Releases Filed Under: "Indie "
Jason Collett
Rat A Tat Tat
Rat A Tat Tat was recorded in the summer and fall of 2009, largely on the east side of Toronto at Ill Eagle, Carlin Nicholson and Mike O’Brien of Zeus’ studio.
Zeus, Collett’s long time backing band contributed throughout both releases along with a bevy of guests. Rat a Tat Tat is Jason Collett at his most playful, robust and revelatory.
A true marvel.
Filed under: Indie
Broken Bells
S/T
2010 debut album from this duo featuring James Mercer (The Shins) and Brian Burton (AKA Danger Mouse).
The album features 10 melodically seductive and psychologically provocative songs co-written and performed by Mercer and Burton.
The album features Mercer on vocals, guitars and bass while Burton plays organ, drums, piano, synths and bass.
The pair play all the instruments on the album with the exception of a full string section arranged by Daniele Luppi.
Filed under: Alternative Rock • Indie
Pavement
Quarantine the Past - Greatest Hits
New collection from the Indie Rock legends, which spans the entirety of Pavement’s career from 1989 to 1999.
The compilation takes the listener on a trip, from the scratchy and mysterious sounds of their early vinyl-only releases up to the rich, multilayered warmth of their final recordings.
Although it does not include any unreleased material, it definitely digs deeper than the hits.
Filed under: Alternative Rock • Indie
Pavement
Watery Domestic / Wowee / Slanted / Brighten / Crooked / Terror
Released in conjunction with the reunion tour, Matador has reissued all the Pavement releases on LP.
Download coupon included.
Filed under: Alternative Rock • Indie • Vinyl
Besnard Lakes
Are the Roaring Night
Dark, atmospheric, and dreamlike, Montreal’s The Besnard Lakes return with their brand new album, ‘The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night’ on the much esteemed Jagjaguwar label.
Founded by husband and wife team, Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, Besnard Lakes have become a cult and critical success, releasing two albums, including 2007’s Polaris Music Prizenominated ‘The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse’.
Since then, the band have also composed and performed an original score for the Mark Ruffalo-directed independent film, ‘Sympathy For Delicious’, which has since been accepted into the prestigious 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Filed under: Folk / Country / Rootsy • Indie • Vinyl
Elizabeth Fraser
Moses
New limited 12” single !
The first new music from Elizabeth Fraser in decades.
Three tracks, including a remix by Thighpaulsandra (Coil) and Spaceland
Filed under: Experimental / Electronic • Indie • Vinyl
Joanna Newsom
Have One On Me
2010 three CD / LP release from the acclaimed singer/songwriter, the long-awaited follow-up to her album The Y’s.
Featuring Ryan Francesconi and Neal Morgan from Joanna’s Ys Street Band, Have One On Me is an extravagantly packaged collection of fantastic new Joanna Newsom songs: her most colorful record to date.
Joanna’s music has more of an affinity with the Folk revival of the ‘60s, or the Bluegrass movement at present, than with most contemporary Folk (or Anti-Folk) scenes.
Affinities aside, her style could hardly be called Bluegrass; nor does it evoke the pastoral tonalities of ‘60s Folk: she sings about whalebones, sleep, grammar, mollusks, accumulation, automobiles, owls, burning boats, string collections, milk, teeth, bridges, balloons, cake, colors, and kin, all in an otherworldly, ragged-sweet voice that defies convention.
Filed under: Folk / Country / Rootsy • Indie • Vinyl
Shout Out Louds
Work
The third full-length album from Sweden’s Shout Out Louds.
Produced by Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, The Shins), Work strips away all of the bells and whistles of previous efforts to showcase the band doing what they do best, writing and playing Pop music that is nostalgic and angst-ridden, but ultimately life-affirming.
Filed under: Alternative Rock • Indie
Yeasayer
Odd Blood
2010 sophomore album from the Brooklyn-based Indie Rockers.
Yeasayer released their first album in 2007 and toured with sold out shows around the world. Now, Odd Blood is shaping up to be a highly successful record for the three piece.
The album spans the musical spectrum, blending the twisted, ambient rhythms and global sound of their debut release with forceful ambitious electronics and hook-laden playful Pop.
Filed under: Indie
Beach House
Teen Dream
Recorded in upstate New York, in a converted church called Dreamland with producer/engineer Chris Coady (who has worked with TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blonde Redhead, and a bunch of others) Teen Dream is the third album from the Baltimore-based duo Beach House, and their Sub Pop debut.
The new album gives voice to a full universe of unbridled imagination, and the manifestation of Teen Dream has been a welcomed and all-consuming obsession for Beach House the past 9-12 months.
The CD is packaged with a companion DVD featuring a video for each song on the album, each by a different director.
Filed under: IndieSub Pop