Mixtape: Let It (November) Rain!
Posted by: nick
It’s cold and dark and it’s only 4pm but we kind of like it. If you don’t then cheer up, it’s mixtape time again. November’s mix features some of the best new music from the site and beyond. As ever if you like what you hear please follow it up and go see the bands live or buy some of their music. People got to eat!
For Fans Of: LCD Soundsystem, The Strokes, Yeasayer, etc.
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Real Estate are a four piece form New Jersey who play gorgeous jangly Americana best enjoyed in the sunshine with a beer in hand. Not that we’ve managed to listen to them like that yet but we reckon it’d be a winner. ‘Beach Comber’ is from their self-titled debut album due out soon. They’re currently touring the U.S. with another of our favourites Girls.
For Fans Of: My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, Kurt Vile.
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We’ve had this Zaza track floating around for a while and thought it was due time we shared it. A percussive, arty duo from Brooklyn who are being hailed as the city’s best kept secret. Dark, brooding rhythms and gorgeous vocals.
For Fans Of: Yeasayer, My Morning Jacket.
3. Mosters Of Folk – Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
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Monsters Of Folk is one of the most ridiculous names of the year but then when you’re a super band you should have a bit of a stupid name in our books. So this is Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Bright Eyes, M.Ward and some other guy from Bright Eyes’ band called Mike Mogis. We’re not 100% convinced on the album yet but this track is a standout which sounds like it could have fallen of MMJ’s ‘Z’ album. Gorgeous haunting high vocals and a hip-hop esque beat.
For Fans Of: My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes, M.Ward!
buy: Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk mp3 / cd/lp / iTunes
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Arms is Todd Goldstein who you may know as part of sadly no more Brooklyn band Harlem Shakes who have appeared on these pages before. Oh well every cloud… Todd’s previous solo project becomes his main body of work and Arms’ debut album ‘Kids Aflame’ is delicate, understated, thinking man’s guitar pop. Like the title track which we feature here, the record is a thing of beauty. The album has just been re-released in the U.S., let’s not let it slip under the radar again.
For Fans Of: Grizzly Bear, Dent May, Scott Walker
buy: Arms – Kids Aflame cd / mp3 / iTunes
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Yeasayer’s first single from their forthcoming and long awaited second album ‘Odd Blood’ has been distributed freely across the internet to whet our appetites. It’s done a fine job, ‘Ambling Alp’ is a hook laden 80s tinged tune that finds front man Chris Keating’s vocals on dominating, catchy form.
For Fans Of: MGMT, Talking Heads, Here We Go Magic.
buy:Yeasayer – Ambling Alp Digital / 12″ / Tshirt bundles
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Jonquil are a young Oxford band with bags of potential. They count Foals front man Yannis Philippakis as a fan who lists them as one of his favourite new bands. The 6-piece certainly have some of the musical muscle of Foals but are less Talking Heads and more Arthur Russel. An impressive live proposition we found them to be also.
For Fans Of: Wild Beasts, Vampire Weekend, Little Comets.
7. Julian Casablancas – Left & Right In The Dark
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Julian Casablancas needs no introduction to most people who have listened to music in the past decade but just in case, he’s the Strokes front man you uneducated swine! This is Julian’s first solo album and it leaves guitarist Nick Valensi as the only Strokes member not to release a solo album. Not everyone will like it’s 80s synths and programmed drums and even a bit of country geetar but we think it’s got some of the best melodies since The Strokes debut.
For Fans Of: The Strokes, Chairlift, Neon Neon.
buy: Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young cd/lp mp3 / iTunes
8. Archie Bronson Outfit – Kink
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To celebrate one of out favourite artists of the past decade, Archie Bronson Outfit, and their imminent return to the live music and hopefully therefore music scene we have included this oldie from their as of yet only album, 2006′ wonderful ‘Derdang Derdang’. May there be lots more to come after like what seems an eternity but has only actually been three years of waiting.
For Fans Of: Queens Of The Stone Age, The Kills, Joe Gideon & The Shark.
buy: Archie Bronson Outfit – Derdang Derdang cd / lp / mp3 / iTunes
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Local Natives debut album Gorilla Manor is finally out and it’s a cracker. It introduced us to some new gems but also reminded us how good the older songs were like the splendiferous ‘Sun Hands’ which was released earlier this year as the Sun Hands EP. The end freak out is the undoubted highlight.
For Fans Of: Fleet Foxes, Talking Heads, Vampire Weekend.
buy: Local Natives – Gorilla Manor cd/dvd / iTunes / mp3
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Vadoinmessico are a talented London based five piece who we’re ecstatic to have playing our next Acoustic Consequences night. ‘Cave’ is a perfect example of their cinematic folk driven charm. Highly addictive.
For Fans Of: The Dodos, Lykke Li, Grizzly Bear.
buy: Vadoinmessico EP
11. Death Cab For Cutie – Little Bribes
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While checking out the new Death Cab For Cutie tunes like ‘Meet Me On The Equinox’ from that darn Twilight Saga: New Moon film which we see all over the tube walls, we came across this little gem from their Open Door EP released back in March. The EP is songs that didn’t quite fit their album and is written by Death Cab’s Ben Gibbard who you may have heard performing the wonderful ‘Train Song’ with Feist on The National curated ‘Dark Was The Night’ compilation also earlier this year. Death Cab’s Chris Walla produces.
