10 tracks. Katie White and Jules De Martino needed a name for the “unintentional band” they’d created in 2007. For the sheer fun of it, Katie (vocals, guitar and bass drum) and Jules (vocals, drums, electronics) had begun writing songs together and doing impromptu shows as a two piece. Suddenly, they were generating massive excitement at a series …
“The future of music, today” – Rolling Stone 10 Artists To Watch. “Singing in a haunting, sensual wail…she adds a layer of softness to an unusual mix of synthesizers, dance hall rhythms, and percolating new wave” – NY Times. “Future-pop princess…next big thing” – Spin. “Santi White is Santogold…the collaborators and players may change, the sounds may shift, …
2008 debut album from the Toronto-based duo, who have amassed a cult following through their uncompromising and intense delivery, a slew of limited edition singles, and shows packed solely by word of mouth. Their vinyl singles have sold out instantly, they have toured extensively in the UK, Europe and North America with artists such as Metric and …
Whether partnered with Guy Sigsworth as Frou Frou, or on her own, Imogen Heap is an enormously gifted singer, songwriter, producer, keyboardist, and programmer. She does it all here on her second solo CD which showcases her remarkable talents. Comparison’s have been made to Bjork, Alanis Morrisette, Joni Mitchell and Annie Lennox, among others, but no one can …
Classics” remains resolutely instrumental, but the band has introduced a wealth of new sounds, from acoustic and slide guitar to sleigh bells and cello. Their vastly improved production and writing makes this record a refinement of their art. “Ratatat lay squealing metal harmonies over choppy Neptunes-style dance thumps, then break into pastoral waves of keyboard tone, riding dub …
Forty years after the Summer of Love (and 30 years after the Summer of Hate), MGMT is celebrating the grand re-opening of the third eye of the world with Oracular Spectacular, an enigmatic and prophetic collection of hallucinatory sounds and hook-riddled Pop tones for the new millennium. MGMT is: Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, two psychic pilgrims whose …
Special two CD pressing of the 2008 release, the first-ever career retrospective from the British band featuring a bonus disc containing 13 additional tracks . The band started out with a bang when their single ‘Creep’ wowed the music industry. Instead of fading out with a succession of ‘Creep’ rewrites like their contemporaries, Radiohead has continued to …
Kool Keith, aka Black Elvis, Dr. Octagon, Poppa Large, Dr. Dooom, and about a dozen personae, got his start with the Bronx-based Ultramagnetic MC’s in the mid-1980s. Although revered, their recordings made little commercial impact and the group disbanded. Since then Keith has enigmatically swung from project to project, maintaining a deliberately inscrutable cloak of aliases and alter …
A musical tapestry of hypnotic richness and surprising emotional depth. Johannsson makes stately, slow-building and hauntingly melodic music, which frequently combines electronic processing with classical orchestrations. “Fordlandia” is the second installment in a proposed trilogy based on technology and iconic American brand names. A fascinating, immersive, and deeply rewarding web of ideas and …
Coheed and Cambria front man Claudio Sanchez’s side project The Prize Fighter Inferno will be released on Halloween. The album is titled My Brother’s Blood Machine. While Sanchez’s album references themes from the Coheed albums, it tells stories from the point of view of a character named Jesse. Coheed and Cambria has sold over 1.2 million records. Fans …