Beach House - Norway

That dreamy feeling in every song and the strange layer of melody that made me put them on my iTunes heavy rotation playlist.

And the fact that i've booked a ticket for their show in Laneway Festival made me shiver and have a sudden euphoria.

Weezer - (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To

Dear God, please let Weezer come to Jakarta and i will be able to watch them live and if you can give a bonus, please let me shake the hand of Mr.Rivers Cuomo.
Amen.

listen to R.E.M - Discoverer

Well, whatever they do should be a must have for me. And the upcoming fifteen album "Collapse Into Now" are on my list to have on 2011.

With Accelerate we were trying to make a point by making the songs as short and as fast as possible … So we wanted this new one to be more expansive. We wanted to put more variety into it and not limit ourselves to any one type of song. There are some really slow, beautiful songs; there are some nice, mid-tempo ones; and then there are three or four rockers. - Mills

the rockers are Eddie Vedder, Patti Smith, and Peaches.

You can grab the first single "Discoverer" at the band's website.


Here’s the tracklist:
01 “Discoverer
02 “All The Best”
03 “Uberlin”
04 “Oh My Heart”
05 “It Happened Today” (feat. Eddie Vedder)
06 “Every Day Is Yours To Win”
07 “Mine Smell Like Honey”
08 “Walk It Back”
09 “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter” (feat. Peaches and Lenny Kaye)
10 “That Someone Is You”
11 “Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I”
12 “Blue” (feat. Patti Smith)

WIN WIN Debut Track/Video Featuring Gang Gang Dance’s Lizzie Bougatsos

Great track rite?

read this:
Vice recently announced the signing of WIN WIN, the fun new synth-dance collaboration between Spank Rock producer XXXChange, Baltimore DJ Chris Devlin, and video collage artist Ghostdad. The group's self-titled LP will be hitting stores February 15th. Pitchfork premiered the first track from WIN WIN a couple of weeks ago, the slow pumping “RELEASERPM,” which features vocals from Gang Gang Dance’s Lizzie Bougatsos. “RELEASERPM” will also be released as a single on January 18th, with a Nadastrom remix as its b-side.

(too lazy to write, just copied the text from the press release)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We wish you all the best for Christmas day and for the upcoming year full of hope.

cheers
THNDRPND

Warpaint - Undertow (free download)

Download the single from their debut album for free. :)

JJ - Let Them

A free single. yeah.
What's better than a couple of free songs from my current favorite pop band from Sweden?
a download link at Sincerely Yours that include two of their new songs.
And what can be better then?
a news that they'll come to Asia.

finger crossed.

Yeasayer - Tightrope (video)

good news.
i'll probably watch this band twice in January, one in Laneway Fest Singapore, one in Jakarta or Bali... crossing finger!!!

JJ - Let Go

Been months and the mysteriously beautiful pop duo from Sweden stay in my heavy rotation, and yet after those repeating i felt that my heart, soul and mind get caught deeper and deeper.
Will fly across the ocean to watch them live... i will.

Speak Fest - Suara Pemuda Anti Korupsi -

Ladyhawke - Delirium (video)

Who can resist a nice upbeat pop like these?

Warpaint - Elephants (video)

One of the band that i looking forward to watch in Laneway Festival in Singapore this January. :D



If you need tickets for the festival, go contact lustravel, they have great packages offers for you.

Coldplay - Christmas Light

So happy listened to all of the Christmas songs by my favorite artists, and this one coming from Coldplay.

The Killers - Boots

A song the bring back The Killers from their long hiatus, and a song dedicated to (RED) to fight AIDS in Africa, and a video directed by Jared Heiss from Napoleon Dynamite.
In which for every video watched Starbucks will donate 5¢, and for every mp3 sold at iTunes the profit will go the (RED).

Gasoline Rainbows

is a compilation made for the gulf benefit, featuring brand new songs by Damien Rice and Amy Kuney, and also a bunch of great hits single for bands like Vampire Weekend, the Black Keys, LCD Soundsystem etc

press release.
When it comes to providing help to those in need, you can always count on musicians to do their part. To help communities impacted by the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some of today's hottest bands have joined together with Global Green USA to release a benefit compilation entitled Gasoline Rainbows, out todaythrough Roark Records. Gasoline Rainbows is available exclusively via iTunes as a digital download.



The compilation was brought together by actress Sophia Bush and actor Austin Nichols, most well known for their roles on the television show One Tree Hill. Sophia and Austin travelled, with Global Green, to Grand Isle, Louisiana, to visit the beaches and see the devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon spill first hand. Moved by the stretches of oil along the once-beautiful beaches, as well as the devastation to the wildlife, they decided to help in whatever way they could, and this compilation is a direct result of that.

100% of the artist and label proceeds from Gasoline Rainbows will be used for Global Green's oil spill response to directly assist the communities, people, and ecosystems impacted by the BP Oil Spill, educate the public, push for more regulation (to ensure a tragedy like this never happens again) and advocate for a greener, cleaner economy.

