet Shop Boys' electropop classic "King's Cross" as the b-side of a recent single, and Hot Chip have reworked it with brilliant skill. We've always felt that Tracey was somewhat underrated, despite a rich and colorful career (she was a member of Marine Girls and Everything But the Girl, obviously, and her new record Out of the Woods is truly one of the best of the year), and hopefully this remix will re-introduce her to a new audience.
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