Meredith Bragg - 'Nest' Out July 19th

Meredith Bragg embraces electronica and doesn't embarrass. That's because any attempt to capture the beauty of organic instruments with mechanical, robotic means should be heavily laced with humanity. And that's exactly what Mr Bragg brings both musically and lyrically... humanity. I'm positive that many will enjoy how often his voice can resemble Death Cab's Ben Gibbard in places and even Elliott Smith in others on this new recording titled Nest.

Nest is out today on The Kora Records.
BUY it now.

Birds of North America by thekorarecords

Nest Tracklist:
Second Golden Age
Barking Dogs
Arrowstork
Civilians
Birds Of North America
Point, Line, And Plane
Lightning Tree
Next Time See
Last Hours Of Brunelleschi
One True Love
Waltz No. 3

Bjork Unveils 'Biophilia' Cover + Ultimate Edtion

Yes, this is the cover. See the different covers for Biophilia and it's singles here..

You can get your own in several well known formats including CD, LP, Digital, and THE ULTIMATE EDITION (around $800... yikes)!

"The Biophilia Ultimate Edition, presented in a lacquered and silkscreened oak-hinged lid case, consists of the Biophilia Manual along with 10 chrome-plated tuning forks, silkscreened on one face in 10 different colors, stamped at the back, and presented in a flocked tray. Each fork is adjusted to the tone of a Biophilia track, covering a complete octave in a non-conventional scale. It will be made to order and fabricated only once; each case comes with an individual numbered certificate."

What? No seaweed bound locks of Bjork's hair in an Icelandic magma case?

Pre-order at Nonesuch Records’ webstore. The album is out September 27th.

The Decemberists iTunes Session 2011

The Decemberists' will release a new iTunes Session on Tuesday August 2. Recorded in studio it will feature their own classics as well as Leonard Cohen ("Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye") and Fruit Bats covers. Nickle Creek instrumentalist Sara Watkins joined the band for this session.

iTunes Session is now available for pre-order.

Session Tracklist:
Calamity Song
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen cover)
Shankill Butchers
June Hymn
This Is Why We Fight
Shiny
The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
When U Love Somebody (Fruit Bats cover)

Barclaycard Mercury Prize Shortlist 2011

Here's the shortlist for this years Mercury Prize. I recommend you seek out the top three in this list, but I won't hold it against you if you disagree.

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
James Blake - James Blake
Anna Calvi - Anna Calvi
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
Everything Everything - Man Alive
Adele - 21
Ghostpoet - Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
Gwilym Simcock - Good Days at Schloss Elmau
Katy B - On a Mission
Metronomy - The English Riviera
Tinie Tempah - Disc-Overy

PJ HARVEY


KING CREOSOTE and JOHN HOPKINS

Bjork: "Cosmogony" MP3 + Tour Dates

Here is the next taste from Bjork's upcoming album, Biophilia, out September 26th on One Little Indian/Nonesuch. This is a beautiful song, much, much more appealing than the first official stream "Crystalline".

09/11 – Isle of Wight, UK @ Bestival
10/12 – Reykjavík, IS @ Reykjavík Concert Hall
10/16 – Reykjavík, IS @ Reykjavík Concert Hall
10/19 – Reykjavík, IS @ Reykjavík Concert Hall
10/25 – Reykjavík, IS @ Reykjavík Concert Hall
10/28 – Reykjavík, IS @ Reykjavík Concert Hall

Rolling In The Deep - Patti Smith

I don't get it. Adele, I mean. She should have been on American Idol, but she isn't American, is she? I think she's British, or Welsh. Something went wrong and she circumvented today's route of making it via a singing contest on TV. That's where she should have been, she obviously wouldn't have won and no one would have to hear that damn song everywhere. The Godmother of Punk, Patti Smith wouldn't have heard it and wouldn't have made the mistake of liking it. She even sang it live the other night in NYC, here's proof.

Portishead Announce North American Tour Dates + MP3

Portishead are heading to the North American continent this October and according to their website have two nights scheduled for Toronto.

Here's a song from their third album, surprisingly entitled Third, this is "The Rip'. I love this song and so does Brian Eno.

Alan Williamson

October 1 & 2 IBYM, Asbury Park, NJ
October 4 Hammerstein Ballroom NY
October 5 Hammerstein Ballroom, NY
October 7 Jacques Cartier Pier, Montreal
October 9 Sound Academy, Toronto
October 10 Sound Academy, Toronto
October 12 Aragon, Chicago
October 15 Mexico, Corona Festival
October 18 Shrine LA
October 21 Greek, Berkeley, SF
October 23 WaMu, Seattle
October 24 PNE Forum, Vancouver
October 27 1st Bank Center, Denver

NEW Video + NEW Song: Radiohead - "The Daily Mail"

Radiohead appeared on From The Basement and videos are now up on Youtube. Here's a new song that takes it's time, but builds to a sweet groove.

The previous video was removed so here's the entire show.



Go here to watch more from the show.

Stream: Unreleased Elliott Smith Song - "The Real Estate"

This song appears on Live From Nowhere Near You Vol. ll, a compilation from Greyday Records. This version is not quite the same as the mix found on this CD, so go for it and get the improved version. You'll get 3 CDs and benefit homeless youth group Outside In for a measly $15. Go here to get your music.

The Real Estate (unreleased)

These are some of the artists on the comp:
Daniel Johnston • Modest Mouse • Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam • Stone Gossard and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam • Tango Alpha Tango • The Black Ryder • The Strokes • James Mercer of The Shins • Wilco • Kevin and Anita Robinson of Viva Voce • Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney • Chris Funk and John Moen of The Decemberists • Elliott Smith • The Helio Sequence • The Upsidedown • The Dandy Warhols • Spoon • Ryan Adams • The Presidents of the United States of America • Bright Eyes • Dan Reed • Danny Seim of Menomena • Dave Allen of Gang of Four • Evan Railton of Swords • Greg Oden of The Portland Trailblazers • Imani Coppola • The Ettes • Joe Purdy • John Doe of X • Joshua Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club • The Robots • Keith Schreiner of Dahlia • Logan Lynn • Mic Crenshaw of Hungry Mob • Mike Watt of The Minutemen • Nathan Jr of Duover • Neil Gust of No. 2 and Heatmiser • Pete Droge • Pete Miser of the Five Fingers of Funk • Third Eye Blind • Seth Lorinczi of the Golden Bears • Shawn Smith of Brad and Satchel • Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree • Stic.man of Dead Prez • Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini • …AND MANY MORE!