New Music

The folks over at Green Label Sound have just released a brand new Neon Indian song called Sleep Paralysist.  Adding to the awesome is the fact that Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor helped produce the track.  Hopefully the tune leads us to another late night appearance

If you are interested in all things Neon Indian you can also check out this explanation of the tune and release from the Neon Indian, Alan Polomo.   [via green label sound]

Without question the album I am most looking forward to is the latest from Dr. Dog.  The album titled Shame, Shame will be released on April 6th and we now have our second glimpse into the album.  The opening track and first single off the album, Stranger, is streaming on Rolling Stone right now.  Of course if you listen to Shadow People that the band released a few weeks ago right after Stranger you would be checking out the first two tracks on the upcoming album.  Sounds fun no?

Shame, Shame tracklisting

1. Stranger
2. Shadow People
3. Station
4. Unbearable Why
5. Where d All the Tume Go?
6. Later
7. I Only Wear Blue
8. Someday
9. Mirror, Mirror
10. Jackie Wants a Black Eye
11. Shame, Shame

You've already seen the tracklist and cover art for the new MGMT album Congratulations, so how about some actual music?  The band just released, via a free download, Flash Delirium, which will be the fourth song on the new record.  As with most of the MGMT stuff you really get quite a mix of styles and genres in Flash Delirium.

Of course when you release a new album these days you need to find some adventurous way to get the hype machine rolling.  Enter Where is MGMT?  Little details are known about the Where is MGMT? contest but let's get you up to date with what we do know. The image below has the dates and cities that are currently part of the contest.

As for the specifics, like I said it's still a bit foggy, but like they say, foggy is fun.

We will give clues to the secret location and a password on this page. Once you figure out where the location is - GO THERE - you have 1 hour, first come first serve. You will see a person holding an MGMT flag - go up to them and tell them the password. If you are one of the first people to arrive - your journey starts then. You will need to be free for the next 2 hours. What happens next? You will have to wait and see......

Head on over to the official contest page for more details. To download your very own copy of Flash Delirium head to the MGMT official site.

For the price of your email address you can download the track Runnin' For Cover off the upcoming Brad album Best Friends.  Pretty standard Shawn ballad built over an acoustic guitar.  Sounds like something you could hear in a dentist's office and I mean that in a good way somehow.  It's the last track on the new album and definitely seems like a nice smooth closer.

Head on over to the official site and click the free download link to get the song.  You will have to enter an email that you can actually check because you have to confirm your subscription to the mailing list before getting the download link, but all things considered that's not too steep of a price for a nice new Brad song.  Besides, you should probably have an email account for just this type of thing by now anyway.

Of course if you too are excited about all this Shawn Smith/Satchel/Brad goodness you can catch the real thing at their upcoming show in Seattle.   Rock.

It's hard for me to contain my excitement when I read this much awesome at once so I'll just copy and paste to save you from my giddy ramblings. 

Swigging from a bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey, the Foos frontman and Them Crooked Vultures drummer, who had just introduced a performance by Best Documentary subjects Anvil, said his band will work with Butch Vig on their seventh album, in part to mark the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind, which Vig produced in 1991. “Me and [Foos drummer] Taylor [Hawkins] have already started demoing songs,” Grohl told Rolling Stone.

But unlike the Foos’ previous two efforts, which were recorded at Studio 606 (a cutting edge recording complex/rehearsal space/party den that the band owns in Northridge, California), this forthcoming album will be recorded entirely in analog — and out of Grohl’s garage. “We’re doing a test on Monday,” he said when asked about potential noise complaints from his Encino neighbors (and the missus). Indeed, the father of two added, “I think this could be our heaviest album yet.”  [via rolling stone]

So a literal garage band album, and I don't mean the fancy Apple program.  Then a claim that it could be their heaviest yet?  Consider me Danza'd.  No release date has been set but the awesome continues as the band will also be releasing a documentary with the album that will cover the Foo Fighters sixteen year history as well as the recording of the new record.

And just in case you forgot how awesome Grohl is I'll paste the end of the article.  He was at the Spirit awards to announce the Anvil performance where he went off-script and told everyone in the room how awesome the Anvil documentary is and how it made him cry. 

Nervous that his ad-libbing didn’t come out as well as he’d hoped, afterwards, Grohl clutched his bottle like a security blanket, while waiting for his wife Jordyn to peruse the tent-adjacent Elle Lounge. “If I stay another minute, I’m gonna get so fucking drunk, I’ll barf all over myself,” he cracked.

Dave Grohl, you complete me.   [via consequence of sound]

Seriously, new music overload.  Hopefully your ears are staying busy.  The latest full album stream you can check out is the new Portugal The Man effort American Ghetto .  While the album isn't scheduled for an official release until May 11th, the band is streaming the entire thing now for free.  You can also pre-order the physical copy of the album and get a free digital version instantly.  So essentially the album is released, physical copies are out May 11th. 

I for one think this is the perfect model for future releases.  Considering that almost all albums leak what better way to try and minimize that impact than by instantly making the digital version available while all the pressing and physical aspects run their course before another release date.  That's what the delay is for right?  Let's do this smart bands of the future!  

