The new Netflix film Don’t Look Up may be getting more love for its music than the star-studded flick itself.
The film’s score was composed by the immensely-talented composer Nicholas Britell.
Britell’s other film score credits include Succession and If Beale Street Could Talk.
His style is distinctly orchestral, mixing together lush, sweeping string movements which are evident on the standout film track, “Second Nature,” in which indie star Bon Iver layers bright sounds and a breath of magic with an inspiring choir of background vocals.
Over the past few years, Bon Iver has really expanded his musical boundaries. His work with Taylor Swift has revealed a more introspective, even gloomy, side to Justin Vernon that fans haven’t seen in such fashion for a while.
The track includes contributions from yMusic’s CJ Camerieri (French horn and trumpet) and Rob Moose (strings), as well as vocals from Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner (vocals).
The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande, and Timothee Chalamet, among others.
Bon Iver are one of the hottest folk indie bands. Justin Vernon (with the banjo) is the band's frontman.
This is the week of Bon Iver. From the top music sites and blogs, to airplay on various television shows and movie soundtracks, and an appearance on Comedy Central‘s The Colbert Report Monday night, the band have been on a roll for the past four years, and have performed at some of the biggest musical festivals, including Bonnaroo, Sasquatch and many others, including fests in the U.K.
Bon Iver is the moniker of musician, singer and songwriter Justin Vernon. In 2007, he self-releaesd the fantastic debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, and became almost an instant ‘indie sensation.’ Interestingly, Bon Iver’s new album, which officially dropped yesterday, is self-titled. Ordinarily, artists and bands use the self-title treatment for a debut album. Perhaps it’s a statement from Vernon, the artist – a deliberate and clear message to indicate this album is what he considers to be his true debut as an artist and musician. During a brief interview before his performance Monday night on The Colbert Report, Vernon told Stephen Colbert that he secluded himself for three months in a remote cabin in the Wisconsin wilderness to write the songs that ultimately became the tracks for his two albums. Bon Iver’s other members are Michael Noyce, Sean Carey and Matthew McCaughan.
Bon Iver is available for streaming via Spinner for a limited time, and can be purchased from Amazon (#2 on Amazon charts) as a 320kps MP3 download. It’s definitely one of our top albums of 2011, and we won’t be surprised to see it listed in Top 10 albums of 2011 on music sites and blogs later this year. Here is the excellent lead single, “Calgary.”
But, first, we want to introduce you to two bands that is on our list for break-through bands of 2011; they are 1, 2, 3 – a Pittsburgh duo who dropped their debut album this week. The second band is a group of teens from Copenhagen who call themselves Iceage, and they are raising eyebrows in Europe as well as the U.S. They will be featured in an upcoming edition of 5 Break-Out Bands of 2011. Iceage dropped their debut album, New Brigade, this week. And the prospects keep piling up – another band that is new to us in 2011 is JEFF The Brotherhood; if you haven’t heard of this band in our previous posts this year, check them out. They are on fire, especially after packed performances at SXSW in March. Plus, don’t miss the new track from the latest album by Ty Seagull, who recently released an EP of T. Rex cover songs, titled Ty Rex.
The Copenhagen teenage band Iceage are an IRC Break-Out Band in 2011. Their debut LP is out this week.
“Broken Bone” – Iceage from New Brigade
“White Rune” – Iceage from New Brigade
Here’s the title track via Soundcloud: “New Brigade” – Iceage from New Brigade
“Mellow Out” – JEFF the Brotherhood – from We Are The Champions (Stream)
You Make the Sun Fry – Ty Segall from Goodbye Bread
There are many other great albums out this week that we either have already approved internally, or that we’ve put on our Summer Music Listening List (we’ll be sharing the list soon), including terrific bands like Witches, Cassettes Won’t Listen, Dananananaykroyd, FM Belfast, Yacht, Paleo, Viva Voce, and Gomez. The albums further down in the mix are simply listed because we like the lead single, but, we have not heard them, and will probably not have time to listen to (got to draw the line somewhere:). Also, make sure to check out the In Dee Mail section, which includes new releases that were sent directly to us through the submission form by the artists themselves.
“Creature of Nature” – Witches from Forever
“Perfect Day” – Cassettes Won’t Listen from Evinspacey (Stream)
“Muscle Memory” – Dananananaykroyd from There Is a Way
“New Year” – FM Belfast from Don’t Want To Sleep
“Dystopia” – Yacht from Shangri-La
“In the Movies” – Paleo fromFruit of the Spirit
“Analog Woodland Song” – Viva Voce from The Future Will Destroy You
“Options” – Gomez from Whatever’s On Your Mind
Albums to Stream and links to purchase albums
(don’t miss Part II of this week’s Best New Releases that will be posted in the next couple of days)
– 1,2,3 – New Heaven
– Blood Orange – Sutphin Boulevard EP
– Bobby – Bobby (Stream)
– Bon Iver – Bon Iver (Stream)
– Cassettes Won’t Listen – Evinspacey (Stream)
– Digitalism – I Love You, Dude (Stream)
– Gomez – Whatever’s On Your Mind
– Grieves – Together/Apart
– JEFF The Brotherhood – We Are The Champions (Stream)
– Laurel Halo – Hour Logic EP
– Liam Finn – FOMO
– LMFAO – Sorry For Party Rocking
– OK Go – 180/365 (Live)
– Seun Kuti – From Africa With Fury: Rise
– Skrillex – More Monsters and Sprites
– Ty Segall – Goodbye Bread
– Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Stream)
– Viva Voce – The Future Will Destroy You (Stream)
– Weird Al Yankovic – Alpocalypse (Stream)
Cover for Beirut's upcoming new album, 'The Rip Tide'
This week’s S-25 Mix features a random pick of 2011 songs that we really like – some are well-known, others are new material from established indie and alternative rock bands – like The Strokes, Beirut, Peter Bjorn and John, and Bon Iver – but many others are songs that we refer to as ‘rarely heard,’ because so few people – with the exception of indie music enthusiasts – have heard them. This also feels like a mix that is a good kick-off to summer. On that note, stay tuned for our Summer Songs 2011 series; in the meantime though, check out the smash hit series Songs of Summer 2010 if you want to load up your iPod with ‘summer’ songs. We hope that many of you come away with new songs that you really love from this mix. Let us know which are your favorites in the Comments section.
“East Harlem” – Beirut from The Rip Tide – out August 30th
“Breaker Breaker” – Peter Bjorn and John from single release
Organizers of Outside Lands, San Francisco’s three-day music festival taking place in Golden Gate Park this August, are beefing up the lineup for the west coast’s newest outdoor music festival.
Today’s new additions to the SF Outside Lands Festival include Beck, Wilco, Andrew Bird, Broken Social Scene, Drive-By Truckers, M. Ward, Cold War Kids, Two Gallants, Black Mountain, Devendra Banhart, Ben Harper, Galactic, Widespread Panic, Primus, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Bon Iver, Nellie McKay, Little Brother, Manu Chao, Regina Spektor, The Coup, The Cool Kids, Steel Pulse, Lyrics Born, Café Tacuba and the Felice Brothers.
Here’s a few featured artists and groups:
MP3: Wilco – Muzzle of Bees MP3: Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place MP3: Andrew Bird –A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head to Left MP3: Galactic – Bongo The Dog MP3: Broken Social Scene – Anthems for a 17-Year-Old Girl
The latest lineup news for Outside Lands 2008 lineup adds to previous confirmed performances from headliners Tom Petty, Jack Johnson and Radiohead. More news updates as they come in.
