cassettes won’t listen

Freeze and Explode

Due out Sept. 9th is the release date for Jason Drake’s (aka Cassettes Won’t Listen) new extended single “Freeze and Explode“, a 6 song record with three new songs and 3 remixes of the title track. We’ve always loved to hear everything coming from his camp, whether a remix or something original. Put your stereo on repeat and check out the song below. The rest you can stream from his homepage.

Freeze and Explode by Cassettes Won’t Listen

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Pela

Click here to sample some new music from Pela. I read somewhere on one of their sites that they are premiering a new track each week on this e-card leading up to the release of thier first full length CD Anytown Graffiti. The first track (Waiting On The Stairs) is a great shoegaze shuffle that builds to a soft ending. Lost To The Lonesome is the track thats been playing quite a bit on my computer the last couple of days.

The first time I heard it was the Cassettes Won’t Listen remix that you can download here. I initially thought it was Bloc Party.

I’m really impressed with?what I’ve heard so far of this band. I expect their record to be released in the next couple of months through Great Society (imprint of Worlds Fair). The band currently resides in Brooklyn, NY but members come from the ‘hinterlands of New York city and California’. Previous work experiences include busking in the subways, selling necties at Times Square, carpentry, or playing polka at Croatian weddings. Now focus seems to be on touring this band, playing a bunch of US dates into April (along with a couple stabs at SXSW).

Also, take a look at this video I found on youtube of the band performing a track called Cavalry (also on the to be released disc). That chorus really rings right, not a huge fan of the noise at the end. More tracks can be found on their myspace page.

Pela

Best Songs Of The Year – Disc 1

I made a two disc mix CD to give out over the holidays. It was a little tough, as I originally had 60 or so songs in contention before I started whittling. But I got down to 34. I’m actually surprised at the low amount of Canadian content….. but these were the songs that stayed in my head the longest. Enjoy.

**by the way, if you know me and think you’ll see me in the next little while, ask me for one of these discs, I’ll probably have a couple on me.

Indie Music Filter 2006 Volume 1 – Disc 1

1) Brother – Annuals

2) Hospital Beds – Cold War Kids

3) Launch Yourself – Adem

4) The Funeral – Band Of Horses

5) In Context – Field Music

6) Young Bride (CWL Remix) –Midlake/Cassettes Won’t Listen

7) Click Click Click Click – Bishop Allen

8) So Far We Are – The French Kicks

9) Your Eyes Are Liars – SOUNDteam

10) Wolf Like Me – TV on the Radio

11) Photograph – Eagle*Seagull

12) Anti-Anti – Snowden

13) Paul Cries – Think About Life

14) Pate Filo – Malajube

15) Whoo! Alright – Yeah… Uh Huh – The Rapture

To continue with previous post… Take a listen to Cassettes Won’t Listen.

CWL is the stage name for Jason Drake, one of New York City’s emerging one-man electro-rock artists. He’s done some really nice remixes of two Midlake tracks (‘Young Bride‘ and ‘Roscoe‘).

Here’s a pretty cool version of Pavement’s ‘Cut your Hair.’

I thought this initially, but its not just remixes, there is some original on his myspace. Check out ‘Cutting Balloons’ (hopefully it works).