Gasoline Rainbows includes material by some of the most popular names in music, alongside new up-and-coming talents. The compilation includes music by LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, Silversun Pickups, Vampire Weekend, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, amongst others.

Not only does the compilation feature incredible tracks by the aforementioned artists, but it alsol contains three brand new, previously unreleased tracks as well. Singer-songwriters Amy Kuney, Damien Rice and City and Colour will all be providing never before heard material for the compilation.

These new tracks are available for streaming from the Gasoline Rainbows myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/gasolinerainbowsbenefit


1. "Gasoline Rainbows" - Amy Kuney*
2. "Armistice" - Phoenix
3. "40 Day Dream" - Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
4. "There's No Secret's This Year" - Silversun Pickups
5. "At The Birds Foot" - City and Colour*
6. "The Connoisseur of Great Excuse" - Damien Rice*
7. "Bloodbuzz Ohio" - The National
8. "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys
9. "Let The Time Roll By" - Onward, Soldiers
10. "Moth's Wings" - Passion Pit
11. "Floating Vibes" - Surfer Blood
12. "Mama Taught Me Better" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
13. "I Can Change" - LCD Soundsystem
14. "Cousins" - Vampire Weekend

Daft Punk's Tron Legacy Sountrack preview

Good news geeks! Myspace music just posted the exclusive soundtrack preview from "Tron:Legacy" sountrack by Daft Punk. And it's amazing, click here to listen.

Jamie XX reworked Gil Scott-Herron's

Being a fan himself for the soul/funk legend Gil Scott-Herron, Jamie XX ;the eccentric frontman of UK's indie rock band the XX, reworked 13 tracks from the "I'm New Here" albums and called it "We're New Here".
The album itself to be released in February 2011, and the first single should be "NY is Killing Me".

Evaline

A six piece Californian band that having such a strong characteristic of alternative/modern rock music with deep emotional songs and strong rhythm.
Often playing on the same stage with Deftones, 30 Second to Mars or Dir en Grey. etc.

And now they're having a self release album coming out soon, check their website for more information.

EVALINE 'Beneath The Fire' by Riverman Management

Asobi Seksu live in Jakarta (video)

 The show was opened by Sajama Cut the band that recently released a much appraised "Manimal", playing like crazy they do lots of experimenting noises, and percussion chaos.

And for sure, the night belong to Asobi Seksu the dream pop duo with angelic vocal, thy mesmerized the fans with tons of their songs with sing along crowd choirs.

A trully dreamy night.

Violens - Trance Massage (video)

a very sensual clip featuring one of their song, that will be a series of clips to be released each week.

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Monday Mayhem : the Ultimate B-Movie Disaster Disco! Tarantula!

Brndls - Start Bleeding

Taken from the upcoming album DGNR8, the band once known as the Brandals taking a new direction for their music with unpredictable noises path.
Download the single "Start Bleeding" at Deathrockstar.

Asobi Seksu live in Jakarta, 26 November 2010

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KING OF PANDA INVASION TOUR 2010

The Raveonettes - Dead Sound (live in Singapore)

It was an amazing show. :)

*photo by Muhammad Asranur.

House Of Revelation, 25th November Eastern Promise Kemang

Kaya Project - Calico Stomp (Gaudi Remix)

The fourth full length album by the English duo, just reworked by handful of the freshest remixers around the world.
Find more information at the website.

Kaya Project - Calico Stomp (Gaudi Remix)

Metric - Black Sheep (Scott Pilgrim vs. the Wolrd OST)

The video was shot when Metric performed "Black Sheep" in July 2010 at Comic-Con in San Diego after a surprise screening of Scott Pilgrim with the director and cast. The soundtrack is an audio manifestation of the exploits seen in the action-comedy directed by genre-smashing filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) and starring Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad).
*text copied from the press release.

The Killers (a.k.a. “Brandon, Ronnie, Mark and Dave”) - “Spaceship Adventure”

live at the kid's show "Yo Gabba Gabba", and because we don't want kids to be exposed with words like "Killers", so the guy change the band name into “Brandon, Ronnie, Mark and Dave”

Fences - Girls With Accents

The official video for the single, and they're also have a contest running, check www.sadcastle.com

as copied from the press release
The band is also currently asking fans to contribute to their new "Girls With Accents" Video Contest. Fans are uploading covers of this first single from Fences to youtube and selecting one video that they love a day to put on their own sites, while also mailing the winners an autographed merch prize pack.

 

The Octopus Project to release Hexadecagon

an album with new audio and visual experiment, while their recording being appraised by tons of critics as new exploration in sonic textures or as the most imaginative indie-rock band from their all instrumental album, the guy also let their fans to enjoy a new adventure in visual madness by adding a zoetrope device with the LP release.
So whilst listening to the LP you can also enjoying a psychedelic moment with the zoetrope.

download
The Octopus Project - Fuguefat




For more information, please visit:
http://www.theoctopusproject.com
http://www.myspace.com/theoctopusproject
http://www.peekaboorecords.com/hexadecagon/

Sad Brad Smith

A few years ago this kind of music said to be old man's music, but later while the irony era emerges the term Folk Music can be a new word for coolness, and i don't mind as long as the band can provide good messages and nice music with the fresh air from the mountain like Sad Brad Smith.


