School Of Seven Bells singer/guitarist Benjamin Curtis passed away on Sunday night in New York. Mr. Curtis was diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in February. Besides his work in School Of Seven Bells, Benjamin was a member of Secret Machines, UFOFU, and Tripping Daisy.
Benjamin Curtis was 35.
Watch School Of Seven Bells “Windstorm” here:
Watch Secret Machines “Nowhere Again”
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Released = September 24
Key Tracks = The Mother We Share, Recover, Gun, We Sink, Lies
Is this really a surprise? I’ve been singing the praises of this Scottish three-piece since the time “The Mother We Share” began to makes its way around the indie blogosphere in mid 2012. The band released “Recover” and “Gun” as singles and shared “Lies” prior to the release of the full-length. Hard to imagine it could get any better than that, but amazingly it does.
Ladies and Gentleman The Bones Of What You Believe is truly electopop at its absolute finest. The entire album is solid, each familiar track is front-loaded between equally impressive tracks. “We Sink” could be the best track on the album. Frontwoman Lauren Mayberry takes a break on the track “Under The Tide” and the male vocals remind me of a tune that would fit perfect on a M83 album. This is a remarkable album that I’ve listened to countless times over the last four months. The test will come with album number two…..can’t envision that it will be possible to make something equally spectacular. Can’t Wait!
Watch “The Mother We Share” here:
Download “The Bones Of What You Believe” here:
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English alt-rockers Band Of Skulls have unveiled a new song in advance of their recently announced forthcoming third studio album. The new tune titled “Be Mine” will be included as an iTunes exclusive bonus track on the upcoming album Himalayan (tracklist below). The follow-up to 2012’s Sweet Sour, is scheduled to drop on April 1, a mere 10 days prior to a popular Southern California Music Festival. The lead single from Himalayan is the tune “Asleep At The Wheel,” currently available on digital download.
Check out “Be Mine” here:
Watch “Asleep At The Wheel” here:
Himalayan Tracklisting:
1. “Asleep At The Wheel”
2. “Himalayan”
3. “Hoochie Coochie”
4. “Cold Sweat”
5. “Nightmares”
6. “Brothers and Sisters”
7. “I Guess I Know You Fairly Well”
8. “You Are All That I Am Not”
9. “I Feel Like Ten Men, Nine Dead and One Dying”
10. “Toreador”
11. “Heaven’s Key”
12. “Get Yourself Together”
iTunes Bonus: “Be Mine”
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Released = October 8
Key Tracks = Gonna Make My Own Money, End Of The World, Lies, Walk Of Shame
Watch “Baby I Call Hell” here:
Download “Sistrionix” here:
Released = September 10
Key Tracks = R U Mine?, Do I Wanna Know?, Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
Watch “R U Mine?” here:
Download “AM” here:
Released = January 15
Key Tracks = Borrowed Time, Stoned and Starving, Donuts Only, Yr No Stoner
Listen To “Master Of My Craft” here:
Download “Light Up Gold” here:
Released = March 12
Key Tracks = Best Of Friends, Step Up For Cool Cats, We Found Love, Rattlesnake Highway
Watch “Step Up For Cool Cats” here:
Download “180” here:
Released = January 29
Key Tracks = Breakers, Heavy Feet, Colombia, Ceilings, Mt. Washington
Watch “Ceilings” here:
Download “Hummingbird” here:
Released = June 11
Key Tracks = The Throw, Come Save Me, Man I Need, Uncertainty
Watch “The Throw” here:
Download “Howlin” here:
Released = May 21
Key Tracks = Demons, Don’t Swallow The Cap, Sea Of Love, Graceless
Watch “Demons” here:
Download “Trouble Will Find Me” here:
Released = February 12
Key Tracks = Inhaler, My Number, Bad Habit, Milk & Black Spiders, Late Night
Watch “Out Of The Woods” here:
Download “Holy Fire” here:
Released = May 7
Key Tracks = Flying To Berlin, Husbands, She Will, Shut Up
Watch “Shut Up” here:
Download “Silence Yourself” here:
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Over the next three days, I will reflect upon nineteen of my favorite albums that I had in heavy rotation in my compact disc player in 2013.
