Lizzy McChesney, better known by the stage name Lissy Trullie, is an NYC-via-Washington, D.C. singer and former model. Here’s the Richard Kern-directed clip for her band’s rendition of Hot Chip‘s “Ready For the Floor.” The pop rock cover appears on Trullie’s debut EP, Self-Taught Learner. The EP was originally released on American Myth but now Trullie’s signed to Downtown Records. They’re currently working on a debut album with ex-Suede member Bernard Butler. The quartet will tour the U.K. in September.
The Gaslamp Killer
“Anything Worse” MP3
Jul 23, 2009
The Gaslamp Killer is one of the resident DJs at the infamous L.A. club, Low End Theory. Now the skillful turntablist is expanding beyond the stage with his debut, My Troubled Mind. The short seven-song EP drops August 4th on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint. That’s the crazy album artwork to the right. The dark and metallic sound experiment “Anything Worse” is the first track on offer. U.F.O. analog synths (provided by collaborator/friend/Atari 2600 jammer Computer Jay) and occasional horn blasts ebb and flow all over this mesmeric psych/funk collage.
Throw Me the Statue
“Hi-Fi Goon” MP3
Jul 23, 2009
Here’s a second track from Throw Me the Statue‘s forthcoming second full-length. The self and Phil Ek-produced Creaturesque ditches the lo-fi Guided By Voices-like vibe of Moonbeams. Instead, tracks such as “Ancestors” and the driving, highly melodic guitar rocker “Hi-Fi Goon” hark back to the jamming of Built to Spill’s Keep It Like A Secret. Band leader Scott Reitherman inserts an acoustic bridge to finish it all off.
Is Owl City a “just too precious” version of The Postal Service? Perhaps. The light and airy “Fireflies” bears that out. The latest single from the Minnesotan synthpop artist Adam Young is iTune’s free ‘Single of the Week.’ The official music video premiered on Myspace and now it’s flitting about the Internet. In the clip, Young plays in a room littered with sparkling ‘80s epherma and toys. Owl City’s sophomore album, Ocean Eyes, is out now digitally and has a physical release of July 28th. He’s also touring much of the U.S. this summer.
Yo La Tengo
“Here to Fall” MP3
Jul 22, 2009
Here’s a second track from Yo La Tengo‘s forthcoming fourteenth album, Popular Songs, via Matablog. The opening cut has some woozy ‘70s acid soul-style strings and electronic ambience. Oh, and that intrumental outro is pretty killer too. Popular Songs is out August 14th on Matador but as we reported earlier today, you can get it now, through Matador’s snazzy Buy Now Get Early program. Yo La Tengo is also touring in September and October.
Six Organs of Admittance
“The Ballad of Charley Harper” MP3
Jul 22, 2009
Former Comets on Fire guitarist Ben Chasny is the man behind Six Organs of Admittance and will soon release Luminous Night, his first release of new material in two years after his recent Drag City compilation, RTZ. The label released a track from the LP today, called “The Ballad of Charley Harper.” Like many Six Organs of Admittance tracks, it builds from a sparse and acoustic dirge into a fuzzy guitar soundscape. The track is presumably referencing the Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist Charley Harper, who died June 10, 2007 after struggling with pneumonia for several months.
Lou Barlow
“Gravitate” MP3
Jul 22, 2009
Goodnight Unknown, is the forthcoming solo LP from Sebadoh leader and Dinosaur Jr. bassist Lou Barlow. On the occasion of Merge Record’s anniversary, here’s a aural taste of one track. “Gravitate” is a distorted, straight-up rock track. (Plenty of crunch on this one.) Goodnight Unknown is out October 6th on Merge and in the fall, Barlow will open for Dino Jr. on tour with Mike Watt‘s The Missingmen.
Lou Barlow and The Missingmen Tour Dates:
09-30 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre 10-02 Cambridge, MA Middle East 10-04 Clifton Park , NY Northern Lights 10-07 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place 10-08.2009 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 10-09 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts 10-10 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall 10-11 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot 10-13 Madison, WI The Majestic Theatre 10-14 St. Louis, MO The Pageant 10-15 Chicago , IL Vic Theatre 10-16 Louisville , KY Headliner’s Music Hall 10-17 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse 10-26 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club 10-27 Omaha, NE Slowdown 10-29 Boulder, CO Boulder Theater 10-30 Fort Collins, CO Aggie Theatre 11-03.2009 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre 11-04 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern 11-05 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues 11-07 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
Another boring late-‘00s U2 song usually wouldn’t get the time of day in this space but the video for No Line on the Horizon‘s “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” is memorable enough. The animation, by directer David O’Reilly is pretty adorable but ultimately limp-wristed. I guess we’ve always got theoldfavorites.
