Ladytron To Release New EP & 'Best Of'

The new 'Best Of' compilation (Ladytron 00 - 10) and new EP are scheduled for release this March. The band is also in the studio working on their fifth album. Stay tuned!

Ladytron - Ace Of Hz by nettwerkmusicgroup

More Ladytron here.

The Kills Detail New Album

Blood Pressures will be released in the US on April 5th (everywhere else April 4th).

Visit thekills.tv for more.

Sour Cherry > The Kills by ceesa

M.I.A.//Vicki Leekz

I'm a bit late on this, but after the big letdown Maya (/\/\/\Y/\‎) turned out to be, I was weary to once again jump on the opportunity to promote the latest from M.I.A.  With that said though, i'm happy to say that the recently released mixtape, Vicki Leekx, is the M.I.A. we all know and love.  I'm not sure if this is an apology or maybe an impostor was responsible for Maya (/\/\/\Y/\‎), and I don't really care...the mixtape's good.

Check out the track below if you don't believe me, then download the rest of Vicki Leekx for free here.  

M.I.A. - Gen-N-E-Y

ANTICIPATION

There are quite a few new releases set for 2011 that I'm really excited about. The Go! Team's latest, Rolling Blackouts, is hands down the release i'm most excited to hear...and lucky for me it's less than a month away. Here's some more new releases i'm looking forward to most this year:

Beach Fossils - Calyer 7"

Set for release January 11th via Captured Tracks.

British Sea Power - Valhalla Dancehall

Set for release January 11th via Rough Trade.

Braids - Native Speaker

Set for release January 18th via Fat Possum.

Tennis - Cape Dory

Set for release January 18th via Fat Possum.

White Lies - Ritual

Set for release January 18th via Geffen.

Deerhoof - Deerhoof vs. Evil

Set for release January 25th via Polyvinyl.

Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows

Set for release January 25th via Blacksmith.

The Go! Team - Rolling Blackouts

Set for release on January 31st via Memphis Industries.

The Streets - Computers and Blues

Set for release on February 2nd via 679/Atlantic.

Cut Copy - Zonoscope

Set for release on February 8th via Modular.

Asobi Seksu - Flourescence

Set for release on February 14th via Polyvinyl.

Telekinesis - 12 Desperate Straight Lines

Set for release on February 15th via Merge.

The Luyas - Too Beautiful to Work

Set for release on February 22nd via Dead Oceans.

Devotchka - 100 Lovers

Set for release on March 1st via Anti-.

Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes

Set for release on March 1st via LL Recordings.

Lupe Fiasco - LASERS

Set for release on March 8th via Atlantic.

Starfucker - Reptilians

Set for release on March 8th via Polyvinyl.

the Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck

Set for release on March 29th via Merge.

Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some

Set for release on March 29th via StarTime International.

Surfer Blood - I'm Not Ready EP

Set for release on April 4th via Kanine.

M83 follow up to Saturdays=Youth. Set for release sometime this year.

What new music are you looking forward to most this year?

[on the rise] TRISTEN

I was first introduced to Tristen last week, via KCRW's Today's Top Tune, and was instantly intrigued.

Originally hailing from Chicago, where she first began recording music at the age of 14, Tristen packed up after graduating from college and headed for Nashville to experience the city's one of a kind music scene. That, and with such influencers as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Lou Reed, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton, Tristen has effortlessly blended pop, rock, folk, and country to create a fresh and organic sound, which she describes as, "neo-traditionalist pop". Her latest, Charlatans at the Garden Gate, is due for release February 1st, 2011, and I can already tell it will be in heavy rotation on my iPod.

Tristen is currently in the middle of a South East tour (check the dates here), ending December 4th in Nashville, with an in store 7" release show at Grimey's New and Pre Loved Music. Hopefully she'll make it out West for some shows after Charlatans at the Garden Gate is released.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Tristen is offering up her Eager For Your Love 7" for free download at her site, tristen.com.

