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A new podcast on the National, Coffee & Flowers, will launch next month. Among the confirmed guests are Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, and Mistaken for Strangers documentary film editor Carin Besser, who is also Berninger’s wife. The first season will focus, one song at a time, on the band’s breakout LP Boxer. More info here: www.instagram.com
Other singers involved in this project include Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Margo Price, Beth Orton, Susanne Sundfor, Laetitia Sadier, Carice van Houten, Rachel Goswell, Vashti Bunyan, Kaela Sinclair, Marissa Nadler and Phoebe Bridgers.
This song is commonly misunderstood as being about heroin use. In a 2005 interview with Filter magazine, lead singer Jim Reid stated, "'Some Candy Talking' had nothing to do with drugs, actually. It was just something a radio DJ picked up on, and it was banned in all the major radio stations in the UK."
This song is off Charlotte Gainsbourg's newly released EP "Take 2".
Last May we were lucky enough to have Nada Surf in our studios to play their entire album "Let Go". Check out the video here: www.youtube.com
From The Flaming Lips' 9th album, which was a departure from their previous sound, and is considered by many to be their masterpiece.
Happy New Year everyone! Here's Ben Gibbard performing a bunch of Death Cab songs in our live space last September! www.youtube.com
"Ashes to Ashes" returns to the story of Major Tom. The video for the song was also the most expensive music video ever made at the time: www.youtube.com
Juliana Hatfield's self-produced 17th album "Weird" will be out on January 18th!
From Madison, Wisconsin, Rainer Maria got their name from the German Poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
The Raconteurs are set to release a new album this year, their first in ten years! The band has big touring plans in store as well, we'll keep you updated!
The 4th album for this Welsh band, the title of which references the Welsh word "arth" meaning bear.
Based out of Seattle and London, Lonesome Ditch will be releasing their latest album "Past The Ditch" on March 1st. The album was inspired by a "long, challenging winter in London", but the sounds were influenced by the time Ben Todd spent living in the desert of New Mexico learning finger-picking blues guitar.
Mac McCaughan says this song is about "trying to look at any possible bright side of the coming new year after the disaster that was this one.”
While initially not very successful in The Temper Trap's home country of Australia, "Sweet Disposition" went on the gain success in the U.S. and Europe after being featured on the soundtrack for "500 Days of Summer".
"Trouble" was written after Cat Stevens spent 3 months in the hospital and 9 months on bedrest for a collapsed lung and tuberculosis. Stevens said, "To go from the show business environment and find you are in hospital, getting injections day in and day out, and people around you are dying, it certainly changes your perspective."
Gallipoli, Beirut's 5th album, will be out on February 1st. Zach Condon wrote a long description about the process of making the album, which you can find here: www.beirutband.com
Written about our current political climate, Bird says, "We find ourselves in a cold civil war. Everyone is playing their part too well. Certain actors are reaping power and wealth from divisiveness. Echoes of the Spanish civil war when fascists and clergy win because they put up a united front against the individualistic and principled (yet scattered) left. We can turn this ship around, but need to step back and be honest with ourselves about what's happening while it's still relatively bloodless."
Local music from Erik Walters, otherwise known as Silver Torches. Hope everyone's 2019 is off to a good start!
Eyelids have come out with a new 7" single "It's About to Go Down", out on February 7th. Peter Buck of R.E.M. will be producing their next album, which will be released later this year, and the band says, "It's been a very inspiring, emotional and fantastic process." We're looking forward to hearing more!
"She's So High" was the first single ever released by Blur.
Miya Folick was raised Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist, and learned Taiko drumming as a child. In college she picked up guitar and formed her own band. Her debut album "Premonitions" just came out in October.
Florence Welch covering Tori Amos' song "Cornflake Girl".
This stunning EP by Boygenius features Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. Keep checking our youtube channel to see videos from their in-studio with us, which should be up soon!
We're so sad to hear about the passing of James Mendenhall of The Prom, who passed away on New Year's Eve of a heart attack.
Guitarist Dave Gregory said about this song, "Despite glowing press reviews [of Drums and Wires], we were still struggling to fill small theatres in the UK and the brief tour was disappointing. But then, the unthinkable happened -- Nigel got playlisted at the BBC and in early October, XTC were back in the charts! And back on Top of the Pops! Twice!! When we resumed touring in late November, every gig was sold out."
Big Joanie is a black feminist punk trio out of London, who just released their first album, "Sistahs" last month.
Check out Jessica Lea Mayfield performing live in our studios last year: www.youtube.com
From St. Petersburg, Russia, Angelic Milk is about to release their debut album "Divine Biker Love" on January 11th.
Richard Barratt (AKA Crooked Man) worked with Mick Somerset and David Lewin on this album, which just came out in October.
Here's Miike Snow performing "Burial" at our old studios back in 2009: www.youtube.com
Read a track by track breakdown by Paul Simonon of the new album "Merrie Land":
consequenceofsound.net
The Specials have a new album coming out, "Encore", on February 1st, their first album of original songs since 1988.
"Ackee 1-2-3" comes from Birmingham slang for "Hide and Seek", but apparently a much more intense version.
Here's School of Seven Bells playing "Half Asleep" in our studios in 2009: www.youtube.com
