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Last month we helped Ghostly International announce the release of Ghostly Swim, a compilation that the electro label are doing with Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim program. Now, the good people over at Turntable Lab are sponsoring the release party for the compilation at their store in LA. SO not fair that California gets awesome weather all year round and this party. So not fair.
Here are some tracks by artists featured on Ghostly Swim:
We’re not quite sure what to think about this one. It’s our personal belief that Timbaland is basically our generation’s Phil Spector, and his music has always been consciously commercial, so we’re not that surprised, but a Verizon bus? That’s like, pretty weird.
The SEEN RCRD LBL blog reports that Timba will be recording his new record on a mobile studio/bus as part of a promotion with Verizon. Which is all swell and dandy, but the best part of this promotional video is Madonna fake-bitching about her vocals on “Four Minutes”. Thumbs up, Tim!
We're giving away five VIP passes for T-Mobile's launch event on Tuesday, May 20th in NYC celebrating the release of a hot new phone. Not only will you get to see live sets from Fool's Gold's latest hot shot MC Kid Cudi and electro prepsters Chester French, you'll get to indulge in a DJ set from Kid Capri. Every RCRD LBL guest will also walk out with a brand new phone from T-Mobile.
To enter, just email us at info AT rcrdlbl dot com with "T-Mobile Contest" in the subject line. You must be 21+ to enter. Winners will be announced Monday, May 19th. Good Luck!
In the meantime, be sure to set the mood with the Crookers Remix of Kid Cudi's "Day 'N' Nite."
What do Jesus And The Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Belle and Sebastian and Camera Obscura have in common? Though they span the musical spectrum, they all hail from Glasglow. As do Sons and Daughters and Frightened Rabbit. Ok enough with the freakin’ musical geography lesson you say. Let us introduce a new member of this Glaswegian musical posse, Martin & James, aptly named after Martin Kelly and James O’Neill (Scottish much?) These two create weighty acoustic hymns and introspective odes of love and tears. Lyrics delivered over raw acoustic like Simon and Garfunkel. Their song “Crashing” cathartically relies on a heavy bass drum, while “Not Alone” is simple, unadorned acoustic love song with haunting flickers of reverb.
Ever gargle chopped glass or rock candy with lighter fluid? No? Weird. Aside from boasting a percussionist named Sexual Chocolate as well as a growing armada of similarly epic, devil-horned psych adventures worth checking out as soon as you possibly can, Long Beach's Crystal Antler even fuck with organ. Sort of like your favorite post-harcore bands from the 90s on acid. LOTS of acid.
And again, they've got a percussionist named Sexual Chocolate, which is exactly what my brother always asked to go by growing up. What a weird little dude.
Sounds Like: The Stooges, Awesome Color, Blood Brothers, Comets on Fire
Spaceland’s RCRD LBL blog have just released an awesome live track of their homie Liam Finn performing his song “Second Chance”, which they recorded super early in the man’s career. Now solidly established, this song shows a raw, rough side of Liam many may have not encountered before. The song has a definite sense of urgency to it, like Ted Leo pouring his heart out to his favorite Clash records. When the drums kick in at about 4:25 (spoiler alter!) things get seriously next level. Spaceland have a long and illustrious history with Liam, so head over to their blog to check out the video for “Second Chance” and more info on Liam’s album I’ll Be Lightening.
Hercules and Love Affair are set to be one of, if not the, most important bands of 2008. Their bold sound is both awesomely retro (bringing to mind Sylvester, Giorgio Moroder and everything amazing about late ‘70s disco) and totally in the now (Antony Hegarty and NYC nightlife fixture Nomi on vocals). Their debut US performance of material from their self-titled LP is Saturday at Studio B in Brooklyn, and it promises to be completely wild.
And because RCRD LBL has always got your back, we’re giving away a pair of tickets to the show for one lucky reader. All you have to do is sign up for our newsletter if you haven’t already (email field to your right), and then send an email to contests@rcrdlbl.com with "HERCULES" in the subject line. The winner will be chosen randomly.
We're also streaming this amazing club mix of their lead single "Blind", which is sincerely the best dance song we're heard in a long time. It's all about the crazy horns and Antony's diva vocals. The album Hercules and Love Affair comes out on June 24 in North American through Mute Records with extra bonus tracks "Classique #2" and "Roar", as well as the video for “Blind”.
We'll definitely be down the front on Saturday at Studio B...
Post-Minor Threat and Pre-Fugazi, Ian Mackaye was in this little band called Embrace who pretty much invented modern emo. Don't let that throw you off, this is the OG stuff—pretty much the peak of the genre as far as I am considered. 'Nuff said. This is vital viewing.
So the first good news of the week, or perhaps month, is that LA Riots is doing 4 free shows with Felix Cartal and the Bloody Beetroots courtesy of Scion in the end of April. Ever since they let us lounge in the plush seats of their luxury-sized tour bus this spring (seeINTERVIEW and details here), we've been eying them for new releases. So good news numero dos is they've just released new gnarly tracks. Better yet? The boys also invited their friends, like Bloody Beetroots, White Noise and Le Castle Vania, to remix tracks as well. I guess that's what DJs who like DJs do for their DJs friends. (Let's be honest, if I were BFFs with Bloody Beetroots, I'd hand them my whole damn I-Pod and say "Go ahead, fuck with whatever you want...as long as I can keep it. and maybe sell it. Later bud. ') Regardless, in case you weren't salivating yet, here's a free taste from the compilation, Toxic Avenger's Escape remixed by the bloody boys themselves.
PS For more news on the Scion tour, stopping through San Fran, LA, NY and Chicago end of April), check LA Riots myspace for more details.
SPECIAL ALERT for our NYC readers: We have five VIP passes for T-Mobile's launch event on Tuesday, May 20th celebrating a hot new phone. Not only will you get to see live sets from Fool's Gold's latest hot shot MC Kid Cudi and electro prepsters Chester French and a DJ set from Kid Capri, every guest of RCRD LBL will walk out with a brand new phone. To enter, just email us at info AT rcrdlbl dot com with "T-Mobile Contest" in the subject line. You must be 21+ to enter.
Winners will be announced Monday, May 19th. Good Luck!
P.S. - We also have a free download from Kid Cudi to get you started!
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