[Fresh Indie] Broken Social Scene – World Sick

Broken Social Scene is a Juno Award-winning Canadian Indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members. They will be releasing their latest album Forgiveness Rock Record in May and the huge track “World Sick” a is just a small taste of what is to come. We cant wait!

Broken Social Scene – World Sick

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[Video] Telephone Indie Rock Video-Song Version

Always exciting to see Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte join forces to create videos layered with creativity, cuteness and good music. You can download more of their songs here.

Pomplamoose – Telephone

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[Fresh Indie] The Tins – The Green Room

Is there a better feeling than finding a talented new band? Not for me. Every so often music fans come across a young band that is far from amateur. They dazzle you from the start and make you wonder how they are not bigger. This is how I feel about a fantastic band from Buffalo, NY called The Tins. It with great excitement that I introduce these guys to you. www.weallwantsomeone.org

Our friend Will from the music blog We All Want Someone was kind enough to introduce us to this amazing soft indie rock band from NY called The Tins.

The Tins are about to release their self titled debut EP in the next couple of weeks and without a doubt one of the most impressive songs in this 5-track collection is “The Green Room”. A melodically rich song full of harmonious pop elements. It is really hard to call anything EPIC these days as saying so is sooo last century.. but I am going to have to agree with Will when describing the song, “It is a 7 minute epic that is finely constructed featuring great bridge transitions, hooks, and tight instrumentation.”

Give them a try and if you are like me, you will be consumed by their genuine indie pop/rock sound.

The Tins – The Green Room

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[Spanish] Carla Morrison – No Viniste (Natalia Lafourcade Cover)

I just discovered the soft and soothing voice of upcoming Mexican singier/songwriter Carla Morrison on one of my favorite spanish-focused (but not limited) music blog Club Fonograma.

They describe Carla Morrison as a “young talented lady from Tecate Baja California, a fresh face with a remarkable and comforting voice who’s quietly making her way into the realm of Mexican pop. She’s the owner of a heart-trenching vocal instrument, which she radiantly displays through beautiful intimate songs.”

The song below is a beautiful cover of friend and popular Mexican pop-rock singer, Natalia Lafourcade.

Carla Morrison – No Viniste (Natalia Lafourcade Cover)

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[VIDEO] The Lonely Island & Julian Casablancas – “Boombox”

A cautionary tale that a Boombox is not a toy. This already hilarious viral video features The Lonely Island (best known for I’m On a Boat) and Julian Casablancas (solo artist, vocalist, and chief songwriter of the American rock band The Strokes).

Lonely Island – Boombox (feat Julian Casablancas)

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[Folk/Remix] Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros – Home (RAC Remix)

No. The image above is not a picture of Jesus. An honest mistake as front man of, Alex Ebert, does resemble The Messiah. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an indie folk band with quite a few experimental and psychedelic influences. Their single “Home” become one of my favorite songs of 2009. As jonkmusic puts it, “Home” is a victory march to everywhere and, in fact, it is everywhere you are.

Recently, André Anjos of RAC released a very subtle remix of Home giving it a much dreamy sound.

Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros – Home (RAC Remix)

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[More From Plastic Beach] Gorillaz – Empire Ants (featuring Little Dragon)

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Gorillaz – Empire Ants (featuring Little Dragon)

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[Synth-Pop] Who The Hell Are (the) Cults??

Cults – Go Outside

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Let’s face it, when the music blogosphere loves something we always adhere to the post now ask questions later policy. A couple of days ago this mysterious band by the name of ‘Cults’ uploaded a couple of song to their Bandcamp page and almost instantly there songs were shared across the tubes without much though as to who they really are. Gladly, Pitchfork came to the rescue and cleared the smoke around this wonderful synth-pop influenced band.

Turns out Cults is comprised of young duo/couple Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin from San Diego, California. They only started making music a few months back in their free time and just sharing their music with family and close friends. Their reception from other music blogs has been as warm as their soothing music. Pitchfork describes their nostalgic psychedelic melodies as being simultaneously influenced by 50’s and 80’s pop songs.

Pitchfork: I know you weren’t expecting to get any kind of attention this early, but do you have any plans for Cults? Are you going to play any shows or release any music?

BO: Yeah, we’re finishing up a full-length record right now. We’ve been working on it for a while. The first three songs were just part of a larger full-length that we were working on for a long time. But we’re making plans to tour this summer and just kind of seeing where this could take us.

I am really excited to see what is next for the Cults and I hope they keep producing music towards the soft and dreamy psychedelic sound.

[Twitter] Why I love Twitter so much? + Mp3s

If you do not have a twitter account, there is a strong chance that you think twitter is only for people that are bored and have nothing else but to tweet boring messages like “I am at my local starbucks having a latte!” or “Omg my Uncle Jerry just bought me some yummy ice cream!!”. And while there is some TRUTH to that, twitter has become one of the best (non-creepy) ways to meet people with similar interests and, especially for myself, its an amazing source to discover new music.

This morning I asked my followers what where some of their favorite songs they have discovered in the last 7 days and I was blown away by the response. I decided to showcase all their responses below.

If you have a twitter account, make sure you are FOLLOWING ME as well as all the badass people below.

Woollygrass suggests:
Two Door Cinema Club – ‘What You Know’

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http://www.myspace.com/twodoorcinemaclub

ajackpluggedin suggests:
Outland – Tell Me What You Want – Hugo Van Dyk Remix

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http://www.myspace.com/hugovandyck

TartyTart suggests:
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” Wilco Cover Live at KDHX

iamsim suggests:
Gil Scott-Heron – “Me And The Devil”

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http://gilscottheron.net/

frwrdm suggests:
Pogo – Upular

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http://www.myspace.com/pogotracks

MusicSunshine suggests:
Phenomenal Handclap Band – Baby (Clock Opera Remix)

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ramiam suggests:
Jaguar Love – Polaroids and Red Wine

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http://www.myspace.com/jaguarloveband

manxmidge suggests:
Pon De Foley (Ludachrist 0Remix)

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BillySuede suggests:
Foals – Spanish Sahara

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http://www.myspace.com/foals

Also thanks to tianafeng, ListenB4YouBuy, A17bysearose, Bandsintown for retweeting and giving us their suggestions. (I could not find mp3’s for some your suggestions )

[Electronic Rock] Phantogram

If you haven’t yet heard “Eyelid Moves”, the recently released debut album from Phantogram, then you’re missing out on one of my favorite albums so far this year. The album is a mix of so many different styles that all work together to create one cohesive album thats creative and experimental but still completely accessible. But my favorite on the album is probably “As Far As I Can See”, which starts out with a catchy chopped up sample presumably of a Motown hit. But instead of hearing someone rap over the sample, we get the exact opposite, the soft and enchanting vocals of Sarah Barthel. Though her voice is in stark contrast to the phrenetic sample, the two compliment each other perfectly, just as all of the different songs on the album compliment each other. The band has a few tour dates out west and for SXSW and will be embarking on tour with The Antlers in April. Catch them if you can.

Phantogram – As Far As I Can See

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Phantogram – When I’m Small

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