[MP3] Beck – Parasite (Nick Drake Cover)
[MP3] Beck – Which Will (Nick Drake Cover)
In case you missed it yesterday, Starsailor performed an acoustic set on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. You can listen to the set here:
[STREAM] Starsailor – Live Acoustic MBE Set
Ted Leo posted a blog update, which is always a pleasure to read.
Vice Records will release a DVD that chronicles Bloc Party’s second tour to the United States to support last year’s Silent Alarm. The DVD, God Bless Bloc Party, is scheduled for a Jan. 17 release. You can pre-order it here.
Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy’s side project, Box Codax, will release its debut single into UK stores next month. Box Codax features McCarthy and his wife, Manuela, moving away from the rock stylings of FF to explore synth-based pop. Their first single, Naked Smile is slated for a February release on Thin Man Records.
The Vines, after a long hiatus, will put the finishing touches on its next album this month. The album, which should be in stores this summer, has yet to be given a title. Here’s a good cover they did of Outkast‘s Ms. Jackson:
[MP3] The Vines – Ms. Jackson (Outkast Cover)
That’s all for now, I’ve got some good stuff for you tomorrow, so stay tuned!
Elefant – The Clown
The album, entitled The Black Magic Show, is set for an April release date. While no tour has been announced, you can be sure there will be dates announced shortly in support of the upcoming album.
In unrelated, belated news, there’s a pretty cool Christmas poster for $5 over at Asthmatic Kitty. The poster, by artist Laura Park, includes the likenesses of Sufjan Stevens and the rest of the AK roster! Get it quick, because it probably won’t last long!
Control Room Secondee is the surreal tale of the numb denizens of a futuristic dystopia, whose souls are trying to navigate this world of ubiquitous cameras, active-state wallpaper, jumbo jet graveyards, custom designed physique, a dizzyingly advanced state of astrophysics and ‘God-finding,’ verisimulation fantasy worlds, ’24-7 personal life recorders,’ nanotech sleep medicines (complete with terrifying product recalls), brainports, headspeakers, outsourced space ship factories, ‘discrete conditioning’ pills, mechanical lifeguards, remote underwater battle stations, advertisement-covered space elevators, digested punishments, remote control people, spinning skyscrapers, microscopic ‘peace planes,’ and a nagging sense that something has been lost. – CD Baby
Here are the first three tracks of the album, for fans of electronica and Radiohead:
Audio Ovni – From The Faucet Fell An Apostatic Drop (Highly Rec’d!)
Audio Ovni – City State
Audio Ovni – Couture
You can stream the whole album over at CD Baby, where you can also buy it, if interested.
Ester Drang – Valencia’s Dying Dream
In support of the soon-to-be-released LP, they also have a small tour planned:
01-26 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s Crystal Ball Reading Room
01-27 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
01-29 – Hollywood, CA – Knitting Factory
01-30 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
03-16 – Norman, OK – The Opolis
03-17 – Denton, TX – Hailey’s
03-18 – Austin, TX SXSW – Red Eyed Fly
03-26 – Oklahoma City – The ConservatoryOK
Ester Drang’s Official Site, their MySpace Page, and a review of Rocinate.
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