The Luyas are a Montréal quartet that include members of Arcade Fire, both former (multi-instrumentalist Pietro Amato) and current (violinist Sarah Neufeld.) The group is set to release their debut LP on February 22 via Dead Oceans. Download their debut preview track, “Tiny Head.” It’s an entrancing art-pop tune with otherworldy vox and off-kilter beats.Too Beautiful to Workfeatures Owen Pallett playing the violin and arranging the strings and it was recorded by Jeff McMurrich (Tindersticks, Constantines, Owen Pallett). Added bonus: The full-length features a rad twelve-string electric zither called a Moodswinger. Check out upcoming gigs at MySpace.
Hot on the heels of their superb Saturday Night Live performance (where they played “We Used to Wait” / “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”), Arcade Fire hit up British late night show, Later with Jools Holland. The band neatly skirted performance/late night show fatigue by playing “Ready to Start” and “Month of May.” Two performances featuring four different songs? Impressive! Check out the video above. - Laura Studarus
French Films
“Golden Sea” MP3/Video
Nov 16, 2010
Beach-y indie rockers French Films are actually Finnish. The Joy Division-indebted quintet’s Golden Sea EP is available now via Gaea. Download its raucous title track above (via No Modest Bear/P4k.)
Grinderman: “Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man” (Live on Jimmy Fallon) Video
Last night, Nick Cave and his Grindermen, (aka Grinderman) brought their swirl of feedback to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, playing Grinderman 2 cut, “Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man.” Check out the clip below. For extra Grinderman goodness, be sure to check out when the band is heading through your town. See upcoming tour dates here.
Lord Huron‘s Ben Schneider just released this cool remix of his single, “Into the Sun.” Vancouver, BC’s Teen Daze did this electronic re-rub of the cut for the single’s 7-inch release today. The “Pleased to Meet You” artist is touring now. Lord Huron’s second EP is called Mighty and it’s out now via Bandcamp. For each Into the Sun 7-inch ordered, the band will actually mail you a postcard in return.
Girl Talk: All Day (Free Album Download) MP3s
Girl Talk plunderphonics maestro Gregg Gillis promised his fans a new sample-heavy LP by the end of 2010, and now it’s available. For free! (Check out that skeleton cover artwork.) Girl Talk’s follow-up release to 2008’s Feed the Animals is entitled All Day and it’s available to download for free here via his imprint, Illegal Art. Get the weekend started early, folks. Also: Gillis just announced a world tour for the new album.
