SelfBlown. Remember WU LYF?
Of course you do, the boys from Manchester are hard to forget, ‘Go Tell Fire To The Mountain’ was one of the best debut albums to come out of 2011. Such a shame they broke up. Nevermind, Ellery is back. Introducing to you the brand new project from WU LYF’s former front man, Ellery James Roberts/Kerou, and this first track ‘Kérou’s Lament’. For every heartbroken WU LYF fan out there, this is the remedy.
Update - Watch the video below, and head to his Tumblr here for some more insight into the project. Young Turks. Firstsongforyourmixtape. MP3 Music Albums Search & Download: mediafire, megaupload, youtube, zippyshare, rapidshare, torrent. 7 Alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM. Whether you are annoyed by the ads on Pandora, the limited number of skips, or the abyss of cruel 30-second song teasers from Last.FM, many online listeners are growing weary of mainstream methods of hearing new music.
While the Pandora algorithm is strong, and the Last.FM related artists tool is pretty useful, don’t fool yourself in to thinking that there aren’t other great ways to expose yourself to new music in the depths of cyberspace. Here are 7 alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM that will infuse your day with an uninterrupted stream of music that large record companies haven’t managed to squash under their thumbs yet. StumbleAudio StumbleAudio has a killer recommendation engine that works better for me than Pandora’s.
Instead of “genomes”, StumbleAudio uses listeners’ favoritism as well as buying pattern data from online music stores to make suggestions. Songza Musicovery Elegantly, Musicovery boils down songs to a location on two scales: Energetic-Calm and Positive-Dark. Stereomood. Willis Earl Beal, The xx, Lana Del Rey - 10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week - MP3s and Streams. The sounds rattling round the skulls of the NME staff this week Willis Earl Beal - 'Evening’s Kiss' “Write to me and I will make you a drawing.”
So states the handwritten press release for Willis Earl Beal’s debut single, ‘Evening’s Kiss’. Further down there’s a phone number (001 773 295 2135). “Call me”, it says, “and I will sing you a song”. Grimes - 'Genesis' From a girl who denounced God at 12, you might expect something more unholy than this Noah’s Ark of sex, sweetness and progressive synth-pop that sits somewhere between ‘Deep Cuts’-era Knife, ‘Hollaback Girl’ and the soundtrack to some cunts-in-capes computer game. The xx - 'Open Eyes' (demo) A skeletal, dour triumph from the sessions for The xx’s long-awaited new album. FreeIndie. Listen to Indie Rock on Presto.fm - Free Streaming Music Online.
Shuffler.fm. Best indie rock music, hot new songs, popular rock bands, top album releases, free MP3s. Indie music blog & free music discovery. Find New Music & Indie Bands - MadeLoud. The Music Maze.
The Labyrinth of Genre. Best Indie Rock Albums of 2012 - Music. Leif Podhajsky. Quite Scientific Records. First Listen: Astro, 'Astro' Hide captionAstro's self-titled debut album is out now.
Camilo Bustos/Courtesy of the artist Astro's self-titled debut album is out now. Audio for this feature is no longer available. Around the NPR Music office, we've all seen an old photograph of Alt.Latino co-host Felix Contreras as a toddler, holding a tiny guitar and smiling. For as long as Felix can remember, when he heard music he wanted to be able to emulate those sounds; to be a musician.
When I first heard Chilean indie-pop band Astro, my body reacted as if struck by lightning; before I could tell you what the lyrics where saying, my hips where rolling in my seat. Although Astro's unpolished live show at Vive Latino 2012 was somewhat of a letdown, the album bearing the band's name is practically flawless. Recently picked up by the Nacional label, Astro arrives at an interesting time for Latin Alternative music: a solemn moment of activism and reflection. Yet Astro has eschewed that stance and sonic identity, and that's okay.
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