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Yuck Frontman Announces Oupa and New Track
Daniel Blumberg, the frontman of Yuck, is working on his debut solo LP titled Forget under the name of Oupa. The 7-track album is set to be released in June 2011. You can listen to “Forget”, the brand new title track of Forget, right here.
Oupa will be making his first live performance at SXSW this year at the Transparent x Gorilla Vs Bear showcase. After, he will be touring in the UK, New York, and Tennessee. Check out the dates below.
Oupa Tour Dates:
03/17 Austin, TX Transparent / Gorilla Vs. Bear SXSW Party
03/25 London, UK St. Pancras Old Church *
04/03 London, UK Blue Flowers (Curated by Oupa)
04/07 New York, NY Glasslands *
04/09 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom #
04/11 Nashville, TN The Basement *
* = w/ Porcelain Raft
# = w/ Sebadoh
We Are The Ocean Announce Album and Tour
We Are The Ocean will be releasing their second album Go Now And Live on April 25, 2011 via Hassle Records. You can listen to the band’s first single from Go Now And Live, titled “What It Feels Like”, right here.
During the end of April and early May, We Are The Ocean will be heading off on a headling UK tour. You can check out the dates below.
We Are The Ocean UK Tour:
April 27 – Cardiff, Millenium Music Hall
April 28 – London, Electric Ballroom
April 29 – Manchester, Academy 2
April 30 – Glasgow, Garage
May 1 – Newcastle, Academy 2
Anarbor To Release Free Mixtape
Anarbor will be releasing The Mixtape for free download on their website on March 8th. The band has described the release as “a free download… featuring unreleased songs, covers, remixes, & special guest vocalists.” One of the songs included will be the winning remix of “Let The Games Begin”.
When the time comes, the free release will be available here.
Watch The Strokes On SNL
The Strokes made an appearance on Saturday Night Live last night to perform two songs from their new album Angles. They performed new single “Under Cover of Darkness” (listen here) and “Life Is Simple In The Moonlight”.
Watch the performances below.
“Under Cover Of Darkness”:
“Life Is Simple in the Moonlight”:
New: Pusha T – “Cook It Down”
Eughk! Clipse‘s Pusha T has released another song from his upcoming Fear of God mixtape. This one, the third song released from the mixtape so far, is titled “Cook It Down”. You can listen to it below and if you haven’t already listened to his version of “Lost In The World”, you can do so here.
Download GAYNGS-Doomtree Regrind/Remix EP
GAYNGS have released a new seven-track remix EP titled Affiliyated for free download and streaming. The project features seven songs “regrinded” by members of the Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree who randomly chose 10 stems from the album and then created something entirely new and unique.
You can listen or download the EP in its entirety below.
“To create the GAYNGS’ Regrind EP all of the stems from the bands debut album,Relayted, were arbitrarily named and compiled into a list … [A] collection of producers and musicians … were then instructed to choose only 10, without knowing what songs they came from or what instruments they contained. One could choose anything from four sax solos and six bass lines, to eight keyboards and two background vocals. The combinations that could be chosen were indefinite…the only certainty was that the parts would all be set to the tempo of 69 beats per minute.
From there, the re-grinders were free to chop, pitch-shift, and otherwise pulverize the stems into a new, cohesive song. The only rule was that they must use all 10 stems they were given, and that the tempo must remain at GAYNGS’ standard 69 bpm.”
The Gaslight Anthem Acoustic in Australia
Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem performed an acoustic live session with triplej, performing “Bring It On” and a cover of Jack Johnson‘s “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing”. Listen to the interview and performance below.
Track: Frank Ocean – “Novacane”
Track: “Novacane”
Artist: Frank Ocean
Release Date: February 18, 2011
Label: Self-released
Contrary to what you may have heard, hip-hop collective OFWGKTA are an incredibly diverse group of musicians. The debut release from Odd Future’s Frank Ocean, titled Nostalgia, Ultra., makes this point undeniable; Frank Ocean’s music centers on his smooth, groovy vocals instead of rapping like the rest of the crew. “Novacane”, a standout from the incredibly ambitious self-released record, features Frank Ocean wearing his heart on his sleeve, spinning a tale of his confusion and frustration with a woman aspiring to become a dentist; hence the title of the song and chorus lines “Novacane, numb the pain.” Pitchfork compares his loverboy, R&B persona to that of Drake – Frank Ocean is raw, honest, and can sing his heart out. Stripped down to the core, the youthful spirit and self-confident “swag” of Frank Ocean embody everything that Odd Future represents, even if the music is noticeably different.
“Novacane” is from Nostalgia, Ultra. out now. You can download it for free here.
Rating: 9/10
Watch Lykke Li’s “Get Some” on Fallon
Lykke Li dropped by on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” late last night, performing first single “Get Some” from her second studio album Wounded Rhymes. The performance is simple and raw, with Lykke allowing her voice and the instrumentals to really shine through. Check out the video below.
The Dangerous Summer Acoustic Album and Headline Tour
You can now preorder The Dangerous Summer‘s An Acoustic Performance of “Reach for the Sun” on iTunes. The album will be released on March 15, in digital format only.
The band also just announced dates for their headlining tour with Sparks The Rescue, The Graduate, and The Scenic. Dates and ticket information are available here.
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