For Fans Of: Telekinesis, Bright Eyes, Tom Petty.
buy: Death Cab For Cutie – Open Door EP iTunes
12. Girls – Substance (Live For Pitchfork)
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‘Substance’ is a live favourite of ours from San Francisco alchemists Girls. We’re yet to find an official release of the track so we’ve had to go for this Pitchfork live session version but that’s not to do the performance any disservice which is pretty awesome seeing it was recorded on a rooftop!
For Fans Of: Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones.
buy: Girls – Album cd/lp / mp3/ iTunes
13. The Boy Icarus – Going Home
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The Boy Icarus is also playing our next Acoustic Consequences night and we think he’s going to shape up to be a bit of a discovery. ‘Going Home’ is one of a handful of demo songs recorded “on a shoestring” in The Boy Icarus a.k.a. London based Huw’s bedroom. Lo-fi recordings or not the quality of the songs shine through. He’s even better live.
FREE download: The Boy Icarus Demos via Last Fm
14. exlovers – A Moment That Keeps Repeating
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You guessed it – exlovers are also playing Acoustic Consequences! Yes we are shamelessly plugging the show but we book them because we love them and we want you to love them too. Take a listen to this track and delve deeper into the world of exlovers.
For Fans Of: Elliot Smith, The Lemonheads, PJ Harvey.
buy: exlovers – You Foget So Easily EP 10″ / iTunes
15. Julian Casablancas – Glass
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We couldn’t resist one more track from Julian’s solo album which has been on heavy rotation on the Music Mule playlist. This track has some pretty euphoric keys hovering through it and Julians custom drawl. Bootiful!
For Fans Of: As above!
buy: Julian Casablancas – Phrazes For The Young cd/lp mp3 / iTunes
Now this is a superb track from self proclaimed ‘No-Fi’ artist Washed Out from Perry, Georgia. This is blissful, tripped out electronica perfect for a hazy summer evening’s listening or just about any other time you feel like kicking back. There’s a lot of this type of music around at the moment but this guy is undoubtedly one of the frontrunners. Wahed out’s debut album Life Of Leisure is due out in the UK on the 28th November through Mexican Summer although there’s only an initial pressing of 1000 vinyls being made available to start with.
For Fans Of: Air France, Neon Indian, Memory Tapes.
pre-order: Washed Out – Life Of Leisure LP
17. Small Black – Dispicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix)
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Small Black are a four-piece from Brooklyn and the original of this track is fantastic and will find it’s way onto many a mix but this remix is also fantastic and gave us another excuse to feature Washed Out so we thought we’d go for it. Oooo simply too good to be true.
For Fans Of: Girls, Washed Out, Neon Indian.
pre-order: Small Black – Despicable Dogs 7″
18. Neon Indian – 6669 (I don’t know if you know)
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Let it be said Neon Indian is Alan Palomo is an electronic mastermind from Austin, Texas, the home of SXSW and one of the most vibrant music scenes on his here planet. Still cream always rises to the top! Neon Indian though isn’t just Alan, there’s a visual side to this audio visual duo and that’s made up by high school buddy and Brooklyn based artist Alicia Scardetta. This is from Neon Indians debut Psychic Chasms which has recently won one of Rough Trade Records albums of the week accolades. Get it!
buy: Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms cd / mp3
19. LCD Soundsystem – Bye Bye Bayou
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LCD Soundsystem are back with this modest 7 minute offering! It’s business as usual from Mr Murphy but this track isn’t actually his. Nope, Bye Bye Bayou is actually an Alan Vega (Suicide) Cover from the 80s. A great homage it is though. There’s a new LCD record due out in 2010 but who knows whether it’ll sound like this?
For Fans Of: Friendly Fires, Memory Tapes, The Juan Maclean.
buy: LCD Soundsystem – Bye Bye Bayou 12″
20. Penguin Prison – A Funny Thing
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Penguin Prison is Chris Glover a New York city one man electro-pop machine. He’s already remixed Marina & The Diamonds for the Neon Gold label who count him as one of their big hopes for 2010. Super smooth vocals, excellent warm production and a lot of fun. Expect big things.
For Fans Of: Miike Snow, LCD Soundsystem, Magistrates.
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This is probably the funnest song on the mixtape and it’s courtesy of another DIY bedroom whizz, this time Detroit’s Randolph Chabot a.k.a. Deastro. Toxic Crusaders is taken from Deastro’s debut UK album ‘Moondaggers’ out through Ghostly International. It’s upfront dance pop perfection but has a certain degree of self styled intergalactic hippy weirdness to keep it interesting.
For Fans Of: MGMT, Yes Giantess, Penguin Prison.
buy: Deastro – Moondagger cd / lp / mp3 / iTunes
22. Shock Defeat! – Brute Economics
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Last and least. Well in time that is. Clocking in at a swift 2.24 we’ve got a track from Shock Defeat!‘s forthcoming Olympic Village EP which confirms them as one of the best new bands in London. Awesome DFA inspired indie guitar tunes delivered with a bit of punk atittude and a front man with a charismatically British style. We love it.
For Fans Of: The Rapture, Talkung Heads, Foals.
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