This song came back into my head via a post from David Taylor (of Media Arts Lab) on Selectism.com. Jai Paul’s a London musician/producer who here combines synths, lasers, a simple yet heavy beat with delicate pop falsettos chiming “Don’t fuck with me”.
Check out the killer track “BTSTU” (via P4k).
So much to mention, I’ll get to it.
–RCRD LBL has a recently remastered version of MGMT’s ‘Destrokk’ from the Time To Pretend EP.
–Strokes lead singer Julian Casablancas is set to release a solo record called ‘Phrazes For The Young’. Head here for a preview. Or watch the vid.
-Speaking of Julians and prominent NY bands, Interpol front-man Paul Banks (aka Julian Plenti) has a couple new songs out there. Check Stereogum or his homepage.
-The new Dodos album leaked on to the net 2 months before the street date, so the band decided to put it online to stream. I haven’t had the chance to sit down with the whole record, but I’m warming up the the third track ‘Fables’, which P4k has online.
-Back to Stereogum, they have the song ‘Wet Hair’ by Japandoids on The Gum Drop. Have you signed up for this yet?
-There’s a new Atlas Sound song floating around featuring Panda Bear, titled Walkabout. This just made my summer mix.
-And Ghostly are really forward looking. Check out their iPhone app. Very cool.
Ghostly Discovery from miguel on Vimeo.
Waves – Holly Miranda
[audio:http://www.indiemusicfilter.com/audio/Waves.mp3]Need that song for the 2:44pm daydream at your desk? Check out Waves from Holly Miranda, lead singer from Brooklyn’s Jealous Girlfriends. A beautiful combination of organs melting into walls of reverb, a sexy voice and a distant tambourine fighting to be heard against the backing drums. It comes from her debut record, which was produced by TVOTR‘s David Sitek. Both the Tripwire and P4K have another track from the album, Slow Burn Treason, featuring another TVOTR member Kyp Malone. For fans of Mazzy Star, Beach House, Karen O.
If you’re lucky enough to live in NY, check her out at one of her tourdates below, more info on myspace.
Friday, February 13. Southpaw BAM Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival
w/ The Canon Logic & Motel Motel
Wednesday, February 18. Mercury Lounge w/ White Rabbits