WOW. D’Angelo doing David Bowie’s Space Oddity!!!
I don’t know about the video but this song is the jam.
Washed Out delivers a beautiful rendition of an old favorite: Chris Isaak’s Wicked Game. As performed live on Sirius XMU.
NPR:
It all started with a clever idea from KEXP’s DJ El Toro: “4AD 4VR,” a three-hour show featuring music from 4AD Records, a label that helped define a new genre of music. Back in the ’80s and ’90s, if you saw the 4AD logo on the back of an album, you knew you were holding something special. From frenetic pop-punk pioneers like Pixies and Throwing Musesto the otherworldly dreaminess of bands like Lush and Pale Saints, 4AD helped define a musical era.
Two of the biggest names on the 4AD label were Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance, so we couldn’t believe our luck when founding members and influential icons Robin Guthrie and Brendan Perry accepted our invitation to perform on the air at KEXP.
Guthrie had visited us in 2006 for a mesmerizing solo performance, but this time he brought with him a backing band. Together, his songs “Monument” and “Mission Dolores” radiated ethereal beauty, but also took on a crashing, spellbinding effect.
When Perry entered the studio and began to sing, all eyes were drawn to him. You could have heard a pin drop in the engineering booth when he and Guthrie began a stunning cover of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren,” which any 4AD aficionado will recall from This Mortal Coil’s 1984 album It’ll End in Tears. By the time the song ended, there were indeed tears in the eyes of those in attendance. Both of these iconic artists continue to create amazing work, and have produced a legacy to celebrate. 4AD 4VR!
St. Vincent will release her new 11-track LP Strange Mercy on September 13 via 4AD. The last couple of days my Twitter-feed was overwhelmed by the hashtag #strangemercy, which we had to tweet to unlock Surgeon, a track taken from that new full-length. It took some time, but in the end it was (obviously) worth the effort. Grab the soothing new song and watch the teasers that came with it below.
Yes please.
Video: M83 album teaser.
From the artist/album Anika, produced by Geoff Barrow of Beak/Portishead. Video by Mintonfilm.
We already saw Björk driving a car whilst listening to her forthcoming single Crystalline, but here is a better quality snippet of that new song. The single should be out later this month (June 30, apparently); can’t wait to hear this in full.
UPDATEAudio replaced with the full song. Björk reclaims whatever throne she used to have.
New video from Radiohead: “Staircase”. Taken from the band’s upcoming “From The Basement” session
Giant Step:
Kutiman has a new YouTube piece out and it’s kind of rocking our world. Part of hisThruYou series, this one’s a little different; Instead of trawling the web for obscure snippets and masterly weaving them into a single piece of audible glory, Kutiman chose to work from original content this time. Traveling to Jerusalem, he met with and filmed different musicians in the historic and diverse city. The piece is pretty epic; Kuti’s signature treatment serves as a beautiful reminder of how different but similar everything can be. Take a look at previous works of Kutiman we’ve posted, as well.
