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Listen to “Contra” LP by VW on VampireWeekend.com!

Christopher Manlongat — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:38:55 +0000

Talk about a fresh post for the fresh new year with a fresh album from Vampire Weekend. Streaming now, but make sure to pick up and BUY a copy in exactly one week. Enjoy!

http://vampireweekend.com/

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Unwrap Your Christmas

Suzie Farrell — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:41:32 +0000

If you’re looking for great music to play on Christmas, I suggest Listening Live to my local radio station, The Peak. Starting at 3pm on Christmas Eve, they will play non stop Christmas music until 12 pm Christmas Day. Then, continue to listen as they “unwrap” your Christmas with acoustic music the rest of the day.

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Kid Cudi + Vampire Weekend = ?

Christopher Manlongat — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:04:15 +0000

Two Vampire Weekend posts in a row? This warrants for some ecstatic schoolgirl responses but the new leaked single by Kid Cudi, Cudderisback, features the Ottoman single from Vampire Weekend as it’s backing track. I really do not know what to think of this nor I do not know what VW would think of this. The rest it up to you.

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New B-Side from Vampire Weekend, “California English, Pt. 2.”

Christopher Manlongat — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:01:58 +0000

OK. I really can’t wait much longer for the new album, Contra, to come out on January 12, but these brand new songs from VW are making the hype and build up well worth it.

California English, Pt. 2, is a B-Side from the Cousins single and will be featured on the new album, circa 2010. Enjoy!

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BOOMBOX

David Myers — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:47:49 +0000

While browsing through the lovely video site Vimeo, I ran across a hilarious video that I felt needed to be posted up on Indie Anthems. The video was done by a graduate student named Ely Kim. It consists of him dancing to 100 songs in 100 days in 100 locations. The music selection consists of bands such as YELLE, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT, The Knife, and many other great indie artists. Enjoy, and let us know what you think of the video!

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Listen: Massive Attack

Suzie Farrell — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:32:32 +0000

Massive Attack is releasing their new album, “Heligoland”, February 8th, 2010. Many guest vocalist have contributed to this album, including Damon Albarn, Guy Garvey and Hope Sandoval. The track listing is as follows:

1. Pray For Rain
2. Babel
3. Splitting The Atom
4. Girl I Love You
5. Psyche
6. Flat Of The Blade
7. Paradise Circus
8. Rush Minute
9. Saturday Come Slow
10. Atlas Air

Pray For Rain – Massive Attack

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Band Uncovered: Afternoon Naps

Suzie Farrell — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:40:12 +0000

Today I was browsing around the internet in search of some new music to add to my library. Lo and behold I came upon Afternoon Naps. As a siesta or as a band, it could only mean one thing: good stuff. I looked into it and arrived at the conclusion that this band is fantastic AND they had recently released a new album, “Parade”. The band has a very lighthearted, mellow feel to it, and you can tell they were influenced by The Smiths through their acoustics; “lightly strummed guitar”, as my fellow writer David so eloquently put it. They also remind me of the group Voxtrot, with similar vocals and summery feel. You should definitely check them out!

I’ve included an MP3 of their song “Beach Bums”:

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Listen: Harry Partch by Beck

Suzie Farrell — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:41:10 +0000

Harry Partch was the longest surviving WW1 veteran.

Harry Partch was a musician who invented the 43-tone scale.

Radiohead wrote “Harry Partch” about the veteran but it was mistook to be about the musician.

A member from the Fiery Furnaces insulted Radiohead’s “Harry Partch”, but they didn’t respond.

Beck decided to retaliate and wrote his own “Harry Partch” that can be listened to below:

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Video: “Cousins” by Vampire Weekend

Suzie Farrell — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:03 +0000

Vampire Weekend has released a music video for their new single “Cousins”. This tune is at a much faster pace, compared to their previous single “Horchata”. I am getting really pumped for their new album, released in January 2010.

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Band Uncovered: Clues

Suzie Farrell — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:12:52 +0000

The Montreal-based band Clues has been out playing in small venues since 2007, but released their self titled debut album just this year. Band members Alden Penner, ex-Unicorns member, and Brended Reed, ex-Arcade Fire member, along with Ben Borden, Lisa Gamble, and Nick Scribner work together to make a post-punk/experimental feel to their music. Their 11 track album has great instrumental backgrounds that have a way of unexpectedly exploding from something soothing to a powerful melody, with flawless integration. What caught my attention was the track “Ledmonton”, who’s chorus had a catchy instrumentation backing up the rejoicing lyrics. The band launched their own website, which focuses on under cover artists who don’t receive outside attention.

You can listen to Ledmonton here:

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