Walk The Moon packed up their latest single “Tightrope” as an ep (limited vinyl here).
Some interesting b-sides, acoustics and a cover! Walk the Moon take on classic 1983 Talking Heads “Burning Down The House.”
In related, but unrelated to the ep news… there is also a remix of “Tightrope” by j.viewz that was uploaded today… free download. Good times.
Happy Monday!
Go with yourself.
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A beauty post from Hilly Dilly…. Toronto production team Kill Them With Colour. I’m tagging these bros as local because they began producing in Victoria back in 2008. I don’t think I ever crossed paths with KTWC while in Victoria…but they’re doing some interesting stuff out East (I wonder if they know Dean?).
KTWC take on Kendrick Lamar… the critically acclaimed hip-hopster. The boys have created a beautiful chilled out environment, where the chorus locks in on repeat.
Lazy Sunday…better get the kid dressed, we need to buy a wedding magazine (apparently I’m in it?) then check out Beacon Hill Park! Maaaaaaaaaaybe a hotdog from Big Wheel Burger…. maaaaaaaaaayvbe.
Go with yourself.
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Seattle’s Macklemore (heroes of Rifflandia V) have shot to the top of the pops. Claiming the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 and new streaming chart. Though the song “Thrift Shop” has its detractors, there is no denying that is mass appeal right now.
Fun white guy hip hop is always a good time….and it got me thinking of 2009’s “Stationary Robbery” from USS‘s Questamation. Boitano dropped this jam during the Friday Live Mix and it got me fired back up on the track. I thought I better share this.
I think if you’re getting down to Macklemore right now, then you can probably also get down to two of my favourite bros from Toronto.
Lazy Sunday.
Go with yourself.
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Technical Difficulties: new broadcasters hate it. But the journeymen don’t sweat it….because in the chaos, the best radio (could) get made.
If you go with the flow, be cool… heck the audience barely notices.
I was listening to Jian Ghomeshi today on the ride into work… he was trying to get author Timothy Ferriss on the line from LA and right at go time, on live radio, the line went dead. PANIC! (well maybe for the producer) but Jian said, “he we’ll sort this out, hang tight, check out Montreal’s Young Galaxy.” (he didn’t say it exactly like that)
I am so thankful for the error. The new Young Galaxy song is a beauty. The big blogs have been all over “Pretty Boy” for the past 24 hours, Jian jammed it out across the country today, and the soundcloud is floating around 20,000 streams. Not bad.
The dream-poppers’ new album is called Ultramarine (April 23, Paper Bag). Our first feature song is “Pretty Boy” and I have had it on repeat since I arrived at the radio factory. Its such a supportive song… you guys wish she was singing to you.
I hear this song and I think it could be such a nice non-traditional first dance song,or a side 2, track 1 on a mixtape for your crush, or maybe remixed for the dance floor.
Go with yourself.
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Greeting fellow music friend… today we explore a song off a concept album! (don’t roll your eyes at me son…its a fun concept!)
The band from Toronto is called Wildlife. These five Ontario friends set out on their up-coming record, Of The Heart (February 26, Wax Records), to explore the conditions of the heart. They say;
“This new record is about the engine that drives us and carries us along that road…it is a love letter, an essay on the HEART: everything it does for us, to us, how it hurts us, helps and keeps us going. We put our hearts into making this thing, completely, with all the violence and romance we could muster.”
Recording happened with Peter Katis (Interpol, The National), and Gus Van Go and Werner F (Hollerado, The Stills). Alright, your resume checks out…. let’s have a listen.
Nice, big, full, anthemic sound.
Go with yourself.
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Spin Magazine has more info on the upcoming Vampire Weekend record. The album has been dubbed LP3 (which I believe is a working title) and its due out on May 7th.
The band jumped into the fire that is the Australian summer (its so hot this year the weather service had to add two new colours to the weather maps) for a show in Sydney. Someone bootlegged a new song called “Arms.”
Go with yourself.
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I saw the title for new Devendra Banhart jingle “Never Seen Such Good Things” and thought, “d’aww, I look forward to this pretty love song.”
Nope.
“Never seen such good things go so wrong.”
Neat.
“If we ever make love again, I am sure that it will be quite disgusting.”
Gnarly.
New record is out in March, its called Mala (Nonesuch Records). Don’t you kind of expect this song to show up in a real hip Ryan Gosling film?
Go with yourself.
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Montreal’s Blue Hawaii is the side-project/ pseudo name of Braids lead singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston.
I have never really followed the group before, but Pitchfork said the 2010 music had a tropical vibe.
Her new record is called Untogether and the first feature song is “Try To Be.” The song is very light and pretty. It features repetitive acoustic guitar loops and chopped and repeated vocal melodies.
The song is a little spooky and gets stuck in my head.
Go with yourself.
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Bluesy West Coast boogy, that is the best way to describe Victoria’s The Grass Tracks.
The boys will be stopping by The Zone Afternoon show on Wednesday for an interview and live performance at 4PM.
Our feature song on the radio is this beauty, “Joker.”
The band is up at UVi’c’s Felicita’s Pub on Friday with Towers and Trees. FUN!
And find out more from this mighty Vic42 profile.
Go with yourself.
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New music today at the radio factory today. Power-pop trio Paramore have their first single from their forth record “Now” available. I don’t know if blogs all read each other and say the same things…. or maybe its true? But Karen O-esque gets thrown around a lot to describe the vocal stylings of Hayley Williams.
Talking about the first single in Rolling Stone, “Now” “feels like the perfect way to start this new journey we are embarking on not only as a band but as a movement. To show people that you can lose battles but come back and win full on wars. You can make something out of even less than nothing.”
Enough talk, more rock. Super poppy…I am sorry, this is going to ear worm in your head.
Go with yourself.
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The Morning After 