The 7" includes Eager For Your Love, Baby Drugs (KCRW's Todays Top Tune aka the track that introduced me to Tristen), and Cheatin (previously unreleased b-side).

Want a physical copy of Eager For Your Love 7" and tour poster? Leave a comment with your favorite Tristen track and a winner will be randomly selected on 12/15 at 12pm.

More Tristen @ facebook, myspace, & twitter

The Go! Team//Rolling Blackouts

Rolling Blackouts will be released Jan 30th, 2011. In the meantime, you can watch a trailer for the upcoming release below.

Pre-order the album:

The Go! Team Store

Amazon.uk

More from The Go! Team here and here

[update] GIRL TALK//ALL DAY

For those of you stressing about what to play at your next dance party, fear not. Girl Talk's latest, All Day, was released today courtesy of Illegal Art. If that news alone wasn't good enough for you, IA and Girl Talk are giving away the album for free here. Enjoy!

[update] See all the samples used in All Day while it plays at alldaysamples.com

Girl Talk is also going on tour. More info here.

SNOW & VOICES//SO FREELY

Snow & Voices, a definite favorite of mine, just released their latest, So Freely.

It's a cover of Tir Na Nog's song from the 1972 release, A Tear and a Smile. This is the first release from the the music collective's new covers project.

I can't wait to hear the rest of this project. I was introduced to Snow & Voices last Summer and I absolutely love their sound and stylings. Unfortunately, I missed their last show at the Hotel Cafe, so i'm crossing my fingers for another chance to see them live.

Snow & Voices - So Freely by Snow & Voices

More Snow & Voices:

snowandvoices.com

my previous post with the amazing track, mistress (coincidentally another cover)

DEREZZED

Anybody else as excited as I am for this movie and soundtrack?

[new] Music Roundup

Short and sweet post today.

I gave myself a deadline to finish my final grad school project by Nov 1st, but seeing as how it has nothing to do with music, fantasy football, and/or comics, I've got a lot of work cut for me. So if you notice a lag in activity here in the next couple of weeks (hopefully not months), don't stress, i'll be back, and with even more time to share the music I love. In the meantime, you can always visit 35mmBeats for more music and pop culture happenings.

But without further ado, here are three brand new tracks from some of my favorite artists.

Enjoy!

[mp3] Deerhoof - The Merry Barracks (from the forthcoming album, Deerhoof vs Evil, out Jan 25, 2011)

More Deerhoof here.

[mp3] Lykke Li - Get Some (first single from her forthcoming album)

More Lykke Li here.

[mp3] Girls - Heartbreaker (from the forthcoming album, Broken Dreams Club, available Nov 22, 2010)

More Girls here.

Mew//Eggs are Funny

Mew is releasing a compilation album, Eggs are Funny, October 25th. The album (named after one of the first songs the band ever wrote together) is a collection of songs from Mew's history. As an added bonus, the album will also include a brand-new track, Do You Love It?, as well as a DVD with all the music videos the band has ever done, including the never-before-seen video for Panda.

For more on Mew, visit the official site and/or myspace.

[listen] New Terrain from No More Stories...

[watch] Beach from No More Stories...

Warpaint//The Fool

Warpaint's latest, The Fool, will be out next week...but thanks to the Hype Machine, we can preview the entire album a week early!

Gospel Music//Duettes

Black Kids bassist, Owen Holmes, is branching out and gearing up for his solo debut, under the moniker Gospel Music. The 5-track EP features duets (hence the EP title, Duettes) with Cassie Ramone (Vivian Girls), Darren Hayman (Hefner), French singer/songwriter SoKo, Shirley Simms (the Magnetic Fields), and Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura).

Duettes is out on limited edition 10" and download, Nov. 29th, courtesy of Fierce Panda.

AUTOMOBILE by GOSPEL MUSIC from Triad Publicity on Vimeo.

