Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992
The Devil Has The Best Tuna (Free subscription) | yesterday
Snow Patrol Genre: Alternative rock, power pop, indie rock From: Dundee, Scotland Pop quiz. What do Arthur Russell , TV on the Radio and Tribe Called Quest have in common? Stumped yet? If you guessed that they’re each one of the incredibly surprising picks on Snow Patrol ’s Late Night Tales DJ mix you’re probably cheating. But seriously, the Patrol boys, who’ve built a reputation...
Squeaky Bleeps (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Got 3 new mixes from you today, all from fairly well known heads - Polish peeps Supra1 (you can read the Squeaky Bleeps feature on them here ), Mumdance with some big grime riddims and unreleased tunes from him and two mixes on a different, downtempo tip - one from Joy Orbison, and a hip hop mix from Mr Beatnick, who rolls with the One Handed Music crew - Alex Chase, Bullion, Paul White. Joy Orbison...
The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This is not an invitation for every band to cover the immensely coverable Arthur Russell, but we will say that the majority of reworks we’ve heard lately have been pretty solid. Next in line is Holiday Shores‘ cover of “Your Motion Says,” which actually benefits from the fact that it originally came from a super [...]
RCRD LBL (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Holiday Shores (Floridians, CMJ darlings , and all around affable guys) have a new tour-only cassette called Through The Thin Cloud and today they're gifting one of its exclusive tracks. Below, the band channels lounge lizards past in this boozy little cover of Arthur Russell ’s “Your Motion Says,” replete with downtempo chords and cowbell. Hit up MySpace for tour info on where to...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
photo by Veronica Murtagh/Chicagoist The year's end is quickly approaching and as we reflect on the past ten months in music in an attempt to define 2009, there are certain trends that, for better or worse, stick out. Across genres, music blogs have become powerful influencers, launching the careers of young bands, but often buzz can backfire. The newest amazing act often turns out to be little more...
THE GOODNESS (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
After releasing his Panesian Nights and The Explorers EPs earlier this year to much acclaim from both critics and dance floors, CFCF is unleashing his highly anticipated debut album, Continent , on Paper Bag Recordings. CFCF: "For the songs on this album I usually started with an idea in mind of a specific atmosphere I wanted to convey. That atmosphere, whether it was something hazy, nostalgic,...
twentyfourhours (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The wait is over. Finally the Go Bang ! A Tribute to Arthur Russell released. A magnificent release from Electric Minds . Yam Who? , Faze Action , My Tiger My Timing , Max Essa , Pocketknife and Ilija Rudman have spent the last few months recreated several of Arthur Russell's songs, the result is of course ace. Big up to Electric Minds for this release. On the 27th of november Electric Minds and Lovebox...
geometricsleep. (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Arthur Russell - Get around to it Perfect kickin' it vibes all around.
Discobelle.net (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
A super fresh remix from Krazy Fiesta, of the track “Ten Strikes” from Stockholm outfit O’Spada and the boys certainly provide us with top notch quality once again but this time they go towards more of a mellow analogdisco sound in the vein of Arthur Russell meets Chaka Khan. O’Spada – Ten Strikes (Krazy Fiesta [...]
Music Snitch (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
While Snow Patrol recently released their ‘Up To Now’ best of album, members Gary Lightbody and Tom Simpson also unveiled their ‘Late Night Tales’ compilation album. The mix album features music from, TV on the Radio, Super Furry Animals, Arthur Russell, A Tribe Called Quest, as well as Snow Patrol’s cover of the INXS [...]
Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Howie Beck’s fourth record is, apparently, the first recorded outside his bedroom and man, does it tell. Taking on a more cinematic angle, How to Fall Down in Public , is a record that combines major label-era Elliott Smith with the soulful slickness of Brendan Benson.
Tastes Like Caramel (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
During CMJ week I came across these tiny 2-sided postcards that read “HOT CHIP” and “New Album February 2010 HOTCHIP.CO.UK” and that was all. I immediately scoured the internet for more information that night and came across a few forums with links to an unnamed album. This morning we got the official news that Hot Chip [...]
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Hot Chip's "most complete work to date."
The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Electric Minds‘ tribute album to Arthur Russell features a cover of his song “Get Around to It” as re-imagined by Brooklyn-based DJ, Pocketknife. It is decidedly more disco than the original, but Joe Worricker’s vocal tones are almost tantamount to Russell’s, feeling like an update Russell would have given himself. Rough Trade’s Ray Burst [...]
distinctivly (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
So, now I’m trying to start something that I have been planning to do for a long time but haven’t because I haven’t had any good internet. Now I have. So here we go. Let me present (drums) winged/wicked things’ aural pleasure. The idea is that I will on a weekly basis provide with some, what I [...]
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