Our choice picks for new releases this week include a lot of bands that most people have probably never heard of before – so hopefully, you’ll find a new favorite band in today’s mix.
Jonquil are Hugo Manuel, Sam Hudson Scott and Robin McDiarmid, three men in their early twenties living in Oxford, England. The band rehearsed and recorded their first stateside EP, One Hundred Suns, in their new east Oxford studio, having recently relocated from the House of Supreme Mathematics that they shared with Foals during the writing of Total Life Forever and Jonquil’s own One Hundred Suns.
“Fighting Smiles” – Jonquil from One Hundred Suns EP
“Get Up” – Jonquil from One Hundred Suns EP
The popular one-man remix and sampling phenom, Greg Gillias, better known as Girl Talk, has released a new album, All Day, as a free download, but a little head’s up – the servers have been clogged up since Monday. So far, the reaction to the latest Girl Talk offering is mixed. The track below, “Triple Double,” features Ludacris’ “How Low” and Phoenix’s breakthrough 2009 hit, “1901.”
“Triple Double” – Girl Talk from All Day
Crushed Stars is a Portland, Oregon indie band who made a splash at South By Southwest and CMJ in year’s past, as well as were favored on a number of high-profile music sites for their widely praised sophomore album, Gossamer Days, produced by Stuart Sikes (Cat Power, Modest Mouse, White Stripes). The band’s latest release, out this week, Convalescing In Braille, was recorded with John Congleton (Antony and The Johnsons, Clinic, The Walkmen, St. Vincent).
“Black Umbrellas” – Crushed Stars from Convalescing in Braille
By Howard Liebers
Yesterday Fredrik dropped a new three track 7″ EP titled Origami via The Kora Records on Limited Edition Vinyl. Original members Fredrik Hultin and O. Lindefelt added instrumentalist and singer Anna Moberg to the mix, but they hold on to their classic ambient folk sound. Fredrik is expected to release a new full length album in March 2011.
“White on White” – Fredrik from Origami EP
The other tracks that we are digging in this week’s lot of new releases include tracks from Le Switch, Mariage Blanc, The Notes, Radical Face, The Russian Futurists, Home Video, La Sera, Pigeons, Pink Martini, The Hours, Lavinia, The Details and more.
“Call Out” – Le Switch from The Rest of Me Is Space (self-released)
“Whatever You Say I Am” – Mariage Blanc from Mariage Blanc (self-released)
“Sheltered” – The Notes from Wishing Well
“Doorways” – Radical Face from Touch the Sky EP
“Smoke” – Home Video from The Automatic Process
“Race” – Pigeons from Liasons
“Hoeing Weeds Sowing Seeds” – The Russian Futurists from The Weight’s On The Wheels
“Never Come Around” – La Sera from Never Come Around 7
“Don’t Touch My Hat” – The Queers from Back to the Basement
“We Three Kings” – Pink Martini from Joy To The World
“A Damning Cofession” – Lavinia from There Is Light Between Us
“Bermuda” – Kisses from The Heart of the Nightlife
“The Original Mark” – The Details from The Original Mark
“Four Four Letter” – The Glass from At Swim Two Birds