Don't Slow Down By Matt & Kim

Matt And Kim (a/k/a Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino) have a new album Grand. It is filled with Vermont-recorded BKLYNsynthpop. Get ready for handclaps everyone. First off, this one is less punky, more mid tempo. I am kind of interested in hearing how some of the songs will sound live. Plus, I must say I am surprised that the album doesn't come preloaded with remixes (note: there is one "outro mix"), but I guess we will have to wait for the remixes in the coming months. Anyway, the new album looks like this:



Downloadables:
"Don't Slow Down" (box.net mp3)
"Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare" (box.net mp3)

Streamable: Grand (spinner album stream)

More? Interview links? I has them. Read the Brooklyn Based interview (here). Topics covered... health insurance, twin beds, The White Stripes, Todd P, day jobs. Read the p'fork interview (here). Topics covered... selling out, Rick Rubin, performing on the floor vs the stage, Fugazi.

Tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg it's the record release show. As for the Secret Special Guests, here is my lame attempt at a guess:

Ninjasonik (prolly)
Team Robespierre (prolly)
Flosstradamus (maybe)
Parts & Labor (maybe)

Hopefully, there will be no Converse or Mountain Dew banners covering the "slippery slope" that is the stage.

Myspace page is here.
Fader Label is here.
IHEARTCOMIX page is here.
Moshi Moshi is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

earlier-song-with-the-same-title-as-the-new-album BONUS: "Grand" (box.net mp3)

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- Unnecessary Newsflash! Animal Collective are all over the place these days. Two new examples: (1) The new video for "My Girls" (youtube) and (2) That bassy Mexicans With Guns RMX... "My Girls (Mexicans With Guns Remix)" (antipop mp3)

- The Pazz N Jop poll is up. Read it... here.

- Just Listen: "Handed" (thrill jockey mp3) by Lithops (the alterego of Jan St Werner of Mouse On Mars)

- Listen to Hella offshoot sBACH's recent Daytrotter session... here.

- WFMU has a bunch of live, umm, Puffy Areolas (the BAND, not the body part, you perverts)... here.

- PUKEKOS posts a few Brenmar tracks (whom you may remember from this post)... here.

Come Saturday By The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Welcome to Saturday.

This being Saturday, I bring a Saturday song. For your listening pleasure, a slightly noisy indie pop song by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.

Listen: "Come Saturday" (box.net mp3)

You may remember The Pains (abbr. mine) from such posts as, well... this one post here.

The song above is from the Slumberland Records Searching For The Now 7" series. Deets about that are here.

Expect a full length from The Pains later this year.

Myspace page is here.
Slumberland Records is here.
Slumberland's podcast is here.
Cloudberry Records is here.
Squirrel Records page is here.
eMusic page is here.

The BONUS with one pretty good song title and one awesome song title:
"Orchard Of My Eye" (cloudberry mp3)
"Kurt Cobain's Cardigan" (box.net mp3)

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- The Passion Of The Weiss posts a new remix of "The Healer" by Erykah Badu featuring Pharoahe Monch... here.

- Awesome, the Single Of The Week over at The Finest Kiss is "Topps" by BOAT... here.

- F Yeah-ers, Team Robespierre has a poppy new mp3 available at p'fork... here.

The L Magazine's 8 NYC Bands You Need To Hear (In 2008)

I finally got around to skimming the The L Magazine's 8 NYC Bands You Need To Hear issue. Here is a quick review of the bands featured (with links and when available, mp3s).

High Places have been buzzed and blogged about for awhile now (47 posts here). I am really liking them, although as I was listen to them the other day I was told by a fellow listener "I don't think I could listen to too much of this. It is too cute." AND this from someone who likes Psapp. I digress. Drrrr.
Listen to some experimental tweedub: "Golden" (box.net mp3)

Representing the grittier Todd P/SUCKAPANTS-y contingent of NYC bands is Team Robespierre.
Listen to their electropunk: "88th Precinct" (mp3)

The one band that was selected that I had not heard but am now pretty excited about is The Lisps. Dig their indie folkrock chops.
Listen: "Pepper Spray" (mp3)

I was also interested to read about Violens, who sprang from the corpse of Lansing-Dreiden. They are definitely are coming at it from the poppier-less-proggy side of things this time.
Listen to something "Sunnier": "Violent Sensation Descends" (mp3)

If you are going to use a cookie name for a band, I personally would go with Hydrox, and not Famous Amos. Anywhoo... you can stream some of their songs @ their Myspace. Listen to "Everywhere", then if you like, pick up their album @ Sound Fix.

