Posts Tagged ‘Atlas Sound’
1/6/10 News briefs: Ellie Goulding, NME, Atlas Sound, The Knife and Gallows
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Emerging UK singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding has revealed details about her widely anticipated debut album. Titled Lights, the solo artist told NME it’s a bedroom project. “I spent the majority of my time recording this album in my producer Starsmith’s bedroom in Bromley,” she explained. “It is made up of songs that all started on a guitar over a period of about two years. A number of the songs vent romantic victories and failures.”
Speaking of Ellie Goulding and NME, the UK hype monger published its picks for the 20 top artists to look out for in 2010. Aside from Ms. Goulding, the New Musical Express tipped the likes of The Drums, Hurts, Egyptian Hip Hop, Delphic and Washed Out.
Bradford Cox is giving away freebies once again. While it’s a bit late, he’s posted a new studio outtake called “Christmas Synths” up on the Deerhunter/Atlas Sound blog, as well as a New Year’s Eve bootleg.
Yesterday we mentioned that new music from The Knife would be coming and well, it’s here! You can now download a song from their upcoming opera, Tomorrow, In A Year. You can download “Colouring of Pigeons” over at their official site.
And did you know that abrasive hardcore lads Gallows were dropped by their label Warner? Well you do now. The Guardian has posted a nice testament to their awesomeness and how they manipulated their label to become the mighty force they now are.
Tags: Atlas Sound, Ellie Goulding, Gallows, NME, The Knife
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11/11/09 News briefs: Vampire Weekend, Atlas Sound, Ting Tings, Ladytron and Julian Casablancas
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Finally! A band has chosen to name their album after my favourite NES game Contra. Vampire Weekend is that band. Says frontman Ezra Koenig, “Look, I was born in 1984, so I’m not going to name an album Contra and not think about that video game.” All that’s left to say is Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start.
Just weeks after releasing a new Atlas Sound album, Bradford Cox proves he’s still prolific by giving away a new single. You can grab “Doctor” and its B-side “The Screens” for free over at his blog.
Jay-Z has signed the Ting Tings to his Roc Nation label. Yeah, we’re surprised too! We assume it’s all part of Jay’s plan to make indie rock popular. Oh wait, it already is…
Ladytron are turning ten and you know what that means? Greatest hits. Actually, it’s a “best of” since they didn’t exactly light up the Billboard charts. Multi-instrumentalist Rueben Wu says “Since we’ve done four albums, I think it would be time to put something like that together.”
And Julian Casablancas says he never really wanted to make a solo album, but felt he needed to because of those other Strokes. He tells the Orange County Register, “ I feel like I was kind of forced a little, to be quite honest. The band wanted to go do their own thing, and that’s cool — I respect that they need to go do that. But I didn’t want to sit around.”
Tags: Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox, Contra, Jay-Z, Julian Casablancas, Ladytron, Roc Nation', Strokes, Ting Tings, Vampire Weekend
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