New Passion Pit

Passion Pits first proper LP Manners on May 18th.
Here's the first cutttt- Mothwings

Elvis Perkins- In Dearland

Elvis Perkins returns after a 2 year hiatus with his second full length- In Dearland. Perkins first LP, Ash Wednesday, was an incredible first effort. Songs such as All the Night Without Love, While You Were Sleeping, and Emile's Vietnam in the Sky, showed Perkins' to be a classy and imaginative craftsman capable of writing circles around many of his esteemed and established colleague. In many ways, In Dearland starts where Ash Wednesday leaves off, building from a foundation of earthy guitars, strings, deep drums, and swirling lyrics. What's different this time is that Perkins' vocals seem much more ambitious, moving outside of his previously restrained range, and experimenting with rich, loose, dipping and diving notes that dance with the lyrics rather than watch them from the bleachers. This is especially apparent on the single Shampoo as well as Hours Last Stand, and I Heard Your Voice in Dresden. The song I was both most surprised and pleased with was I'll Be Arriving, a song driven by a 60's soul organ, a relentless metallic jangle, and a woozy trumpet: a very Tom Waits-like venture, with an intense yet sloppy demeanor that screams purgatory, or maybe just Detroit.

One unfortunate likeness between In Dearland and Ash Wednesday is that they are both very top heavy records, with the quality tunes arriving more towards the beginning and middle, and fading out with subtle tracks that are ok, but not necessarily screaming to be listened to. Overall, In Dearland is certainly worth a listen, if not many.

Check out Elvis' MySpace to hear some of the tracks.

Bon Iver covers Feist

Not many people are better than Bon Iver at squeezing the poignancy out of other people's songs. Check out his live cover of Feist's "The Park".

Deer Tick covers Beautiful Girls

Check Out Deertick's cover of Sean Kingston's Beautiful Girls. Amazing.

MUXtaPe

HEy!
Check out Muxtape!

last.fm

Check out Shirley and Art on last.fm!

http://www.last.fm/user/shirleyandart

Whitley

I download stuff from Daytrotter almost daily, and often find myself re-discovering songs months later. Today I found a song by Whitley called "I Remember", the first time I listened I cried. It's simple, poignant, and beautifully sung. I guess i'm just a sucker....check it out here.

Dark Was the Night

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Check out the "Dark Was the Night" benefit compilation for the Red Hot Organization. The album was produced by the Dessner brothers from The National and includes exclusive tracks from all the Indie heavyweights (Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Jose Gonzalez, Feist, The New Pornographers, and many more). A new track is being streamed each day on their myspace page and you can also listen to the collaboration between The Dirty Projectors and David Byrne here. Enjoy.

New Bon Iver song

Check out the new Bon Iver song "Bloodbank", up for free download on the RCRD LBL  website. 

Sorry

Hey Everyone,

Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, my computer has been broken for a couple of weeks, and is currently at the Apple store getting fixed. I promise there will be some amazing new posts in the coming weeks.

-THom

Le Blogoteque meets Daytrotter in a High School

Everyone should check out Laundromatinee, an Old Kentucky Blog side project that records and videotapes live sessions in an Indianapolis High School radio station. Featured artists include the Acorn, Castanets, Bodies of Water, Dr. Dog, and Bon Iver. Good Stuff.

Free music for people that like short songs

Ottawa's The Acorn have put up two mini-ep's for free download on their website. The Earworm EP is a 12 song fury made up 30 second hit or misses. While Little Elms,the other EP, is 75% joke, 68% offensive, and 23% cute as shit. Both are well worth checking out.

(I recommend downloading the EP's separately because I had some issues with combined zip file.)

Check Out The Acorn on Myspace for some full length tunage.