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New New Musical Express - February 2010

 
    • Babs_05 said...
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    • 1 Feb 2010, 23:59

    New New Musical Express - February 2010



    Links:

    Link to my gang 09 - Featured Albums 2009
    Spotify - albums not in Last.fm
    Spotify Collaborative Playlist Your selections and suggestions for 2010.

    StumbleUpon - Music
    StumbleUpon - Last.fm

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    • 2 Feb 2010, 00:03

    Albums Added This Month

    * Midlake - The Courage Of Others melancholic indie rock. More rock than indie, at times alt-country. Moody. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * Four Tet - There Is Love In You at times dance, at other times electronica, this pretty album varies between the two throughout. No tracks yet. Tagged in hope.

    * Family Of The Year - Songbook Goes well back-to-back with Midlake. California collective mixes folk, electronica and Fleetwood Mac inspired rock on its debut album. (description from Spinner). Full tracks. Tagged.

    * The Album Leaf - A Chorus of Storytellers ambient, the first from Album Leaf to feature a live band. Tagged in hope, not in Last.fm yet.

    * Toro Y Moi - Causers Of This South Carolina chillwave artist Chazwick Bundick releases his first of two planned albums for 2010 (description from Spinner). Tagged in hope.

    * Codeine Velvet Club - Codeine Velvet Club indie rock with an added twist of cabaret. Released just before new year. Tagged in hope.

    * Delphic - Acolyte contemporary indie rock channeling past masters of euphoric electronica. The future sound of Manchester. Tagged.

    * Gift Of Gab - Escape 2 Mars Gift of Gab (born Tim Parker) is the MC for the California hip-hop duo Blackalicious. One Amazon reviewer described this as Wu Tang meets TV on the Radio. Funky rap. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack Formerly The Muslims, the band release their debut full length album. Garage rock. Full tracks, tagged.

    * Martha And The Muffins - Delicate Famous for Echo Beach in the 80s, the band return with its first album since 1992. New wave. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * Salvador Santana - Keyboard City Carlos' keyboard playing son releases his major label debut. Electronica and hip-hop while also featuring some Latin influences. Genius, but what else would you expect? Tagged in hope.

    * We Are Wolves - Invisible Violence lo-fi indie rock from Canada. Tagged in hope.

    * These New Puritans - Hidden

    * Massive Attack - Heligoland

    * Thea Gilmore - Strange Communion Folk. A Christmas album, yes, but a very good one.

    * Yeasayer - Odd Blood Their first album was great. This is amazing. Full tracks. Tagged.

    * Sade - Soldier of Love subtle and understated. Perfect for nighttime. Tagged.

    * Husky Rescue - Ship Of Light The band that gets better with every new album. Tagged in hope.

    * Hot Chip - One Life Stand Can't say I'm a fan. Tagged.

    * Fionn Regan - The Shadow Of An Empire The guy who looks like Dave Edmunds makes another good album. Tagged.

    * Bellevue Rendezvous - Salamander Exceptional music featuring fiddles, the Scandinavian nyckelharpa, citern and jaw harp, ranging from Scottish to klezmer. Tagged in hope.
    http://open.spotify.com/album/3tVVfcVCkGPyHy5D0Elmuj

    * Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here Over far too soon. Bit mumbly at times, then he pulls you back with something special. You can't just put this on in the background, you have to listen. Great. Tagged in hope.

    * k.d. lang - Recollection A retrospective of good songs performed by the most mellifluous singer of our times. One new track - Beautifully Combined. Tagged in hope.
    http://open.spotify.com/album/22TXLyA5GOT19O9hIdAHLE

    * The Maccabees - Wall Of Arms Two great tracks: the title track Wall Of Arms and their cover of I Drove All Night (B Side). Tagged.

    * Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise Minimal ambient electronica / techno / house. Stick By My Side featured guest - Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) Tagged in hope.
    http://open.spotify.com/album/0antgp6pTvJPH6KvG5eEJg

    * The Watson Twins - Talking To You, Talking To Me Classic soul and country.

