Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:56PM - By Mali
The members of Metric have recently finished recording their new album, Fantasies, from a farmhouse recording studio outside of Seattle, Washington. The album will be the centerpiece of a full concert by the band that they will be performing live for a webcast on NPR.org, tonight, June 18. The performance, from Washington, D.C.’s 9:30 Club, will begin streaming online at approximately 10 p.m. ET.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:30PM - By Seraphina L.
Dan Deacon was just a DJ playing basements and small clubs six years ago, but eventually his spastic electric-pop spread like fire and he is now one of Baltimore’s leading artists. After Spiderman of the Rings was a success, he set out to tour the world along with 14 others accompanying him in support of his latest album, Bromst.
I suppose all this could get you featured in NPR’s Exclusive First Listen series. (It also helps that Deacon went to school for all this!) They’ve gone as far as describing him as “electro freak-pop” but also did a good job pointing out that Bromst goes beyond Spiderman of the Rings by adding organic instruments such as the piano, glockenspiel, and marimba to his former electronic-only sound. You can listen to the Bromst on NPR before its release on March 24th via Carpark and get a free download of “Getting Older” from us.
We’ve also got the rest of his tour dates below!
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:00AM - By davidhall
Apparently, indie songwriters are some of the nations brightest new historians.
Conceived by songwriters Christian Kiefer, Matthew Gerken and Jefferson Pitcher, “Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.s Presidents” is one of the most compelling indie projects in recent memory. Three discs of epic presidential history seems like a strange idea, but just wait ’til you hear it before you pass judgment! With more than 40 guest artists from all corners of the indie-rock world, it couldn’t get much sweeter, could it?
Yes, actually, it can.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:37AM - By Mali
There are a LOT of bands floating around in the music atmosphere. Unless you spend your entire life DL-ing, researching, and finding music online, on the radio and elsewhere, you’re bound to miss some (if not a lot) of the best stuff around. Even well known radio stations like NPR have trouble keeping up. All Songs Considered on NPR features their favorite music that may have been overlooked this year.
They featured Human Highway’s “Moody Motorcycle,” Flobots “Right with Tools,” Department of Eagles “No One Does it” and more in their segment “Overlooked Gems Of 2008.”
Listen to NPR’s favorite overlooked songs of 2008 here.
