Alcoholic Faith Mission – “We All Have Our Shortcomings”
Pay attention to this quartet from Denmark calling themselves Alcoholic Faith Mission. Their soft, woozy, dreamlike sound is true to their moniker and just the kind of album you want to get lost in on a sleepy Sunday morning after a long night of boozing. “We All Have Our Shortcomings” is off their latest album, 421 Wyeth Avenue, named after the factory loft in Brooklyn they holed themselves up in to record the album.
The Flaming Lips – “Money (feat. Henry Rollins)”
Leave it to The Flaming Lips to take one of my least favorite Pink Floyd songs and turn it into an obsession. The Flaming Lips reinterpretation of Pink Floyd’s legendary Dark Side of The Moon is out now.
Sonic Youth and San Francisco’s Sic Alps at the historic Fillmore this Sunday, January 10. Does the awesomeness of this show even need explanation? I think not. See you there.
Artist: The Besnard Lakes
Album: The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
Release Date: March 9
Featured Track: “Albatross”
The Besnard Lakes, the Montreal collective fronted by husband-and-wife duo Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek, are back with the much anticipated follow up to their acclaimed 2007 release The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse. The new album entitled, The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night, is due out March 9th on Jagjaguwar and will be unleashed on fans attending Austin’s SXSW fest this spring. Enjoy the free MP3 of “Albatross” in the meantime.
So many bands in San Francisco, it seems impossible to keep track of them all. Here’s a local trio whose warbled lyrics and yummy guitar licks caught my ear. Their debut EP, Gamble, Gamble, Die, is out now. Keep an eye out for them around town.
I just love how my penchant for Brit rock has made it across the pond and into my inbox. This unsigned UK duo’s brand of shameless, trashy garage rock is right up my alley. The comparisons to The White Stripes will be obvious but a full spin of their EP, Parade of Piranhas, also evokes influences like Queen of the Stone Age and Jon Spencer. Rock on.
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Artist: Massive Attack
Album: Heligoland
Release Date: February 9, 2010
The new year is just underway and the countdown has already begun- to NoisePop, SXSW and a bevy of highly anticipated albums, like Massive Attack’s 5th studio album, Heligoland, due out February 9. The album will feature guest vocals from the likes of Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) to Martina Topley-Bird and Elbow’s Guy Garvey. The prelude to Heligoland, the Splitting the Atom EP, is available now.
The group recently released their new video for “Paradise Circus” (ft. Hope Sandoval) off Heligoland. In what runs more like a documentary than a music video, the Toby Dye directed piece features former porn star, Georgina Spelvin, and her candid look on filming the infamous adult film, The Devil in Miss Jones. Original shots of the ’73 hit are interlaced with Spelvin’s honest take on her physical and emotional state during the production of the film nearly forty years ago. An interesting and entertaining concept, but definitely NSFW.
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