T.O.R.N.A.D.O. hits BBC Radio 1

If you happened to tune in for the Zane Lowe show on BBC Radio 1 today (10/14), you were lucky enough to get the first taste of The Go! Team's latest offering, T.O.R.N.A.D.O. If not, lucky for you Mr. Lowe put the track up on his blog. (listen to T.O.R.N.A.D.O. below)

The track is the one the band have been opening with over the last few gigs. Lead vocalist (and one of the coolest person's in music), Ninja, describes the track as "it's a little faster, it's not actually our first single, which will be coming soon...it's back to the noise, the chaos, the lo-fi, the horns - it's kind of inspired by The Taking of Pelham 123, that kind of soundtrack - it's got a bit of that inside it. It's kind of introducing us back - we've been away for a little while - this is us comin' back."

She could have described it as sounding like cats in heat and I would still want to listen to it. Titled Rolling Blackouts and set to be released Jan 31st, the new album will also feature Bethany Cosetino (Best Coast) and Satomi Matsuzaki (Deerhoof). Needless to say, I'm super excited about The Go! Team's new album.

If you're not familiar with The Go! Team (you should be!) head on over to the band's official website and give'm a listen.

The Go! Team - T.O.R.N.A.D.O.

The Go! Team - T.O.R.N.A.D.O by memphisindustries

Dust Lane

Yann Tiersen's latest offering, Dust Lane, is out today!

Dust Lane is the sixth studio album by Tiersen. Two years in the making, produced by Tiersen and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, M83, Dave Gahan), Dust Lane is an album preoccupied with mortality.

During its recording, Tiersen lost his mother and a close friend, and the music within embodies what it is to be bereaved. It is also an album about life not as something lost, but something to be live. Tiersen describes the album as, "not such a sad thing, but a colourful thing - an experience sometimes painful, but also joyful".

More about Yann Tiersen here.

You can purchase the album via MUTE or iTunes

coming soon: yann tiersen

Definitely one of my all time favorite artists, Yann Tiersen (Amelie, Goodbye Lenin, Tabarly), is set to release his latest album, Dust Lane, October 11th in Europe (via MUTE) and October 12th in the US (via ANTI). He's also about to set out on a European tour with more dates promised. I was lucky enough to see Mr. Tiersen live awhile back (w/ Asobi Seksu...so good), so hopefully the tour makes it's way to the US, this is a show you don't want to to miss.

(yann tiersen @ the el rey theatre w/ asobi seksu, may 2, 2009)

A bit about Dust Lane (courtesy of yanntiersen.com):

Dust Lane is the sixth studio album by Yann Tiersen. Two years in the making, it was largely recorded on Tiersen's current home of Ouessant, a small island off the coast of West Britanny, with further parts recorded on an island in the south Philippines and last touches and final mix at The Chairworks Studio in Castelford with producer Ken Thomas (Sigur Rós, M83, Dave Gahan).

Dust Lane is, inescapably, an album preoccupied with mortality. During its recording, Tiersen lost his mother and a close friend, and the music within embodies what it is to be bereaved. It is also an album about life not as something lost, but something to be lived. "Not a sad thing, but a colourful thing - an experience sometimes painful, but also joyful," says Tiersen.

Head on over to the official site and you can stream his entire show at La Route du Rock Festival (for a limited time)

coming soon: best coast

After months of speculation and a steady output of lo-fi pop singles, Best Coast is set to release its first full-length, Crazy for You, on July 27th, via Mexican Summer.

Best Coast is Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno. More at myspace.com/bestycoasty

mp3: Best Coast - When I'm With You

mp3: Best Coast - This is Real

new arcade fire

Arcade Fire just released two new tracks from the forthcoming album. Check'em out below, they won't be up for long...

Arcade Fire - Month of May
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

coming soon: crystal castles

crystal castles is set to release their latest on june 8th, 2010.

thanks to bbc we have our first listen of one of the new tracks,

doe deer.

crystal castles is currently on tour. check the dates HERE

more: crystalcastles.com