© 2008 music is for lovers. 
Oliver the Penguin is a chill, relaxing, and soothing group who is more than a girly version of the Postal Service, they’ve got their own thing going on and it’s rad. The band is two people: Tommy Walter from the Eeels / Abandon Pools, and Rie Sinclair who is Emmy-Nominated independent composer. Apparently, the group started when attempting to write a song for a TV show, realized they…
Imogen Heap has a new album arriving August 25, 2009 entitle Ellipse – and she just released her first single First Train Home. It’s incredible!
Go listen to “First Train Home” – and check out her video blog and my previous posts on Imogen.
One of the reasons I love Imogen is because of how much she cares about her fans. Follow her on…
You know Vampire Weekend? You know Ra Ra Riot? Well, one guy from each band has decided to make a new kind of sound called “Discovery” and it’s, deeeelightful. The two guys? Rostam Batmanglij, the keyboardist from Vampire Weekend, and Wes Miles, the front-man of Ra Ra Riot.
The album “LP” will arrive in the US on July 7th, so mark you calendars!
There are…
Fantasies is Metric’s fourth studio album, and it’s four times awesomer than most everything else 2009 has heard. You may have heard lead singer and songwriter Emily Haines’ voice before as she has been featured on Stars‘ albums, and (like many other amazing artists) is part of the Broken Social Scene.
Fantasies has a very interesting…
Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion is easily one of 2009’s best, and you can listen to the whole thing right here! Animal Collective has been around for years, and they have a cult-like following who would probably secede from the union to live in an Animal Collective commune if they could (which would be bad news for us, because they’re from Baltimore, MD)…
Many of you have been waiting in eager anticipation for the new Mew album. Finally, the new Mew record is ready to go. It’s been recorded and produced, and in June it will be listened to en masse.
Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, Mew first broke onto the scene in 2003 with their album, Frengers which won the “Album of the Year” and “Band of the…
I just wrote a post called 11 Great Indie Music Tunes, and right on the heals of that a friend found a gold mine. A literal, gold mine. Amazon MP3 continues to amaze me. Thanks to Owen, I just saw Amazon’s 25 days of free Christmas music.
UPDATE (10.18.08) – Listen:
So after purchasing the album, I think it lacks a bit of punch. I still like it, and it’s growing on me; but it’s not as good as the last few albums. They’ve chilled it out a bit…
I’m sure bands hate it when the first thing you comment on is how amazing the lead vocalist’s voice is; but this is one damn good voice. Amazing falsetto. Anyhow, what’s a good voice without good music? Deas Vail have a great thing going for such a young band. They have only made one full-length album so far, entitled “All the Houses Look the Same” and just recently released an EP entitled “White Lights” …
Bloc Party just announced their new album, “Intimacy,” which you can purchase digitally and receive in two days – August 21! Buy the digital album now for $10 and receive a digital copy. The physical copy will apparently have “different” tracks and will be released October 27th. You can purchase both the digital, and pre-order the the psychical right now for $20…