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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Milkymee - Everyday Routine

Posted May 22, 2009 5:51 PM by Faith-Ann Young

Tags: indie rock, compilation, folk, electro

Gonna try to steer clear of sappy but this is my last RCRD LBL blog post; I'm leaving the RCRD LBL nest to embark on a new adventure/gig in Cali (some evidence of which will be disseminated on Twitter). Bottom line - I will miss you all you folks - the readers, co-workers, interns, musicians and muses...

"Everyday Routine" is by Emilie Hanak (i.e. Milkymee) - a whimsical French chanteuse who escaped to Sweden to craft folk-based songs - each of which emanates from dolce vita, caprice, yet melancholy. "Everyday Routine" is part of the French indie label Tsunami-Addiction's eclectic compilation Let's Kiss And Make Up, which also includes tracks from Brooklyn songstress Sharon Van Etten, the idiosyncratic Tim Fite, Telepathe, electro experimenters Lemonade & Glasser,and Holyshit....In sum, it is a surprisingly bad-ass accompaniment to a kiss and make-up.

PS Even the collage of videos of featured artists is worth a thorough click-through.

Sounds Like: Sharon Van Etten, Coeur de Pirate, Constance Amiot, Wildbirds and Peacedrums

 

Milkymee - Everyday Routine

Milkymee's RCRD LBL Page

DOWNLOAD: The Sounds - Dorchester Hotel

Posted Apr 28, 2009 11:44 AM by Faith-Ann Young

Tags: powerpop, indie rock

(Photo: Birte Filmer) 

It's been a while since we'd heard from The Sounds but these days, the Swede rockers are red hot and suddenly seemingly everywhere. Their third album Crossing The Rubicon, in which they collaborated with Mark Saunders, James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins, Tinted Windows) and Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, Tinted Windows), is out on June 2nd. Their solo tour dates in the US are already mostly sold out. Did we mention later this summer they are opening for No Doubt? Right. So before they become a household name, here's a track to appreciate; "Dorchester Hotel" leads with Maja Ivarsson's intent, sexpot voice, angelic guitar plucks, and drilling drum progression before launching into a powerpop chorus.

Sounds Like: Mando Diao, Shiny Toy Guns, Garbage, Sahara Hotnights

 

The Sounds - Dorchester Hotel

The Sounds' RCRD LBL Page

VIDEO: The Love Language - Sparxxx

Posted Apr 22, 2009 3:00 PM by Faith-Ann Young

Tags: video, lo fi, indie rock

 

 

The Love Language has a breezy, hazy, lo-fi quality that's steadily addictive. Just a month or so ago, we first posted the jaunty surfpop jam "Lalita," which hooked us so bad that we decided to stream the whole album on RCRD LBL (see below), which in turn provoked us to find anything and everything else we could on this band. Hence this video "Sparxxx." Aesthetically gritty, the homespun video looks like it was shot on 35 mm film using a second-hand Super 8 Elmo or something else as beautifully ghetto. It includes a party scene with bubbles, Stu McLamb belting on a 1960's Elvis/Rocakbilly mic, brown-bagged 40s, and a cake fight. Need we say more?

*PS the streams below will only be up till the end of the week, so make the most of em.

Sounds Like: The Morning Benders, Bishop Allen, The Botticellis

The Love Language - Two Rabbits

The Love Language - Lalita

The Love Language - Stars

The Love Language - Nocturne

The Love Language - Sparxxx

The Love Language - Nightdogs

The Love Language - Manteo

The Love Language - Providence

The Love Language - Graycourt

The Love Languages' RCRD LBL Page

DOWNLOAD: Wheat - Raised Ranch Revolution

Posted Mar 12, 2009 1:45 PM by Faith-Ann Young

Tags: indie rock, lo-fi

This track will remind you of late 1990s lo-fi indie rock. Probably because it is. Do you remember Wheat, who garnered commercial success in the late 90s, early 2000s, and toured with Liz Phair and Toad the Wet Sprocket back in the day? Well, unlike most bands of that genre that have since seemingly disappeared off of the musical periphery, Wheat recently completed their fifth studio album White Ink, Black Ink (to be released this year) and is also reissuing their albums Medeiros and Hope And Adams as part of a 3CD deluxe package. Thus, to bring back fond memories of flannel and mellow, melancholy musing, here's "Raised Ranch Revolution" off of the Hope And Adams album.

