Six Organs of Admittance, the braindchild of Californian Ben Chasny, is returning with a new album titled Ascent on August 21. I’m told that through the writing process, Ben “cast his mind forward and foresaw an epic of science-fantastic proportion – a trip involving humans in space, and the combination of fallibility and cold fate that our […]
Yeasayer’s new album Fragrant World is officially out August 21. Via a review copy, I can say its a step in a new direction for Yeasayer. They still maintain their trademark psychedelic elements, yet Fragrant World is much more electronic oriented. It even includes a fair share of auto-tune styled vocals. Anyhow, Yeasayer has decided to stream the album […]
While Switch may have left the Major Lazer project, Diplo is keeping on with it. Major Lazer has announced a new album, Free the Universe, that will be out November 6th on Mad Decent. Free the Universe boasts an impressive cast, including guest spots from Bruno Mars, Tyga, Flux Pavillion, Wynter Gordon, Shaggy, Wyclef, Ezra Koening from Vampire Weekend, Dev and […]
Looks like Twin Shadow is taking the bad-boy, motorcycle gig a bit further. On top of his bike-laden, tough-guy video for “Five Seconds” (love that song), he’s now intergrating the theme into his new North American tour. First, see the official tour art above. But also, George Lewis Jr. is setting up a life size cardboard cut-out […]
I am not certain of the relevancy of the MTV VMA Awards in this day and age. Or music awards in general. Anyhow, you might dig sorting through what MTV incorrectly or correctly deemed the best vids of the years. Not surprisingly, Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” video is up for the best of the […]