Released = May 21
Key Tracks = Childhood’s End, Bugs Don’t Buzz, Mister
Watch “Childhood’s End” here:
Download “Impersonator” here:
Released = October 1
Key Tracks = Rebirth, Middle Sea, Lose My Breath
Watch “Rebirth” here:
Download “Glow and Behold” here:
Released = January 22
Key Tracks = Shuggie, No Destruction, San Francisco
Watch “No Destruction” here:
Download “We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic” here:
Released = November 5
Key Tracks = We Are Explorers, Free Your Mind, Let Me Show You Love
Watch “Let Me Show You Love” here:
Download “Free Your Mind” here:
Released = May 14
Key Tracks = Step, Ya Hey, Unbelievers, Hannah Hunt
Watch “Diane Young” here:
Download “Modern Vampires Of The City” here:
Released = February 2
Key Tracks = Only Tomorrow, New You, Nothing Is
Listen to “Nothing Is” here:
Download “MBV” here:
Released = October 1
Key Tracks = Bloodshake, Follow Baby, Wraith, California Daze, Lovesick
Watch “Bloodshake” here:
Download “In Love” (US Version) here:
Released = August 6
Key Tracks = King City, Honey, She Changes The Weather, Francisco
Watch “She Changes The Weather” here:
Download “Where The Heaven Are We” here:
Released = October 1
Key Tracks = Forever, Don’t Save Me, Falling, The Wire
Watch “Forever” here:
Download “Days Are Gone” here:
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The track “Inhaler” is off FOALS third studio album Holy Fire. The tune overlaps late 2012 and early 2013, first surfacing in early November 2012. “Inhaler” was released as a single in mid December 2012 and provided quite an appetizer leading up to the much-anticipated release of Holy Fire on February 12. I’ve not only included it on my 2013 list, but named it the track of the year, my list my rules.
The funky bass, dueling guitars, and Yannis’ powerful vocals all gradually buildup to an epic indie rock explosion of sound, unlike anything FOALS had to offer up until that point.
This was fun, albums next.
#1
FOALS
“Inhaler”
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#5
CHVRCHES
“Recover”
#4
Jagwar Ma
“Come Save Me”
#3
Parquet Courts
“Stoned and Starving”
#2
Washed Out
“All I Know”
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#10
Palma Violets
“Best Of Friends”
#9
Arctic Monkeys
“Do I Wanna Know?”
#8
Majical Cloudz
“Bugs Don’t Buzz”
#7
HAERTS
“Wings”
#6
Cut Copy
“Free Your Mind”
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Ariel Pink and Sky Ferreira have teamed up to record a new version of the song “My Molly.” The tune is originally from Mr. Pink’s 2006 EP of the same name, check out the video below.
Furthermore, Ms. Ferreira recently commented on her NSFW album cover that features her topless.
Here’s what Sky had to say:
“You’re supposed to sell your body in a way that’s like… it’s OK to be sexy when it benefits everyone else. Most of the people who had a problem with it were men. At this point, I feel like I’m doing a bad job of being a feminist if I’m not making someone angry.”
“But I’m making art and doing things that are true to my work,” she continued. “I’m not trying to sell my body. But it’s my body to sell if I did want to! This kind of cover isn’t even what sells – what sells is your face, shot by a fashion photographer, but I didn’t want to do something like that. I do that all the time.”
The debut LP titled Night Time, My Time is definitely worth a listen. I noticed iTunes is spreading the yuletide spirit by offering it for $6.99 this week.
Watch “My Molly” here:
Merry Christmas,
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#14
Toro Y Moi
“Say That”
#13
Bleached
“Dead In Your Head”
#12
Savages
“She Will”
#11
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
“Sacrilege”
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#19
Primal Scream
“2013”
#18
The National
“Don’t Swallow The Cap”
#17
TV On The Radio
“Mercy”
#16
HAIM
‘Falling”
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For those that have been lucky enough to see The Dandy Warhols around the Holiday Season, you know that the band usually busts into
a wonderful rendition of the Little Drummer Boy. The Portland, Oregon legends have now made available LDB along with Silent Night on free digital download, on the band’s website. For as little as an email address and stroking the numbers 0.00, you too can own a piece of Dandy history.
ENJOY!
Here’s the link to the free download:
http://music.dandywarhols.com/album/little-drummer-boy-silent-night
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#24
Swim Deep
“King City”
#23
Temples
“Shelter Song”
#22
CHVRCHES
“Gun”
#21
Phantogram
“Black Out Days”
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The synth-pop duo of Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, better known as Phantogram, have shared a video for the single “Black Out Days.”
The song is off the their latest self-titled EP, released earlier this fall. The pride and joy of Saratoga Springs, New York are scheduled to release their major label debut Voices on February 18. Not only is “Black Out Days” included on their forthcoming release, I included it on my list of TOP TRACKS Of 2013, coming in at number 21.
Watch “Black Out Days” here:
Download Phantogram EP here:
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