Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck of Sweden’s I Break Horses may or may not be fans of Smog, but either way, the sonic offerings on their debut album “Hearts” is far from anything one would liken to Bill Callahan. Their shoegaze influences are obvious (My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Jesus & Mary Chain), but the electronic [...]

(via XLR8R ) Tracklisting: Nicolas Jaar & Plex">Maceo Plex – Gravy Train (Nicolas Jaar Remix) [Get Physical Music] Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise [Clown & Sunset] Laxx & Farkas – Creature Nicolas Jaar – Don’t Break My Love [Clown & Sunset] Angelo Badalamenti – Conversation On Twin Peaks [Warner Bros] The Brothers Four – Greenfields [Columbia] Jay-Z – My First Song (Acapella) [Roc-A- Fella] Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood [NONESUCH] Los Ángeles Negros – Tu Y Tu Mirar… Yo Y Mi Cancion [Harmless] LaShun Pace – It’s Me Oh Lord (Acapella Praise) [Shanachie] Jonny Greenwood – Open Spaces [NONESUCH] Pearson Sound – Footloose [Pearson Sound] The Electric Prunes – Holy Are ...

- Frequenze mix - La scorsa notte Nicolas Jaar ha preso possesso per due ore delle frequenze della BBC per l'ultimo capitolo degli Essential Mix: il programma di Pete Tong principe del weekend inglese e tappa forzata per tutti i migliori djs in circolazione. La tracklist vede alternarsi in assoluta armonia artisti come Jay-Z, Jonny Greenwood, Beyoncé, Aphex Twin, Feist, Marvin Gaye, Bill Callahan, the Field e molti molti altri. Scorri la tracklist qui .

Photo by Francis Chung Last night, Nicolas Jaar took over BBC Radio 1 for two hours with his Essential Mix . The mix features Jaar material and music by Jay-Z, Jonny Greenwood, Beyoncé, Aphex Twin, Feist, Marvin Gaye, Bill Callahan, the Field, and, uh, *NSYNC. Listen to it here . And remember, Jaar will perform Saturday, July 14 at the  Pitchfork Music Festival . Single day tickets are  on sale here .

One of my first college experiences many years ago was a College Night at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. A few peeps and I decided to chill out in the courtyard, because every damn college student in Boston was trying to check out an exhibit or something. Or drink booze. Then, magically, Joanna Newsom showed up with her harp, and played a set. It was the ideal setting for her: a grassy area filled with flowers and perhaps birds, her sitting on a platform no more than a few inches off the ground, her audience sitting and lounging ...

Be among the first to hear Cold Specks's debut album, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion, and tell us what you think in the comments Click here to read more about Cold Specks Cold Specks is Canadian singer-songwriter Al Spx, who now lives in London. The band's name is taken from a line in James Joyce's Ulysses: "Born all in the dark wormy earth, cold specks of fire, evil, lights shining in the darkness." Describing her sound as "doom soul", Cold Specks's music is steeped in the musical traditions of the deep south: Spx cites the Lomax ...

The story of Al Spx's discovery is classic happy accident fare. Her now manager, Jim Anderson, finally gave in to his brother's insistence that he come check out a young singer he'd stumbled across in Toronto. Anderson - upon hearing the Etobicoke native's doleful, self-styled brand of 'doom soul' - was sold and convinced her to follow him back to the UK to make a record as Cold Specks . I Predict a Graceful Expulsion , the outcome of a year and a half spent in London, is the manifestation of what Anderson heard in those early demos, and is ...

Bill Callahan - Heaven Help the Child (Mickey Newbury cover) Drag City recently re-released Mickey Newbury’s “Heaven Help The Child” on 7” vinyl. On the B-side is this cover by Bill Callahan. Like almost anything Callahan touches, it’s gold.  Previously:  Bill Callahan - So Long Marianne (Leonard Cohen cover) Bill Callahan - Baby’s Breath   And more…

Tim Burgess knows a thing or two about festivals. Lead singer of The Charlatans, the frontman has spent the best part of two decades entertaining crowds across the UK, Europe and beyond. Gaining more than a few memorable stories along the way, Tim Burgess recently put down some of his more intriguing anecdotes into an autobiography. Logically titled 'Telling Stories' the book is available to buy at all good book shops. To celebrate, ClashMusic invited Tim Burgess to curate his Dream Festival - here's what he came up with... - - - The first thing I was thinking when putting together the line ...

je mehr zeit man investiert, um so näher rücken die dinge. die menschen. auch wenn uns die ozeane trennen, sind wir doch beieinander. weil die geschichten nicht die selben, aber in gleicher weise erfahrbar sind. howth haben uns aus ihrem leben berichtet, haben teilhaben lassen an der entstehung von und den beweggründen zu "newkirk", dem zweiten full length der band aus brooklyn. die musik, gemischt aus versatzstücken der genres pop, folk, elektronik und rock, erzählt ungemein ehrliche und handfeste, nachvollziehbare, wenig verstümmelte geschichten. song für song ergibt sich ein zum interview ( teil 1 , teil2 ) ergänzendes bild. "deep in my heart ...

In her first new music since last year’s acclaimed Meditations on the Sun , Melodie Nelson has teamed up with that old love rat Geoffrey O’Connor, who’s a bit partial to the whole duet thing (see: ‘Things I Shouldn’t Do’ with Jessica Says from last year’s Vanity Is Forever LP). The track is called ‘Six Six Six’, a bluesy string-drenched ballad with allusions to the devil, which was recorded by Simon Grounds (Kes Band, Teeth and Tongue) in Melbourne and mixed in Tasmania by Chris Townsend. Its eerie film clip was shot around the NSW Hunter ...

Bill Callahan on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts

North Carolina’s Caltrop are shapeshifters. One minute, they’re tar-stuck swamp metal, vocalist Sam Taylor singing bleary-eyed, high-arcing melodies; the next, they’re moody and measured, Taylor sounding eerily (and unexpectedly) similar to Bill Callahan. And then, in songs like the 13-minute “Perihelion,” they tread the verdant territory between prog and jazz, lacing loose guitar leads through [...]

Comeback Kid and Living WIth Lions are currently out on the Symptoms + Cures Tour and we were lucky enough to have both bands put together a new PropertyOfZack Playlist feature. Check out the Playlists and listen to the songs on Spotify while reading everyone’s thoughts! (Click on image to listen in Spotify) The Flatliners - Eulogy This band in general gets played in the van probably more than anything else. We have toured with them a bunch, and they are amazing dudes. They always dedicate this song to Chase, and Chase is a nice guy.  Make Do and Mend - TL ...

På M. Wards senaste album, A Wasteland Companion , finns ett spår som heter Me and My Shadow där Ward sjunger: "Now there's a singer everyone has heard, at night he turns into a mockingbird/ If I whistle in the dark, he'll do that too". Om det inte hade varit för att mycket tyder på att Wards låt handlar om honom själv så hade jag gissat mig till att den handlar om kanadensaren Afie Jurvanen, som under aliaset Bahamas nyligen släppte sitt andra album Barchords . För det är mycket med Bahamas som påminner starkt om M. Wards sätt att ...