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Release the hounds!
- Foxygen - We Are the 21st Century… (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Nightlands - Oak Island (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Ra Ra Riot - Beta Love (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- The Joy Formidable - Wolf’s Law (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Toro y Moi - Anything in Return (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
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A new year, a new round of new releases for your listening enjoyment.
- A$AP Rocky - LongLiveA$AP (buy the CDs/buy the MP3s)
- Yo La Tengo - Fade (buy the CDs/buy the MP3s)
Summit by Skrillex (ft. Ellie Goulding)
Something about this video is perfect for the late nights in the early days of a new year.
(Source: coketalk)
Sta Hi Brothas ft. Porter - rump pa pump pum
Happy Holidays from all of us here at Tuneage! Rather than post another tired Christmas cover, I wanted to share this awesome song by Sta Hi Brothers (a duo of Seattle based rappers, Vitamin D & Maineack). “rump pa pump pum” takes on a whole new musical perspective on The Little Drummer Boy.
I can’t find much information about Sta Hi Brothers but I love this song. It’s is filled with retro vibes, it’s sleek and it’s infectious (even if the lyrics are pretty explicit).
“rump pa pump pum” was released as a part of the rap duos 2011 Christmas album, Christmas Trees.
Special thanks to Danny Brito for introducing me to this song.
Thrift Shop by macklemore & Ryan Lewis
shiiiiitt
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Here at Tuneage, we’re always excited about a new Crystal Castles album.
- Crystal Castles - III (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
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I only just heard Godspeed was coming out with a new album. And now it’s out. Merry Christmas to me!
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Jason Lytle - Dept. of Disappearance (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Pinback - Information Retrieved (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
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Another light-in-number but heavy-with-awesome week.
- Black Moth Super Rainbow - Cobra Juicy (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Tame Impala - Lonerism (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
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Quiet week, but at least two big hitters.
- Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- The Mounain Goats - Transcendental Youth (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
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Good week.
- Band of Horses - Mirage Rock (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Grizzly Bear - Shields (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- The Sea and Cake - Runner (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Woods - Bend Beyond (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
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This is the week of releases I’ve been waiting on for a while.
- The Avett Brothers - The Carpenter (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- David Byrne & St Vincent - Love This Giant (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- The Raveonettes - Observator (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- The xx - Coexist (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
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Big week. BIG week.
- Animal Collective - Centipede Hz (buy the MP3s)
- Cat Power - Sun (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn’t (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Mount Eerie - Ocean Roar (buy the MP3s)
Summer is a strangely slow time for tuneage–we tend to go back to the classics, to old favorites, rather than digging our fingers into the new music that’s out.
I like this song. I like that it is three years old and from a band that disbanded too early. I’m a strange sentimentalist. Also, considering the song came out in 2009, it should have gotten more attention considering how perfectly indie it sounds. They opened for Grizzly Bear that year.
I also like that there is a nice lyrical complexity in Blood. But the slow-build up has a pay-off. The gentlest of harmonies, the glockenspiel, the soft whistles and “wooos” lead to something strange and very lovely. You end up in the fourth minute before you realize there hasn’t been any “singing” for almost 60 seconds.
In fact, the last third of the song is completely removed of any “lyrics.” Blood shucks its sound and it feels like you’ve emerged into a completely new song.
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Just two this week, but two great ones.
- Dan Deacon - America (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Wild Nothing - Nocturne (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
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It’s been a while, but now we have some new music worth throwing down monies for…
- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Four Tet - Pink (buy the MP3s)
…and a great album we missed a little while back:
- Purity Ring - Shrines (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