Just the band name, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, sounded so very very twee I could taste the cute in my mouth. But hey, they pull it off.
Listen: "Doing All The Things That Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud" (box.net mp3)

Then there is the catchy indie pop of This Is Ivy League. Not for me... maybe for you??
Listen: "London Bridges" (mp3)

And lastly, La Strada who are often compared to a certain band named after a certain Middle Eastern city and I ain't talking about Yazd. Listen to them at the Myspace.

AND HEY The L Magazine, what about these bands??

Indie rockers, Susu.
Listen: "Hands Up (The Race)" (box.net mp3)

Pyschpop'ers, Flying.
Listen: "Minors" (mp3)

Postpunkers, Motico (who need to start playing some shows damnit).
Listen: "The Wandering Jew" (mp3)
(If you're worried about the title, don't. They're like 80% Jewish).

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- ROCK MATH! Postpunk + New Wave = Cut Off Your Hands/Split Endz. Listen: "Shark Attack (Split Endz Cover)" (mp3)

- Let the 90's Nostalgia Begin!! I'm gonna bust out my decaying Pavement tshirt and listen to some (not all, ughhh don't think I could) of captain's dead 90's mixes. Part 1... here. Part 2... here. Two more parts to come.

- Where do I go from my Lips And Ribs? Why XXJFG, of course... here. Also with Deathsquad and Hour Of Worship

- Former Test Icicle, Lightspeed Champion does Daytrotter... here.

- Here's a "Free Sampler of new Asthmatic Kitty Artists" (zip). More about that... here. I can't stop listening to Ermasse track: "Courez Courez" (mp3)

- There is a vid of my favorite White Williams song "New Violence" @ Stereogum... here.

- FSRN has a "May Day Special" (mp3) about workers around the world.

SXSW(eird)

Ok Ok... one more SXSW post. Check out some of the artists you may have missed. I know I did. Oh well, maybe next year.

"Black Malm" (mp3) by S-S-S-Spectres

"Electric Counterpoint" (mp3) by Steve Reich (no relation... That I know of)

"A Goose" (mp3) by The Weird Weeds

"In Return" (mp3) by Torche

"Jackpot" (mp3) by Soiled Mattress & The Springs

"Sleep" (mp3) by Tree Wave

"Sun Beam" (mp3) by Knife World

"Vile" (mp3) by Power Pill Fist of Black Moth Super Rainbow

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- P'fork points us to cherrybomb.doubletriple.net to watch The new Spoon vid for "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb"... here.

- BERKELEY PLACE posts a boot of QOTSA doing an acoustic show in Bern... here.

- The Devil Has The Best Tuna posts about the footwearlooking shoegazers Soundpool and their influences... here.

- The Gloaming is very excited about Radio Liberation (KEXP on WNYE), and so am I... here.

- The Culture Of Me posts mp3s of the Crystal Castles and Team Robespierre varieties... here.

- Motel De Moka has put up a mix entitled Point Of No Return... here.

88th Precinct by Team Robespierre

If you've made it out to a Todd P show of late, perhaps you've had a chance to see synthpunks Team Robespierre.

Get ready for some HI-N-R-G!

1 Downloadable, 1 Streamable:
"88th Precinct" (box.net mp3)
"88th Precinct" (youtube)

The Team Robespierre blog is here.
Emusic page is here.
Impose Records myspace page is here.
Chrome Peeler page is here.
There's another track plus lots of pics over at SUCKA PANTS... here.

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- Muzak For Cybernetics has posted a track by drone/noise band to watch, Fuck Buttons... here.

- Angular Recording Corporation artists, The Fucks have free Pop Package... here.

- The Thermals drop by Daytrotter and do a Wipers cover!... here.

- I Rock Cleveland posts a song by Hell's Information to test out the new yahoo media player... here.

A Big Deposit By Please Dept.

Hey Brooklyn... BLEEP blorp Bloobbbb... time for some Please Dept.

Downloadables:
"A Big Deposit" (box.net mp3)(source: myspace)
"Sailor's Mouth" (box.net mp3)(source: myspace)

Myspace page is here.
Please Dept on NPR... here.
Buy A Fast One On Julian here.

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- Wilco's demos from Summerteeth? Where else? Captain's Dead... here.
- Frank Zappa explains how to save the record industry at Culture Bully... here.
- NEVVER posts some of PJ's "White Chalk"... here.
- SUCKAPANTS went to a Japanther show that got shut down (at least Team Robespierre got to play)... here.
- KCRW's song of yesterday... "Outside Chance" (mp3)... here.