Portugal The Man are currently on a lengthy tour so be sure to check them out if you like what you hear.  Tour dates are available after the jump, tickets are available through Ticketmaster.  The band is also giving away a download of the opening track The Dead Dog for the price of an email address.

The highly anticipated follow-up to Band of Horses 2007 album Cease to Begin has taken a while to get here, but fret not young horses band fans, a new album is coming.  The new album has a title, Infinite Arms, a release date, May 18th, and not much else.

But what label will release it? Possibly Sub Pop, who released their first two albums, but possibly not. The label hasn't been announced yet.

Touring members Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds make their debut on record with Infinite Arms, which was produced by the band and Phil Ek, who worked on the band's past albums. All five members contributed to the recording process, causing frontman Ben Bridwell to state, "in many ways, this is the first Band of Horses record."  [via pitchfork]

I always wonder what the main catalyst is for situations like this.  It's either a growing ego in the rest of the band or a concerted effort by a lead songwriter to let the others feel good.  Or it just unfolds naturally (zing!).  Always scary when people start messing with the formula, but then again, the best American band ever, The Beach Boys, started rocking for serious once they did. Band Of Horses is touring pretty much everywhere including stops at SXSW, Sasquatch, and Jazz Fest.  Tickets for some shows are on sale through Ticketmaster right here.   [via consequence of sound]

03/15 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater
03/16 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
03/18 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs (SXSW)
03/19 – Austin, TX @ Central Presbyterian Church (SXSW)
04/08 – Paris, FR @ La Fleche D’or
04/09 – Brussels, BE @ Orangerie
04/10 – Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique
04/12 – London, UK @ Koko
04/14 – Cologne, DE @ Kulturkirche
04/16 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
04/17 – Gothenburg, SE @ Tradgarn
04/18 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
04/23 – Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheater
04/24 – Raleigh, NC @ Walnut Creek Amphitheater
04/27 – Gainseville, FL @ Rion Ballroom
04/28 – Miami, FL @ The Fillmore
04/29 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
05/01 – New Orleans, LA @ New Orleans Jazz Festival
05/30 – Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater
05/31 – Seattle, WA @ Sasquatch! Music Festival
06/05 – Bangor, IE @ Ward Park
06/09 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
06/12 – Glasgow, UK  Bellahouston Park
06/19 – Toronto, ON @ Toronto Island Concert
09/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre

You have to love the beginning of the year.  Sure we are at the beginning of March by now but there's been a flood of awesome new music and we still have like 300 days left before 2011.  Add The Morning Benders latest album Big Echo to the list of this year's awesome music.  As per usual you've got a full week to check out the album before its official March 9th release date.  Of course if you like what you hear you should buy the album.  The Morning Benders are touring in support of the album pretty much everywhere.  You can get your tickets now at Ticketmaster.  The stream is available after the jump because it starts without warning.  That's what she said.   Rock.  [via stereogum] More Awesome Stuff to Read

The awesome ingredients that form The Black Keys have been extremely busy in the last year.  While the band is only made up of two members, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, the last year has seen them debut three new projects.  Of course there was the incredibly awesome Auerbach solo album Keep It Hid , followed by Carney's own side project aptly titled Drummer, and who can forget the pair teaming up with a who's who of the rap world for the debut of Blackroc.  Luckily for us it sounds like they still like to play together as the band has just announced a new album.

Titled Brothers, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Attack and Release will only see Danger Mouse producing one track, Tighten Up, with the rest of the production duties handled by Auerbarch and Carney themselves.  Of course that Danger Mouse guy has been pretty busy brewing up his own brand of awesome. 

The Black Keys only have  a few dates on the schedule for now but one can assume they will be hitting the road pretty hard this summer, we will keep you updated.  For those into that Bonnaroo thingy they will also be playing there with a couple other people.   [via pitchfork]

Brothers tracklist:

01 Everlasting Light
02 Next Girl
03 Tighten Up
04 Howlin' for You
05 She's Long Gone
06 Black Mud
07 The Only One
08 Too Afraid to Love You
09 Ten Cent Pistol
10 Sinister Kid
11 The Go Getter
12 I'm Not the One
13 Unknown Brother
14 Never Gonna Give You Up
15 These Days

Last week Thom Yorke played a solo set in Cambridge which featured the debut of three newish songs.   In an attempt to live up to our website name, you can now check out a recording of all three of those songs below.  You can even download the entire set right here!  [via pretty much amazing]

The Daily Mail

Give Up The Ghost

Mouse Dog Bird

The entire setlist for the gig is below.

01. The Clock
02. The Eraser
03. Weird Fishes
04. The Daily Mail [NEW SONG]
05. Pyramid Song
06. Harrowdown Hill
07. Lotus Flower
08. Give Up The Ghost [NEW SONG]
09. These Are My Twisted Words
10. I Froze Up
11. Like Spinning Plates
12. Black Swan
13. Cymbal Rush
14. Videotape
15. Mouse Dog Bird [NEW SONG]
16. Reckoner
17. Airbag
18. Atoms For Peace
19. True Love Waits