No, this is not an April Fools' joke; I am actually updating this blog. As usual, I bailed right as it was gaining momentum. I am also still running on a 56k modem and it takes me 24hrs to upload one song and if someone picks up the phone I have to start all over again. This time I actually had another excuse as I traveled halfway across the country to this year's South by Southwest festival and it was one hell of a treat. I should have some updates about the event posted over the weekend. Be patient, I will be posting day by day and I attended six days of nonstop music.
In the meantime, I present another New Track Rundown. I have scoured the internet to catch up with everything I had missed in March and compiled my favorite 40 tracks (35 songs, 5 videos). This list covers everything from extremely anticipated releases (TV on the Radio, Battles, Man Man, Okkervil River, Fucked Up) to artists I previously hadn't heard of (A Grave with No Name, Niteflights, Luke Rathborne, Angel Olsen, Tristen). Needless to say, there is quite a range of stuff to explore. Above is the cover for TV on the Radio's Nine Types of Light which is slated for release on April 12th. Go buy that shit when it comes out! It's good and they put on one hell of a show at SXSW. The music is below along with dates when you can catch the artists in the Boston area. Enjoy!
TV on the Radio - "Caffeinated Consciousness"
Sat, 4/16/11 - House of Blues
Battles - "Ice Cream"
Tues, 4/26/11 - Brighton Music Hall
NewVillager - "Rich Doors"
Justice - "Civilization"
MSTRKRFT - "Beards Again"
Man Man - "Knuckle Down"
Sat, 5/28/11 - Paradise Rock Club
Gypsyblood - "Take Your Picture"
The Kills - "DNA"
Tues, 4/26/11 - Royale
Okkervil River - "Wake and Be Fine"
Wed, 6/8/11 - Royale
Alex Turner - "Stuck on the Puzzle"
Ennui - "Coconino"
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - "Morning Thought"
Tues, 5/10/11 - Brighton Music Hall
The National - "Think You Can Wait" ft. Sharon Van Etten
A Grave with No Name - "Streams"
Explosions in the Sky - "Trembling Hands"
Arctic Monkeys - "Brick by Brick"
Thurs, 5/19/11 - House of Blues
White Denim - "Drug"
The Henry Clay People - "California Wildfire"
Niteflights - "What's the Point?"
Luke Rathborne - "Dog Years"
Angel Olsen - "Creator, Destroyer"
Tristen - "Baby Drugs"
Thurs, 4/7/11 - Great Scott
Thurs, 4/14/11 - Great Scott
Blackbird Blackbird - "Halo"
Baby Baby - "Fire"
Fucked Up - "The Other Shoe"
Bill Callahan - "Baby's Breath"
Sun, 7/10/11 - Brighton Music Hall
Marissa Nadler - "Baby. I Will Leave You in the Morning"
Cults - "You Know What I Mean"
Fri, 4/1/11 - Brighton Music Hall (aka Tonight!)
tUnE-yArDs - Bizness
Mon, 5/16/11 - Brighton Music Hall
BOAT - "Landlocked" ft. John Roderick of The Long Winters
Unouomedude - "Frequency"
Monogold - "Spirit or Something"
Dada Trash Collage - "Layers of Ice"
Thurston Moore - "Benediction"
Widowspeak - "Harsh Realm"
Young Galaxy - "We Have Everything"
Yuck - "Get Away"
Thurs, 4/28/11 - Paradise Rock Club
Akron/Family - "Island"
The Dodos - "Black Night"
Tues, 6/14/11 - Paradise Rock Club
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - "Heart in Your Heartbreak"
Tues, 5/3/11 - Paradise Rock Club
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