    * Citizen Cope - The Rainwater LP Highlight - Jericho

    * Seasick Steve - Songs For Elisabeth Good. He's the blues man, what more is there to say?

    * Sa Dingding - Harmony Enjoyable. Reco'd.

    Caitlin Rose - Dead Flowers EP folk, alt-country. Distinctive voice, cuter than Neko Case. New album due later in the year.

    Peter Gabriel - Scratch My Back Hit and miss. Comes to life on a rainy afternoon.

    * The Unwinding Hours - The Unwinding Hours Post-rock. Annoyed me - the quiet bits were so low I had to turn the volume up, only to be accosted by too loud loud bits. Be warned.

    * The Go Find - Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight Lovely electronica from the Morr music label. Tagged in hope.

    * Field Music - Field Music (Measure)
    Wide ranging and varied double album, going from rock, through post-rock, to experimental, to soft. What's it got? It's got the lot. Great album. Tagged in hope.

    * Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore - Dear Companion Produced by fellow Kentucky musician Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket, this album aims to raise awareness of Mountaintop Removal coal mining and its effect on Appalachian residents. (from Spinner). Tagged in hope.

    * Class Actress - Journal of Ardency Elizabeth Harper's seductive vocals are on display on the debut release from this Brooklyn synth-pop outfit. (from Spinner) Tagged in hope.

    * Lightspeed Champion - Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You Better than you'd expect. Tagged in hope.

    * Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago post-rock that shimmers with silvery sounds and gorgeous melting moments. Stunning. Tagged in hope.

    * Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library Debut album. Recorded with TV ON THE RADIO’s Dave Sitek before being signed. Super-talented artist, sounds a little like Cat Power sometimes, othertimes like Soap&Skin. Music is varied and ranges from experimental indie folk to indie pop. Exceptional. Tagged in hope.

    * Electric President - the violent blue ex Morr music. It's good but not wow. It's the middle ground, music for background, music to work to, music to fall asleep to. Nothing demanding here, but nothing memorable either. It's not Insomnia. Full tracks and free downloads. Tagged.

    April Smith and The Great Picture Show - Songs for a Sinking Ship April Smith The Brooklyn, N.Y. singer-songwriter channels mixes influences from the '30s to the present on her fan-funded debut. (Spinner) Great new album, fun, upbeat, amusing and cheeky - some songs sound like those you strip to in a burlesque manner. Wonderful. Tagged in hope.

    * Salif Keita - La Différence Music for a good cause, says The Sunday Times. Proceeds will go to the foundation he runs to combat prejudice against albinos.

    * Blind Man's Colour - Wooden Blankets Experimental indie. Reminds me of Animal Collective and Yeasayer. Complex, textured, some interesting ideas. Full tracks, tagged.

    * Veil Veil Vanish - Change In The Neon Light The San Francisco quartet looks ready to break out with its unique dark post-punk debut album. (Spinner). A good mix of goth and shoegaze. Really enjoyed this. Full tracks, tagged.

    * Title Tracks - It Was Easy Former Q and Not U member John Davis blends a variety of influences on his new project's debut album. (Spinner) Upbeat and cheerful, radio-friendly, ends with a giggle. Enjoyable. Full tracks, tagged.

    * Little Boots - Hands Some of these tracks were released as singles last year. They're still the strongest on the album, but it's Little Boots, so it's all good. Tagged in hope.

    * Zeus - Say Us Just as I feel I'm close to naming something, along comes something else. Certainly an album I'd like to get to know. Lots going on. Tagged in hope.

    * Sambassadeur - European Third album from Swedish pop rockers. So-so. Tagged in hope.

    * The Knife in Collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock - Tomorrow, In A Year Now we're talking! Something experimental and actually interesting for a change. Best heard before reading the blurb. It's The Knife, by the way. Expect the unexpected, including opera. Full tracks, tagged.

