The Northwest isn't shy of delivering great talent year-in and year-out and Fleet Foxes are testament to that.
Fleet Foxes laid down some tunes for Daytrotter a little while back. I was gone for a little while so I missed some stuff. But Fleet Foxes are one of the year's best new bands and their track, "English House," from the Sun Giant EP is one of my favorite songs of the year so far. The boys from Washington, who may remind you of My Morning Jacket (sorry, Band of Horses doesn't sound like either), recorded four songs for Daytrotter. Two are from Sun Giant, the title track and "Drops in the River." The other two songs will appear on their forthcoming self/titled album, "White Winter Hymnal" and "Sun it Rises."
For the complete session and excellent article on the band, check here.
I wasn't allowed to stay up late enough to see the best new band of the year perform on the Late Late Show. God Bless Youtube, huh. Matt and co. chose the sublime "Torn Blue Foam Couch" to play for the occasion.
Portishead
Third (Mercury)
hear: SIlence, The Rip, We Carry On, Machine Gun, Small, Magic Doors
Not for the most sensitive eyes, but definitely intriguing.
Recommended listening:
The newest track released from My Brightest Diamond is "I Had a Pearl," which along with two remixes of "Inside a Boy"
make up the "Inside a Boy" single EP. Thus, although it is a solid song, it most likely will not be on the album.
Shara Worden has also announced a set of touring dates. Judging by the dates and the fact that the show in NYC toward the end of the tour is the "record release" show, she will most likely be touring again after the release of A Thousand Shark's Teeth. Oh, and there will be a bonus EP released with the album.
Inside a Boy EP:
1 Inside a Boy
2 I Had a Pearl
3 Black and Costaud (Tim Fite Redux)
4 Inside a Boy (Son Lux Remix)
Tour dates:
5.20 Los Angeles, CA: Hotel Café
5.21 Los Angeles, CA: Hotel Café
5.23 Saratoga, CA: Monalva Arts Center
5.24 San Francisco, CA: The Independent
5.27 Barcelona, Spain: Primavera Sound
6.09 New York, NY: Other Music (in-store)
6.14 Hultsfred, Sweden: Hultsfred Festival
6.17 New York, NY: Blender Theatre at Gramercy (record release show)
6.20 Boston, MA: Berklee Performance Center
6.27 Evreux, France: Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats
Bonus EP:
1 Apples (Alt. Version)
2 Bass Player (Alt. Version)
3 To Pluto's Moon (Alt. Version)
4 If I Were Queen (Alt. Version)
5 The Diamond (Alt. Version)
6 Music Box (Outtake)
This may be old news but I would be remiss if I didn't mention something about My Bloody Valentine touring North America. Yes, the 2nd best shoegaze band ever(congratulations Slowdive), will play the big cities this Fall: L.A., NYC, SF, Chicago, and uh, Toronto? What has Seattle and Miam- just Seattle- done to you Kevin?! Sale dates and prices aren't available as of yet. Also not available is a detailed explanation as to the reason they chose Roseland in NYC for their grand reunion tour. Roseland?
Dates:
9.22 New York, NY: Roseland
9.23 New York, NY: Roseland
9.25 Toronto, Ontario: Ricoh
9.27 Chicago, IL: Aragon Ballroom
9.30 San Francisco, CA: The Concourse
10.01 Los Angeles, CA: Santa Monica Civic
10.02 Los Angeles, CA: Santa Monica Civic
Tapes 'n Tapes' first single off the recently dropped Walk it Off is the power-poppy "Hang Them All." And as these things typically go, they made a video for it.
Cut Copy
In Ghost Colours (Modular)
hear: Feel the Love, Lights and Music, Unforgettable Season, So Haunted, Far Away, Strangers in the Wind, Nobody Lost Nobody Found
The Kills
Midnight Boom (Domino)
hear: U.R.A. Fever, Cheap and Cheerful, Tape Song, Getting Down, M.E.X.I.C.O.C.U., Sour Cherry, Alphabet Pony
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