Hello! I, and the rest of the Side One: Track One
family, have returned. You won't notice any massive
changes as we get things going in 2009, but I've got a
couple of announcements coming up that I think you'll like.
On a related note, the About, Contact and
Links pages have been updated. Take a look!
Now, with all that out of the way, let's get started.
I've got a wealth of music - at least a good month's worth -
to shove into your ears, and I'm anxious to get it going.
It's great to be back. I missed you all.
Enjoy.
:An
Horse - Postcards:
Considering
that I greatly appreciate any act that's good at helping me
forget that Sleater Kinney really did call it quits all
those years ago, it's fitting that the first song in the
first EP of 2009 is chalked full of that wonderful mid-90s
rock sound. The duo, who were discovered by Tegan And
Sara, will physically release Rearrange Beds on March
17 via Mom And Pop Music Co.,
but if you want
you can get it now on iTunes.
:Faunts
- Feel.Love.Thinking.Of:
I can't really
recall a time in which I've ever paid much attention to this
band and the one bazillion remixes that seem to come with
them, but this song, which is off their upcoming sophomore
effort, is a nicely layered piece of electronic pop that
won't leave my head. I guess it's time to start paying
attention, right?
Friendly Fire
Recordings will put out Feel.Love.Thinking.Of on
February 17.
:Alela
Diane - White As Diamonds:
It really seems like forever ago that this woman jumped into
my world and made the Grass Roots Records' Family
Album compilation something to remember with one of the
most entrancing folk songs I've ever heard. This, as I
expected it to be, is of the same quality. Go grab
your headphones. To Be Still is set to hit
store shelves on Feburay 17 courtesy of Rough Trade Records.
:B.
Fleischmann - 24.12:
With some soothing vocal work and a lush electronic sound,
this song starts out exactly like something from this guy
should. Then, as if to eloquently lighten the mood, a
woman's voice chimes in with a quick bit about how her life
is better because her "asshole" husband is dead.
Yes, you should be smiling at the one. Angst Is Not
A Weltanschauung is out on Morr Music now.
:The
Sound Of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C.:
There's no way that I would have put up the first post of
2009 without something positively upbeat and catchy from
Sweden, but I have to admit that I didn't expect for my
inbox to produce an effort like this.
Talk about your involuntary flashbacks to a time when you
spent all your time watching kid's TV programming. The
M.A.G.I.C. single will be out later this month on
Labrador Records.
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