so you've heard of yeasayer, yeah? no? maybe? well, either way the band is set to release a new lp in the beginning of 2010. february 10th if you want to be exact, and if you do, then you're most likely already awaiting the release of yeasayer's new lp, odd blood (if you haven't already heard it, rumor has it that it's been leaked.)either way, yeasayer has a pretty new video out for their from their single for that album - "ambling alp". so check out the video, song, album, and band, depending on what you haven't checked already. or re-check all of the above if said checking has already been checked.
i don't if everyone got the memo, but it's definitely winter. it's fucking cold! i was walking down the street to my favorite bagel shop (kettleman's, check it out if you're in PDX) and i had this interesting sensation in my hands that i'm sure we're all familiar with - when you're hands are so cold, they feel like they're burning. i've always thought this was odd, and i started thinking about it as another spectrum, something i'm fond of as you may have noticed. in the sense that, if you go far enough one way, you can somehow end up back on the other side.
this idea reoccured in my head as i later sat in kettleman's, eating my bagel, reading the music section of the portland mercury. i started to relate this concept to music. there's an interesting niche that exists in music, where many bands that are coming out with "fresh" sounds are really beginning to sound like they could've come out 30, 40, 50 years ago. which is i suppose is nothing new exactly, as bands will always have influences, but in this day and age of digital-this and electro-that, there's a lot of room for the old to become to new again. one of my favorite examples of this is edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros. to see what i mean, hit the jump.
we'll start with the old - i was recently checking out millionyoung's myspace. you may remember that name from my post about this guy few weeks ago here. regardless, mike diaz is his name, and he's got a new official EP coming out january 19th. featuring a new favorite, "cynthia". the EP is called be so true. if the two tracks out so far on his myspace are any indicator of the rest of the release, then be on the lookout for this just after the new year.
cynthia -
and now for the new - if you liked millionyoung, then i bet you'll really dig the group, the radio dept. . these guys hail from of sweden and are producing some really wonderful stuff, like many of their nordic peers. drawing on what seems to be a heavy new wave, 80's inspired influences, these guys manage to create a fluid blend of electronics and real instruments. melodic keyboards and guitars soften the smokey, distorted vocals and create something both fluid and danceable. formed in 2002, these guys definitely know what they're doing. i was turned onto them by cam from spesus christ who i've also talked about on this site before, so they must be good. it looks like they toured china this summer, which is pretty cool, but let's hope they make it over to the states sometime soon.
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