Death Cab For Cutie, Released after a three-year lull — the longest studio hiatus in Death Cab history — Codes and Keys follows 2008′s Narrow Stairs with a batch of pop songs that rely less on the guitar and more on atmospheric, melodic textures.
New Music for May 31
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New Music for May 24
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Lady Gaga, much-anticipated sophomore set, BORN THIS WAY, finds the superstar re-teaming with her frequent collaborator RedOne on an album that
builds upon the daring dance-pop of THE FAME MONSTER, highlighted by the first single and title track, “Born This Way.” “Born This Way”, set a music
industry record becoming the fastest single in history to reach sales of 1,000,000 copies worldwide ( five days after its February 11th release). Lady Gaga’s
third #1 song, the recording debuted at the top spot in 14 countries, including the U.S.; only the 19th single to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard…
New Music for May 17
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Ben Harper, is no stranger to collaboration, having released multiple albums with groups like Relentless7, Fistful of Mercy, and the Innocent Criminals. On Give Till It’s Gone, though, he returns to the solo game for the first time since 2006′s Both Sides of the Gun. That’s not to say this is a one-man affair; Ringo Starr claims co-writing credits on two songs, and Jackson Browne lends his harmony vocals on “Pray That Our Love Sees the Dawn.”
New Music for May 10
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Sea & Cake, In January of this year Sam Prekop, Archer Prewitt, John McEntire, and Eric Claridge reconvened at Chicago’s Soma Electronic Music Studios to record their latest release The Moonlight Butterfly. This thirty three minute mini’album finds the band delivering much more long form and cinematic pieces. The new songs lean upon the band’s more experimental tendencies, taking time to stretch the forms and in someways the new material relates to the way the band re’interprets some of their songs live. With the band making a shorter than usual record they were…..
New Music for May 3
Posted on 3, May
Beastie Boys, the long-awaited eighth album from the Hip Hop/Rock trio. Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 was produced by Beastie Boys and mixed by Philippe Zdar. This album marks Mike “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “Ad Rock” Horovitz and Adam “MCA” Yauch’s first full length effort since 2007′s Grammy-winning all-instrumental The Mix-Up.
New Music for April 26
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Explosions In The Sky, was touted early on in their career as the next phenomenon in moody and dynamic instrumental indie rock à la Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emperor! This quartet, made up of Mark Smith and Munaf Rayani on guitars, Michael James on bass, and Christopher Hrasky on drums, was signed for its first release on Temporary Residence Limited after half a listen to their demo, which was submitted by the American Analog Set with a brief note saying “This totally f*cking destroys.
