Posts Tagged ‘Warpaint’
Warpaint: The Real Deal
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
With a similar sound to The XX it is only fair to compare Warpaint with The XX. The female quartet originates from Los Angeles and is set to release their debut album The Fool on October 25th. Having a little of a darker side may be the biggest difference between the two groups. You can listen to their full album on Hype Machine as they are streaming it before the release, listen here.
After a few listens of The Fool it is clear that they are a band that should be on everyone’s radar. With tracks like Warpaint, Undertow, Baby and Composure it’s clear that these ladies have spent a lot of time working on their music. With The XX becoming a successful band with their sound, Warpaint should follow in their footsteps and will see their time in the spotlight as well.
Along with listening to their debut album, check out the music video for the track Undertow here.
LINKS:
Official Site: Warpaint
MySpace: Warpaint
Facebook: Warpaint
Tags: the xx, Warpaint
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1/4/10 News briefs: Flying Lotus, Vampire Weekend, David Bowie tribute, Badly Drawn Boy and jj
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Avant-electronic hip-hop wonder Flying Lotus has announced he’ll release a new album this year. Warp Records will release Cosmogramma on April 20th. Fly Lo will also release a career-spanning mix/comp called A Decade of Flying Lotus featuring unheard material.
Wanna hear the new Vampire Weekend album a week earlier? Well you can now hear Contra over at the band’s MySpace page. The album will be released on all formats next Tuesday, January 12th.
Duran Duran have leaked details about an upcoming David Bowie tribute album. And guess what? It looks damn good! Aside from the ’80s heartthrobs covering “Boys Keep Swinging,” we can also expect Vivian Girls doing “John, I’m Only Dancing,” A Place To Bury Strangers covering “Suffragette City,” Warpaint taking a stab at “Ashes To Ashes” and Soulwax, who have yet to decide what they’ll be contributing. You can see the somewhat complete tracklisting here.
Just the other day I was watching About A Boy wondering whatever happened to Badly Drawn Boy. Well, I can now tell you that he has a new album coming out this year. Damon Gough told BBC 6Music that he feels “I’m back to the beginning. Whatever’s been done in the past is done, whatever I’ve achieved or not achieved.” Great, then we can expect that proper follow-up to his Mercury Prize-winning The Hour of Bewilderbeast, because everything after was a bit naff.
Finally, the mysterious jj have announced they’ll be releasing their new album here in North America through Secretly Canadian. The Swedish duo will drop the aptly named jj nº 3 on March 9th, and then come to Canada for three dates this spring: April 3rd at Le National in Montreal, April 4th at Lee’s Palace in Toronto and April 13th at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers, Badly Drawn Boy, Damon Gough, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Flying Lotus, jj, secretly canadian, Soulwax, Vampire Weekend, Vivian Girls, Warp, Warpaint
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