Dirty Projectors - Ascending Melody / Emblem Of The World

Dirty Projectors' new 7" is nice and you can download the mp3's for free. The songs are from the Bitte Orca sessions.

The Amps - Tipp City EP

After Last Splash Kim Deal started a 'new' band, The Amps. They recorded their only LP with a walkman and Steve Albini. The label pressed lots of copies because they thought it was going to be as big as Last Splash. Sadly it didn't. Now second hand shops always have a copy of Pacer and if you come across one, buy it. It's a supercool record.

'Breaking The Split Screen Barrier' has an ultra cool intro, 'Bragging Party' is one of Kim's finest songs and Divine Hammer b-side 'Hoverin' gets a make-over.

The Tipp City EP has two nice b-sides. 'Just Like A Briar' is a short punky song and there's a 'basement' demo that Kim recorded herself.

Get the EP from Moody Places here.

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

Yeasayer have a cool new single, it's available as a freeload, see link below. It's from the upcoming LP Odd Blood. They play in paradiso the 20th of March.

#87.1 - YEASAYER - No need to worry / Redcave
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Warpaint - Elephants

So, now there's a video for Warpaint's great track 'Elephants'. Also check their myspace.

Elephants (from The Fader)

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club - Bored In Belgium

The Victorian English Gentlemens Club release the 3rd single from their brilliant second album Love On An Oil Rig on the 25th of January. It's called 'Bored In Belgium' and below you can see a live video they recorded somewhere in Belgium. Get the single here.

Veruca Salt - American Thighs

American Thighs is Veruca Salt's first and only good record. It was released in 1994 after the grunge hype and they were one of many Breeders lookalikes. After this LP they released the Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt EP, which is a bit harder than the LP and was recorded by Steve Albini. The video's for the singles are quite nice.

American Thighs

Deerhunter - Dr. Glass (Daytrotter Session)

I like this version of 'Dr. Glass' from Deerhunter's Daytrotter Session because the guitars are more spikey than in the original which appeared on the Flourescent Grey EP.

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Le Tetsuo - Sometimes I'm Walking Around I Feel Like I'm Going To Open Up And Crack (Live)

Le Tetsuo

You Say Party! We Say Die! - XXXX

The new YSP! WSD! LP XXXX is out in february. First single 'Laura Palmer's Prom' sounds a bit tame to me but 'Glory' rocks more like their old stuff. I thought their last album Lose All Time from 2006 was really good, 'Opportunity' and 'Downtown Mayors' were really good singles.

ysp! wsd! myspace

Kristin Hersh - Crooked

Another record that's coming out this year that I'm looking forward to is Kristin Hersh's Crooked. Since 2007 you can subscribe to her music for $10 per month, with the money she records songs and puts one online every month free for everybody to download. From these 22 songs she re-recorded 10 songs for Crooked. It's supercool to support one of your favourite singer-songwriters like this, there's no middleman, it's fair trade music.
Read more about this CASH project here. Listen, download the 22 CASH tracks and support Kristin directly here.

Crooked:

1- Mississippi Kite
2- Moan
3- Sand
4- Glass
5- Fortune
6- Coals
7- Crooked
8- Krait
9- Flooding
10- Rubidoux

Mississippi Kite (from Crooked)