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11/10/09 News briefs: Hot Chip, My Morning Jacket, Brooklyn’s music scene, 4AD and Pet Shop Boys
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Hot Chip have revealed that their fourth LP will be titled One Life Stand and will see a release on February 9th. The band are streaming the first track “Take It In” over at Pitchfork.
My Morning Jacket will be making a guest appearance on Fox’s animated series American Dad. In the episode lead character Stan Smith will become an obsessed groupie of the band. You can see some revealing images over at Stewie’s Playground.
New York Magazine presents “a highly subjective ranking of the songs that define the sound of right now” in Brooklyn. What song defines the city best? Dirty Projectors’ “Stillness Is the Move.” Better luck next time Grizzly Bear.
4AD is now hosting “an ongoing series of video recordings with various acts from the label’s roster.” The first 4AD Session is by New England’s tUnE-yArDs.
Pet Shop Boys are prepping a new Christmas EP aptly titled Christmas. The five-song set will include their 1997 fan-club single “It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas” as well as a cover of Madness’ “My Girl” and a mash-up of PSB’s “Domino Dancing” with a cover of Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.”
Tags: 4AD, American Dad, Brooklyn, Coldplay, Dirty Projectors, grizzly bear, Hot Chip, My Morning Jacket, New York Magazine, One Life Stand, Pet Shop Boys, tune-yards
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The NewTune: Tune-Yards Little Tiger
Monday, June 8th, 2009By Liem Vu
Have you ever heard of Tune-Yards? Well, if you haven’t, you’ll probably still have the same question marks hovering over your noggin after you listen to the tunes of this Portland musician.
Otherwise known as Merril Garbus, the title of Tune-Yards is far more appropriate for this one-woman-show as she brings together a marriage of cacophonous sounds, airy vocals, speech singing, and syncopated melodies. She pretty much uses all the random sounds that may slink in and out of your backyard throughout your day that you may never think twice about.
Although she gets mad props for recording her tracks with just a Sony digital voice recorder, it’s her live performances that truly reveal her gifted musicianship. This one-woman-band act recently played a gig at the Polish Combatants Hall as part of Eric Warner’s Over the Top Fest and she left an audience that was equally perplexed and satisfied with her musical maneuvers. By using a looping pedal, she went from simple sounds to tribal cries to pounding drums.
Part Yoav, part-Feist and part-Kimya Dawson, this sound engineer sure knows how to cut it. I won’t go adjective crazy trying to describe her track, “Little Tiger,” but I can say that the eerie Silent Hill-esque intro slowly gives way to a haunting track that will surely whet the appetite of any indie-junkie.
Listen here!
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