UK bedroom tune makers the XX recently announced they’re working on a second album. Now we’ve got a new demo track, presumably from the new album. Listen to the new song “Open Eyes” and follow the XX on their new blog right here.
The “Favorite Albums of 2011” post was changed about 7,000 times before being posted. And I realize 7,001 were necessary as I fucked up and totally forgot the Weeknd’s House of Balloons. Luckily, Abel Tesfaye & Co have released another mixtape in 2011’s dying days. This 9 song album is called Echoes of Silence and […]
Last night, a few friends introduced me to Belgian musician Wally De Backer aka Gotye. Hadn’t heard of him before, so it was a most pleasant surprise. Rather than writing a lot of superflous words about his music and their videos, I’ll just recommend watching them. Simply amazing. Note: Gotye also just announced a North American tour […]
Well, while we’ve only got one year and a week more til Armageddon, it’s alright because 2011 offered an incredible year in music. In fact, we could pick a different “Song of the Day” from 2011 to soundtrack the countdown til D-Day. But we cut the list off at 57. As noted in last year’s […]
Last week Sleigh Bells announced a new album called Reign of Terror. The album will be out in February, but a new song debuted on the BBC and you can listen. The track is called “Born to Lose”, unrelated to Lana Del Rey’s “Born 2 Die”, most hopefully.