    * White Rabbits - It's Frightening

    * Nneka - Concrete Jungle

    * Phantogram - Eyelid Movies

    * Johnny Cash - Ain't No Grave Fantastic

    Spotify - My Gang 2010 playlist
    2010 albums not in Last.fm
    February albums journal


    Edited by Babs_05 on 3 Mar 2010, 20:43
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    • Babs_05 said...
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    • 10 Feb 2010, 18:59

    Last.fm February 10th site update

    acreature said:
    Qapla'!

    We just upgraded the Last.fm website. Here's the log entry:

    • New releases dashboard available to everyone. Our last update brought a new feature for our subscribers to beta-test: recommended new releases based on your musical taste. We've spent the past 2 weeks taking your feedback on board, and it's now ready for prime-time. We've tweaked the algorithms to make recommendations better and fixed some bugs. We'll be keeping an eye on the forum post, so if you'd like to give us feedback then you can do so there.

    • New API methods. We've added an affiliates section to the Last.fm API, so developers can easily add buy links to their music players or mashups. API users can search for tracks and albums in online stores that work in your country (including Amazon, 7Digital, and iTunes). The API docs will be online soon, along with the docs for our city hype charts. There's also a new service that lets you get all tracks you've played by a particular artist. Comments, questions, and more details can be found in our Web Services Forum in this post.

    • Bugfixes. A rather minimalistic 5 bugfixes are going live in this release, but every little helps.

    • Bonus blog post: Last.fm went to the Music Hack Day in Stockholm. Both Last.fm developers and indies built a load of cool stuff – you can find links to our favourite hacks in the blog post.


    That's it for now. We'll see you back here in 2 weeks with more improvements. Live long and prosper.

    Source:
    http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/601169


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    • Babs_05 said...
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    • 21 Feb 2010, 19:19

    Journal: New Music February 2010, by Nialloleary

    Journal: New Music February 2010, by Nialloleary

    Extract:


    Pantha Du Prince new album entitled “Black Noise”
    (Rated at 8/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
    Described as “Black Noise, is a hypnotically accessible album, which is delightfully quiet reflective and, well minimal”
    Recommended tracks to download…..”Lay In A Shimmer”
    Dig it? Dig Deeper….. The xx, J.J., Fever Ray
    http://www.myspace.com/panthaduprince


    Jose James new album entitled “Black Magic”
    (Rated at 7/10)
    Recommended tracks to download…..”Lay You Down”
    Dig it? Dig Deeper….. Portishead, Maxwell, Donnie Hathaway
    http://www.myspace.com/josejamesquartet


    The Whitefield Brothers new album entitled “Eartholog”
    (Rated at 8/10) CLASH RECOMMENDS
    Recommended track to download…..”Reverse”
    Dig it? Dig Deeper…..The Dap Kings, Poets of Rhythm, Quantic
    http://www.nowagainrecords.com/whitefield-brothers/

    (see journal for more)


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    • Babs_05 said...
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    • 24 Feb 2010, 22:28

    Last.fm February 24th site release

    acreature said:
    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a new version of the Last.fm site was released. No, wait: it was this galaxy, and just now. Here's what's new:

    • US users can now buy in bulk from the Amazon MP3 store. Ever wanted to download all your loved tracks, or export a playlist to MP3s? Maybe you'd like to buy a custom "Best-of" album based off an artist's most popular tracks. Well, now you can! If you're in the States you'll see a 'Buy all from Amazon MP3' button on loved tracks pages, playlists, your top tracks, and artist charts. You'll get to choose which tracks you want to purchase (and see how much they cost) before heading over to Amazon to finalise the purchase. If you're outside the States, fear not – our protocol droids are working on bringing this feature to a wider audience.

    • Bugfixes. We killed off 5 bugs in this release, including making our status page more obvious when everything goes awry, curing the date-picker's insanity on our events page, fixing the alignment on group pages charts, and making our spam-protection links more language-aware.

    • Bonus Playground feature: scrobbling timelines. Marvel at your listening habits graphed over time! Wonder at your scrobbling milestones! Compete with your friends over who listens to what! You can play with it over in the Playground or read all about it on our blog.


    See you back here in two weeks for our next update. May the force be with you.

    Source: http://www.last.fm/forum/21717/_/604394


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