Sad Brad Smith’s namesake immediately establishes this crafty songsmith as a tongue-in-cheek kind of guy. While his purposefully exaggerative lyrics maintain wistful melancholy while elbowing you in the side with a wink, there’s no denying the prowess and visceral candor in Smith’s simple indie folk aesthetic. Sad Brad Smith makes his home and cooks his meals in Chicago, though he spent some time in Hollywood recently penning music for the Oscar-nominated film Up In The Air (“Help Yourself”) before sculpting his independently-released debut Love Is Not What You Need – 12 observational, confessional, witty songs that exists somewhere between Jeff Mangum’s introspection and Adam Green’s playful yet more sincere repertoire.
(*too lazy to write, i copied and pasted the description from press release written by Michael from Crash Avenue Media)

http://www.myspace.com/sadbradsmithandthemodernlimes

Pascal Pinon

Are twin sister Jófrídur and Ásthildur and their band mates Halla and Kristín from Iceland with a cheap mic and home recording to produce their eponymous debut a fresh heartfelt folk song by a bunch of 16 years old teenagers.
The music are way so beautiful it received nomination for New Comer of the Year on Icelandic Music Awards, and the album to be released by Morr Music on 3rd of December 2010.
And i believe you would love to hear the first single, and get prepare for the new superstar.

download
Pascal Pinon -  New Beginning

Secret Colours

Coming from Chicago with dirty sounds psychedelia and added newgaze dreamy soundscape, made them sounded like Brian Jonestown Massacre paying a tribute to Pink Floyd and the results are great.

enjoy
http://www.secretcolours.com/
http://www.myspace.com/secretcoloursmusic

Ben Gibbard - All Apologies (NIrvana cover)

From a live show a few years ago.
Watching this video reminding me about an interview i read at Spin Magazine, where he told a story about went to Nirvana show.
A lucky fans, have a chance to saw Nirvana live, while i'm never.

Weapon of Choice

Featuring Sir Dandy, C.U.T.S, the S.I.G.I.T
6 November 2010
18.00-21.00

Cornershop

The once judged as one hit wonder aren't dead yet, because they're still alive and kicking even if without a super catchy tunes that become a mainstream hit.

the band Cornershop released their brand new EP, The Battle of New Orleans, today via Ample Play Recordings, and the EP is streaming all week on AOL Spinner.

Listen to Cornershop’s The Battle of New Orleans [Ample Play Recordings] on AOL Spinner:

http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/5

and buy the digital e.p. via their website to find some good offering.
http://www.cornershop.com/us/



download a couple of songs "Soul School (School Dinners Mix)" and "Topknot (Cavemen Mix featuring M.I.A.)"

at http://www.brooklynvegan.com/

Slanted Mixtape vol.05

During the monsoon season i collected some beautiful tunes, then decided to make another mixtape with tracks from :

Lykke Li
Club 8
Elika
Class Actress
the Golden Filter
Scanners
Now, Now
Oh Land
Miami Horror
Sally Shapiro
Sunday Girl
The Sunshine Factory
Acid House Kings

enjoy. :)

Dale Earnhart Jr. Jr.

The detroit based duo just released a remix e.p. featuring Deastro, Kasper Bjørke, Prussia & Diego and the Dissident.
The music are just fine with the reference to soulful falsetto just a lazier the hipster style, trying to sounds like not trying, but yeah i found the songs interesting.
Try it yourself.

Dale Earnhart Jr. Jr. - Vocal Chords (Diego and the Dissidents Remix)

http://www.daleearnhardtjrjr.com
http://www.myspace.com/daleearnhardtjrjr

Acid House Kings - Are We Lovers or Are We Friends?

That's a crucial questions from Acid House Kings after six years since their last album. And now (even if the older songs still on my heavy rotation after years) the label just announced a happy news about the upcoming release of new single by Acid House Kings.
The upbeat dancey song inspiread by 1965's Eurovision Song Contest and Flamenco Percussionist are already added to my music player and been dancing with it a whole night.

Acid House Kings - Are We Lovers or Are We Friends.

Spotlight Floodlight

Is keyboardist Stephen Adams from the sunny Los Angeles,  emerge to the surface with his cinematic soundscape where Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, upright bass, and double drums interplay with Mellotron and wordless vocals.

Recently he recorded a collaboration song with Catherine Wheel's Rob Dickinson, and they do a Peter Gabriel's Mercy Street cover, which then available as free download.

enjoy

http://www.spotlightfloodlight.com/

Monzano

are Oslo based acoustic-folk-rock band, that just released an e.p. under our favorite label Lazy Acre Records.
The music are pretty and uplifting with scent of dreamy afternoon, instantly become a heavy rotation on my player.

My favorite is "Yes We Can't", where i can get a new soundtrack for the irony of my life.

Phoenix - Liztomania (accoustic in studio)

This video was shot for an acoustic session by theAlternateSide.org, and became a sudden hit.
enjoy it guys.