New Cass McCombs Album

April 17th, 2011 • 1 comment Release Calendar

Cass McCombs recently released his 5th studio album Wit’s End. Folky, melancholy, lyrical- the man’s aging well.

Check it out here

New TV On The Radio Album

April 13th, 2011 • Release Calendar

Yesterday was such a big day for kind of synthy stuff. TV on the Radio released their fourth studio album, Nine Types of Light, on Interscope Records. Accompanying the album is a kind of cool movie. Also, is it just me or does the vocals on first track, “Second Song” sound oddly like The National’s Matter Berninger for a bit?

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New Panda Bear Out Today

April 12th, 2011 • Electronic, Release Calendar

It’s weird to think that Panda Bear, the moniker of Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox, has been around since 1999. The project was so overshadowed by Lennox’s involvement in the Animal Collective collaboration (including himself as Panda Bear and David Portner, Josh Dibb and Brian Weitz under monikers, respectively, Avey Tare, Deakin and Geologist). In 2004 Lennox focused more on solo Panda Bear with Young Prayer. In 2007 he released Person Pitch which was pretty huge.

TODAY (April 12, 2011) after a lot of postponing, he released Tomboy. You can check it out for a limited time on NPR First Listen.

If you’re into ambient-electro-pop…enjoy!

Fresh from the South: Toro Y Moi (with Video)

January 28th, 2010 • Electronic, News, Release Calendar, South Carolina, Video
Tags: Blessa, Causers of This, chillwave, Columbia, South Carolina, Toro Y Moi

We all know South Carolina as the bastion of the Confederacy, Palmettos, Boiled Peanuts and Sweet Tea… But Chillwave? Apparently. Toro Y Moi, a band that derives its name from a mashup of Romance language word meaning The Bull and Me, is a rising star in the growing genre, and he calls Columbia, South Carolina home.

His most recent album, Causers of This, was released this month as a digital download and will come out in a hard copy February 2 on Carpark Records. The Internet buzz machine is alive with support of what he is doing. Even Kanye West agrees with the hype of this former USC Gamecock, Chazwick Bundick (what a name!). Read more »

Upcoming Album Release Dates of Note

January 1st, 2010 • News, Release Calendar
Tags: album release, beach house, calendar, dr. dre, eels, erykah badu, field music, final fantasy, groove armada, hot chip, jonsi, Lil Wayne, lupe fiasco, ok go, seabear, Spoon, the whigs, the white stripes, three 6 mafia, vampire weekend, wyclef jean, xiu xiu, Yeasayer

It takes a few weeks following the holiday season for album releases to really pick up, but by the time we have all reconvened in Lewiston, Maine and throughout the up coming weeks and months there are a few releases to look out for. Here is a list of some that I am particularly excited about.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) — Heartland

OK Go — Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky

Vampire Weekend — Contra

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Eels — End Times

Spoon — Transference

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Beach House — Teen Dream

Los Campesinos! — Romance is Boring

Three 6 Mafia — Laws of Power Read more »