If you’re unfamiliar with London’s Black Cab Sessions, you should absolutely give it a whirl. It’s like Britain’s answer to La Blogothèque‘s Take Away Shows. Basically, they round up indie musicians, toss them in a black cab (London taxis) and have them play one song in one take. Anyhow, Brooklyn’s Chairlift took to Black Cab to […]
London’s masked musician SBTRKT recently took to BBC’s Radio 1 and Live Lounge to share a new cover of the Friendly Fires’ “Blue Cassette”. Listen to that new cover below as well as the Friendly Fires’ original. Another track, “Hold On” was included in the session. It’s an SBTRKT original. SBTRKT on BBC Radio 1’s […]
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 […]