Sounds Like: The Damnwells, Lowgold,  Snow Patrol, Death Cab For Cutie

 

Wheat - Raised Ranch Revolution

Wheat's RCRD LBL Page

EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Dragonette - Competition (Whip Vocal Remix)

Posted Sep 19, 2008 2:53 AM by Faith-Ann Young

Tags: pop, indie rock

I spy lasers. A sexy voice that defines pop. Glitches that define glitchy. I spy a killer Dragonette remix- which has put the Canadian new wave pop crew's beats through the grinder and spewed out electronic confetti.

And tonight? I spy people dancing up a storm in neon. Lead by Canadians including a brunette fire-starter with a voice that oozes sex appeal. Hook-heavy chords. Guiltless pop that make music purists blush for liking and not knowing why.  A dark club with a disco dance floor. That would be Le Royale tonite, with Dragonette starting a dance party till the weeee hours. Put down that book, lift up that skirt, and go for it. We won't tell mom.

SOUNDS LIKE: Yelle, Scissor Sisters, Metric

Exclusive New Download: Dragonette - Competition (Whip Vocal Remix)

Dragonette @ Myspace

Dragonette on RCRD LBL

DOWNLOAD: Cordero - Ruleta Rusa

Posted Sep 17, 2008 4:02 PM by Faith-Ann Young

Tags: indie rock, latin, Faith-Ann Young

What do you get when you mix members of Calexico, Antibalas Afrobeat and Sparklehorse with Puerto Rican mamicita Ani Cordero? down-tempo indie rock with seductive Latin flair. Ani lets her voice snake in and out of each verse- a bit sexy, a bit melancholy. Since the rumor is she wrote most of this second album "De Donde Eres"'s songs on her mother's guitar after a string of personal crises, there's indeed added drama in each the tracks. (Psst...the album is out in stores now.)

SOUNDS LIKE: Lhasa, Juana Molina, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra (in slow mo), El Vez

Download: Cordero - Ruleta Rusa

Cordero's Website

Cordero on RCRD LBL

 

 

VIDEO: Rachael Yamagata - Behind The Scenes Video

Posted Sep 16, 2008 1:26 PM by Faith-Ann Young

Tags: indie rock

 

Word is Rachel Yamagata's been busy making a new album in Woodstock, NY, called "A Record In Two Parts: Elephants....Teeth Sinking Into Heart." We were sent this video that suspiciously has clips of her in the studio as well as film of a black bear on a mountain. It's gritty, rough and very Vincent Moon. Just like we like it. Bonus: there's supposed to be two more videos of this nuance coming up; keep your fingers the next one has an elephant.

Rachel Yamagata's MySpace

Rachel Yamagata's Website

EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Snowblink - Rut & Nuzzle

Posted Aug 28, 2008 11:07 AM by rcrd lbl

Tags: Faith-Ann Young, indie rock

Some songs just make you want to curl into a fetal position and crawl back into innocence. Snowblink is one of those fateful few. Somehow, through ethereal acoustic strumming, glockenspiels, sounds plucked from nature, and female vocals that lull you like a lullaby into peaceful meditation, Snowblink lets you escape from the grasp of adulthood and obligation, priority and reality. It relieves you. It makes you believe that everything is ok. This ain't AA folks. But as long as the wind blows and the sun still shines, the song Rut & Nuzzle will serve as a sweet if ephemeral escape. Enjoy and relish.

Sounds Like: Sigur Ros, Bjork

Exclusive New Download: Snowblink - Rut & Nuzzle

Snowblink's Website

 

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